Birth
Euphemia Campbell (my maternal 2nd great-grandmother) was born on February 24, 1857, in Irvine, Ayrshire to Duncan Campbell and Anne McPherson. Ayrshire is a historic county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. A notable historic building in Ayrshire is Turnberry Castle, which dates from the 13th century or earlier.
The area's claims to fame include that Johnnie Walker whisky was produced in this area. People from this area at the time include John Boyd Orr (1880–1971), Nobel Peace Prize winner; George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), novelist, best known for "The House with the Green Shutters;" John Dunlop (1840–1921), Scottish inventor of the pneumatic tire, in Dreghorn; Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), inventor/discoverer of penicillin, in Darvel; George Houston (1869–1947), landscape painter of Scottish locales. [1]
The area's claims to fame include that Johnnie Walker whisky was produced in this area. People from this area at the time include John Boyd Orr (1880–1971), Nobel Peace Prize winner; George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), novelist, best known for "The House with the Green Shutters;" John Dunlop (1840–1921), Scottish inventor of the pneumatic tire, in Dreghorn; Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), inventor/discoverer of penicillin, in Darvel; George Houston (1869–1947), landscape painter of Scottish locales. [1]
Early Years
She had a sister named Anne and a brother named Duncan.
Marriage
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| Euphemia's sister Anne |
Marriage
Euphemia Campbell married Peter Beaton in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on September 24, 1880, when he was 21 years old and she was 23 years old. Skye is about a 6 hour modern day drive from Irvine, I wonder how they met.
Family
At the 1881 Scotland Census, taken on Sunday, April 3, Euphemia and Peter were living at 275 Coburg Pl Springburn Rd, in the registration district of St Rollox, civil parish of Glasgow Maryhill, in Lanarkshire County. Peter was working as a labourer. The other members of the household were Cathrine McDonald, age 5, and William McDonald, age 3. These were likely Euphemia's children from a previous marriage given that they have a different last name and were born before Euphemia and Peter's marriage in 1880.
The 1891 Scotland Census, taken on the night of 5/6 April, finds the family living at 5 Bowling Green St in Midlothian with these children in the home: Katie/Kattie McDonald (age 15), William McDonald (age 13), Peter Beaton (age 8), Mary Beaton (age 6), Maggie Beaton (age 4), Euphemia Beaton (age 2). Peter's occupation is a "ships mak" -- ships maker?
The 1901 Scotland Census, taken on Sunday, March 31, finds the family living in Ayrshire.
Cathrine was born in 1876 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland and eventually married Jack MacCaskill. Cathrine and Jack had 4 children.
William was born in 1878 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland and was a sailor. In recounting her grandmother's history to me, my grandmother (Mary Beaton nee Cox, daughter of Mary Campbell nee Beaton) had referred to one of the boys being in a Navy and lost at sea, perhaps it was William.
Euphemia and Peter's son Peter was born in 1883 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Surprise! He had two marriages: one to Kate Russell, and one to Agnes.
The story told by my mother (his great-niece) is: "We knew Auntie "Kate" (Catherine) and remember her dying in Montreal probably in the late 50's or early 60's. I guess after marrying her he went back to Scotland and married Agnes. I met this family in Scotland in 1971."
He and Agnes had 3 children.
He died in 1972.
Surprise! There's a Mary born in 1885? Who is she? Did she die? I need to see the details of the 1901 Scotland Census to know more.
Daughter Margaret was born in 1887 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. She married Malcolm MacCaskill, a policeman, on November 27, 1908 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [4] They had 8 children. She reportedly had bad arthritis. [7]
At the 1881 Scotland Census, taken on Sunday, April 3, Euphemia and Peter were living at 275 Coburg Pl Springburn Rd, in the registration district of St Rollox, civil parish of Glasgow Maryhill, in Lanarkshire County. Peter was working as a labourer. The other members of the household were Cathrine McDonald, age 5, and William McDonald, age 3. These were likely Euphemia's children from a previous marriage given that they have a different last name and were born before Euphemia and Peter's marriage in 1880.
The 1891 Scotland Census, taken on the night of 5/6 April, finds the family living at 5 Bowling Green St in Midlothian with these children in the home: Katie/Kattie McDonald (age 15), William McDonald (age 13), Peter Beaton (age 8), Mary Beaton (age 6), Maggie Beaton (age 4), Euphemia Beaton (age 2). Peter's occupation is a "ships mak" -- ships maker?
The 1901 Scotland Census, taken on Sunday, March 31, finds the family living in Ayrshire.
Cathrine was born in 1876 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland and eventually married Jack MacCaskill. Cathrine and Jack had 4 children.
William was born in 1878 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland and was a sailor. In recounting her grandmother's history to me, my grandmother (Mary Beaton nee Cox, daughter of Mary Campbell nee Beaton) had referred to one of the boys being in a Navy and lost at sea, perhaps it was William.
Euphemia and Peter's son Peter was born in 1883 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Surprise! He had two marriages: one to Kate Russell, and one to Agnes.
He and Agnes had 3 children.
He died in 1972.
Surprise! There's a Mary born in 1885? Who is she? Did she die? I need to see the details of the 1901 Scotland Census to know more.
Daughter Margaret was born in 1887 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. She married Malcolm MacCaskill, a policeman, on November 27, 1908 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [4] They had 8 children. She reportedly had bad arthritis. [7]
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| Maggie on the right with her sister Mary |
Daughter Euphemia McCaskill was born on February 12, 1889, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and, according to my grandmother, was Mary's favourite sister. She married Joseph Aitken on June 14, 1912 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. [5] They had 9 children. She and her husband were Free Masons, Euphemia being involved with the Eastern Star (Masonic Lodge). She was diabetic later in life and died on December 29,1972.
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| Euphemia with her husband Joseph |
Duncan was born around 1892. He married Edith Southern and they had 2 children. He worked for the CNR and drove a team of horses. She ran a rooming house in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and they took in students. [7] He died in 1975.
Daughter Mary Campbell (my maternal great-grandmother) was born on March 1, 1894, at 4:45 a.m. in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. Midlothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, UK. It borders Edinburgh, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders council areas. The county included Edinburgh and was formerly known as Edinburghshire, or more formally as the County of Edinburgh, until 1890. [6] Mary married Rowland Cox (my maternal great-grandfather) on June 18, 1920 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. They had one child - my grandmother!
Son John was born in 1895. In due course he married Louise Lillian Goldsmith. He was a clerk in the CNR and did everything he could to help his widowed sister Mary financially.
John passed away on January 13, 1932, in Montréal, Quebec, at the age of 37. An article in the paper said he had been ill for only a few days and his death came as a great shock to his many friends. He served with the 5th Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada overseas and played soccer for the regimental team. John was active in boxing circles for many years and while in France won the championship of his regiment. He was the Vice-President of Quebec Branch A.A.U.C. (Amateur Athletic Union of Canada) and was prominent also in Masonic circles. He was a member of Transportation Lodge No. 103, A.F. and A.M.
But what happened was that she was there for about two days when she decided she'd had enough and wanted to come home, in spite of everything my aunt Effie did for her she just wanted to get back home. So that meant somebody had to go up and get her again and down comes the chair, and the blankets, and everything she had taken up to make her comfortable."
Death
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Sources:
1. Wikipedia: Ayrshire, accessed February 1, 2019
2. Wikipedia: Inverness-shire, accessed February 1, 2019
3. House Of Names: Beaton, accessed February 1, 2019
4. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
5. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
6. Wikipedia: Midlothian, accessed February 1, 2019
7. As told to me by Euphemia's granddaughter Mary Beaton nee Cox
8. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
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Research methodology:
I started by looking for the birth certificate for Mary Campbell Beaton, hoping that would give me her parents' names. I used her name, birth date, Scotland, and her parents' names. I narrowed the 413,512 results to 151,160 by selecting "Birth, Baptism & Christening." Among the results were:
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
BIRTH, BAPTISM & CHRISTENING
NAME: Mary Beaton
MOTHER: Mary Mcpherson
BIRTH: 12 Jun 1881 - New (or East) Kilpatrick, Dumbarton, Scotland
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
BIRTH, BAPTISM & CHRISTENING
NAME: Mary Beaton
FATHER: Peter Beaton
BIRTH: 12 Jan 1848
BAPTISM: 23 Jan 1848 - Tulliallan, Perth,Scotland
The years of birth are too far off from 1857 though.
I included Midlothian in her birth location, changed her birth year to +/- 2 years, and tried again. That gave me 11 results, none of them correct. I removed the +/- and tried again. Back to 151,160 results.
I decide to check for a marriage certificate for Peter Beaton and Euphemia Campbell or Euphemia McDonald. Their wedding date is September 24, 1880 in Glasgow.
I stumbled upon an "extra" Mary Beaton in the 1891 Census, born before the one who is my great grandmother. When I added her to the family in the tree it gave me a hint leaf for the 1891 Scotland Census. The hint shows her born in Leith, Edinrshire I tried to find out more about her by searching with her name, birth year 1885 in Leith, Edinrshire, and parents Peter Beaton and Euphemia. Birth, Baptism & Christening gives me 1,913 results. Same thing using Edinrshire, Scotland for birth place, same for using just Scotland. None of the results look relevant. Opening it up to all results gives me 9,517, including the 1891 census.
I decide to look for more info on "my" Mary Beaton and add her year of death (1983) and location (Ontario). I come across a result in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 but Ancestry is having a problem showing the image so I can't see who she was travelling with.
Name: Mary Beaton
Gender: Female
Arrival Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1893
Departure Port: Glasgow, Scotland
Arrival Date: 9 Jun 1912
Arrival Port: Quebec, Canada
Vessel: Letitia
Shipping Line: Anchor-Donaldson
Ship description: Built by Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 8,991. Dimensions: 470' x 56'. Twin-screw, 14 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel.
History: Passengers: 300 second and 1,000 third. Lost by stranding near Halifax, August 1, 1917, while being used as a hospital ship.
I also find her in the UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960:
Name: Mary Beaton
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1893
Departure Date: 1 Jun 1912
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Destination Port: Montreal, Canada
Ship Name: Letitia
Shipping Line: Donaldson Line
I try searching for Cathrine McDonald, maybe I can find her birth certificate with her father's info and Euphemia's maiden name. Birth, Baptism & Christening gives me 1,302, 71 of those are for Scotland but all the birth years are 1874 and based on the census her birth year is 1876, give or take a year. Even using "sounds like & similar" for her name and broadening her place of birth to Scotland doesn't help.
Looking into Peter Beaton Jr I find this in the Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 and wonder if it's him and one of his wives:
Name: Peter Beaton
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1815
Marriage Place: West Or Old Parish,Greenock,Renfrew,Scotland
Spouse: Agnes Clyde
FHL Film Number: 1041063
He reportedly had 3 children with Agnes so would he have traveled from Scotland to Canada, met someone, got married, then moved back to Scotland and had a family there?
I find this in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name Peter Beaton
Gender Male
Arrival Age 26
Birth Year 1884
Departure Port Glasgow, Scotland
Arrival Date 07/11/1910
Arrival Port Quebec, Canada
Vessel Saturnia
He is coming over to his brother who is a painter. Peter's occupation in Scotland was fisherman and he intends to work as a riveter. Which brother? William, John, or Duncan? Maybe Duncan since he witnessed the marriage to Katherine Russell in 1913. Not Duncan, on the 1921 Census Duncan says he came over in 1911.
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| John Beaton |
Daughter Ruth Jean Lang's birth year is unknown. She married Robert McNeilly and they had 2 children. She was very active in Salvation Army and church and always had people into her house for meetings, tea, and everything else. Ruth had cataracts and was diabetic and died in 1974. [7]
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| left Mary (nee Beaton) Cox, seated Euphemia Beaton, right Ruth (nee Beaton) McNeilly |
Euphemia was a widow when she came to Canada. Records show her daughter Mary departed from Glasgow, Scotland on the Letitia ship on June 1, 1912 and arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 9, 1912.
Euphemia's daughter Mary and granddaughter Mary stayed with her in a small house on Casgrain Street in Montreal, Quebec. [7]
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| Euphemia with her daughter Mary and granddaughter Mary |
Her granddaughter recalled: "Aunt Effie (Euphemia, nee Beaton, Aitken) really helped my mother (Mary, nee Beaton, Cox) out a lot when she looked after her mother (Euphemia Beaton). My grandmother was a very restless type person and, in spite of the fact that she had other sisters she didn't want to go and stay with any of them so my aunt Effie, who was living in North Bay at the time, said she would help my mother out by having her go up to North Bay for a period of time. So we shipped up her favourite rocking chair on the train and favourite everything up to North Bay, thinking she was going to stay there for a period of time.
But what happened was that she was there for about two days when she decided she'd had enough and wanted to come home, in spite of everything my aunt Effie did for her she just wanted to get back home. So that meant somebody had to go up and get her again and down comes the chair, and the blankets, and everything she had taken up to make her comfortable."
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| left Euphemia (nee Beaton) Aitken, seated Euphemia Beaton, right Mary (nee Beaton) Cox |
Death
Euphemia died on August 30, 1941, in Montréal, Quebec, when she was 84 years old. [8]
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Sources:
1. Wikipedia: Ayrshire, accessed February 1, 2019
2. Wikipedia: Inverness-shire, accessed February 1, 2019
3. House Of Names: Beaton, accessed February 1, 2019
4. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
5. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
6. Wikipedia: Midlothian, accessed February 1, 2019
7. As told to me by Euphemia's granddaughter Mary Beaton nee Cox
8. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
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Research methodology:
I started by looking for the birth certificate for Mary Campbell Beaton, hoping that would give me her parents' names. I used her name, birth date, Scotland, and her parents' names. I narrowed the 413,512 results to 151,160 by selecting "Birth, Baptism & Christening." Among the results were:
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
BIRTH, BAPTISM & CHRISTENING
NAME: Mary Beaton
MOTHER: Mary Mcpherson
BIRTH: 12 Jun 1881 - New (or East) Kilpatrick, Dumbarton, Scotland
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
BIRTH, BAPTISM & CHRISTENING
NAME: Mary Beaton
FATHER: Peter Beaton
BIRTH: 12 Jan 1848
BAPTISM: 23 Jan 1848 - Tulliallan, Perth,Scotland
The years of birth are too far off from 1857 though.
I included Midlothian in her birth location, changed her birth year to +/- 2 years, and tried again. That gave me 11 results, none of them correct. I removed the +/- and tried again. Back to 151,160 results.
I decide to check for a marriage certificate for Peter Beaton and Euphemia Campbell or Euphemia McDonald. Their wedding date is September 24, 1880 in Glasgow.
I stumbled upon an "extra" Mary Beaton in the 1891 Census, born before the one who is my great grandmother. When I added her to the family in the tree it gave me a hint leaf for the 1891 Scotland Census. The hint shows her born in Leith, Edinrshire I tried to find out more about her by searching with her name, birth year 1885 in Leith, Edinrshire, and parents Peter Beaton and Euphemia. Birth, Baptism & Christening gives me 1,913 results. Same thing using Edinrshire, Scotland for birth place, same for using just Scotland. None of the results look relevant. Opening it up to all results gives me 9,517, including the 1891 census.
I decide to look for more info on "my" Mary Beaton and add her year of death (1983) and location (Ontario). I come across a result in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 but Ancestry is having a problem showing the image so I can't see who she was travelling with.
Name: Mary Beaton
Gender: Female
Arrival Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1893
Departure Port: Glasgow, Scotland
Arrival Date: 9 Jun 1912
Arrival Port: Quebec, Canada
Vessel: Letitia
Shipping Line: Anchor-Donaldson
Ship description: Built by Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 8,991. Dimensions: 470' x 56'. Twin-screw, 14 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel.
History: Passengers: 300 second and 1,000 third. Lost by stranding near Halifax, August 1, 1917, while being used as a hospital ship.
I also find her in the UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960:
Name: Mary Beaton
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1893
Departure Date: 1 Jun 1912
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Destination Port: Montreal, Canada
Ship Name: Letitia
Shipping Line: Donaldson Line
I try searching for Cathrine McDonald, maybe I can find her birth certificate with her father's info and Euphemia's maiden name. Birth, Baptism & Christening gives me 1,302, 71 of those are for Scotland but all the birth years are 1874 and based on the census her birth year is 1876, give or take a year. Even using "sounds like & similar" for her name and broadening her place of birth to Scotland doesn't help.
Looking into Peter Beaton Jr I find this in the Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 and wonder if it's him and one of his wives:
Name: Peter Beaton
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1815
Marriage Place: West Or Old Parish,Greenock,Renfrew,Scotland
Spouse: Agnes Clyde
FHL Film Number: 1041063
He reportedly had 3 children with Agnes so would he have traveled from Scotland to Canada, met someone, got married, then moved back to Scotland and had a family there?
I find this in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name Peter Beaton
Gender Male
Arrival Age 26
Birth Year 1884
Departure Port Glasgow, Scotland
Arrival Date 07/11/1910
Arrival Port Quebec, Canada
Vessel Saturnia
He is coming over to his brother who is a painter. Peter's occupation in Scotland was fisherman and he intends to work as a riveter. Which brother? William, John, or Duncan? Maybe Duncan since he witnessed the marriage to Katherine Russell in 1913. Not Duncan, on the 1921 Census Duncan says he came over in 1911.
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