CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameBetsy SPEEDY [6559], [6561], [6562]
Birth Date2 Jan 1831 [6562], [6561]
Birth PlaceCrayre, Perthshire, Scotland
MemoUnable to verify place name
Bapt Date8 Jan 1831 [6562] Age: <1
Bapt PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
Census Date8 Apr 1861 [6561] Age: 30
Census PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
Memo89 South Street
Census Date3 Apr 1871 [6564] Age: 40
Census PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
Memo89 South Street
Census Date3 Apr 1881 [6565] Age: 50
Census PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
Memo89 South Street
Death Date1890 [1260]
Death PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
MemoAge 64 - not consistent with birth year. Parish 387.
Alias/AKABetsy SPEEDIE [6563], [6913], [6914]
Alt.SpellingBetsy DAUGLAS [6565]
OccupationLaundress [6561]
OccupationKeeper Of Mangle / Mangler [6564], [6565]
FatherJohn SPEEDY (~1803-)
MotherBetsy DRYSDALE (~1804-)
Misc. Notes
Betsy reverted to her maiden name after the death of her first husband, but kept the name DOUGLAS after her 2nd husband died.
Spouses
1James WINTON [6220], [6558], [6560], [6563], [6913], [6914], 1C4R
Birth Dateca 1822 [6220], [6558]
Birth PlaceCrieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Memorange from 1841 census: 1821-1826
Census Date6 Jun 1841 [6220]
Census PlaceCrieff, Perthshire, Scotland
MemoMiller St. (West Church quoad sacra parish)
Census Date30 Mar 1851 [6558]
Census PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
Memo13 Cow Vennel. Still single, not married till 1852.
Death Date19 Dec 1856 [6560]
Death PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
MemoAge 23 [sic] years
Burial Date22 Dec 1856 [6560]
Burial PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
MemoGreyfriars Cemetery
OccupationBlacksmith [6220], [6558], [6560], [6913], [6914]
FatherJames WANTEN (1795-1874)
MotherCatherine STEWART (1796-)
Misc. Notes
As a teenager, James was a Blacksmith apprentice. [6220]
Research
02-JAN-2018: unable to find birth in OPR at ScotlandsPeople.
Marr Date12 Nov 1852 [6559]
Marr PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
ChildrenJames Stewart (ca1854-1931)
 John Speedie (1855-)
2Daniel DOUGLAS [1260]
Birth Dateca 1816
MemoBased on age at death.
Death Date1880 [1260]
Death PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
MemoAge 64. Parish 387.
Marr Date1877 [1260]
Marr PlacePerth, Perthshire, Scotland
Marr MemoParish 387
Misc. Notes
This marriage appears twice in the ScotlandsPeople Statutory registers index. The only difference between the two entries is the spelling of Betsy’s surname: SPEEDIE and SPEEDY.
Last Modified 28 Apr 2018Created 23 Jun 2022 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 23 Jun 2022
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