WINTON, Elizabeth Robertson 3
- Born: 16 February 1844, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 3 4
- Baptised: 2 March 1844, Saint Cuthbert's parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 4
- Marriage (1): SELCRAIG, John on 6 July 1863 in 26 London Street, Edinburgh, Scotland 1
- Marriage (2): MACDONALD, Owen in 1880 in St Giles district, Edinburgh, Scotland 2
- Died: 17 December 1918, 12 Viewforth Square, Edinburgh, Scotland 5
Cause of her death was pulmonary embolism over one day.5
Other names for Elizabeth were McDONALD, Elizabeth Robertson 5 and WINTER, Elizabeth.6
User ID: J406.
General Notes:
"WINTON
ELIZABETH ROBER
ROBERT WINTON/HELEN WEBSTER FR9340 (FR9340)
F
16/02/1844
685 / 2
360 / 147
St Cuthbert's"
from Births and Baptisms
Old Parish Registers
St Cuthbert's parishEdinburgh
Baptisms
"2nd March 1844
Winton
Robert Winton engineer residing at no 88 Canongate and Helen Webster his spouse had a daughter born on the sixteenth of February last named Elizabeth Robertson"
In 1851, the census for the parish of Lasswade in Midlothian recorded Elie Winton, a boarder, aged 8 years living with Jane Jack, a 48 year old dressmaker, in Loanhead Village. Elie was a scholar and was recorded as having been born in the Westchurch area of Edinburgh. Jane Dick's daughter Jane P. Jack, aged 17 years, also lived there, as did four other boarders: Helen Ingram, Helen Alison, Isabella Berry and William Hume, all aged 8 years or under, and all recorded as born in the same area of Edinburgh.
The 1861 census for Elswick in Newcastle recorded Elizabeth Winter [sic] aged 17 years living with her sister, Catherine, and Catherine's husband and children. She was recorded as having been born in Edinburgh, and was a sewing machine worker.
"WINTON
ELIZABETH ROBER
74
F
1918
685 / 6 / 1298
Morningside"
from Index of Deaths
Elizabeth Robertson McDonald died in 1918. Her death certificate recorded that she was the widow of 1] John Selcraig Boot Merchant and 2] Owen McDonald Hat Merchant. Her exact time of death was not entered, but there was a note that she had been found dead at 9pm. She was recorded as 74 years of age. Her parents were both already dead. 3 4 5 6 7 8
Research Notes:
BARONY STREET
Barony Street lies at right angles to Broughton Street and more or less parallel with London Street, Edinburgh.
Medical Notes:
Frederick Porter MB CM certified the cause of death.
Robert Selcraig, Elizabeth's son, of 39 Viewforth Square, gave notice of his mother's death before the registrar, John J. Eckford, at Edinburgh, on 20 December 1918. 5
Elizabeth married John SELCRAIG on 6 July 1863 in 26 London Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 (John SELCRAIG was born on 28 August 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland 1 9, baptised on 31 October 1832 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland 3 9 and died in 1876 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 8.)
Marriage Notes:
"WINTON
ELIZABETH R
SELCRAIG
JOHN
1863
685 / 1 / 158
St George"
from Index of Marriages
The couple were married, after banns, according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. Andrew Milroy, Minister of the Free Tron Church, Edinburgh, conducted the service. The witnesses were John Kennedy, of 9 Jamaica Street, and Helen Crerar, of 25 Barony Street, Edinburgh.
John Selcraig was a bootmaker of 30 years of age. He lived at 12 Royal Exchange Square, Edinburgh, and was single. His father, Thomas Selcraig was a grocer and his mother was Agnes Burns.
Elizabeth Robertson Winton was a sewing machine worker. A single woman, she was 19 years old, and lived at 25 Barony Street, Edinburgh. Her father was deceased.
The marriage was registered at Edinburgh on 13 July 1863, Robert Dickie being the registrar.
Note:
In Jules Verne's novel Captain Antifer (1895) there is a character called Mr Tyrcomel who was based on the Reverend Mr Andrew Milroy who married this couple. The main action in Edinburgh concerns the attempt to obtain the last clue from the Reverend Tyrcomel. He is portrayed as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, preaching at the Tron Kirk. However by 1895, there were two Tron kirks. Verne had seen the Tron Church, built in the 17th century, on his 1859 visit to Edinburgh so he was familiar with it. After the 1843 Disruption when the Free Church split from the Church of Scotland, new Free churches were built. At the time the novel is set, 1862, there was the Auld Tron Kirk, the one Verne had seen, belonging to the Established Church of Scotland, and a more modest New Tron Kirk belonging to the Free Church of Scotland, which Verne was possibly unaware of. To suit the plot, Verne used the old Church of Scotland Tron Kirk, but transposed a fundamentalist minister from the Free Tron Kirk. the Reverend Andrew Milroy. 1 2
Elizabeth next married Owen MACDONALD in 1880 in St Giles district, Edinburgh, Scotland.2 (Owen MACDONALD was born on 14 November 1845 10, baptised on 16 November 1845 in St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, Scotland 10 and died in 1887 in St Giles district, Edinburgh, Scotland 8.)
Marriage Notes:
"WINTON
ELIZABETH R
MCDONALD
OWEN
1880
685 / 4 / 22
St Giles"
from Index of Marriages 2
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