Margaret Johnston
2x Great-grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #17, FFFM)
✓ Sourced record
Born
About 1842, Cromarty, Cromartyshire
Died
12 Oct 1924, 16 West Clement St, Edinburgh
Life details
From a second, independently-built 2011 family tree archive — not the primary source this site is built from, and not independently verified against a certificate or register.
Died
Royal Edinburgh Asylum — usual address 16 West Claremont St, Edinburgh
ℹ NoteThe death certificate is for 12 October 1929, not 1924 as in the GEDCOM. See "What the records say" below.
⚠ Place discrepancyThe address on file reads "16 West Clement St". The certificate says West Claremont Street, so that spelling is a slip.
Documents
6 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Birth, 1874
Source: Scotlands people downloads — John Manson 1874 Birth.pdf
Death, 1874
Source: Scotlands people downloads — Daniel Manson 1874 Death.pdf
Marriage, 1901
Source: Scotlands people downloads — John Manson 1901 Marriage.pdf
The register gives 25 January 1901. The GEDCOM, and the parents' marriage date on the 1906 birth entry of their son Donald, both say 1900.
Death, 1958
Source: Manson Widdows — john donald manson death entry.pdf
The same record is also filed as "John Donald Manson 1953 Death.pdf", but the register year is 1958.
Marriage
Source: Manson Widdows — Daniel Manson Margaret Johnstone wedding entry.pdf· match unconfirmed
Death
Source: Manson Widdows — Margaret Manson Nee Johnston Death entry.pdf
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Death of Margaret Manson, 1929
Statutory Deaths 685/07 0691 · Morningside district, City of Edinburgh, page 231, entry 691
Name
Margaret Manson, widow of Donald Manson, Coast Guard
Died
12 October 1929, about 5:15 am
Place of death
Royal Asylum, Edinburgh (usual residence 16 West Claremont Street, Edinburgh)
Sex and age
Female, 84 years
Father
John Johnston, Seaman, Merchant Service (deceased)
Mother
Christina Johnston, maiden surname Mathison (deceased)
Cause of death
Arteriosclerosis (several years) and chronic nephritis (several years)
Informant
John Manson, son, 16 West Claremont Street, Edinburgh
Registered
14 October 1929, Edinburgh
⚠ Year differs from the GEDCOMThe GEDCOM has her death on 12 Oct 1924. The certificate is for 12 Oct 1929, and day, month, parents and widowhood all fit, so the GEDCOM year looks wrong.
ℹ AddressThe street is West Claremont Street. The GEDCOM's "West Clement St" is a variant of it.
Death of John Donald Manson, 1958
Statutory Deaths 685/07 0714 · Morningside district, City of Edinburgh, page 238, entry 714
Name
John Donald Manson, Joiner (retired), married to Annie Macdonald
Died
30 August 1958, about 2:30 am
Place of death
3 Greenbank Gardens, Edinburgh
Sex and age
Male, 83 years
Father
Donald Manson, Fisherman (deceased)
Mother
Margaret Manson, maiden surname Johnston (deceased)
Cause of death
Chronic bronchitis; heart failure
Informant
D. Manson (as read), son, 94 Myreside Road, Edinburgh
Registered
30 August 1958, Edinburgh
ℹ Matches the GEDCOMDate, place, parents and wife agree with the tree. An age of 83 fits his birth on 6 September 1874.
Birth, 1874
Statutory Births 061/00 0038 · Burgh and parish of Cromarty, page 13, entry 38
Name
John Manson (no middle name given)
Born
7 September 1874, in the morning
Place of birth
Fishertown, Cromarty
Sex
Male
Father
Daniel Manson, Fisherman
Mother
Margaret Manson, maiden surname Johnstone
Parents married
10 October 1873, Cromarty
Informant
Daniel Manson, father (his mark)
Registered
24 September 1874, Cromarty
⚠ Date differs from the GEDCOMThe GEDCOM has John Donald Manson born 6 September 1874. This entry says the 7th. The parents and their 10 October 1873 marriage match exactly, so this is him, and the register date is the better one.
ℹ No middle nameHe is registered as John only. "Donald" appears later, in his 1901 marriage and 1958 death, and may have been taken from his father Donald (Daniel) or his father's name in common use.
Death, 1874
Statutory Deaths 061/00 0039 · Burgh and parish of Cromarty, page 13, entry 39
Name
Daniel Manson, Fisherman, married to Margaret Johnstone
Died
21 October 1874, in the morning
Place of death
Near Red-Burn, Cromarty
Sex and age
Male, 59 years
Father
David Manson, Fisherman (deceased)
Mother
Catherine Manson, maiden surname Sutherland (deceased)
Cause of death
Drowning
Informant
David Manson, son (his mark)
Registered
22 October 1874, Cromarty
ℹ Matches the GEDCOMThe date (21 Oct 1874), place, parents and wife agree. He died about six weeks after the birth of his son John.
⚠ A son David, and his ageThe informant is a son named David Manson, who is not Margaret Johnston's child (they married in 1873), so he was probably from an earlier marriage of Daniel. That earlier marriage is not in the tree. The age of 59 points to a birth around 1815, a year before the 1816 baptism, which is within the usual margin for registered ages.
Marriage, 1901
Statutory Marriages 123/00 0006 · District of Nairn, County of Nairn, page 3, entry 6
Married
25 January 1901, Clifton House, Viewfield Street, Nairn, after banns, according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland
Groom
John Manson, 26, Carpenter (Journeyman), bachelor, usual residence in Inverness (street name hard to read)
Groom's parents
Donald Manson, Fisherman (deceased), and Margaret Manson, maiden surname Johnstone
Bride
Ann McDonald, 23, Domestic Servant (Housemaid), spinster, Boath Houses, Auldearn
Bride's parents
Archibald McDonald, Coalman (deceased), and Elizabeth McDonald, maiden surname McIntyre
Officiating
James Donald (as read), Minister of Auldearn, with witnesses Helen Macdonald and William McIntosh (as read)
Registered
26 January 1901, Nairn
⚠ Year differs from the GEDCOMThe GEDCOM has the marriage on 26 January 1900. This register entry is dated 25 January 1901 and registered the next day, so 1901 looks right. The 1906 birth entry of their son Donald also says "1900 January 25", which may be a slip by the informant that the GEDCOM then copied.
ℹ Confirms both familiesThe groom's parents are Donald Manson and Margaret Johnstone, and the bride's are Archibald McDonald and Elizabeth McIntyre, so this is the John Donald Manson and Annie McDonald (P78) of the tree.
⚠ Bride's ageAt 23 in January 1901 she would have been born in 1877 or early 1878, a little earlier than the GEDCOM's "about 1879".
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 10 October 1873, Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Children