Bessie Campbell Martin 1864 - 1942

Name: Betsy Martin

AKA: Bessie Campbell Martin or Urquhart

Father: Robert Martin

Mother: Sarah Campbell

Born: 13 May 1864, Cumlodden¹

Siblings:

Donald Martin b. 18 Sep 1858, Sandhole, Furnace²
Margaret Martin b. 7 Jan 1860, Sandhole, Furnace³
Catherine Martin b. 3 Jan 1862, Sandhole, Furnace⁴
Duncan Martin b. 5 Jul 1867, Goatfield, Furnace⁵
Alexander Martin b. 12 Apr 1870, Goatfield, Furnace⁶
Robert Martin b. 1 Dec 1872, Goatfield, Furnace⁷
Duncan Martin b. 23 March 1876, Goatfield, Furnace⁸

Married: 2 Jun 1899, Gymnasium Hall, Hozier Street, Glasgow Partick to Archibald Buchanan Dixon Urquhart⁹
Wittnesses: Thomas Hayes & Mary Ross

Children:

Morag Campbell Urquhart b. 31 Jul 1901, 29 Rosevale Street, Glasgow Partick¹⁰
Mary Reid Urquhart b. 22 Aug 1902, 29 Rosevale Street, Glasgow Partick¹¹
Margaret Martin Urquhart b. 25 Oct 1904, 29 Rosevale Street, Glasgow Partick¹²
Johnanna George Campbell Urquhart b. 29 Jan 1908, 21 Kennedy Drive, Glasgow Partick¹³
Elspeth Martin Urquhart b. 7 Oct 1911, 4 Kennedy Drive, Glasgow Partick¹⁴

Death: 2 Apr 1942, Postoffice Building, Furnace¹⁵

• Cause of Death: Carcinoma of Pelvic Colon, as cert. by WP. Gracie, MB chB
• Burial: Killevin Cemetery, Crarae
• Headstone

Occupation: General Servant / Housemaid / Domestic Servant

Address:

1899 at time of Marriage: 31 Crawford Street, Partick

Census

• 1871

Goatfield¹⁶
1 room with windows

Name	Rel.	Con.	Age	Occupation	Born
Robert Martin	Head	M	34	Fisherman	Cumlodden
Sarah Martin	Wife	M	36		Inveraray
Donald Martin	son	Unm	12	Stone Breaker	Cumlodden
Catherine Martin	dau	Unm	9	Scholar	Cumlodden
Betsy Martin	dau	Unm	6		Cumlodden
Alexander Martin	son	Unm	1		Cumlodden

• 1881

• 1891¹⁷

Goatfield
All speak Gaelic & English
One room with window

Robert Martin	Head	Mar	54	Sailor	Working on Own Acct	Cumlodden
Sarah Martin	Wife	Mar	57			Cumlodden
Donald Martin	son	Unm	32	Seaman	Employed	Cumlodden
Bessie Martin	daur	Unm	26	Housemaid	Employed	Cumlodden
Duncan Martin	son	Unm	15	unemployed		Cumlodden

• 1901

• 1911

4 Kennedy Drive, Glasgow Partick¹⁸
Only Bessie speaks Gaelic & English
2 rooms with 1 or more windows.

Name	Rel.	Age	Con	yrs	Ttl Chd	Liv Chd	Occupation	Industry	E/W/OA	at home	Born
Arch. Urquhart	Head	46	Mar				Mason				England
Bessie Urquhart	Wife	41	Mar	11	4	4					Argyllshire
Morag Urquhart	Daur	9					School				Lanarkshire
Mary Urquhart	Daur	8					School				Lanarkshire
Maggie Urquhart	Daur	6					School				Lanarkshire
Johanan Urquhart	Daur	3					School				Lanarkshire

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Footnotes

1. GROS 1864 Births 509/00 0012 JA

2. GROS 1858 Births 509/00 0025 JA

3. GROS 1860 Births 509/00 0001 JA

4. GROS 1862 Births 509/00 0001 JA

5. GROS 1867 Births 509/00 0019 JA

6. GROS 1870 Births 509/00 0005 JA

7. GROS 1872 Births 509/00 0027 JA

8. GROS 1876 Births 509/00 0012 JA

9. GROS REF: 1899 Marriages 646/03 -0174 JA

10. GROS REF: 1901 Births 646/03 1311 JA

11. GROS REF: 1902 Births 646/03 1476 JA

12. GROS REF: 1904 Births 646/04 2024 JA

13. GROS REF: 1908 Births 646/03 0294 JA

14. GROS REF: 1911 Births 646/03 1447 JA

15. GROS REF: 1942 Deaths 509/00 0004 JA

16. GROS REF: 1871 Census 509/00 002/00 011 JA

17. 1891 Census Cumlodden 509/00 002/00 006 JA

18. Census 1911 646/03 057/00 010 JA