Person:Katharine Black (1)

Katharine Isobel Spens BLACK was born 30dec1864 in Baldernock, Stirlingshire, daughter of James Spens Black and Mary Jane Sands (IGI). Her birth is recorded with this name in the record signed by her father 21jan1865; her other name is referred to in the margin (“Alteration of child’s name, see register of corrected entries”) (scotlandspeople). The Register states that “for the name Katharine Isobel Black substitute the name Winifred Mabal Black”. This was “on the authority of the minister who baptized the child”, 4mar1865 (scotlandspeople). She was known as Mabel and lived later in England (information from C. Black). In 1881 Mabel S. Black (b. 1865 Craigmaddie, Stirlingshire) was a boarder at the girls school of Miss Helen Jamieson, 2 Darnaway St., Edinburgh (census). In 1891 William B. Wildman (1852 Scotland, teacher of classical literature), wife Winifred M. (1866 Scotland), children, b. Sherborne, Thomas B. (1889), Arthur H. (1890), nephew Ernest W.P. Temperley (1876 Cambridge), were at ?Westbury, Sherborne, Dorset (census). In 1901 William B. Wildman (1852 Scotland, schoolmaster), wife Winifred M. (1867 Scotland) were at Abbey House, Sherborne (census). In 1911 William “Beanschamp” Wildman (1853 Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire) and Winifred Mabel (1867 “Milgavic”, Stirlingshire) were at Sherborne (census). William wrote “A Short History of Sherborne”.

1.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008)
   Batch #: C114711, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 6035516 REGISTER, Printout Call #: NONE, Date.
2.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).