James BEATSON [175]

James BEATSON [175]
(1869-1936)

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Spouses/Children:
Janet Suttie "Jessie" GRAY [176]

James BEATSON [175]

Born: 25 Mar 1869, Kinghorn, Fife
Marriage: Janet Suttie "Jessie" GRAY [176] on 30 Dec 1892 in St James Place, Kinghorn, FIF ¹
Died: 17 Mar 1936, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, MLN aged 66 ²

General Notes:

In response to my question "Why was James Beatson resident in Edinburgh when he died?" Charles Gibb replied:
"James Beatson most likely was in Edinburgh to find work as a riveter; Burntisland Shipyard did not provide consistent work as labor demands are driven by ship orders. I believe that he was accompanied by his wife Janet. James had also spent some time in Glasgow, as his son Bob (my grandfather) attended school there.
James also retained his close connections with Kinghorn as he had a hole-in-one at the local golf course (which was built by Old Tom Morris -- the father of golf course design). "

1911 - Peat Inn, Buckhaven, Fife
James B. head, riveter 42 Kinghorn
Janet B. wife 43
Alice B. daughter 16
James B. son, colliery labourer 14
Robert B. son 8
William Gray stepson, coal miner 25
couple married 16 years, 6 children, of whom 3 still living.
(2013 Note from Mary Young, the census record definitely says "6 children" but I have searched without success for any birth and death of a sixth child to this couple.)

Noted events:

3 Apr 1871 census: age 2, son of James Beatson at West Gate, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. ³

3 Apr 1881 census: age 12, son of James Beatson at 13, St James Place, Kinghorn, Fife. ⁴

6 Apr 1891 census: age 22, ship yard worker, son of James Beatson at 6, St James Place, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. ⁵

1892: James was married from St James Place, Kinghorn, FIF (his family home).

1894: he worked as a fisherman and labourer ⁶

31 Mar 1901 census: age 32, iron an steel rivetter, head of household at 77, Salisbury Street, Kirkcaldy, FIF, Scotland. ⁷

1915-1936: he worked as a riveter ⁸

1936: he resided at 22, Broughton Street, Edinburgh, MLN, Scotland. (date of death)

James married Janet Suttie "Jessie" GRAY [176] [MRIN: 97], daughter of John GRAY [472] and Elspeth MITCHELL [476], on 30 Dec 1892 in St James Place, Kinghorn, FIF.¹ (Janet Suttie "Jessie" GRAY [176] was born on 8 May 1867 in Cameron, FIF, Scotland ⁹ and died on 15 Apr 1943 at 24, Baliol Street, Kinghorn, Fife ¹⁰.)

1 Kinghorn Marriages 1893 437/01.
30th December 1892 at St James Place, Kinghorn. Rites C. of S.
JAMES BEATSON 23 bachelor, labourer, St James Place, Kinghorn
parents James Beatson labourer. Elizabeth Beatson ms Lawrie decd.
JANET SUTTIE GRAY 25 spinster, flax mill hand, St James Place, Kinghorn
parents John Gray road labourer decd. Elspeth Gray ms Mitchell decd.
witnesses Walter Beatson [groom's brother], Annie Gray [bride's sister]

2 Edinburgh Canongate Deaths 1936 685-5/6444.
JAMES BEATSON 67 riveter; married Janet Gray
died March 17th 1936 at Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; usual residence, 22 Broughton Street, Edinburgh
parents James Beatson fisherman deceased; Elizabeth Lawrie deceased
informant Robert Beatson son, 51 High Street, Kinghorn.

3 1871 census of Scotland, Fife;
James Beatson 31 M head, fisherman, Kinghorn Fife
Elizabeth Beatson 31 M wife, Buckhaven Fife
Fanny Beatson 11 daughter, Kinghorn
Robert Beatson 8 daughter, Kinghorn
Elizabeth Beatson 5 daughter Kinghorn
James Beatson 2 son, Kinghorn

4 1881 census of Scotland, Fife, Volume 439 Kinghorn - 19 St James Place, enumeration district (ED) 1, page 27, schedule no. 167;
James Beatson 41 M head, fisherman, Kinghorn
Betsy Beatson 41 M wife, Buckhaven Fife
Robert Beatson 18 U son, fisherman, Kinghorn
Elizabeth Beatson 16 U daughter, mill worker, Kinghorn
James Beatson 12 son, Kinghorn
Williamina Beatson 9 daughter, Kinghorn
Walter Beatson 6 son, Kinghorn
Andrew Beatson 4 son, Kinghorn
Jessie Beatson 2 daughter, Kinghorn
David Beatson 1½ son, Kinghorn

5 1891 census of Scotland, Fife, Volume 439 Kinghorn - 6 St James Place, enumeration district (ED) 1, page 35, schedule no. 186;
James Beatson 53 W head, shale worker, Kinghorn
James Beatson 22 U son, ship yard labourer, Kinghorn
Williamina Beatson 19 U daughter, housekeeper, Kinghorn
Walter Beatson 16 U ship yard labourer, Kinghorn
Andrew Beatson 14 son, ship yard labourer, Kinghorn
Jessie Beatson 12 daughter, scholar, Kinghorn
David Beatson 10 son, scholar, Kinghorn
David Pittile 32, Susan Pittile 29, Mary Pittile 6; lodgers, Loanhead.

6 Kinghorn Births 1894 439/48.
ELSPETH BEATSON female
17 July 1894 Walls Court, Kinghorn
parents James Beatson fisherman. Janet Suttie Beatson ms Gray
married 30 December 1892 Kinghorn. Informant James Beatson father.

7 1901 census of Scotland, Fife, Vol.442 Kirkcaldy (77 Salisbury Street), enumeration district (ED) 31, page 15, schedule no. 64;
James Beatson 32 M head, iron and steel rivetter, Kinghorn Fife
Jessie Beatson 33 M wife, Cameron Fife
Alice Beatson 6 daughter, Kinghorn
James Beatson 4 Kinghorn
John Beatson 1 Abbotshall Fife

8 Glasgow [district?] Marriages 1915 644-10/181.
19th January 1915 at Wilmington Street, Glasgow [Registrar's Office]
JOHN LEWIS 19 single, platelayer, sapper, 2nd Lowland Field Company, Royal Engineers Territorials, 17 Nisbet Street, Glasgow;
John Lewis ironworks labourer. Amelia Lewis ms Dickson
ALICE M.G. BEATSON 20 spinster, 55 Craford Street, Partick
James Beatson riveter. Janet Beatson ms Graham.
Witnesses David Malcolm machineman, Agnes Burnside machinist.
[errors: John's mother was Amelia Lewis ms Mather; Alice's mother was Janet Beatson ms Gray.]

10 Kinghorn Deaths 1943 439/19.
JANET BEATSON 77 widow of James Beatson, rivetter
died 18th April 1943 at 24 Baliol Street, Kinghorn
parents John Gray coalminer deceased; Elspeth Gray ms Mitchell, deceased
arteriosclerosis, cerebral haemorrhage; informant R. Beatson son present.

James BEATSON [175]

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