Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman¹

Parents:

• Birth*: Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman was born on 21 July 1862 at 7 Crescent Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .
• He was the son of Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith and Janet Worrel.
• (Groom) Marriage*: Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman married Jane Lawson Pitkethly, daughter of David Clark Pitkethly mason and Janet Lawson, on 16 January 1885 at Catholic Apostolic Church, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1885 marriages in the district if St Mary in the burgh of Dundee, ref 25; 1885 on the Sixteenth day of January at Catholic Apostolic Church Dundee after banns according to the forms of the Catholic Apostolic Church; signed Forester C Nicolson stoker in steamboat bachelor aged 22 residing 3 Crescent Street Dundee, parents Robert Davidson Nicolson machine fitter and Jessie Nicolson ms Worrall (dec); signed Jane L Pitkethley domestic servant spinster aged 22 residing 139 Princes Street Dundee, parents David Clark Pitkethley mason and Janet Pitkethley ms Lawson; signed John Rankin minister, signed John Pitkethley witness, Christina A Whyte witness; registered 1885 January 20th at Dundee signed Jas Anderson registrar.²
• (Deceased) Death*: Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman died on 19 January 1926 at 22 North Erskine Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 63 Forester Cockburn Nicolson gas works stoker married to Jane Lawson Pitkethly,m 1926 January Nineteenth 8h 5m am at 22 North Erskine Street Dundee, male aged 63 years, parents Robert Davidson Nicolson jute mill machanic (dec) & Jane Nicolson ms Worral (dec), chronic nephritis & heath failure as cert by Charles Kerr BM & ... signed Davis Watson son-in-law 111 Arbroath Road, registered 1926 January 19th at Dundee signed H Templeton registrar.³

• Occupation: On 12 October 1907 at 27 Lyon Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , Forester was gas work stoker; death of daug Sarah Ann.
• (Informant) Death: He registered the death of Sarah Ann Nicolson on 12 October 1907 at Kings Cross Hospital, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1907 deaths in the district of St Clement in the burgh of Dundee, ref 283; Sarah Ann Nicolson single died 1907 October Twelfth 10h 15m pm Kings Cross Hospital, ur 27 Lyon Street Dundee, female aged 11 years, parents Forester Cockburn Nicolson gas works stoker and Jane Nicolson ms Pitkethly; cerebral meningitis as cert by C Templeman MD, signed Forester C Nicolson father 27 Lyon Street, registered 1907 October 15th at Dundee signed Alex Simpson registrar.⁴
• (Witness) Death: Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman witnessed the death of John Shaw Nicolson on 23 April 1912 at 12 Glebe Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Customs Officer.
• Occupation*: On 31 January 1913 at 22 North Erskine Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , Forester was Jessie marriage : Stoker in Gas Works.
• Photograph*: Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Jane Lawson Pitkethly are in this photograph taken circa 1915 at Scotland, , along with Henry Millar Nicolson jute mill overseer, Helen Jane Nicolson, Forester C Nicolson iron turner, Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson and Robert Davidson Nicolson textile fitter.⁵
  

  Front L-R Forester Cockburn Nicolson (1862-1926), Henry Millar Nicolson, Helen Jane Nicolson, Jane Lawson Pitkethly
  Back L-R Forester C Nicolson (1899-1981), Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, Robert Davidson Nicolson (1893-1951)
• Photograph: Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Jane Lawson Pitkethly are in this photograph taken say 1916 at 3 Shuttlefield, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, , along with Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, Helen Jane Nicolson, Robert Davidson Nicolson textile fitter, Forester C Nicolson iron turner, Henry Millar Nicolson jute mill overseer and David Watson jute works manager.⁷
  

  Thought to be: the folk on seats from L-R: Forester C Nicolson (dob 1862); standing child 1; Jane Pitlethly; 'Grampa' unknown (could this be a Pitkethly??); 'Grandma' unknown; standing child 2; Helen Jane Nicolson (dob 1890, died 1929) with the dog.
  Standing at the back L-R Unknown male 1; Unknown female 1; son Robert Davidson (1893) or Forester (1899); unknown male 2; unknown male 3, could be David Watson?; Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson (dob 1887, married to David Watson); unknown couple.
  Sitting at the front: Left child 1; right Harry Millar Nicolson
• (Witness) Newspaper Article: Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Frank Ford Mackay jute weaving overseer and Jane Lawson Pitkethly was mentioned in a newspaper article about Helen Jane Nicolson on 9 December 1929. Death notice MACKAY - At DRI suddenly, on the 6th Dec, Helen Jane Nicolson, beloved wife of Frank Ford Mackay, Ganges Jute Mills, India, and second daughter of the late Forester Nicolson and Mrd Nicolson, 22 North Erskine Street - deeply mourned. Friends wishing to attend funeral meet cortege at Eastern Cemetery gate Tuesday at 2.20pm.⁸
• (Spouse) Death: His spouse Jane Lawson Pitkethly died on 15 December 1936 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Jane Lawson Nicolson widow of Forester Cockburn Nicolson ...
  ur 22 North Erskine Street
  74 years
  fath David Pitkethly mason (dec, moth Janet Petkethly ms Lawson (dec)
  Cerebral haemorrhage cert by James ... Stalker MD
  inf Robert Nicolson son 24 North Erskine Street.

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	2 April 1871	They was listed as a member of the household of Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith in the 1871 census at 3 Crescent Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Forester, son, 9, scholar, Dundee; Robert Nicolson, head, mar, 47, engine fitter, Aberdeen; Jessie Nicolson, wife, mar, 42, Errol, Perthshire.9,10
Member of Household	3 April 1881	He was listed in the 1881 census; not found.
Principal	5 April 1891	Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman appeared in the 1891 census at ss Dean, Dartford, Kent, England, . Household transcription, Nicolson Forester, vessel Dean Steam, port/place Dundee, crew, married, male, age 28, Fireman, born Dundee Forfarshire; RG no RG12, piece 648, folio 53 page 1, reg dist Gravesend, civil parish Dartford, county Kent.11
Member of Household	31 March 1901	They was listed as a member of the household of James Sanderson and Sarah Ann Nicolson in the 1901 census at 55 Victoria Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Forrester Nicolson, boarder, 38, mariner f..., Dundee; James Sanderson, head, 48, currier of leather, Alloa Clackmannanshire; Sarah, wife, 52, Dundee.12
Head of Household	31 March 1911	He was listed as head of household along with spouse Jane Lawson Pitkethly in the 1911 census at 20 N Erskine Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Forrester Nicolson, head, 48, mar, mechanical stoker, gas works minicipal, worker, born Dundee; Jane Nicolson, wife, 48, married 26 years, 8 children born alive, 5 still living, born Newburgh Fife; Jessie, daug, 23, single, sewing machinist, jute, worker, born Newburgh; Helen, daug, 20, single, jute weaver, worker, born Newburgh; Robert, son, 18, single, apprentice machine fitter, jte work, worker, born Newburgh; Forrester, son, 12, at school, born Newburgh; Henry, son, 7, at school, born Newburgh; also in the household were Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, Helen Jane Nicolson, Robert Davidson Nicolson textile fitter, Forester C Nicolson iron turner and Henry Millar Nicolson jute mill overseer.13