ElizabethHerts
18-02-20, 15:42
This is my great-great-aunt and she has always confused me!
She was born c. 1853 and the censuses say in Aberdeen. Her younger siblings were born in Kincardineshire, either Banchory Devenick or Fetteresso.
This is before civil registration in Scotland and I can't find her birth/baptism.
Her parents should be James Johnston and his wife Catherine Wishart.
1861 Census
Berryhill, Carpenter House
James Johnston Head Married 35 House Carpenter Born Kincardineshire Cookney
Catherine wife Married 35 born Fetteresso
Helen daughter 8 scholar born Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen
Catherine daughter 6 born Kincardineshire, Banchory Dev.
Mary daughter 4 born Kincardineshire, Banchory Dev
James son 1 born Kincardineshire, Cookney
This is possibly her in 1871:
1871 Census
6 Affleck Street Old Machar Aberdeen
Jane Peter Head W 65 Clergyman’s Widow Aberdeen Old Machar
Fanny Daur Unm 23 Aberdeen Leslie
George W. Son Unm 16 Clerk Aberdeen Leslie
Helen Johnston Servant Unm 18 General Servant Aberdeen Old Machar
She married William Summers on 11th December 1875 at St Nicholas, Aberdeen.
However, the marriage certificate different parents:
William Summers Seaman (M.S)(Bachelor) aged 23 of 3 Hanover Street Aberdeen Father William Summers Mason (Journeyman) (Deceased) Mother Jane Summers M.S. Rennie??
married
Helen Johnston (Spinster) aged 23 of 95 West North Street Aberdeen Father George Johnston House Carpenter (Journeyman) Mother Helen Johnston M.S. Smith
Witnesses James Summers and William Fettes
Her father James was a carpenter but the mother is wrong.
NB. There is a family in Aberdeen with father George Johnston, mother Helen and daughter Helen of the same age as our Helen. HOWEVER, this Helen Johnston is still a spinster and at home with the above parents on the 1881 census, when Helen and William were married. George Johnston WAS NOT a House Carpenter, he was a Saw Miller.
I kept thinking this wasn't her but two of her Summers children are with their grandparents on censuses:
1891 Census
Bridge of Muchalls Cookney Fetteresso
James Johnston Head Mar 65 Carpenter Kincardineshire Fetteresso
Catherine Wife Mar 65 Carpenter’s Wife Kincardineshire Fetteresso
William Summers Grandson 13 Scholar Aberdeenshire St Nicholas
1901 Census
Bridge of Muchalls Fetteresso Cookney
James Johnston Head Mar 76 Retired Carpenter Kincardineshire Fetteresso 3 windows
Catherine Johnston Wife Mar 76 Kincardineshire Fetteresso
Minnie Summers Grand Daur 10 Scholar Aberdeenshire St Nicholas
She was born c. 1853 and the censuses say in Aberdeen. Her younger siblings were born in Kincardineshire, either Banchory Devenick or Fetteresso.
This is before civil registration in Scotland and I can't find her birth/baptism.
Her parents should be James Johnston and his wife Catherine Wishart.
1861 Census
Berryhill, Carpenter House
James Johnston Head Married 35 House Carpenter Born Kincardineshire Cookney
Catherine wife Married 35 born Fetteresso
Helen daughter 8 scholar born Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen
Catherine daughter 6 born Kincardineshire, Banchory Dev.
Mary daughter 4 born Kincardineshire, Banchory Dev
James son 1 born Kincardineshire, Cookney
This is possibly her in 1871:
1871 Census
6 Affleck Street Old Machar Aberdeen
Jane Peter Head W 65 Clergyman’s Widow Aberdeen Old Machar
Fanny Daur Unm 23 Aberdeen Leslie
George W. Son Unm 16 Clerk Aberdeen Leslie
Helen Johnston Servant Unm 18 General Servant Aberdeen Old Machar
She married William Summers on 11th December 1875 at St Nicholas, Aberdeen.
However, the marriage certificate different parents:
William Summers Seaman (M.S)(Bachelor) aged 23 of 3 Hanover Street Aberdeen Father William Summers Mason (Journeyman) (Deceased) Mother Jane Summers M.S. Rennie??
married
Helen Johnston (Spinster) aged 23 of 95 West North Street Aberdeen Father George Johnston House Carpenter (Journeyman) Mother Helen Johnston M.S. Smith
Witnesses James Summers and William Fettes
Her father James was a carpenter but the mother is wrong.
NB. There is a family in Aberdeen with father George Johnston, mother Helen and daughter Helen of the same age as our Helen. HOWEVER, this Helen Johnston is still a spinster and at home with the above parents on the 1881 census, when Helen and William were married. George Johnston WAS NOT a House Carpenter, he was a Saw Miller.
I kept thinking this wasn't her but two of her Summers children are with their grandparents on censuses:
1891 Census
Bridge of Muchalls Cookney Fetteresso
James Johnston Head Mar 65 Carpenter Kincardineshire Fetteresso
Catherine Wife Mar 65 Carpenter’s Wife Kincardineshire Fetteresso
William Summers Grandson 13 Scholar Aberdeenshire St Nicholas
1901 Census
Bridge of Muchalls Fetteresso Cookney
James Johnston Head Mar 76 Retired Carpenter Kincardineshire Fetteresso 3 windows
Catherine Johnston Wife Mar 76 Kincardineshire Fetteresso
Minnie Summers Grand Daur 10 Scholar Aberdeenshire St Nicholas