Isabel Anderson

Events

(possible) Date of Baptism: 15 August 1757.

(possible) Place of Baptism: Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland.

The parish register records the baptism. The death record cited below gives an age at death of 62, which would give a date of birth around 1763. The father in this baptism resided at Hutlerburn, which was where the William Beattie who married Isabel's daughter Margaret was said to reside at the time of his marriage.

Date of Death: 4 May 1825.

Place of Death: Thirlestane, Easter Lodge

This information is given in the parish register. A transcription of the monumental inscription gives 1 May 1825 as the date and Thirlestane Lodge as the place.

Place of Burial: Ettrick Kirkyard.

The burial is recorded in a monumental inscription.

Relationships

(possible) Father: Thomas Anderson.

The baptism record names Isabel's father.

Spouse: William Beattie (about 1761 - 1827).

The baptism record of Margaret Beattie records this relationship.

Children:

Margaret Beattie (baptized 30 January 1785 in Yarrow, Selkirk - died 1 January 1847 in Canada West) married Adam Crozier 2 December 1804 in Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland.

Evidence

Yarrow parish register:

[August 15 1757] Thomas Andersone Smith at Hitlerburn had a Daughter Baptized namd Isabell

William Beatie Hitlerburn & Isobel Anderson his spouse had a Daughter born 30th Jan 85 named Margt.

Death Record (Ettrick)

May 4th Isabel Anderson, Wife of William Beattie Easter Lodge, Thirlestane aged 62.

Commentary

A Mary Beattie's 1865 death record gives her age as 72 and her parents as William Beattie, shepherd, deceased, and Margaret Anderson. Mary married Gideon Palmer in 1810 in Ettrick and died 21 November 1865 in Heatherlie, Selkirk.

References

Isobel Anderson baptism registration, Margaret Beatie baptism registration, and Adam Crozier - Margaret Beattie marriage, in Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland, parish registers. FHL microfilm 1067929 items 1 - 3.

04/04/1825 Beattie, Isabel (O.P.R. Deaths 774/00 0020 0236 Ettrick)

Ettrick Monumental Inscriptions, extracted by Ian Walker

Yarrow parish register. Digital images on FamilySearch accessed 17 February 2018.