Isabel Rose (abt. 1805)

Born about 1805 in Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

This profile is part of the Watten, Caithness One Place Study.

Isabel (or Bell) Rose of Scorriclate in the parish of Watten, Caithness, was named as the mother of James Gunn (or Rose) who was born illegitimately in January 1825 and baptised in Watten, Caithness, on 3 October 1825.^[1]

The circumstances of James Gunn Junior's conception were considered at meetings of the Watten parish kirk sessions in 1825.^[2]

In 1841 Isabel was living with Alexander Rose and her son, James, in Bilbster in the parish of Wick, Caithness. Isabel's trade was "agricultural labourer". Although no records have been found yet to support this, it would be reasonable to assume that Alexander and Isabel were related and that Alexander was probably her father.^[3]

Census

Isabel Rose in the 1841 Scotland Census

Name: Isabel Rose

Age: 35

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806

Gender: Female

Where born: Caithness, Scotland

Civil parish: Wick

County: Caithness

Address: Bilbster

Occupation: Ag Lab

Parish Number: 43

Household Members

Alex Rose (age 80)

Isabel Rose (age 35)

James Gunn (age 15)

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Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBMG-3PF : 12 February 2020), James Gunn or Rose, 1825.
2. ↑ Minutes of the Watten Kirk Session, 1825, CH2/364/4. Accessed via Scotland's People.
3. ↑ 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Wick; ED: 4A; Page: 22; Line: 1500; Year: 1841. Accessed via Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.