Jane Frances Hamilton Scott 1854 : Short Biography

Jane Frances Hamilton Scott 1854

Addergoole (Mayo) County Mayo

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Migrated to/Born in UK

Jane was born on 3rd September 1854 and christened in the Methodist Church in Ballina. She later moved to England and married Arthur Norton in Haswell, County Durham. Her father's name was John Hamilton Scott but he may not have been local to Ballina. Family tradition suggests that he came from outside the area but that her mother's family farmed in the locality. I don't have her mother's maiden name which is a block on further research. Does anyone know of this family or is able to check the local church register to find out her Mum's name?

Additional Information
Date of Birth	3rd Sep 1854
Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname)	Arthur Norton
Place & Date of Marriage	Haswell, County Durham
Father (First Name/s and Surname)	John Hamilton Scott

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interesting i did a check on genealogist check from 1850-1860 but no Hamilton Scott surname found so i thought just try the Hamilton surname found this one the yr was 1859

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/47e8…

so did another look from 1840-1850 and found this one under the surname Scott and John was forename that was in 1848

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/92d3….

hope one of these might help unfortunately i am unablle to check roots ireland but i did have a look at the surname in roots ireland and no search was found so it is possible that John was Hamilton or Scott and mother was Scott or Hamilton

snowfrill

Thursday 7th July 2022 04:45PM

thank you. That's interesting and a good way of looking at things. I have found a JH Scott in Ballina with dog licences which suggests the father stayed on in the area. I have also found marriages between a John Scott and ladies named Harriet. Neither is in the right locality but of course they may not have married locally. I was hoping posting here might pop up some information on siblings maybe as it would be unusual for a couple to only have one child and then that might be a way back

PBAB

Friday 8th July 2022 09:16AM

just out of interest do u have a link for her birth record just for comparison at mo ive tried looking in genealogy worked fine to start then went offish with me, i know the reason but i found 1 other child that was a possiblity as it had John H Scott as father unfortunately i was unable to get the link but thought that could of been a possiblility as then tried just finding Jane Frances Hamilton Scott but couldnt find her in the ballina genealogy

snowfrill

Friday 8th July 2022 04:44PM

I just have this whcih is not very helpful. It gives a Christian name for her Mum or at least the name she was known by. I also have a copy of her marriage certificate which gives her father's middle name as Hamilton ( the name she gives to her only son). This gives her father's occupation as "Painter". I have not seen the original. Family story is that mother's family are farmers and he was not a great match or local to the farm. I have found two John and Harriet Scotts but neither is an obvious match - wrong location and denomination. While presbyterians will sometimes use Methodist services where there is no presbyterian church to hand there was one in Ballina at the time so there is no obvious reason to use the methodist chapel although of course they could have preferred that church for some reason. I have written to the Church where she was baptised to see if there are more details there. I also wondered if the family were still in the congregation but no reply.

Church Baptism Record

Name:

Jane Scott

Date of Baptism / Birth:

24-Sep-1854

Address:

Killala

Parish / District:

KILLALA

Gender:

Female

County

Co. Mayo

Denomination:

Methodist

Father:

John Scott

Mother:

Harriet Scott

Occupation:

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:

Unnown Unkown

Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:

Unknown Unknown

Notes:

PBAB

Friday 8th July 2022 05:30PM

at mo seems irish genealogy site is down or undergoing maintenance as have tried to search it also tried via mobile but it simply wont load the searchh page will keep trying for you to see if i can find anything more out, unless someone else replies

snowfrill

Saturday 9th July 2022 07:04PM

that is tremendously kind of you

PBAB

Saturday 9th July 2022 07:57PM

have you tried this site there is baptism records via microfilm the one ive sent you the link for does baptism records from 1947 onwards but there is specific yr section in the individual sections 1st yr is from 6 apr 1847 to 25 aug 1873 next section continues further there might be one prior to that i just googled 1850's baptism records in killala but there could be one on microfilm from 1840's on before then, i tend to use these to find some of my records n sometimes find marriage records as well

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0751

snowfrill

Monday 11th July 2022 04:08PM

Thank you. I was not aware of that site but it won't work with Jane as the family are Protestant- almost certainly Methodists but I did try and look at other denominations just in case as strange things can happen.