John Younger – Elizabeth Robertson

John Younger, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 2 November 1816, son of Alexander Younger and Janet Arnott.

Elizabeth Robertson, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian c.1819, daughter of William Roberton and Janet Margaret Thom.

John and Elizabeth were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Dunfermline on 16 July 1842.

John’s occupation is Weaver, and latterly Harness Mounter.

John and Elizabeth are in Walker’s Land, Pittencrieff Street on the 1851 Census, in Pittencrieff Street on the 1861 and 1871 Census and at 89 Pittencrieff Street on the 1881 Census.

Elizabeth, now widowed, is at 93½ Pittencrieff Street on the 1891 Census.

CHILDREN

Alexander Younger, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 4 December 1843.

Alexander is in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on the 1851 and 1861 Census.

Alexander married Mary Ferguson (b. Kilmun, Argyll c.1842), daughter of Duncan Ferguson and Mary Whyte, in Kilmun on 30 March 1866. Alexander’s occupation is Blacksmith.

Alexander and Mary are at 59 Naburn Street, Govan, Lanarkshire on the 1871 Census.

Mary died in Kilmun on 4 November 1879, age 47.

Alexander emigrated to the United States. According to the 1901 Census, this was in 1878.

Alexander married again, to Rose Ella Cowell (b. Plaistow, New Hampshire on 26 November 1859), daughter of William Rose Cowell and Ann Chafer, in Cuyahoga, Ohio on 31 May 1880.

Alexander and Rose are in the Cleveland Ward of Cuyahoga on the 1880, 1900 and 1910 Census.

Alexander died in Cuyahoga on 6 February 1916, age 72.

Rose died in Butler, Ohio on 14 February 1956, age 96.

Janet Younger, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 27 February 1846.

Janet is in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on the 1851 and 1861 Census.

Janet married William McInnes (b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire c.1846), Fireclay Pipe Maker, son of James McInnes and Margaret Erroch, in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on 2 April 1869.

Janet and William are in Lilliehill, Dunfermline on the 1871 Census, in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on the 1881 and 1891 Census and at 11 Princes Street, Govan, Lanarkshire on the 1901 Census.

Jane Younger, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 6 July 1848.

Jane is in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on the 1851, 1861 and 1871 Census.

Jane married Arthur Russell (b. Dunfermline, Fife on 11 February 1848), Miner, son of James Russell and Ann Morris, in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on 13 July 1871.

Jane and Arthur are in Whitemyre, Dunfermline on the 1871 Census and at 152 Pittencrieff Street on the 1881 Census.

Arthur died at 120 Pittencrieff Street on 21 September 1885, age 37.

Jane is at 117 Pittencrieff Street on the 1891 and 1901 Census.

Jane died at 6 Victoria Street, Dunfermline on 12 August 1936, age 88.

William Younger, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 27 May 1851.

William is in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on the 1861 and 1871 Census.

John Robertson Younger, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 2 April 1854.

John is in Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on the 1861 and 1871 Census.

DEATHS

John died at 93 Pittencrieff Street on 8 September 1887, age 70.

Elizabeth died at 91½ Pittencrieff Street on 27 May 1893, age 74.