Janet Watson Cullen

Parents:

• Birth*: Janet Watson Cullen was born on 9 January 1851 at New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, ; LDS C115005 Nov 2005.
• She was the daughter of William Cullen and Janet Watson.
• (Bride) Marriage*: Janet Watson Cullen married Robert Mackenzie Fisher the Ayrshire Poet, son of William Fisher hand loom weaver cotton, engine driver and Marion McKenzie, on 29 October 1874 at 78 High Street, Aidrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ; 1874 marriages in the burgh of Airdrie in the county of Lanark ref 131; 1874 on the 29th day of October at 78 High Street Airdrie New Monkland after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland; signed Robert McKenzie Fisher shipwright jouneyman widower, aged 34, residing Barrow in Furness England, parents William Fisher engine worker and Marion Fisher ms McKenzie (dec); signed Janet W Cullen confectioner spinster, aged 22, residing 70 High Street Airdrie, parents William Cullen farmer (dec) and Janet Syme previously Cullen ms Watson; signed R M Lawson Free High Church Airdrie, wit Robert Dunlop, Christina Cullen; reg 1874 October 30th at Aidrie Will Whyte registrar.¹

• Married Name: As of 29 October 1874, her married name was Fisher.
• (Spouse) Death: Their spouse Robert Mackenzie Fisher the Ayrshire Poet died on 24 July 1910 at Flowerbank, 21 Castlehill Road, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, ; 1910 deaths in the district of Ayr in the burgh of Ayr, ref 315; Robert McKenzie Fisher shipwright married to 1st Jane Watson 2nd Janet Watson Cullen, 1910 July 24th 10h 40m am Flowerbank 21 Castlehill Road Ayr, male aged 70 years, parents William Fisher engine worker (dec) and Marion Fisher ms McKenzie (dec), cirrhosis of liver ...eites as cert by R Morton MD, inf William Cullen Fisher son present, reg 1910 July 25th at Ayr D Macdonald assistant registrar initialled WA (Wm Aitken registrar.)²

Census & Directory Entries

Spouse	3 April 1881	She was listed in the household of Robert Mackenzie Fisher the Ayrshire Poet in the 1881 census at 12 Greyfriars Street, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, . Robert McKenzie Fisher, head, mar, 41, bookseller & stationer employing 2 men, Prestwick Ayr; Janet Fisher, wife, mar, 29, Old Kirkpatrick Dunbarton; Agnes Syme, serv, unm, 16, domestic servant, Glasgow Lanark. John Watson Fisher, William Cullen Fisher, Mary Cullen Fisher and Robert McKenzie Fisher were also listed in the household.3
Spouse	5 April 1891	She was listed in the household of Robert Mackenzie Fisher the Ayrshire Poet in the 1891 census at Bute Place, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, . Robert Fisher, head, mar, 51, shipwright, employed, Ayrshire Prestwick; Janet Fisher, wife, mar, 39, shipwright's wife, Renfrewshire Paisley; 4 rooms with windows. William Cullen Fisher, Mary Cullen Fisher, Robert McKenzie Fisher, Marion Fisher, James Fisher, David Fisher and Walter Fisher were also listed in the household.4
Spouse	31 March 1901	She was listed in the household of Robert Mackenzie Fisher the Ayrshire Poet in the 1901 census at Flowerbank House, 21 Castlehill Road, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, . Robert Fisher, head, mar, 61, ship carpenter, worker, Ayrshire Prestwick; Janet Fisher, wife, mar, 48, Renfrewshire Paisley; 5 rooms with windows. William Cullen Fisher, Mary Cullen Fisher, Robert McKenzie Fisher, Marion Fisher, James Fisher, David Fisher and Walter Fisher were also listed in the household.5