Person:John Clouston (4)

John Knarston Clouston was born on 11th February 1816 at Stenness on Orkney, son of Ann Flett and her husband Henry Clouston, a ship carpenter. John followed his father’s trade and also became a ship carpenter.

John’s next sighting is on 22nd September 1838, aged 22, when he married Jessie Preston at Aberdeen. Presumably he left Orkney to go and work at the shipyards in Aberdeen.

John and Jessie went on to have ten children in Aberdeen between 1841 and 1863, although three died young.

In the 1841 census the family was living in Aberdeen at Links Street. In 1851 they were in the St Clement area near the docks, after which they moved to nearby York Street, where they appear in both the 1861 and 1871 censuses. Back in Orkney, John’s mother died in 1861.

John’s daughter Jessie died in Aberdeen in 1879, aged about 29, leaving two small children. It would appear that and John and Jessie then raised their two grandchildren.

Sometime between 1871 and 1881 the family left Scotland and moved a couple of hundred miles south to Jarrow in County Durham, in the north-east of England. Several of their adult children had already moved to that area. The 1881 census finds John and Jessie living at 45 Clayton Street in Jarrow with their youngest son, their late daughter Jessie’s two children, and three lodgers.

Jessie died at home at 45 Clayton Street in Jarrow on 3rd April 1891, aged about seventy.

John’s daughter Isabella died in Jarrow the following year, aged 46.

John died on 31st May 1895 at 40 Queens Road in Jarrow, aged 79.

1. ↑ Scotland. Old Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms. (Edinburgh, Scotland: ScotlandsPeople (National Records of Scotland)).

   Two entries relating to the same event:
   017/10 186 Firth and Stenness
   Baptisesms [sic] / 1816 Feb[ruar]y 11th / Hary Clouston had a Child by His wife Ane [written over "Margrat" crossed out] Flet Called John
   
   017/10 191 Firth and Stenness
   Baptisms in Stenness / Clouston / John Knarston lawful son of Harry Clouston and Ann Flett was born Feb[ruary] [written over "March" crossed out] 11th 1816

   This baptism has been linked to the John Clouston who married Jessie Preston on the basis that it is at the place he gave as his birthplace as an adult and around the time implied by the ages he gave. Whilst none of his records as an adult give his middle name in full, he did give his name as “John K. Clouston” in the 1871 census.

2. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1841 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   168/A 37/7, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Links Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   John Clouston, male, 20 [1816-21], Ship Carp[en]ter, not born in county
   Janet Clouston, female, 19 [1821/2], born in county
   W[illia]m Clouston, 1 month [1841], born in county
   Alex[ande]r Aberdeen, male, 50 [1786-91], born in county

3. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   168/A 2/29, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: St Clement, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   John Clouston, head, married, male, 35 [1815/16], Jour[neyman] Ship Wright, b. Orkney
   Jessie Clouston, wife, married, female, 29 [1821/2], b. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   William Clouston, son, male, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, b. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   Isabella Clouston, daughter, female, 5 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   John Clouston, son, male, 7 [1843/4], Scholar, b. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   Jessie Clouston, daughter, female, 11m [1850], b. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

4. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   168/1 60/6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 34 York Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   2 rooms with windows
   John Clouston, head, married, male, 45 [1815/16], Ship Carpenter, b. Stennis, Orkney
   Jessie Clouston, wife, married, female, 39 [1821/2], b. Aberdeen
   John Clouston, son, male, 17 [1843/4], Ship Carpenter, b. Aberdeen
   Isabella Clouston, daughter, 15 [1845/6], Envelope Maker, b. Aberdeen
   Jessie Clouston, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Aberdeen
   Jean Clouston, daughter, female, 6 [1855/6], Scholar, b. Aberdeen
   Margaret Clouston, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Aberdeen
   Jemima Clouston, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Aberdeen

5. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   168/1 60/9, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 33 York Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
   2 rooms with windows
   John K. Clouston, head, married, male, 55 [1815/16], Ship Carpenter, b. Stenness, Orkney
   Jessie Clouston, wife, married, female, 49 [1821/2], b. Aberdeen St Nicholas
   Jessie Clouston, daughter, unmarried, female, 20 [1850/1], Worker at paper mills, b. Aberdeen St Nicholas
   Jane Clouston, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1854/5], Worker at paper mills, b. Aberdeen St Nicholas
   Margaret Clouston, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1856/7], Worker at paper mills, b. Aberdeen St Nicholas
   George Clouston, son, male, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Aberdeen St Nicholas
   James Tulloch, boarder, unmarried, male, 24 [1846/7], Printer (Compositor), b. Aberdeen St Nicholas

6. ↑ 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 5024; Folio 41; Page 25, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 45 Clayton Street, Jarrow, Durham
   John Clouston, head, married, male, 64 [1816/17], Ship Carpenter in Shipy[ar]d, b. Orkney
   Jessey Clouston, wife, married, female, 59 [1821/2], b. Scotland
   George Clouston, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1863/4], Rivetter in Shipy[ar]d, b. Scotland
   James Tullouch, grandson, male, 7 [1883/4], b. Scotland
   Mary A. Tulloch, granddaughter, female, 5 [1885/6], b. Scotland
   John Stuart, lodger, unmarried, male, 30 [1850/1], Engine Pattern Maker in Shipy[ar]d, b. Scotland
   James Doran, lodger, married, male, 49 [1831/2], Mariner, b. Ireland
   Margaret Doran, lodger, married, female, 44 [1836/7], b. Ireland

7. ↑ 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 4167; Folio 97; Page 20, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 45 Clayton Street, Jarrow, Durham
   4 rooms occupied
   John Clouston, head, widower, male, 75 [1815/16], Shipwright, employed, b. Scotland
   George Clouston, son, married, male, 27 [1863/4], Ship Driller, employed, b. Scotland
   Isabella Clouston, daughter in law, married, female, 28 [1862/3], b. Scotland
   George Clouston, grandson, single, male, 4 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Jarrow, Durham
   Annie Clouston, granddaughter, singel, female, 1 [1889/90], b. Harrow, Durham
   James Lamb, lodger, single, male, 49 [1841/2], Ship Carpenter, employed, b. Scotland

8. ↑ Death register, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Superintendent Registrar's District SOUTH SHIELDS / Registrar's Sub-District SOUTH SHIELDS
   1895. DEATHS in the Sub-District of SOUTH SHIELDS in the Counties of SOUTH SHIELDS AND DURHAM
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   393	Thirtyfirst May 1895 40 Queens Road, Jarrow U.D.	John Clouston	Male	79 years [1815/16]	Shipwright (Journeyman)	Bronchitis Erisypelas Certified by M.M. Bradley M.D.	W. Clouston Son In attendance 8 James Street, Jarrow	First June 1895	Tho[ma]s Ramsey Registrar