Isabella DAVNIE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Elrick Hill, Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1851, Straik Inn, Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1861, Hilton, Kinneff & Catternline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1881, Hilton, Kinneff & Catternline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1891, Hilton, Kinneff and Catterline, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1901, Cotbank of Hilton, Kinneff & Catternline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK

Notes:

O Duibheannaigh (Irish language) translates to O Doveanna, O Devenie. Devanny, Devaney, Devany, Devenny, Divenney, c.; 'des. of Dubheannaigh' (perhaps Black of Eanach, a place-name); the name of a Co. Down (Ireland) family, to which belonged the Bishop of Down and Connor, Cornelius, or Connor O'Devany, whose martyrdom at Dublin, in 1612, is so touchingly described by the Four Masters. Its anglicised forms cannot be distinguished from those of "O Duibheamhna"
"O' Duibheamhna - Devanny, Devany c; 'des. of Dubheamhna ' Black of Eamhain near Armagh; the name of an Ulster family who were anciently chiefs of Ui Breasail, in Co Armagh. (Now in Northern Ireland)

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Census:
1841 Census for at Elrick Hill, Skene, Aberdeenshire
Source Citation: Parish: Skene; ED: 12; Page: 11; Line: 546; Roll CSSCT1841_35-0663; Year: 1841.
Mrs Hellen DAVNIE Inn Keeper 60 Female born : Aberdeenshire
Isabel DAVNIE 16 Female born : Aberdeenshire
Alexander DAVNIE Farmer 18 Male born : Aberdeenshire
John WATT Agricultural Servant 28 Male born : Aberdeenshire
Note : Assume that the JOHN Watt present in 1841 is Isabella's future husband.

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Census:
1851 Census for the Straik Inn, Skene, Aberdeenshire:
Source Citation: Parish: Skene; ED: 4; Page: 6; Line: 10; Roll 570; Year: 1851
Alexander DAVNIE Head / Inn Keeper & Farmer (2 labourers) 29 Male born : Aboyne 25 acres arable and 75 acres bare
Isabella DAVNIE Sister / Domestic Duties 26 Female born : Aboyne
Ann MORRISON House Servant 21 Female born : Monymusk
Charles GILLANDERS Farm Labourer 20 Male born : Aboyne
Lewis MACKIE Farm Labourer 15 Male born : Skene

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Census:
1861 Census for living at Hilton, Kinneff & Catternline, Kincardine
Source Citation: Parish: Kinneff and Catterline; ED: 3; Page: 9; Line: 19; Roll CSSCT1861_35; Year: 1861.
John WATT Head / Farmer of 100 acres - employing 2 men 47 Male born : Chapel of Garioch and 2 boys
Isabella WATT Wife / Married 37 Female born : Aboyne
Alexander WATT Son / Scholar 6 Male born : Aberdeen
Adam WATT Son / Scholar 4 Male born : Kinneff
John WATT Son 1 Male born : Kinneff
Adam WATT Brother / Ploughman 66 Male born : Chapel of Garioch
Jessie WATT Dairy Maid / Servant 18 Female born : Aboyne
Isabella CAMERON Nursery Maid 14 Female born : Kinneff
William GRUB Ploughman 27 Male born : Aberdeen
David GRUB Agricultural Labourer 15 Male born : Aberdeen
William CAMERON Agricultural Labourer 13 Male born : Kinneff

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Census:
1881 Census at Hilton, Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine:
(Source: FHL Film 0203470 / GRO Ref Volume 262 / EnumDist 3 / Page 4)
John WATT Married / Head / Farmer of 211 acres arable 68 Male born : Chapel Of Garioch, Aberdeen employing 5 men 1 girl 1 boy)
Isabella WATT Married / Wife 56 Female born : Aboyne, Aberdeen
Alexander WATT Son / Farmers Son / Unmarried 26 Male born : Aberdeen
Adam WATT Son / Farmers Son / Unmarried 24 Male born : Kinneff, Kincardine
John WATT Son / Farmers Son / Unmarried 21 Male born : Kinneff, Kincardine
William WATT Son / Farmers Son / Unmarried 18 Male born : Kinneff, Kincardine
Isabella MASSON Unmarried / General Domestic Servant 18 Female born : Dunnottar, Kincardine

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Census:
1901 Census for Cotbank of Hilton Farm House, Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine
Source Citation: Parish: Kinneff and Catterline; ED: 3; Page: 10; Line: 7; Roll CSSCT1901_83; Year: 1901.
John WATT Head / Farmer / Married 41 Male born : Kinneff
Margaret WATT Wife / Married 37 Female born : Edinburgh
Isabella WATT Mother 76 Female born : Aboyne
Andrew EDMONSTON Boarder / Agricultural Pupil 30 Male born : Aberdeen
Elsie KNOX General Servant (domestic) 17 Female born : Midmar

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Died:
1902 deaths in the parish of Kinneff and Catterline in the county of Kincardine
Isabella Watt (widow of John Watt farmer)
April 18th, 1902, 9.15am Cotbank of Hilton
female aged 77 years
Parents: _ Davnie, farmer (deceased) and Isabella Watt.
Cause: Congestion of the lungs 7 days Mitral regurgitation as cert by James Wallace MD Stonehaven.
Witness: Adam Watt, son, present

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Buried:
From Catterline Kirkyard MI:
Erected in memory of ALEXANDER WATT - eldest son of JOHN WATT Hilton - who died January 13th 1882 - aged 28 years - and of ADAM his brother - who died 6th August 1880 aged 87 years - also the said JOHN WATT who died 22nd March 1892 aged 79 years and also his wife ISABELLA DAVENIE who died 20th April 1902 aged 78 years - also their son WILLIAM who died in New Zealand July 1898 aged 36 years - ARTHUR who died in London 1st April 1935 aged 71 years.

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Isabella married John WATT on 24 May 1854 in Scotland, UK. John (son of Alexander WATT and Jane WALKER) was born in 1813 in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK; died on 22 Mar 1892 in Hilton, Kinneff, Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexander WATT was born on 25 Mar 1855 in Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 13 Jan 1882 in Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Jan 1882 in Kirkyard, Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.
2. Adam WATT was born on 26 Nov 1856 in Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 12 Aug 1944 in Hilton, Kinneff and Catterline, Scotland, UK.
3. John WATT was born on 8 Sep 1859 in Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 9 Jun 1940 in Stonehaven, Scotland, UK.
4. William WATT was born on 1 May 1862 in Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 14 Jul 1898 in Springfield, Milton, Otago, New Zealand.
5. Arthur WATT was born on 27 Dec 1863 in Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 1 Apr 1935 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
6. Helen Jane WATT was born on 6 Sep 1865 in Hilton, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 12 Jan 1905 in Harvieston, Kinneff, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.