Scottish Police - midlothian - stuck :(

[grisel]

There is a John Connor age 40-50 in Lasswade parish in 1881 on SP index - a possibility?

[Bertie]

Jane - there is a report in the Liverpool Mercury Thurs Dec 23 , 1875 which states:

"Jane Dickson aged 30 a domestic hung herself at Rutland Villa, near Loanhead, on Sunday. She gaeve birth on the 4th instant to an illegitimate child which died soon after, and she had been in a desponding state"

Perhaps a search on Rutland Villa might give a clue?

[Bertie]

Is this William?

Name: William Dickson
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 05 Feb 1862
Birthplace: HERIOT BY CROOKSTON,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
Mother's Name: Jane Dickson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11688-1
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
Source Film Number: 6035516
Reference Number:
Collection: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

[Bertie]

There's perhaps a few possibilities for Jane, but is this a possibility?

Name: Jane Dickson
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Dec 1845
Baptism/Christening Place: , CARRINGTON, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 04 Jul 1845
Father's Name: John Dickson
Mother's Name: Jane Coutts
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11675-4
System Origin: Scotland-VR
Source Film Number: 1066642
Reference Number: 2:17HD9S7
Collection: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

[Bertie]

On the face of it it would seem possible that the role of John CONNOR (policeman, poss. based at Loanhead) was that he was called to the scene when Jane Dickson was found hanged at Rutland Villa and he registered not only her death but also the birth / death of her son George. While I did find an article on Jane's death, which showed she worked at Rutland Villa as a domestic, there may be more local coverage of her death and inquest - perhaps the following might be a useful place to start....

www.midlothian.gov.uk

[grisel]

I'm sorry that you have such a sad story to be researching. Loanhead does have a library which may be helpful and can be found following the link Bertie gave above.

[grisel]

The National Library of Scotland have the 1875 Post Office directory for Edinburgh online. Loanhead is on p 529 and has a Robert Barton living at Pentland Villa.

Although probably of little relevance to your family, Robert Barton's will is available to download for £5 from Scotlands people

[Jane56]

Jane - there is a report in the Liverpool Mercury Thurs Dec 23 , 1875 which states:

"Jane Dickson aged 30 a domestic hung herself at Rutland Villa, near Loanhead, on Sunday. She gaeve birth on the 4th instant to an illegitimate child which died soon after, and she had been in a desponding state"

Perhaps a search on Rutland Villa might give a clue?

WOW i am absolutly beyond excited by this post .... can you tell me how you found this?

Im over the moon, thank you soooooo much

[Jane56]

Bertie, that is not Jane nor William .. we have found thier births. Jane in Roslyn and William was born in Lesbury Alnwick.

Im so pleased with the information you have found

and thank you to everyone else. I cant begin to tell you how happy I am

THANK YOU

julie

[Bertie]

Julie - I've PM'd you re. the newspaper article