Janet Christina King Reid1

#16342, (1865 - 1949)
FatherThomas Reid1,2 (1807 - 1897)
MotherChristian Buchanan King1,2 (1835 - 1870)
Relationships2nd great-granddaughter of James Graham
Great-granddaughter of William Reid
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart
William Reid & Lilias Sharp - collapsible 5-generation descendant chart

Children of Janet Christina King Reid and James Battison

Life Events

BirthJanet Christina King Reid was born on 17 Jul 1865 in Hillside of Row, Kilmadock, Perthshire.
Details from register: born at 5 AM, daughter of Thomas Reid farmer & Christina Reid maiden surname Buchanan King who were married 5th July 1861 at Earn Farm Kilmadock; informant was Thomas Reid father present; registered 29 July.1 
(with Father) 1871 CensusJanet C King Reid appeared on the 1871 Census of Kilmadock Parish, Perthshire in the household of her widowed father Thomas Reid. She was 5 years old and born in Kilmadock.3 
(with Father) 1881 CensusJessie C K Reid appeared on the 1881 Census of Kilmadock, Perthshire in the household of her father Thomas Reid. She was 15 years old and born in Kilmadock.4 
(with Father) 1891 CensusJessie C R appeared on the 1891 Census of Kilmadock, Perthshire with her father. She was 24, unmarried, a farmers daughter, and born in Kilmadock.5 
MarriageJanet Christina King Reid married James Battison, son of John Battison and Catherine Christie, on 4 Nov 1896 in 173 Shamrock Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
Details from the certificate: By Declaration, in presence of William Alexander Ritchie, Coalmaster Clerk and Mary Buchanan Miller, Milliner;
James Battison, farmer, bachelor, age 32, residence Stead's Farm, Bridge of Allan, son of John Battison, Farmer, and Catherine maiden surname Christie (deceased);
Jessie Reid, spinster, age 30, residence Hillside Farm, Bridge of Allan, daughter of Thomas Reid, Farmer, & Christina maiden surname King (deceased);
They were married by Warrant of the Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire.2,6 
(Heir) WillJanet Christina King Reid was named an heir in the will of Thomas Reid dated 16 Dec 1896. Daughter Jessie King Reid or Battison wife of James Battison presently residing at Number twelve Govanhill Street, Glasgow was bequeathed a legacy of £200. This is in addition to the items which her mother Christina Buchanan King or Reid brought on her marriage, which furniture, plenishing, napery, silver plate and plated articles, china, dinnerware, piano, time piece, sewing machine, and wardrobe were given to Jessie on her marriage with James Battison.2 
1901 CensusJames and Jessie Battison appeared on the 1901 Census of Kinning Park, Govan, Lanarkshire, at 210 Vermont Street. James was age 38, employed as a Baker's Vanman, and born in Dunblane. Jessie was 35 and born in Doune. They had one son, Thomas (1). Their place had two rooms with windows. [Their son John, age 3, was with Jessie's bachelor farmer brothers in Kilmadock]7 
DeathJanet died on 3 Apr 1949 in North Dowald Farm, Crieff, Perthshire.
Details from certificate: Janet Christina King Battison, widow of James Battison Farmer, age 83, daughter of Thomas Reid, Farmer, (dec) & Christina Reid maiden surname King (dec), cause of death Cardio vascular degeneration, and the informant was James Battison, Son, present.8 
Last Edited22 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Janet Christina King Reid, #1865/362/48.
  2. [S742] Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement & Inventory of Thomas Reid, Perthshire Sheriff Court, 25 Jan 1898 (Scottish Documents.com, images).
  3. [S155] 1871 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Kilmadock ed3 p6.
  4. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), Vol 362, ed 3, page 5.
  5. [S757] Image of the 1891 Census for Scotland (Scotland's People, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
  6. [S150] Scotland Statutory Register of Marriages. James Battison & Jessie Reid.
  7. [S758] Image of the 1901 Census for Scotland (Scotland's People, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), C1901_646_1L_031_000_2_006Z.
  8. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Janet Christina King Battison.
  9. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. John George Battison, 1897/644/12 #706.
  10. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Thomas Battison, 1899/644/1 #383.
  11. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. James Christie Battison, 1902/646/1 #864.
  12. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Christina King Reid Thomson, #1946/348/21.
  13. [S1471] E-mails from John Chisholm to J Kolthammer, 28 March 2008.