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Isabella Yeaman

F, #506, b. 6 May 1852, d. 8 October 1932
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 27 Aug 2015

Parents:

Father*: John Yeaman b. c 1825
Mother*: Isabel Clark b. c 1825
  • Birth*: Isabella Yeaman was born on 6 May 1852 at Rescobie, Forfarshire, Scotland, .
  • She was the daughter of John Yeaman and Isabel Clark.
  • (Bride) Marriage*: Isabella Yeaman married Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith, son of Robert Nicolson blacksmith and Sarah Ann Henderson, on 4 August 1882 at 3 Crescent Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1
  • (Deceased) Death*: Isabella Yeaman died on 8 October 1932 at 24 Mains Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 80 widow of Robert Nicolson (gardener (?)) UR Balgray Place, aged 80, senility, nephritis, bronchitis
    informant R D Nicolson grandson 93 Arbroath Road.
  • (Witness) Memorial Inscription: She is commemorated on the headstone erected by Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith in 1864 at Section E Lair 241, Eastern Cemetery, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads E 241

    23/08/1864       Euphemia Russelll          Age 67

    06/09/1864       Robert R D Nicholson’s Child

    15/04/1865       Isabella Kinnear              Age 9 months

    12/02/1868       James Cameron              4 months

    08/08/1901       David Ross                       Age 44

    06/12/1906       Daniel R Davidson         Age 2 days

    21/06/1909       Robert Nicholson           Age 83

    11/10/1932       Isabella Yeaman             Age 80.2
  • Married Name: As of 4 August 1882, her married name was Nicolson.
  • (Informant) Death: Isabella Yeaman registered the death of William Mitchell Yeaman on 19 January 1883 at 3 Crescent Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1883 deaths in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee; ref 107, William Mitchell Yeaman single illegitimate, died 1883 January Nineteenth 1h 50m am at 3 Crescent Street Dundee, male aged 7months, mother Isabella Yeaman now married to Robert Nicolson factory mechanic, cause Hydrocephalus 11 days as cert by A Johnston MBCM, signed Isabella Nicolson mother present, registered 1883 January 20th at Dundee signed F Macdiarmid registrar.3
  • (Informant) Death: Isabella Yeaman registered the death of Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith on 17 June 1907 at 3 Cotton Road, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Robert Davidson Nicolson engine fitter journyman married 1st to Jessie Worrall, 2nd to Isabella Yeaman, died 1907 June Seventeenth 2h 15m am at 3 Cotton Road Dundee, male aged 83 years, parents Robert Nicolson blacksmith journeyman (dec) and Sarah Nicolson ms Henderson (dec), senile debility as cert by David M Greig CM FACS Ed, signed Isabella Nicolson widow present, registered 1907 Jue 17th at Dundee signed Jas Murray register.4

Census & Directory Entries

Spouse5 April 1891She was listed in the household of Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith in the 1891 census at 3 Crescent Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . 3 Crescent Street, Dundee; Robert Nicolson, head, married, aged 67, engine fitter, employed, born Aberdeen; Isabella Nicolson, wife, married, aged 39, born Rescobie, Forfarshire. Alfred Henry Nicolson flesher, butcher, George Kinnear Nicolson and Agnes Baxter were also listed in the household.5
Member of Household31 March 1901They was listed as a member of the household of Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith in the 1901 census at 75 Victoria Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 75 Victoria Road, Dundee; Robert D Nicolson, head, married, aged 77, retired mechanic, born Aberdeen; Isabella Nicolson, wife, married, aged 50, born Forfar, Forfarshire.5

Family:

Robert Davidson Nicolson blacksmith b. 27 Nov 1823, d. 17 Jun 1907

Children:

William Mitchell Yeaman b. 3 Jun 1882, d. 19 Jan 1883
George Kinnear Nicolson+ b. 4 Mar 1884, d. 30 Oct 1941
Margaret Robertson Nicolson+ b. 29 Jun 1886, d. c 1970
Mary Ann Geekie Nicolson b. 17 Apr 1889, d. 10 Jun 1890
Davina Kinnear Gow Nicolson tow spinner+ b. 26 Jan 1894

Citations

  1. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1882 Marriages in the District of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee
    page 104, no 207
    1882 on the fourth day of August at 3 Crescent Street, Dundee after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland
    Robert D Nicolson, engine fitter (journeyman), widower of Jessie Worral, aged 59, 3 Crescent Street, Dundee
    father Robert Nicolson, ... mechanic (deseased)
    mother Sarah Nicoslon ms Henderson (deseased)
    Isabella Yeaman, bleachfield worker, spinster, aged 30, 18 Ann Street, Dundee
    father John Yeaman, ... (deceased)
    mother Isabella Yeaman ms Clark
    signed Archibald ... minister of ... Church
    witnesses John Yeaman, Jessie C Yeaman
    1882 August 5th at Dundee
    J M ... registrar.
  2. [S48] DCC Burial Administration: Dundee City Burials SW [Aug 2023], . Hereinafter cited as DCC Burial Administration.
  3. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory Death Dundee St Andrew ref 282/?/107, image held [Jan 2005].
  4. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, Statutory Death 1907 Dundee, St Andrew, ref 282/3 273 image held [Dec 2004].
  5. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Charts:
Geddes, Janet c1745 descendants
Grant, John c1745 descendants
Henderson, Andrew c1768 descendants
Kinloch, Thomas c1703 descendants
McLeish, James c1735 descendants
Nicolson, John c1765 descendants
Spense, Margaret c1703 descendants