Marion Davidson - c1935???
Mary says "This is a photograph of my great grandmother, Marion Davidson - mother of Bella and Mary. I have some statistical information, thanks to my brother, Robin Munro, who is in the process of doing some research into the family."
"We do not have a date of birth, and the details of Marion's age do not tie up in different censuses, but she appears to have been born around 1850."
"She was in service as a cook/domestic servant in a house in Bank Street (I would love to know which one!) and married William Davidson, Baker in 1888. The census of 1891 shows them staying at number 9 Church Street which, interestingly, was, many years later, Chapmans newsagents shop! Later they moved to 26 Gordons Lane (I think my mother was born in Gordons Lane but am not sure if it was the same house)"
"We have not yet been able to determine a date of death for Marion but she looks quite old in this picture (rather too old to be wielding a spade!)"
Any ideas where this is? There are two walls behind Marion, with presumably a road in between. Behind the second wall is a large house -you can see a slated roof through the trees on the left.
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As a separate matter, I was interested to discover recently that one of William's sisters, Helen (married surname Sim) died in Hugh Miller's Cottage on 27 December 1909. This location seems surprising since I believe the cottage was by then a museum under the auspices of Cromarty Town Council. I wonder if the cottage archives have any record of the circumstances? Comment left on 02 August 2006 at 21:03 by Robin Munro