Person:Jane Patterson (40)

Jane Patterson was born around 1825 at Morebattle in Roxburghshire, daughter of Hannah Sproat and her husband George Patterson, an agricultural labourer. The family appears to have left Morebattle and moved to the nearby parish of Yetholm when Jane was quite young, with her younger siblings being born there. The 1841 census finds Jane living with her parents and siblings in Town Yetholm, the larger of the two neighbouring villages at the centre of Yetholm parish.

By 1851, Jane had left home and was working as a house servant at a farm called Vencheon in Yetholm.

Sometime around the mid 1850s, Jane married a carter called Walter Robson (or Robertson). He was a widower, with several children from his first marriage. No official record of their marriage has been found, although it may have been an irregular marriage that went unrecorded; Walter’s first marriage had been an irregular one at Coldstream Bridge, in Scotland but immediately beside the border with England. Walter’s first wife died in 1854, and he and Jane were having children together from 1858 onwards.

Jane and Walter appear to have had four children together between 1858 and 1864, although the younger two both died as babies. Jane would also have been stepmother to Walter’s children from his first marriage. Walter and Jane spent all their married life together living at Crookham in the parish of Ford, Northumberland, about ten miles north-east of Yetholm.

Back in Yetholm, Jane’s father died in 1859. He was described as a retail merchant at the time of his death, and it appears that Jane’s mother carried on running a grocery shop in Town Yetholm after his death. Jane’s mother died in 1864.

Jane and Walter appear in each census from 1861 to 1891 living at Crookham. By 1891 all their children had left home, and the census that year also notes that Jane and Walter’s home had just one room.

Walter died in 1892, aged 75. After his death Jane stayed on in Crookham for a few years, being still there in 1901. However, later in 1901 or early in 1902 she moved to live with her daughter Jane and her family, who by this time were living at Morebattle - coincidentally where Jane had been born. Jane died there at Otterburn Lodge on 24th June 1902. She was probably in her late 70s.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 General Register Office for Scotland. 1841 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   811/00 002/00 009, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Town Yetholm, Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   George Paterson, male, 40 [1796-1801], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. England
   Hanah Paterson, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Robert Paterson, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Jane Paterson, female, 15 [1821-26], born in county
   Thomas Paterson, male, 15 [1821-26], Shoe M[aker] Ap[prentice], born in county
   William Paterson, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Margaret Paterson, female, 6m [1840], born in county

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 General Register Office for Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   811/00 004/00 009, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Vencheon, Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   Robert Oliver, head, married, male, 76 [1774/5], Proprietor farming 800 Ac[res] Arable & 500 Ac[res] Hill land, employing 38 Labourers, b. Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   Margaret Oliver, wife, married, female, 61 [1789/90], Proprietor’s wife, b. Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   Robert Oliver, son, unmarried, male, 32 [1818/9], Proprietor farming 1000 Ac[res] employing 34 Labourers, b. Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   James Oliver, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], Farmer’s son, b. Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   Sophia Oliver, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1826/7], Farmer’s daughter, b. Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   James Robertson, nephew, unmarried, male, 13 [1837/8], Farmer’s son, b. Roxburgh, Roxburghshire
   Robert Robertson, nephew, unmarried, male, 11 [1839/40], Farmer’s son, b. Roxburgh, Roxburghshire
   Susan Pringle, aunt, unmarried, female, 81 [1769/70], Farmer’s daughter, b. Northumberland, England
   Betsy Young, servant, unmarried, female, 28 [1822/3], House servant, b. Yetholm, Roxburghshire
   Jane Patterson, servant, unmarried, female, 24 [1826/7], House servant, b. Morebattle, Roxburghshire
   Janet Tinlin, servant, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], House servant, b. Morebattle, Roxburghshire
   William Barns, servant, unmarried, male, 16 [1834/5], Farm labourer, b. Makerston, Roxburghshire

   This census entry has been linked to the Jane who married Walter Robson on the basis that there was no other Jane Patterson living in Yetholm in the 1841 census, so it seems highly likely that this Jane in Yetholm in 1851 is the same person.

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 3890; Folio 70; Page 3, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Crookham, Ford, Northumberland
   Walter Robson, head, married, male, 40 [1820/1], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Norham, Northumberland
   Jane Robson, wife, married, female, 36 [1824/5], b. Scotland
   Margaret Robson, daughter, female, 12 [1848/9], Scholar, b. Ford, Northumberland
   Mary A. Robson, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Ford, Northumberland
   Elisabeth Robson, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Ford, Northumberland
   Hannah Robson, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Ford, Northumberland
   Jane Robson, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Ford, Northumberland
   Walter Robson, son, male, 1m [1861], b. Ford, Northumberland

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 5187; Folio 62; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Crookham, Ford, Northumberland
   Walter Robson, head, married, male, 55 [1815/6], Carter, b. Norham, Northumberland
   Jane Robson, wife, married, female, 46 [1824/5], b. Scotland
   Jane Robson, daughter, female, 11 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Ford, Northumberland

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 5133; Folio 59; Page 2, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: no name, Crookham village, Ford, Northumberland
   Walter Robson, head, married, male, 64 [1816/7], Carter, b. Norham, Northumberland
   Jane Robson, wife, married, female, 46 [1834/5], b. Scotland
   Jane Robson, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1859/60], General Domestic Servant, b. Ford, Northumberland

6. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 4270; Folio 56; Page 1, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Crookham, Ford, Northumberland
   1 room occupied
   Walter Robson, head, married, male, 74 [1816/7], Carter, neither employed nor unemployed, b. Norham, Northumberland
   Jane Robson, wife, married, female, 67 [1823/4], b. Scotland

7. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 4848; Folio 56; Page 1, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Crookham, Ford, Northumberland
   Rooms occupied: 1
   Jane Robson, head, widow, female, 77 [1823/4], b. Scotland

8. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

   1902 DEATHS in the Parish of Morebattle in the County of Roxburgh
   No.6
   Name: Jane Robson (Widow of Walter Robson, Carter)
   Died: 1902 June Twenty-fourth, 4h45m A.M., Otterburn Lodge, Parish of Morebattle
   Sex: F
   Age: 79 years [1822/3]
   Father: George Paterson, agricultural labourer (deceased)
   Mother: Hannah Paterson, M.S. Sproat (deceased)
   Cause: (a) Pleurisy 4 days (b) Cardiac Failure 1 day As cert[ified] by Alex Rodger M.B.C.M.
   Informant: W[illia]m Scott, Son-in-law, (Present)
   Registered: 1902 June 24th At Morebattle, [illegible], Registrar

9. ↑ No birth or baptism record has been found for Jane. Her death certificate names her parents as George Patterson and Hannah Sproat. This couple married at Yetholm in 1817, then had three children baptised at Roxburgh between 1818 and 1822. George and Hannah appear in the 1841 and 1851 censuses living back at Yetholm, having younger children living with them, including Jane in 1841. However, no birth or baptism records have been found for any of George and Hannah’s children born after 1822.