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Jessie Young Conway

F, #553, b. 26 May 1889, d. 24 July 1894
Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022

Parents:

Father*: William Fisher Conway b. 13 Oct 1865, d. 21 Jan 1941
Mother*: Jane Hutchison Wilkie jute weaver b. 23 May 1865, d. 25 Oct 1945
Relationship:
1st cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Catherine Adamson
  • Birth*: Jessie Young Conway was born on 26 May 1889 at 26 Seafield Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1
  • She was the daughter of William Fisher Conway and Jane Hutchison Wilkie jute weaver.
  • (Deceased) Death*: Jessie Young Conway died on 24 July 1894 at 12 Cleghorn Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 5 1894 deaths in the district of St Mary in the burgh of Dundee, ref 415; Jessie Youung Conway single; 1894 July twenty-fourth 10h 0m pm 12 Cleghorn Street Dundee; female aged 5 years; parents William Conway dairyman and Jeanie Conway ms Hutcheson; tubercular disease of bowels 2 months as cert by A J Duncan MD; signed W F Conway father present; 1894 July 25th at Dundee John Taylor asst registrar.2
  • Newspaper Article*: She was mentioned in a newspaper article DEATHS
    CONWAY - At 12 Cleghorn Street, Dundee, on the 24th inst., Jessie Young, aged 5 years, beloved and only daughter of Wiliam F. and Jane Conway. on 26 July 1894.3
  • (Witness) Memorial Inscription: She is commemorated on the headstone erected by William Fisher Conway in 1894 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads Erected by William F Conway and his wife Jane Wilkie in loving memory of their daughter Jessie Young Conway who died 2nd July 1894 aged 5 years and 2 months.
    Also their son James F Conway who died 27th Novr 1923 aged 32 years, and husband of Violet Dallas.
    The above William F Conway died 21st January 1941 in his 76th year.
    And the above Jane Wilkie died 25th October 1945 in her 81st year.4
    Headstone Balgay Cemetery William F Conway family

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household5 April 1891She was listed as a member of the household of William Fisher Conway and Jane Hutchison Wilkie jute weaver in the 1891 census at 12 Cleghorn Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Jessie Conway, daughter, aged 1, born Forfarshire, Dundee; William F Conway, head, married, aged 25, Dairyman Foreman, employed, born Ayrshire, Kilwinning; Jane Conway, wife, married, aged 25, born Forfarshire, Dundee.6

Citations

  1. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Civil Parish of Liff & Benvie, Parish of Logie, Burgh of Dundee, Ward 8
    12 Cleghorn Street
    William F Conway, head, married, aged 25, Dairyman Foreman, employed, born Ayrshire, Kilwinning
    Jane Conway, wife, married, aged 25, born Forfarshire, Dundee
    Jessie Conway, daughter, aged 1, born Forfarshire, Dundee.
  2. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory death St Mary Dundee 1894 [Jul 2004].
  3. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Dundee Courier, 26 Jul 1894, Intimations, deaths [Nov 2016].
  4. [S43] PCC photographs [Nov 2016].
  5. PCC photographs [Nov 2016]
  6. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, Civil Parish of Liff & Benvie, Parish of Logie, Burgh of Dundee, Ward 8, 12 Cleghorn Street.