| Name |
Janet (Jessie) SPIERS |
| Birth |
4 Oct 1857 |
Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK  |
- 1857 births in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 18, Janet Souness, 1857 Oct 4 at 2.30pm at Ormiston, female, illegitimate*, dau of Mary Souness. Informant: Mary Souness, mother, present.
*James Spiers is the presumed father as Mary Souness brought the child into the marriage and Janet/Jessie was always presented as their child.
James and Mary married about four months after she was born.
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| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
26 Oct 1911 |
House of Muir, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK |
- 1911 deaths in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 13, Jessie Meikle, married to James Meikle, master grocer, 1911 October 26, found dead in bed 8am, House of Muir, Ormiston, female, 54 years, dau of James Spiers*, master blacksmith, deceased, and Mary Allan, previously Spiers, M.S. Souness. Cause: Gastro enteritis, cardiac failure. Informant, Alfred Meikle, son.
*Note that Janet/Jessie was born Janet Souness with no father named on birth certificate. However, she was always presented as the daughter of James Spiers and Janet Souness.
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| Notes |
- Their children:
Mary Souness MEIKLE
ABT 1878 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
29 Jan 1967 Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
MEIKLE, MARY SOUNESS, F, year 1879, ref 715/ 4, at Ormiston
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
MEIKLE, MARY SOUNESS and BROWN, WILLIAM, in 1908, ref 716/ 1 in Pencaitland
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
BROWN, MARY SOUNESS, aged 88, year 1967, ref 685/7 95, in Morningside
UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
Name: Mary Souness Brown
Register Type: Cremation Death Date: 29 Jan 1967
Burial or Cremation Date: 1 Feb 1967
Burial or Cremation Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
URL: https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=2379426
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Christina Murray MEIKLE
ABT 1880 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
5 APR 1950 Largo, Fife, Scotland
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Alfred MEIKLE
ABT 1886 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
1981 Newbattle, Dalkeith, Scotland
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| Person ID |
I9505 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
| Last Modified |
5 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
James SPIERS, b. 27 Aug 1827, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, UK d. 23 Apr 1868, Hunterfield, Cockpen, Edingburgh, Scotland, UK (Age 40 years) |
| Mother |
Mary SOUNESS, b. 6 May 1837, Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland, UK d. 1921, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland, UK (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Feb 1858 |
Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK |
- 1858 marriages in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 2, On the nineteenth day of February, 1858, at Ormiston. James Spiers, 26, of Ormiston, bachelor, blacksmith, son of John Spiers, blacksmith, and Margaret Spiers M.S. Henderson and Mary Souness, aged 21, of Ormiston, spinster, dau of Adam Souness, lawyer and Lilian Souness, M.S. Cockburn. Witnesses Peter Dunlop, Elizabeth Spiers.
Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
Name: James Spiers Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Feb 1858 Marriage Place: Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
Spouse: Mary Souness
FHL Film Number: 280202
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| Family ID |
F2966 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
James MEIKLE, b. 11 Oct 1855, Clashmere, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland d. UNKNOWN |
| Marriage |
26 Feb 1878 |
Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK |
- https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
SPIERS, JANET and MEIKLE, JAMES, year 1878, ref 715/ 4, at Ormiston
1878 marriages in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 4, 1878 Feb 26 at Ormiston. James Meikle, general merchant, bachelor, aged 22, of Ormiston, son of Robert Meikle, coachman and Christina Meikle, M.S. Murray and Janet Spiers, spinster, 20, of Ormiston, dau of James Spiers, blacksmith, deceased and Mary Spiers, M.S.Souness.
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| Children |
| | 1. Mary Souness MEIKLE, b. 1878, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland d. 29 Jan 1967, Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK (Age 89 years) |
| | 2. Christina Murray MEIKLE, b. 1880, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK d. 5 Apr 1950, Largo, Fife, Scotland, UK (Age 70 years) |
| | 3. Alfred MEIKLE, b. 1884, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1981, Newbattle, Dalkeith, Scotland (Age 97 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2968 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Aug 2025 |
1857 - 1911 (54 years)
