Margaret Isabella Wight (Middlemas) Crowden (1880 - bef. 1965)

Born 4 Jun 1880 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James Scott Crowden — married about Mar 1907 in Dist of West Ham, Essex, England

Died before 1965 before age 84 in Lisbon, Portugal

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Biography

Margaret Isabella Wight Middlemas. ^[1]

Born 04 JUN 1880. Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. "Note: dateplace from 1881 census. Assumed to be the 4th Jun entry in the birthday book "Maggie Bella W MIDDLEMAS" Dist Edinburgh #1195: Margaret Isabella Wight MIDDLEMAS, 4 Jun 1880 at Gorgie Cottages, Edinburgh, do Thomas MIDDLEMASS, carter, an Jane m.s. WIGHT, who marr. 1 Aug 1862 Maxton.^[2][3][4]

Died BEF 1965. Lisbon, Portugal. ^[5][6]

Marriage

Husband James Scott Crowden.

Wife Margaret Isabella Wight Middlemas.

Child: Margaret Scott Crowden.

Marriage registration 1907 Qtr 2 Dist of West Ham, Essex, England. ^[7]

Husband Thomas Middlemas

Wife Jane H Wight.

Child: Helen Sinton Middlemas.

Child: Beatrice Thomson Wight Middlemas.

Child: Lydia Aitken Middlemas.

Child: John Middlemas.

Child: Jane Wight Middlemas.

Child: Elizabeth Middlemas.

Child: Walter Wight Middlemas.

Child: Thomas Middlemas.

Child: Margaret Isabella Wight Middlemas.

Child: George L W Middlemas.

Marriage 01 AUG 1862. Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Note: Thomas, carter of Hailes in Colinton, so John MIDDLEMASS, carter, dec, and Lydia nee AITKEN, Jane spinster of Maxton, do Walter WIGHT, farmer and Helen nee SINTON. Wit: William Walker, Elizabeth Wight (assumed to be Jane's sister). Dist 798 #1, exact date from igi. Helen Sinton WIGHT's note reads: "Jane WIGHT 21st Jan 1842 (birth date) married Thomas MIDDLEMAS" (see also ref 781 for Middlemas birthdays). ^[8][9][10]

Census:

1871 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.

Note: MIDDLEMAS: Thomas 33 carter b St Cuthberts, Edin; wife Jane Wight 28 b Maxton, ROX (transcr. as Manton Renfrewshire!); Children: Helen S 7, Lydia A both scholars b Colinton; John 3, Jane W 7mths both b Edin St Cuthberts. ^[11]

1881 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Note: Thomas MIDDLEMAS 44, contractor b Colinton, wife Jane H, 39, b Maxton. Children: Helen, 17; Lydia A, 15, both b Colinton; John, 13; Jane, 10; Elizabeth, 8 all scholars, b Edin; Thomas, 3; Margaret, 10m both b Edin. Boarder Alexander ANDERSON, student in arts & surgery, b Humbie, HAD.^[12]

1891 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.

Note: Thomas MIDDLEMAS, head, 53, dairyman, employer, b Edin. St Cuthberts, wife Jane, 49, b Maxton, ROX. Children: Helen, unm, 29, dairyman's dtr at home, b Colinton, Edin; Lydia A, 25, dairyman's dtr, b Colinton, Edin; John, 23, dairyman, employed, b Edin. St Cuthberts; Bessie, 17, diaryman's dtr, b Edin. St Cuthberts;Thomas, 13; Maggie, 10; George 6; Beatrice, 5, all scholars b. Edin. St Cuthberts. Mary STEEL, servt, ?20?, dairymaid, b Woodend, Linlithgow.

Sinton House appears next door to Kersland House in the schedule, where Alexander KERR and wife Lydia A. (nee MIDDLEMAS) family are living.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S333 Birth 1880 Margaret MIDDLEMASS, trans. Stuart H Oct 2002
2. ↑ Source: #S781
3. ↑ Source: #S975
4. ↑ Source: #S333 Birth 1880 Margaret MIDDLEMASS, trans. Stuart H Oct 2002
5. ↑ Source: #S975
6. ↑ Source: #S1599 Dth 1961-5 Margaret I CROWDEN, aged 83, Lisbon, Portugal, 58/325, from GRO Consular Death Indices (1849 to 1965), extracted Jul 2016
7. ↑ Source: #S1595 Marr. 1907 Q2 Margaret Isabella MIDDLEMAS & James Scott CROWDEN, West Ham, ESS, 4a/546, extracted Jul 2016
8. ↑ Source: #S333 Trans. L McIntosh Oct 1995
9. ↑ Source: #S333 Birth 1878 Thomas MIDDLEMASS, trans. Stuart H Oct 2002
10. ↑ Source: #S183 original held by L McIntosh
11. ↑ Source: #S803 Civil Par. Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Reg Dist St George, MLN Reg 685/1 ED 110 Pg 14 Sched 60, hsehold of Thomas & Jane Wight MIDDLEMAS, extracted Mar 2007
12. ↑ Source: #S210 FHL Film 0223989 GRO Ref Volume 685-1 EnumDist 2 Page 22
13. ↑ Source: #S1799 Apr 2002 ex 1891 cens. Dist 685/1 (Edin. St Cuthberts, Gorgie), page 17

• Source: S1599 findmypast, Url: http://www.findmypast.com
• Source: S333 BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts, ex GRO, SCT
• Source: S781 Birthday book Emilia HENDERSON, In possession of LornaHen Emilia HENDERSON nee MILLAR & Helen Sinton HENDERSON nee WIGHT Publication: 1889+ Note: Entries written in more than one hand, and judging by the content, must have been used by both Amelia (Millar) HENDERSON, her daughter-in-law Helen Sinton (WIGHT) HENDERSON and in turn Helen's dtr-in-law Agnes (DAVIDSON) HENDERSON.
• Source: S975 PHOTO: MIDDLEMAS, Margaret 1914, Photographer: J Campbell HARPER Leith Edinburgh Scotland Note: Inscribed: From 3 Hermand Crest December 1914 To wish you a merry Xmas & a Bright New Year Annotated in Amelia HARBOUR nee HENDERSON's writing: "Edinburgh N B (ie Nth Britain), Aunt Margaret Middlemas (mother's cousin, Mrs Wm Henderson)." It is however believed that this Margaret is more likely to be Maggie Bella W MIDDLEMAS, Amelia's cousin rather than her aunt.