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PORTEOUS, John Weaver
(About 1750-)
McCAIG, Agnes
(About 1755-)
POURTOUS, Jean
(1785-1858)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BALLANTINE, Gilbert

POURTOUS, Jean 3 4

  • Born: 14 August 1785, Dryfesdale parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 4
  • Baptised: 21 August 1785, Dryfesdale parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 3 4
  • Marriage (1): BALLANTINE, Gilbert on 9 December 1808 in Lochmaben parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 21 December 1858, New Street, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 5
  • Buried: 1858, Penpont Churchyard, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 5

   Cause of her death was influenza for about 1 week.5

   Other names for Jean were BALLANTINE, Jane,5 BALLINTINE, Jane,6 PORTEOUS, Jane,3 4 5 7 PORTEOUS, Jean 3 8 and PORTOUES, Jean.1 2

  General Notes:

When Jane died in 1858 she was recorded as the widow of a labourer, and aged 73 years. Both of her parents were deceased.

  Medical Notes:

Henry Ballantine was the informant of the death of his mother, Jane Porteous, before the registrar at Kirkland, Morton, on 25 December 1858. 5


Jean married Gilbert BALLANTINE, son of Thomas BONNATINE and Agnes RENWICK, on 9 December 1808 in Lochmaben parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.1 2 (Gilbert BALLANTINE was born about 1785, died on 4 May 1856 in 27 New Street, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 9 and was buried in 1856 in Penpont Churchyard, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 9.). The cause of his death was exhaustion over 1 month.5


Sources


1 ancestry.co.uk, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

4 ancestry.co.uk, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.

5 GRO Scotland, Thornhill parish Dumfriesshire Deaths 1858.

6 1851 UK census, Morton parish Dumfriesshire; ED: 4; Page: 3.

7 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Morton parish Dumfriesshire Baptisms.

8 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Tynron parish Dumfriesshire Baptisms 1809.

9 GRO Scotland, Morton parish Dumfriesshire Deaths 1856.

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