Genealogy - Family Tree MITCHELL
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Descendants of Robert MITCHELL with possible connections to the shipping firm
"DONALDSON Brothers" (1858-1913) or "DONALDSON Line Limited" (after 1913).
This company first operated from the River Clyde & then Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
(See notes below)
1 Robert MITCHELL - b: Abt. 1775; d: Bef. 6 Feb 1855; Occupation: Labourer
..+Agnes LINDSAY - b: Abt. 1777 Collace, Perthshire, Scotland; d: 6 Feb 1855
....2 David MITCHELL - Bapt/Christened: 1800 Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland
....2 James MITCHELL - Bapt/Christened: 1802 Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland; d: Aft. 6 Feb 1855
....2 Thomas MITCHELL - Bapt/Christened: 1804 Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland
....2 John MITCHELL - Bapt/Christened: 1806 Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland; d: 25 May 1869; Occupation: Mason; Master Mason
......+Isabel GILLESPIE - Bapt/Christened: 29 Apr 1806 Collace, Perthshire, Scotland; d: 16 Nov 1889 Kinrossie, Collace, Perthshire, Scotland
...........3 Robert MITCHELL - b: 31 Dec 1827 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland; Bapt/Christened: 10 Jan 1828 or 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland; m: 12 Nov 1852 in Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland; d: Aft. 1881; Occupation: Butler; (Photo - 17 KB)
.............+Rosina / Rosena / Rossena / Rosinia DONALDSON - b: Abt. 1828 Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland; daughter of Alexander DONALDSON; d: Aft. 1881
..................4 John MITCHELL - Bapt/Christened: 2 Oct 1853 Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland
..................4 Alexander MITCHELL - b: 4 Apr 1855 Carse, Rescobie, Angus, Scotland (Photos of church - 142 KB)
..................4 Robert MITCHELL - b: 21 Mar 1859 Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland; d: Bef. 1866
..................4 Anne Donaldson MITCHELL (a.k.a. Annie Donaldson MITCHELL) - b: 10 Jul 1860 Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; m: 9 Dec 1881 Dist. of Blythswood, Burgh of Glasgow, Scotland; d: 4 May 1941 Vancouver, BC, Canada; (Photo - 24 KB) Newspaper Obituary (15 KB)
....................+Alexander Biggart Sayer SMITH (a.k.a. SAYER-SMITH) - b: 6 Aug 1848 Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Mother Margaret SAWYERS, a.k.a SAYERS); d: 26 Nov 1935 Vancouver, BC, Canada; Occupation: Ship Builder's Manager; Accountant, Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada; (Photo - 28 KB); Newspaper Obituary
..................4 Isabella Russel MITCHELL - b: 19 Nov 1862 Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
..................4 Robert MITCHELL - b: 26 Jan 1866 Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
..................4 James Gillespie MITCHELL - b: 10 Sep 1869 Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; d: Aft. 1880
...........3 William MITCHELL - b: 7 Sep 1829 Balbeggie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland?; Bapt/Christened 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland; d: 1862; 1841 Census of Kinnoull, not listed with family res. Village of Balbeggie, abt. age 12
...........3 James MITCHELL- b: 15 Jun 1832 Balbeggie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland?; Bapt/Christened 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland; d: 1860
...........3 John MITCHELL - b: 5 Oct 1834 Balbeggie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland?; Bapt/Christened: 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland; d: Kinrossie, Collace, Perthshire, Scotland; Occupation: Master Mason; Informant (present) at mother's death 16 Nov 1889 in Kinrossie, Collace, Perthshire, Scotland
.............+Annie STEWART
...........*2nd Wife of John MITCHELL:
.............+Jane MORRIS
...........3 David MITCHELL- b: 31 Oct 1838 Balbeggie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland?; Bapt/Christened: 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland; d: Aft. 7 Jul 1870
...........3 Isabella MITCHELL - b: 24 Mar 1843 Balbeggie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland?; Bapt/Christened: 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland
...........3 Andrew MITCHELL - b: 12 Nov 1846 St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland?; Bapt/Christened: 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland; Occupation: Farmer, Gardrum, St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland
.............+Grace CAMPBELL - b: 1847 Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
...........3 Lilly MITCHELL - b: 7 Jul 1850 Balbeggie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland?; Bapt/Christened: 23 Oct 1850 Kinnoul or St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland
....2 Margaret MITCHELL - Bapt/Christened: 1808 Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland
In Morayshire (Elginshire), Scotland: DONALDSON, MITCHELL
Robert MITCHELL married Rosina DONALDSON,
Rosina was b. about 1828 in Elgin, Morayshire (Elginshire), Scotland, (Map)
married on 12 Nov 1852 in Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Map).
Both died after 1881, probably in Scotland.
They lived in the following locations in Scotland:
1852 - Marykirk, Kincardineshire (Map)
1855 - Carse, Rescobie, Angus (Forfarshire) (Map; Photos of Church - 142 KB)
1859 - Ratho, Midlothian (Map)
1860-1869 or later - 1860 Bonhill, Dunbartonshire (Map)
Aft. 1869-1881 or later - Ardardan, Cardross, Dumbarton (Map)
This DONALDSON family may have been connected to the shipping firm
"DONALDSON Brothers" (1858-1913) or "DONALDSON Line Limited" (after 1913).
This company first operated from the River Clyde & then Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
There have been two books published relating to the DONALDSON Lines:
1. "Donaldson Line: A Century of Shipping 1854 - 1954"
Published 1960 by Jackson, Glasgow, Scotland;
written by Alistair MacTavish DUNNETT;
2. "Donaldson Line"
Published by the World Ship Society, Kendal, Cumbria England;
by P. J. TELFORD
Who were the mother & siblings of
Possible Ancestors of Robert MITCHELL in St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland
(St. Martins is just beside Belbeggie, Perthshire, Scotland):
Photo of St. Martins Churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland (1950) > (42 KB)
Plot 18, the tombstone on the right reads:
"IN MEMORY OF
JAMES MITCHELL
FARMER BALBEGGIE
WHO DIED -- MARCH 1862 AGED (?) 88
AND THOMAS MITCHELL
FARMER BALBEGGIE
WHO DIED AT THE COTTAGE BALBEGGIE
5TH JANUARY 1887 AGED 88
HIS WIFE MARY HOWE
WHO DIED 3RD DECEMBER 1868 AGED 79
AND THEIR DAUGHTERS
JANE MITCHELL
WHO DIED 16TH FEBRUARY 1897 AGED 83
AND MARGARET MILLER
WHO DIED 30TH JULY 1901 AGED 84"
(Information taken from photographs)
Plot 17, the tombstone on the left reads:
"Here lies the body of Robert Mitchell son of James Mitchell*
and Janet Ritchy** his spouse.
He departed this life the 9th February 1750 aged 20 years.
Also lye here, George, Thomas, John, Elizabeth Mitchell all children of James Mitchell,
farmer in Auchmagne & Janet Ritchy his spouse."
* or Mitchel
** or Richy
(Information taken from transcriptions)
They are in the same fenced area of the churchyard.
Photos >
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Links:
Ardardan Estate Farm Shop & Nursery Cardross, Argyll G82 5HD
(Formerly Ardardan, Cardross, Dumbarton)
Ardardan House, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Map
Balbeggie & Area Map, Perthshire, Scotland
Balbeggie, Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland
Blythswood, Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (GENUKI)
CousinConnect - View my genealogy queries
"DONALDSON Brothers" (1858-1913)
or "DONALDSON Line Limited" (after 1913)
Donaldson Line, Anchor-Donaldson Line, Donaldson Atlantic Line
Duncan & Jayne MITCHELL's Homepage
The History of English Butlers
The Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland area photo
(current)
Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Perthshire Co. Boundary Changes, 1891 (GENUKI)
Ratho Midlothian, Scotland (Undiscovered Scotland)
Ratho Parish Church (Midlothian, Scotland)
Vale of Leven (Dunbartonshire, Scotland)
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