Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Jane SHERRIFF

Female Abt 1859 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Jane SHERRIFF  [1
    Birth Abt 1859  Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt 1859  Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Since she was age 2 when the census was taken on April 7, 1861, her birth year was calculated as circa 1859.
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • She was enumerated as age 2, and born in Selkirk, Selkirkshire. She was living with her parents, brothers Alexander and William Sherriff, and sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth Sherriff on Bogus Close. Their house had 2 rooms with one or more windows. They were enumerated as living next to the Established Church Manse.
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • She was enumerated as age 12, born in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, unmarried, and a scholar. She was living with her parents, her brother, Alexander Sherriff, her sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Agnes Y. Sherriff, her neice, Ann Sherriff, and a boarder, Andrew Grieve. They lived at 23 High Street in a house of two rooms with one or more windows.
    Reference Number 21.5 
    _TODO Open 
    • Jane Sherriff, daughter of Alexander & Margaret (Cairns) Sherriff, born c. 1859 in Selkirk. Age 12 on April 2, 1871.
    _UID B83102D875C748E587EB2DC45B0F3AA1D48E 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I10813  Everyone
    Last Modified 10 May 2007 

    Father Alexander SHERRIFF,   b. 1824, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1876, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Margaret CAIRNS,   b. Abt 1822, Jedburgh, Roxboroughshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1903, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Marriage Banns Bef 29 Nov 1847  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • They had "been three several times duly and regularly proclaimed in the parish Church of Saint Cuthbert's, in order to Marriage, and no objections offered".
    Marriage 29 Nov 1847  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S915] Laughton, Lorna Flint, A00814, 10 May 2007, Number 89. Enumerator: Alexander Hope., A00814. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S916] Laughton, Lorna Flint, A00815, 10 May 2007, No. 105 [109?], A00815. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S707] Clerk of St. Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, A00617, 28 May 2005, Marriages book page 316, A00617. (Reliability: 4).

    4. [S350] Eric Thomson, A00285, (September 1981. Edinburgh, Scotland.), 11 Feb 2002, A00285. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S910] Registrar, Government of Scotland, A00809, 22 Apr 2007, A00809. (Reliability: 4).



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