Jane H (Wight) Middlemas (1842 - 1922)

Born 21 Jan 1842 in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Middlemas — married 1 Aug 1862 in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1922 at age 80 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

Jane H Wight. ^[1][2][3]

Born 21 JAN 1842. Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland. ^[4][5]

Died 15 NOV 1922. Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Note: Cert 685/7 #918 reads: Jane Middlemas, widow of Thomas, aged 80, died 13 Nov 1922 at 7pm at Hollybank Tce, Edinburgh, of ???, dtr of Walter Wight, farmer, and Helen Sinton, both dec. Inf. son George Middlemas. Dth notice reads: MIDDLEMAS At 4 Hollybank Ter. Edin on 15th inst Jane WIGHT widow of Thomas MIDDLEMAS, Gorgie in her 81st yr. Funeral on Sat to Dalry Cem. 3pm (so did she die 13th or 15th or did I mistranscribe something?). ^[6][7][8]

Christening: 06 MAR 1842. Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Note: "Walter Wight residenter in Maxton & Helen Sinton his wife had a daughter born at Maxton on the Twenty first day of January, baptised on the sixth of March last eighteen hundred and forty two years and called Jane". ^[9]

Census:

1861 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Note: kitchen maid, 19 to Rev John THOMSON (presumably at the Manse); Ancestry shows hsehold as: THOMSON: John 85 Minister Of Maxton Parish, b Forgandenny, Perth; Dtr: Barbara 33 b Maxton; Dtr-in-lawvisitor Mary F L 35 b Edin.; Grdson/visitor John Stuart 16, Grddtrvisitor:Helen Douglas 11 Mo; both b Edin. Servants: Mary Leitch 27 nursery maid/visitor b Liberton, MLN; Jean Wight 19 kitchen maid b Maxton; Mary Allan 16 hsemaid b Hume, BEW; John Tinlin 14 ag lab b Ancrum, ROX;. ^[10][11]

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. ^[12]

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.^[13]

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.

NB Sinton House appears next door to Kersland House in the schedule, where Alexander KERR and wife Lydia A. (nee MIDDLEMAS) family are living.^[14]

1901 Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Note: MIDDLEMASS: Jane Wight, head, widow, 65, b St Boswells, ROX; Children (all b Edin): Elizabeth 28 forewoman, biscuit factory; Margaret I W 20 weigher, biscuit factory; George 16, apprentice stationer; Beatrice T W 15 sampler biscuit factory. ^[15]

1911 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Note: MIDDLEMAS: Jane 69 wid. b. Maxton, ROX; Children: George 26 unm assistant stationer, Margaret CROWDEN 30 marr. 4 yrs, 1 child, none living, both b. Edin.; ?Sv? William WALLACE 23 assist chemist b. Deer, ABD. ^[16]

Buried 18 NOV 1922. Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. ^[17] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Note: Stone 1654; "Thomas Middlemas, 26 April 1897, 60. wife Jane Wight, 15 November 1922, 80. son Walter Wight, 28 February 1876 11/12 daughter Jane Wight, 4 June 1866, 15". ^[18]

Marriage

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". ^[19][20][21]

Reference: 1370

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S183 original held by L McIntosh
2. ↑ Source: #S210 FHL Film 0223989 GRO Ref Volume 685-1 EnumDist 2 Page 22
3. ↑ Source: #S707 Register of Births and Baptisms: Jane WIGHT 1842, extracted Sep 1994
4. ↑ Source: #S183 original held by L McIntosh
5. ↑ Source: #S707 Register of Births and Baptisms: Jane WIGHT 1842, extracted Sep 1994
6. ↑ Source: #S1799 Apr 2002 ex 1891 cens.
7. ↑ Source: #S333 Dth 1922 Jane MIDDLEMAS, nee SINTON, trans. Stuart H, Mar 2004
8. ↑ Source: #S2355 Dth 1922 Jane MIDDLEMAS nee WIGHT, from page 12 Fri 17th Nov 1922, extracted Dec 2005
9. ↑ Source: #S707 Register of Births and Baptisms: Jane WIGHT 1842, extracted Sep 1994
10. ↑ Source: #S1044 1861 Census Jane WIGHT, Maxton, hsehold of Rev John THOMSON, rcvd Apr 2001
11. ↑ Source: #S205 Maxton, ROX Reg. 798 ED 2 Sched 37, hsehold of Rev John THOMSON, extracted Apr 2012
12. ↑ 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
13. ↑ Source: #S210 FHL Film 0223989 GRO Ref Volume 685-1 EnumDist 2 Page 22
14. ↑ Source: #S1799 Apr 2002 ex 1891 cens. Dist 685/1 (Edin. St Cuthberts, Gorgie), page 17
15. ↑ Source: #S56 1901 Census: MIDDLEMASS Dist 685/5 ED 98 Page 13 Schedule #91, copy d/loaded Jul 2005
16. ↑ Source: #S215 Civil Par. Gogrie, Par. of Edinburgh St Michael, Midlothian, hsehold of Jane MIDDLEMAS, copy d/loaded Jul 2016
17. ↑ Source: #S2355 Dth 1922 Jane MIDDLEMAS nee WIGHT, from page 12 Fri 17th Nov 1922, extracted Dec 2005
18. ↑ Source: #S1956 Dalry Cem. extracts, rcvd Jan 2006 held SGS Library, Edin.
19. ↑ Source: #S333 Trans. L McIntosh Oct 1995
20. ↑ Source: #S333 Birth 1878 Thomas MIDDLEMASS, trans. Stuart H Oct 2002
21. ↑ Source: #S183 original held by L McIntosh

• Source: S1044 Borders Corres. ex H D W, Recipient: L Henderson
• Source: S1799 EMails re MIDDLEMAS/WATSON between Stephen W & LornaHen
• Source: S183 LTR WIGHT/SINTON children bdms ex dtr Helen , Maxton 28 Nov 1875, Recipient: family, Author Address: Helensvale, Leith Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Helen Sinton HENDERSON nee WIGHT (43) Publication: 28 Nov 1875 Note: Lists dates of birth, death, and some marriages for Helen Sinton WIGHT's siblings and is headed Maxton, 28th Nov 1875 (which cannot be when and where it was written as it looks as if it was all written at one time but later dates are mentioned) Written in the hand of Helen Sinton HENDERSON (nee WIGHT) and refers to "my Father Walter WIGHT" and "my Mother Helen SINTON"
• Source: S1956 EMails re Borders/CAI Corres:McCUTCHEON/LornaHen
• Source: S205 1861 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com
• Source: S210 1881 Census transcripts, UK, via Family Search/LDS CDs
• Source: S215 Census imaged: 1911 England: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1911 , http://ancestry.com Repository: #R143
• Repository: R143 findmypast.co.uk England
• Source: S2355 The Scotsman Archive, http://archive.scotsman.com
• Source: S333 BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts, ex GRO, SCT
• Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855)http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
• Source: S707 OPR: Maxton, Roxburghshire, Subject: Births baptisms burials, Location: Maxton, ROX (Dist 798)

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