- Birth*: Elizabeth Abercrombie Porter milliner was born on 1 August 1841 at Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, .1
- She was the daughter of Robert Porter and Margaret Abercrombie.
- Marriage*: Elizabeth Abercrombie Porter milliner married J Gourlay, son of James Gourlay and Isabella Dalrymple, on Monday, 2 January 1871 at Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, .2
- Marriage*: Elizabeth Abercrombie Porter milliner married Andrew Watson, son of David Watson and Jane Thomson, on Monday, 3 November 1873 at Damside Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, .3
- Name Variation: Elizabeth Abercrombie Porter milliner was also known as Bessie Watson.
- Married Name: As of 2 January 1871, her married name was Gourlay.2
- Married Name: As of 3 November 1873, her married name was Watson.4
- Emigration*: Elizabeth Abercrombie Porter milliner emigrated with Elizabeth Abercrombie Porter milliner on an unknown person in 1885; or some report 1879 ...5
- (Witness) Passenger List: She was mentioned on a passenger list with Margaret Abercrombie Miller on the Numidian Ship Allan Shipping Line between 8 February 1913 and 22 February 1913 at Glasgow to Boston. List of manifest of alien passengers for the United States immigration officer at port of arrival; SS Numidian sailing from Glasgow 8 Feby 1913, arriving at Boston 22 Feby 1913; ref 14; Moncur, Margaret, aged 36, female, widowed, occ milliner, can read & write, nationality British, race Scotch, last permanent residence Scotland Dundee, name of relative or friend in country whence came Father James Miller, 24 Thomson Street, Dundee, Scotland, final destination Mass Lowell, has a ticket to such final destination, passage paid by self, in possession of $30, previously in US for visit in 1895 to Lowell, going to join relative aunt Bessie Watson 437 Central St, Lowell, Mass, never in prison etc, polygamist, anachist..., in good mental & physical health, not deformed or crippled, height 5ft 3in, fair complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, no ID marks, born Scotland Dundee Aunt Bessie Watson.6
- Marriage*: She married Andrew Watson, son of David Watson and Jane Thomson, on Monday, 3 November 1873 at Damside Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, .3
- [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index).
- [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriage 1871 Blairgowrie ref 335/ 3 [Mar 2017].
- [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Marriage 1873 Dunfermline 424/1 155 image held
[Mar 2017]. - [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Marriage 1873 Dunfermline 424/1 155 [Mar 2017].
- [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Year: 1920; Census Place: Lowell Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_710; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 203; Image: 1013 [June 2017].
- [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943; NAI Number: 4319742; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: T843; NARA Roll Number: 190 [June 2017].
- [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Blairgowrie; ED: 1C; Page: 4; Line: 25; Roll: 504; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Sep 2011]
- [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Blairgowrie; ED: 2; Page: 23; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1861_47. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Aug 2012]
- [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Blairgowrie; ED: 5; Page: 35; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1871_61; Year: 1871. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Sep 2011]
Elizabeth Abercrombie Porter milliner
F, #1267, b. 1 August 1841
Last Edited: 28 May 2024
Parents:
Father*: Robert Porter b. 30 Jan 1819, d. 30 May 1877
Mother*: Margaret Abercrombie b. 1819, d. 20 May 1872
Mother*: Margaret Abercrombie b. 1819, d. 20 May 1872
Family:
Andrew Watson b. c 1835