Margaret Smith (née
Young)
c1844 - ????
| Relationship to me: | Great Grandmother | Gen -3 |
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| Born: | c. 1844 | ||
| Died: | unknown | ||
| Age | ?? | ||
| Father: | Simon Young | c.1799 - ???? | |
| Mother: | Mary née Bisset | c.1807 - ???? | |
| Brothers: | Donald | c.1835 - ???? | |
| Simon | c.1837 - ???? | ||
| Marlo?? | c.1839 - ???? | ||
| John | c.1843 - ???? | ||
| William | c.1847 - ???? | ||
| Sisters: | Isabella | c.1833 - ???? | |
| Mary | c.1840 - ???? | ||
| Janet | c.1842 - ???? | ||
| Married: | Alexander Smith m. Cloy, Rosemarkie 18th Sep 1867 | ||
| Children: | James | b. c1864 | |
| Simon | b. c1867 | ||
| Alex | b. c1869 | ||
| John | b. c1871 | ||
| Daniel | 1878 - 1934 |
Margaret Young
The 1867 marriage record of Alexander Smith and Margaret Young show their ages as 28 and 23 respectively, which in the case of the latter is inconsistent with the 1881 census which put her age at 34 (when perhaps she lied about her age!). Alexander is shown to be both a ship's carpenter and salmon fisherman who was then resident in Aberdeen. Margaret is described as a Farmer's daughter, hailing from Cloy in the parish of Rosemarkie (which doesn't appear on Google Maps). Margaret's parents were Simon Young, farmer and Mary née Bisset. The marriage was witnessed by James Smith (father or brother?) and Donald Young, Margaret's eldest brother.
The 1851 census records show Margaret living with her parents at 34 Wester Budding???, Rosemarkie. Her father, then aged 52 is described as a farmer with 30 acres of land, and her eldest sister Isabelle is employed at home. Her mother and father are both recorded as being born in Rosemarkie. The 1841 census appears to have no information about the family, however the 1861 census shows Simon and Mary living at 46 Cloy with their three youngest children, William, Mary and a new daughter Janet, aged 9. Simon is now farming 55 acres. Next door at No 47 lived Donald Young and his sister Isobelle whose ages appear to have been wrongly recorded. Donald is also recorded as being a "farmer of 55 acres", so presumably he was working with his father on the same farm.
It seems clear that Margaret was born in either 1844 or 1845. Unfortunately a search of Scotland's People did not come up with her birth record (see search output). Only one Margaret Young is recorded as being born between 1842 and 1848 in Rosemarkie and her parents were William Young and Ann Johnstone.
Neither the 1891 census nor the 1901 census shows any Smiths living in Fortrose, however the Royal Pharmaceutical Society reports that when her son Dan Smith first registered as a Chemist and Druggist in 1900, his registration address was 18 High Street, Fortrose, and that his address remained the same until 1906 when he was deregistered after he had left for India. It is therefore probable that the census records are inaccurate or incomplete.
Last updated: 1 Nov 2007
Page created: 1 Oct 2007
