James MURDOCH [12265]

Robert MURDOCH [14342]
(Abt 1837-1874)

Janet MURPHY [14343]
(Abt 1839-1917)

James MURDOCH [12265]
(1871-Aft 1925)

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Spouses/Children:
Janet BEATSON, (or Jamieson) [570]

James MURDOCH [12265]

Born: 8 Mar 1871, Kilwinning, AYR, Scotland ¹
Marriage: Janet BEATSON, (or Jamieson) [570] about 1898
Died: Aft 28 Mar 1925 ²

Noted events:

James worked as a brick maker, forge labourer, stone quarry labourer, engineer's machinist.

2 Apr 1871 census: age 2 months, son of Robert Murdoch at Kilwinning, AYR, Scotland. ³

3 Apr 1881 census: age 10, son of widow Janet Murdoch at Dovecot Lane, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁴

5 Apr 1891 census: age 20, brick maker, unmarried son of Janet Murdoch at Corsehill, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁵

31 Mar 1901 census: age 28, forge labourer, head of household at 6, Townholm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁶

3 Apr 1911 census: age 38, stone quarry labourer, head of household at 38, Springwell, Tarbolton Road, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland. ⁷

James married Janet BEATSON, (or Jamieson) [570] [MRIN: 3538], daughter of Robert JAMIESON [11143] and Helen BEATSON [539], about 1898. (Janet BEATSON, (or Jamieson) [570] was born on 7 Dec 1870 in High Street, Kinghorn, Fife ⁸ and died on 28 Mar 1925 in 4, Gilmour Street, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland ².)

2 Kilmarnock (Ayr) Deaths 1925 597/160 (Janet Murdoch).
JANET MURDOCH age 52
married, James Murdoch, engineer's machinist
died 28 March 1925 at 4 Gilmour Street, Kilmarnock
father Robert Jamieson carpenter, deceased
mother Helen Jamieson ms Beatson deceased
informant James Murdoch widower present.

3 1871 census of Scotland, Ayrshire, Vol.599 Kilwinning (Corsehill), enumeration district (ED) 16, page 33, schedule no. 172;
Robert Murdoch 34 M head, coal miner, Dundonald Ayrshire
Janet Murdoch 30 M wife, Kilwinning
Robert Murdoch 7 son, Kilwinning
John Murdoch 4 son, Kilwinning
James Murdoch 2 months, Kilwinning

4 1881 census of Scotland, Ayrshire, Vol.599 Kilwinning (Dovecot Lane), enumeration district (ED) 15, page 7, schedule no. 39;
Janet Murdoch 42 W head, washerwoman, Kilwinning
Robert Murdoch 16 son, brickmaker, Kilwinning
John Murdoch 14 son, bonnet maker, Kilwinning
James Murdoch 10 son, scholar, Kilwinning
William Murdoch 8 son, scholar, Kilwinning

5 1891 census of Scotland, Ayrshire, Vol.599 Kilwinning (Corsehill), enumeration district (ED) 16, page 26, schedule no. 142;
Janet Murdoch 54 W head, Kilwinning
John Murdoch 24 U son, brick maker, Kilwinning
James Murdoch 20 U son, brick maker, Kilwinning
William Murdoch 18 U son, pithead labourer, Kilwinning

6 1901 census of Scotland, Ayrshire, Vol.597 Kilmarnock (6 Townholm), enumeration district (ED) 20, page 55, schedule no. 286;
James Murdock 28 M head, forge labourer, Kilwinning Ayrshire
Janet Murdock 29 M wife, farm servant, Kilmarnock Ayrshire
(this is an error, Janet Beatson was born in Kinghorn Fife)

7 1911 census of Scotland, Lanark;
James Murdoch 3 M head, stone quarry labourer, Kilwinning Ayrshire
Janet Murdoch 39 M wife, Kilmarnock Ayrshire
(married 13 years, 2 children, 1 surviving)

8 Kinghorn Births 1870 439/91 (Janet Beatson).
JANET BEATSON female, illegitimate
born 7 December 1870, at High Street, Kinghorn
father not cited
mother Helen Beatson mill worker.

James MURDOCH [12265]

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