Person:Jessie Maitland (1)

Jessie Clouston Maitland was born on 18th September 1877 at Hull in Yorkshire, daughter of Isabella Preston Maitland, formerly Clouston, and her husband John Maitland, a brass founder. Jessie's birth is the family's only sighting in Hull. Her parents were both originally from Aberdeen, but had spent the first half of the 1870s living in Sunderland. Jessie's younger sister was born in Jarrow in 1879. The family then briefly lived in the North Shields area of Tynemouth in 1881, having one child there and appearing there in the 1881 census, before returning to Jarrow by 1884 when Jessie's youngest brother was born, after which they appear to have settled in Jarrow.

The 1891 census find the family living at 28 Lord Street in Jarrow. Jessie's mother died in 1892. After this, the rest of Jessie's family seems to have moved away from Jarrow. Her eldest brother had already moved to Cardiff, another brother would move to London some time between 1891 and 1895, and her father and three youngest siblings all moved to Edinburgh some time between 1894 and 1901.

Jessie remained in Jarrow. She married Joseph Bell McGow in 1897, aged 20. They went on to have eight children together between 1898 and 1915. Both the 1901 and 1911 censuses find the family living in Union Street, Jarrow. Joseph worked as a plater and fitter in the shipbuilding industry.

Jessie's father died in Edinburgh in 1926.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Joseph and Jessie were living at 24 Morpeth Avenue in Jarrow. They had lived through the depression of the 1930s which saw Jarrow experience some of the worst unemployment in the country following the closure of Palmer's shipyard in 1934, leading to the Jarrow March in 1936 demanding government intervention to bring industry back to the town.

Jessie died in 1948, aged 70. Joseph survived her by nine years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Jessie MAITLAND, December Quarter 1877, Hull Registration District, Volume 9d, page 252, mother's maiden name Clouston

2. ↑ 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 5076; Folio 34; Page 62, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 9 Mount Pleasant, North Shields, Chirton, Tynemouth, Northumberland
   John Mainland, head, married, male, 39 [1841/2], Brass Finisher, b. Aberdeen, Scotland
   Isabella C. Mainland, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], Brass Finisher Wife, b. Aberdeen, Scotland
   John Mainland, son, unmarried, male, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Aberdeen, Scotland
   William Mainland, son, unmarried, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
   Jessie Mainland, daughter, unmarried, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Mainland, daughter, unmarried, female, 1 [1879/80], b. Jarrow, Durham

3. ↑ 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 4165; Folio 22; Page 40, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 28 Lord Street, Jarrow, Durham
   3 rooms occupied
   John Maitland, head, married, male, 48 [1842/3], Brass finisher, employed, b. Scotland
   Isabella P.C. Maitland, wife, female, 45 [1845/6], b. Scotland
   William Maitland, son, male, 19 [1871/2], Brass finisher, employed, b. Sunderland, Durham
   Jessie Maitland, daughter, female, 13 [1877/8], Scholar, b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Maitland, daughter, female, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. Jarrow, Durham
   Henery Maitland, son, male, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. North Shields, Northumberland
   George Maitland, son, male, 7 [1883/4], Scholar, b. Jarrow, Durham

4. ↑ 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 4741; Folio 131; Page 23, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 70 Union Street, Jarrow, Durham
   2 rooms occupied
   Joseph McGow, head, married, male, 29 [1871/2], Platers Labourer Ship, worker, b. Carlisle, Cumberland
   Jessie McGow, wife, married, female, 24 [1876/7], b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Joseph McGow, son, male, 3 [1897/8], b. Jarrow, Durham
   Jane McGow, daughter, female, 1mo [1901], b. Jarrow, Durham

5. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 30360; Schedule 272, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 76 Union Street, Jarrow on Tyne, Durham
   Joseph McGow, head, male, 39 [1871/2], married, Shipyard Labourer - Ship Building, worker, b. Carlisle, Cumberland
   Jessie McGow, wife, female, 33 [1877/8], married 13 years, 6 children born to marriage, all still living, b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Joseph McGow, son, male, 13 [1897/8], School, b. Jarrow on Tyne, Durham
   Jane McGow, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], School, b. Jarrow on Tyne, Durham
   Charles McGow, son, male, 8 [1902/3], b. Jarrow on Tyne, Durham
   Isabella McGow, daughter, female, 5 [1905/6], b. Jarrow on Tyne, Durham
   Irene McGow, daughter, female, 3 [1907/8], b. Jarrow on Tyne, Durham
   Elizabeth McGow, daughter, female, 9mts [1910], b. Jarrow on Tyne, Durham

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Jarrow Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 24 Morpeth Avenue, Jarrow, Durham
   McGow, Joseph / male / 5 Jun 1871 / married / Fitters Labourer Shipyard
   McGow, Jessie / female / 18 Sep 1877 / married / unpaid domestic duties

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Jessie Maitland McGOW, June Quarter 1948, Durham North Eastern Registration District, Volume 1a, page 414, aged 70 [1877/8]