Janet McWilliam¹

Parents:

• Birth*: Janet McWilliam was born on 30 January 1840 at Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, .^1,2
• She was the daughter of William McWilliam and Barbara Newall.¹
• (Erector) Memorial Inscription*: A Headstone was erected by Janet McWilliam in 1886 at St Nicholas Churchyard, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads Er by Jessie McWilliam in affectionate remembrance of her father and mother William McWilliam b 5 May 1805 d 16 Jan 1886; Barbara Newall b 5 May 1809 d 22 Jul 1853; the above Jessie McWilliam b 30 Jan 1840 d 20 Jul 1898; also her sister Jean widow of the late Robert Stevenson Maryport b 29 Dec 1831 d 10 May 1909; also of Elizabeth McKinlay the beloved wife of Robert McWilliam d 23 Apr 1905 aged 71; the above named Robert McWilliam b 23 Sep 1827 d 21 Sept 1911 'Thy Will Be Done.²'

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	6 June 1841	Janet McWilliam was listed along with William McWilliam and Barbara Newall in the 1841 census at Prestwick Proper, Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland, . William McWilliam Male 35 1806 cotton handloom weaver Ireland; Barbara McWilliam Female 30 1811 Scotland others listed on this sheet: Samuel     Porter     Male     27     1814 cotton hlw     Ayrshire, Scotland Elizabeth     Porter     Female     30     1811     Ayrshire, Scotland James     Porter     Male     3     1838     Ayrshire, Scotland Isabella     Porter     Female     0     1841     Ayrshire, Scotland William     Quail     Male     80     1761     cotton hlw Ireland; Janet McWilliam Female 1 1840 Ayrshire, Scotland.1
Member of Household	30 March 1851	They was listed as a member of the household of William McWilliam and Barbara Newall in the 1851 census at West Side of Village, Kirk Street, Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland, . Janet McWilliam Daughter Unmarried Female 11 1840 Scholar Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland; William McWilliam Head Married Male 45 1806 Hand Loom Weaver (Cotton) Ireland; Barbara McWilliam Wife Married Female 41 1810 Weavers Wife Lanarkshire, Scotland.3