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Janet TODD

Janet TODD

Female 1864 - 1939  (74 years)


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  • Name Janet TODD 
    Birth 11 Dec 1864  Dalhousie Stables, Midlothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1864 Births in the Parish of Cockpen in the County of Edinburgh No 121 Janet Tod 1864 December Eleventh 11.15pm at Dalhousie Stables, Cockpen Female
      Father: John Todd Game Keeper Mother: Margaret Tod M.S. Spiers Parents married 1857 September 14th at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh
      Witness: John Tod Father Present
    Gender Female 
    Census 1871  Dunning Road, Little Kinnaird, Perthshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1881  Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1881 census for Gamekeepers house, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland:
      John TODD, head, mar, aged 45, born Skirling, Peebles
      Margaret TODD, wife, aged 45, born Haddington
      Janet TODD, dau, unm, aged 16, housemaid, born Cockpen, Edinburgh
      Robert TODD, son, unm, aged 11, scholar, born Forgandenny, Perth
      Joanna TODD, dau, aged 9, scholar, born Forgandenny
      Gracie TODD, dau, aged 7, scholar, born Forgandenny
      Mary TODD, dau, aged 4, born Balmaghie, Kirkcudbright
    Emigration 1891  Sydney, NSW, Australia, then transhipped to Brisbane Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Janet Todd came to Sydney, Australia and thence to Brisbane aboard the Austral, ex-London on 4 December 1891. She was passenger No 583, aged given was 25 and occupation, cook.
    Residence 1925  Harry Rd, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1936  Harry Rd, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Death 19 Aug 1939  Fermoy Private Hospital, Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Deaths in the District of Brisbane in the State of Queensland, Australia. 19 Aug 1939 at Fermoy Private Hospital, Auchenflower, Janet Silver, housewife, female, aged 75* years. Causes: metastases in liver, carcinoma of oesophegus and stomach. Father John Todd, gamekeeper, mother Margaret Speirs, informant, John A. Silver, son, Whitmore Street, Taringa. Cremated at Brisbane Crematorium. Born, Dalhousie, Midlothian, Scotland. Lived about 46 years in Queensland. Married in Brisbane, Queensland, aged 27 years, to James Silver. Issue: Margaret Isabella, aged 45, John Alexander, aged 42, Eva, aged 39. Deceased one male, two females
      *Note she was was 74 years and 9 months.
    Notes 
    • Both Elizabeth and Janet Todd are difficult to track on the 1891 census before Janet sailed off to Australia (later in 1891) and Elizabeth married in 1895 (and eventually went to the USA).
      According to family information, Elizabeth was a governess to Sir Walter Scott's grandchildren at Kelso, Roxborough. There is convincing evidence that Elizabeth Todd was at Kelso with a photo identified by her own writing and still with Todd descendants which was taken at Kelso.
      Janet was supposed to have been in service at Methven Castle but she is not recorded there on the 1891 census. However, there is a Margaret Todd (allegedly born 1858 in England) at Methven Castle on the 1881 census. This is (despite confusing information about birthplace) Elizabeth {and Janet's eldest sister} because also in the household is Richard Thomas HUTCHINSON whom Margaret married the same year in Perth.
      An Elizabeth Todd (born Dalhousie, Midlothian) aged 27 is a cook, domestic, in a house headed by John R.Ovens in St George, Edinburgh on the 1891 census. The age is correct, but Elizabeth was born at Torosay, Argyll, whereas Janet was born 1864 in Dalhousie, Midlothian.
      Simplest explanation is that Elizabeth gave a different birthplace, as no record can be found for an Elizabeth Todd born at Dalhousie around 1862-64. It should be noted that Elizabeth gave her age as 28, rather than 32 at her marriage to James Keegan in 1895. Various members in this family line gave 'alternative' information about their ages.
    Person ID I1409  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2021 

    Father John TODD,   b. 19 Aug 1835, Skirling, Peebles, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1920, 88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Margaret SPIERS,   b. 26 Oct 1831, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1919, 88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright,Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1857  29 Robbs Court, Castlebanks, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1857 marriage in the District of Denton? in the County of Edinburgh No 152: On the Fourteenth day of September 1857 at 29 Robbs Court Castlebanks Edinburgh Marriage (after Banns) was solemnized between us according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland John Tod Aged 24* of Ormiston Bachelor Father: James Tod Game Keeper (Deceased) Mother: Margaret Tod Maiden name Cochrane (Deceased) AND Margaret Spiers aged 24 of Ormiston Spinster Father: John Spiers Blacksmith Mother: Margaret Spiers maiden name Henderson Witnesses: William Nisbet Minister, Thomas Hamilton, James Darg, Margaret Gibson
      *Note he was 22. Linked his age to Margaret's throughout the rest of their lives.
    Family ID F536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James SILVER,   b. 30 Apr 1863, Burnside, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1949, General Hospital,Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 12 Aug 1892  Stanley Terrace, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Transcript of marriage cert: 12 Aug 1892 - I, Richard Kerr, a minister of the Presbyterian Church do hereby certify that I have this day at Stanley Terrace, Taringa in the house of Mr James Strachan duly celebrated marriage between James Silver, carpenter, of Stanley Terrace, Taringa, bachelor, aged 29, born at Burnside, Kincardineshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Silver, farmer and Isabella Falconer and Janet Todd, domestic servant, of Stanley Terrace, Taringa, spinster, aged 27, born Dalhousie, Midlothian, Scotland, dau of John Todd, gamekeeper and Margaret Speirs. Witnesses: George Beattie and Anne Williams
    • Qld State Library marriage ref: 92/001829

      Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950. Name: James Silver Spouse Name: Janet Todd
      Marriage Date: 12 Aug 1892 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1892
      Registration Number: 001829 Page Number: 23922
    Children 
     1. Margaret Isabella SILVER,   b. 19 Oct 1893, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1968, Boolburra, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. Grace Helen SILVER,   b. 20 Mar 1895, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1897, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. John Alexander SILVER,   b. 26 Jul 1897, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1977, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     4. Nettie SILVER,   b. 18 Nov 1899, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1901, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     5. Eva SILVER,   b. 18 Nov 1899, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1997, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     6. James Strachan SILVER,   b. 4 Jun 1901, Kooroongarra, Millmerran, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1935, Longreach, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2025 

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