Agnes Redpath (1874)

Born 29 Dec 1874 in Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

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Biography

Agnes Redpath was born on Tuesday, December 29, 1874, in Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the third child and second daughter of George Redpath and Janet Forbes's five children.

Timeline

1874 - Agnes' Birth: Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. ^[1]

The FamilySearch website indexes a birth or baptism record for Agnes Ridpath from the parish of Prestonkirk with the following information: She was born on Tuesday, December 29, 1874, to George Ridpath and Janet Forbes.

1879 - Birth of Sister: Humbie, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. ^[2]

The Parish of Humbie in the County of Haddington birth register entry for Agnes's sister, Ann Redpath records that she was born on Saturday, April 12, 1879, at Stobshiel, Parish of Humbie. Furthermore, the entry names her father as George Redpath, a farm servant; her mother as Janet Redpath, formerly Forbes; and they married on Thursday, June 9, 1870, at Haddington. Father George Redpath reported the birth on Saturday, May 3, 1879, in Humbie

1881 - Census: Cranston, Midlothian, Scotland. ^[3]

The Scottish Census enumerated Agnes on Sunday, April 3, 1881, in the County of Edinburgh, Registration District of Cranston, Enumeration District Number 2. According to her entry on Page 11, Schedule 55 of the archive, she was at Oxenford Mains on the night of the census. The document contains the following information about Agnes and the other mebers of the household:

• George Redpath, head, aged 57, a ploughman, born in North Berwick, Haddingtonshire
• Janet Redpath, wife, aged 41, born in Aberlady, Haddingtonshire
• David Redpath, son, aged 9, a scholar, born in Cranston, Edinburgh
• Agnes Redpath, daughter, aged 6, a scholar, born in Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire
• Margaret Redpath, daughter, aged 8, a scholar, born in Cranston, Edinburgh
• Jessie Redpath, daughter, aged 4, born in Humbie, Haddingtonshire
• Ann Redpath, daughter, aged 1, born in Humbie, Haddingtonshire

Sources

1. ↑ Family Search Birth or Baptism Index for Agnes Ridpath, 29 Dec 1874. Family Search Historical Records, Parish: Prestonkirk, familysearch.org:Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYP6-P8H accessed 4 Jan 2019
2. ↑ County of Haddington, Parish of Humbie Statutory Birth Register Entry for Ann Redpath, 12th April 1879. National Records of Scotland, 1879 710/10 (Humbie), Page:4; Entry:10 (scotlandspeople.gov.uk:Statutory Registers Births, accessed 7 Jan 2021)
3. ↑ 1881 County of Edinburgh, Cranston Census for George Redpath Household. National Records of Scotland, Parish: Cranston; ED: 2; Page: 11; Line: 16; Roll: cssct1881_276, ancestry.co.uk:1881 Scotland Census, Page:11; Schedule:55 accessed 27 Jan 2016