Jane Gilmour Beith1

F, b. 2 December 1887, d. 7 May 1915
FatherJohn Wright Beith1,2,3,4 b. c 1834, d. 23 Apr 1901
MotherMargaret Gilmour1,2,3,5,4 b. c 1849, d. 8 Nov 1928
Relationship2nd great-granddaughter of Matthew Gardner
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
Name Variation Jane Gilmour Beith was also known as Jeanie Gilmour Beith.3 
Birth*She was born on 2 December 1887 at 46 Pollok Street, Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland.1  
(Daughter) CensusShe appeared on the census of 1891 as the daughter of John Wright Beith at 46 Pollok Street, Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland.2 
(Daughter) CensusJeanie Gilmour Beith appeared on the census of 1901 as the daughter of John Wright Beith at 15 St. Ronan's Drive, Shawland, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.3 
Occupation*Jane Gilmour Beith was a dressmaker circa 1911 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.5 
(Daughter) CensusShe appeared on the census of 1911 as the daughter of Margaret Gilmour at 15 Leven Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.5 
Emigration*Jane Gilmour Beith and Mary Railton Beith emigrated on 18 April 1914 from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on board the S. S. Corsican sailing to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.6
Married Name As of 31 December 1914,her married name was McKinnon.4 
Marriage*Jane Gilmour Beith married Robert McKinnon, son of Hugh McKinnon and Anne Buchanan, on 31 December 1914 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.4 
Death*Jane Gilmour McKinnon was killed on board the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 11 miles of the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.7

Family

Robert McKinnon
Marriage*She married Robert McKinnon, son of Hugh McKinnon and Anne Buchanan, on 31 December 1914 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.4 
Last Edited9 May 2012

Citations

  1. [S1399] Scotland, birth certificate for Jane Gilmour Beith, 02 December 1887; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 03 May 2012); citing statutory births 562/00 0502, Lanarkshire, Eastwood registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  2. [S1407] 1891 census of Scotland, Lanarkshire, Eastwood registration district, enumeration district (ED) 2, household schedule no. 66, p. 13, John Beith household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 04 May 2012); citing GRO Census 1891 562/00 002/00 013.
  3. [S1408] 1901 census of Scotland, Lanarkshire, Eastwood registration district, enumeration district (ED) 4, household schedule no. 33, pp. 6-7, John Wright Beith household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 04 May 2012); citing GRO Census 1901 562/00 004/00 006.
  4. [S1425] Ontario marriage registrations, 31 December 1914, no. 006911, Robert McKinnon and Jane Gilmour Beith; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 09 May 2012); citing Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926, MS932, roll 301, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  5. [S1409] 1911 census of Scotland, Glasgow City / Lanarkshire, Pollokshields registration district, enumeration district (ED) 13, household schedule no. 81, p. 9, Margaret Beith household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 04 May 2012); citing GRO Census 1911 644/18 013/00 009.
  6. [S1424] Manifest, S. S. Corsican, 18 April 1914, p. 1, Jean and Mary Beith; digital images, Findmypast.co.uk (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 09 May 2012), Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960.
  7. [S1426] United Kingdom, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seaman at Sea, death entry for Mrs Robert McKinnon, died 07 April 1915; digital image, findmypast.co.uk (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 09 May 2012); citing BT 334/65, p. 181; The National Archives (U.K.), Kew (London).