John Mitchell
???? - 18??

John was Calum's and Jamie's great great great great grandfather.

From their daughter Jane's death record in 1916, we learn that John was a farmer. At some point in the 19th Century, he married Ann Wilson. In the 1891 Scottish Census, Jane is listed as being Irish, so presumably both John and Ann were Irish also.

On May 20th 1846, John was also listed in his daughter Jane's wedding certificate as a labourer. Jane was listed as being resident at Ardess, in the parish of Magheraculmoney, and John may therefore have also been from this area.

DAUGHTER of JOHN MITCHELL and ANN WILSON:

Jane Mitchell
b: 1828 d: 20/3/1916

Jane was Calum's and Jamie's great great great grandmother - see below.

 

Jane Mitchell
1828 - 20/3/1916

Jane was Calum's and Jamie's great great great grandmother.

Jane was born in 1828 in Ireland, although it is not yet known where.

Jane married George Morrow in Ardess Parish Church, in the parish of Magheraculmoney, County Fermanagh, on 20th May 1846, the marriage having taken place at Ardess Church of Ireland, and registered in Enniskillen. At the time of the wedding, George was listed as being of full age and as being a labourer living in Tattykeel, with Jane listed as resident in Ardess. The witnesses to the marriage were two relatives of Jane's, Edward Mitchell and Luke Mitchell, with the officiating minister being the Reverend Frederick McCullagh (ENNISKILLEN/Bk1/p.13). .

The couple moved to Scotland at some stage prior to the birth of their first child, James, in 1865, who was later to become a carter and labourer in Glasgow, followed two years later by Elizabeth, who worked as a steam loom weaver at the local cotton mill in Glasgow, and then Ellen in 1875 who was also to become a weaver.

From 1886, the family was listed in both the electoral registers and the 1891 census as having residence at 136 Bernard Street in Bridgeton, a tenement which no longer exists. The tenement flat remained in the family's possession until 1918.

George's widow Jane moved into her son-in-law Robert Currie's house at 35 Dunn Street in Dalmarnock, where she is listed in the 1901 census (GROS: 1901/644/1/17 p.21). Her daughters Ellen and Lizzie were there also. A few years later the household had moved to 187 1/2 Dalmarnock Road, where at the age of 88 Jane died of pulmonary congestion and senility, on 20 March 1916, half way through the First World War (GROS:1916/644/1/#218). This was some 23 years after her husband died. The death was certified by Doctor Robert Morton.(Register of deaths, RD: 644/1 Ent: 218) The informant to the registrar was her daughter Elizabeth. Jane did not leave a will.

CHILDREN of JANE MITCHELL and GEORGE MORROW:

James Morrow
b: 1865

 

Elizabeth Morrow
b: 1867  d: 1949/1950

Calum's and Jamie's great great grandmother - see Currie page.

 

Ellen Morrow
b: 1875

 

Connecting to Calum and Jamie

Jane Mitchell married George Morrow in 1846

Daughter, Elizabeth Morrow, married Robert Currie
in 1899

Daughter, Jane Currie, married Charles Paton in 1934

Son, Colin Paton, married Charlotte Harper Graham in 1969

Son, Christopher Mark Paton, married Claire Patricia Giles in 2000

Sons, Calum Graham Paton and Jamie Christopher Paton