Helen Jane Nicolson

Parents:

• Birth*: Helen Jane Nicolson was born on 26 April 1890 at 3 Shuttlefield Street, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, .
• She was the daughter of Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Jane Lawson Pitkethly.
• (Bride) Marriage*: Helen Jane Nicolson married Frank Ford Mackay jute weaving overseer on 8 May 1925 at Arklay Street Hall, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Frank Ford Mackay 32, 17 Morgan Street Powerloom tenter, father James Mackay, mother Agnes Ford
  Helen Jane Nicolson 35, 22 North Erskine Street, Jute Weaver
  witnesses Harry Millar Nicolson (bro) 22 N Erskine St and Helen ... Mackay 17 Morgan St.¹
• (Deceased) Death*: Helen Jane Nicolson died on 6 December 1929 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , at age 39 Helen Jane Mackay, 39, ur 22 North Erskine Street, Cardiac Failure (anecdotal - died in childbirth as no c-section)
  inf David Watson B-in-law, 111 Arbroath Road.^2,3
• Burial*: She was buried on 10 December 1929 at Eastern Cemetery, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .⁴

• (Witness) Marriage: She witnessed the marriage of David Watson jute works manager and Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson on Friday, 31 January 1913 at 22 North Erskine Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1913 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 39; 1913 on the Thirty-First day of January at 22 North Erskine Street Dundee after banns according to the forms of the United Free Church of Scotland, signed David Watson machine fitter journyman bachelor, aged 29, residing 4 Balmore Street Dundee, parents David Allan Watson jute mill mechanic (dec) and Elizabeth Watson ms Galloway (dec); signed Jessie Nicolson sack machinist spinster aged 25 residing 22 North Erskine Street Dundee, parents Forester Cockburn Nicolson stoker in Gas Works and Jane Lawson Nicolson ms Pitkethly; signed James Robbie BD Clepington United Free Church Dundee, signed Thomas Baxter, Helen Jane Nicolson witnesses, registered 1913 February 1st at Dundee signed Jas Murray registrar.^5,6,7
• (Witness) Photograph: Helen Jane Nicolson is in this photograph taken circa 1915 at Scotland, , along with Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman, Jane Lawson Pitkethly, Henry Millar Nicolson jute mill overseer, Forester C Nicolson iron turner, Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson and Robert Davidson Nicolson textile fitter.⁸
  

  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)
• (Witness) Photograph: Helen Jane Nicolson is in this photograph taken say 1916 at 3 Shuttlefield, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, , along with Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman, Jane Lawson Pitkethly, Jessie Pitkethly Nicolson, Robert Davidson Nicolson textile fitter, Forester C Nicolson iron turner, Henry Millar Nicolson jute mill overseer and David Watson jute works manager.¹⁰
  

  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
• Married Name: As of 8 May 1925, her married name was Mackay.
• Newspaper Article*: Helen Jane Nicolson was mentioned in a newspaper article 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 on 9 December 1929 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .¹¹

Census & Directory Entries

Principal	1891	Helen Jane Nicolson appeared in the 1891 census at 2 Shuttlefield Street, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, . Daug, 11 mo, Newburgh.
Member of Household	5 April 1891	They was listed in the 1891 census at 2 Shuttlefield Street, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, ; Jane     Nicolson     Head     Married     Female     28     1863     Seamans Wife     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland Jessie     Nicolson     Daughter     -     Female     3     1888     -     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland Helen J     Nicolson     Daughter     -     Female     0     1891     -     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.12
Principal	1901	She appeared in the 1901 census at 216 High Street, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, . Daug, 10, scholar, Newburgh.
Member of Household	31 March 1901	They was listed in the 1901 census at 216 High Street, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, ; Jane     Nicholson     Head     Married     Female     38     1863     Firemans Wife     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland Jessie     Nicholson     Daughter     -     Female     13     1888     Scholar     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland Ellen J     Nicholson     Daughter     -     Female     10     1891     Scholar     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland Robert     Nicholson     Son     -     Male     8     1893     Scholar     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland Sarah A     Nicholson     Daughter     -     Female     5     1896     Scholar     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland Forrester     Nicholson     Son     -     Male     2     1899     -     Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.13
Member of Household	31 March 1911	They was listed as a member of the household of Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and 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.14