The Children of Robert and Jane (Jack) Scott

It seems that Robert Scott and Jane (Jack) Scott had 14 children, of whom 13 survived to adulthood.  

One of their children may have died young.  I found a record of the Aug 1866 birth of a Mary Jane Scott, but I’ve never found a death record or any record other than a birth record for her.  It may be that she died at an early age since her names were used again for two of their other children, Margaret Jane Scott, born around 1870 and their youngest child, Mary Scott, born in 1881.

Another of their children was registered as Stewart Scott when born in 1876 but I think his name was changed to Henry;  otherwise there would have been 15 children.

Here is the basic information I have about the 14 children:  

(If a day, month and year is shown for an event, it means I have a copy of the registration.  If only a year is shown, it means I obtained the information from somewhere such as a grave stone but have no actual documentation to indicate whether or not it is correct).

1.  John Robert Scott  

- born 21 Mar 1860

- married Elizabeth Campbell 18 Nov 1886 in Donemana, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

- died 19 Mar 1960 in Donemana,  two days before his 100th birthday

I have been told that he visited Canada but returned home to Northern Ireland.

2.  Samuel Scott 

- baptised 1862

- married Jane Scott 14 May 1891 in the Parish Church, in the Parish of Donagheady, County Tyrone

- died Sept. 15th, 1931 at Barran, County Tyrone

As far as I know, Samuel never came to Canada.

3.  Alex Scott 

- born 27 August 1864 in the Townland of Barran 

- came to Canada

- married Florence “Tot” Edith Christina Sullivan  - when? where?

- died 1 Apr 1901 at Melbourne, Manitoba, Canada, after a fall from a train, under mysterious circumstances, as described in the following obituary from the Carberry, Manitoba, newspaper of April 5th, 1901:

“Death of Alex. Scott.

“A Former Resident of Kerfoot Dies in the Winnipeg Hospital.

“Last Monday morning the section men on the C.P.R. found a man lying on the track at Melbourne [Manitoba].  He was unconcious and seemed to them to be badly injured.  They sent him to Winnipeg on the east bound regular and he was taken to the General Hospital where the doctors said that his injuries were fatal.  He died soon after his arrival.  

“From papers found on his person he was identified as Alex. Scott, owner of 27-11-14, and brother of Oliver and Wm. Scott of Kerfoot [Manitoba].  He resided at Kerfoot a few years ago and is well known to all the old residents who sincerely regret his untimely fate.  In recent years he has resided at City View near Ottawa [Ontario] and was employed on a dairy farm.

“It is surmised that he fell from one of [the] excursion trains that passed through on Sunday night, and thus received his injuries.  He had only a very small sum of money on him when found and his brothers state that he would be very unlikely to travel with such a small amount.  There may be more in it than an accident,  and the Attorney General's department is investigating.

“Mr. Scott leaves a wife and family who reside at City View near Ottawa. His wife is well known by a large number of the people in this district, and to her the deepest sympathy of the whole neighbourhood is expressed.  His brother, Andrew, accompanied the body east on Wednesday.  The interment will take place at his old home”.  [He is buried in Merivale Cemetery, Ottawa].

4. Mary Jane Scott 

- born 10 August 1866.   

May have died young.  As mentioned above, I’ve never found a death record, or any record other than a birth record for her.  

5.  Oliver Scott 

- born 13 Jan 1869 at Barran

- came to Canada

- married Mary Alma Craig 23 Mar 1898 in North Cypress, Manitoba, Canada

- died 12 Mar 1944 in Carberry, Manitoba

6.  Margaret Jane Scott (my grandmother) 

- possibly born 4 November 1870.  I’ve never been able to find the registration of her birth.

- came to Canada in 1890 at age 21 with her brother Andy

- married Augustin Hague 12 Jun 1893 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

- died 28 June 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

7.  Andrew “Andy”  Scott 

- born 20th November 1870 at Barran 

- came to Canada in 1890 at age 19 with his sister, Margaret Jane 

- never married.  His sister-in-law, Florence, and the three children stayed with him after his brother Alex died.

- died 29 Apr 1959 at Carberry, Manitoba

8. William “Willie” Scott 

- born 2 Jan 1873

- came to Canada

- never married

- was said to have gone missing. I have never found a record of his death.

9.  Henry Scott 

- born 1876?  I haven’t been able to find his birth registration.

- came to Canada

- never married

- died 3 Jun 1943 in Neepawa Hospital, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada

9a. Stewart Scott (possibly his name was later changed to Henry)

- born April 16th, 1876 at Barran 

He was registered as Stewart, but I think he might be the same person as Henry.

10.  David Scott 

- born 17 May 1876 ?   It’s difficult to understand how more than one of the children could born in mid-1876 without being twins.  I haven’t found his birth registration. Baptized possibly in 1877.

- came to Canada and the USA

- returned to Ireland and married Sarah Forbes 28 February 1912 at the Parish Church, in the Parish of Donagheady in the County of Tyrone 

- died 7 May 1964 at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

11.  James Scott 

- born 2 Jun 1877 at Barran

- came to Canada

- went back to Northern Ireland;  returned to Canada 30 March 1930

- married Mima Scott 03 April 1930 in Winnipeg, Canada - see http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

- died 6 March 1949 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

12.  Annabella “Annie”  Scott 

- born 2 August 1878 at Barran

- married Paddy Murray, possibly in 1895

- died ________ ?

Did Annie ever come to Canada?  In the 1911 census of Ireland which is free to search at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ she is shown as married to Patrick Murray and living with their family at house number 9 in Killenny (Dunnamanagh, Tyrone)

Murray Patrick 36 Male;  

Murray Annie 32 Female;  

Murray Patrick 10 Male

Scott Jane 73 Female widow - it says “mother” - could be Jane (Jack) Scott, Annie’s mother.

13.  Frances “Fanny”  Scott  

- born 21 July 1879

- married McCrea Pollock - no record

- died ________?

Did Frances ever come to Canada?  I understand that she was married to McCrea Pollock, but so far I have never found them on a passenger list, in the 1911 censuses of Ireland or Canada or anywhere else.

14.  Mary Scott 

- born 6 January 1881

- married Patrick Conwell, possibly in 1908

- died 1975

I don’t think Mary ever came to Canada.  In the 1911 census of Ireland which is free to search at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ she is shown as married to Patrick Conwell and living with their family at house number 14 in Dunnyboe (Glenmornan, Tyrone)

Conwell Patrick 48 Male;  

Conwell Mary 32 Female;  

Conwell Mary Jane 2 Female

Conwell Patrick 1 Male

In a future post I’ll provide links to the passenger lists for the various ships on which my grandmother and at least seven of her brothers came to Canada from the 1800’s onward.