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Susan STUART (b 1884)

Susan was the sixth child and third daughter born to her parents, William and Mary Stuart. She was born at 43 Cameron Street in the Kelvin District of Glasgow at 7:00 p.m. on 28 July 1884. Her father went to the registry office on August 5th to record the event. The name Susan could be from either parent's family. William had a sister named Susan and a Susan McHardie was a witness to William and Mary's marriage. Her name was a departure from the traditional naming sequence that called for her to be named after her mother, Mary.

Susan appeared with her mother and father in the 1891 Census. They were living at 20 Raeberry Street in the Kelvin district of Glasgow. At the time of the census in 1901, the family lived at the same address. Susan was at home and still in school. She was 16.

On 01 Jan 1908, Susan married John Taylor, a 22-year-old journeyman blacksmith, at the Stuart family home at 29 Well Road in Glasgow. William Paton, minister of the Sandyford United Free Church in Glasgow, officiated. Witnesses to the ceremony were M Stuart (presumably Mary, Susan's sister) and R Taylor (presumably John's brother, almost certainly Robert). Susan's occupation is not named on the marriage registration form. She is described simply as a 23-year-old spinster residing at 29 Well Road.

John Taylor's father, James Taylor, was a foreman engineer. At the time of John's marriage, he was already deceased. John's mother was Isabella McLaughlan Taylor. John gave his address as 14 Fairlie Park Drive in Partick. (Fairlie Park Drive is a tiny street between Rosevale and Apsley just north of Dumbarton Road in Partick.)

The couple's first child, a son named James, born on 10 April 1909 and died on 08 Oct of the same year. The address of his birth is given as 424 Westmuir Street in the Camlachie district of Glasgow, not far from Susan's sister Helen's address on Tollcross Road to the east of Glasgow center. Perhaps this is the address of the couple's first home. Susan and John also had three daughters, Helen Stuart Taylor born on 16 Jan 1911, Catherine McLachlan Taylor born on 09 Sep 1913, and Victoria, all born after James.

John and Susan moved to the west of Glasgow, out Dumbarton Road to Clydebank, before 1920. They rented a flat at 10 First Terrace and paid 16 pounds, 4 shillings per annum for rent in the year 1933-34. First Terrace was among many homes built to provide housing for employees of the Singer Company and the shipbuilder John Brown. The neighborhood was known affectionately as 'little Jerusalem' due to the flat-roof construction of the buildings. Susan remained at this address until the entire block of flats was destroyed in the Blitz in early 1941. Susan's husband John died at home on 13 April 1937. He was 52. Susan lived on in the flat until 1941.

Susan appears to have been the primary caregiver for her mother Mary McHardie Stuart after her father's death in 1932. She was the informant for the registration of her mother's death in 1940.

Susan died in London, England in 1952.

Sources:

1884 Birth Registration for Susan Stuart (b 1884): Citation: The National Records of Scotland. 1884/Births/644/9/1087. Content: The 1884 Registry of Births for the District of Kelvin, Burgh of Glasgow [Lanarkshire] shows that Susan Stuart, female, [was born] 1884 Jul 28 at 7h 0m pm at 43 Cameron Street. Father: William Stuart, Railway Porter. Mother: Mary Stuart m.s. McHardie. Married: 1874 Jun 25, Glasgow. Signed: William Stuart, Father, present. [Registered:] 1884 Aug 5 at Glasgow.

1891 Scotland Census, Household of William Stewart (b 1852): Citation: The National Records of Scotland, 1891/Census/644/9/87/0/2/002. Content: The 1891 Scotland Census of Barony, Kelvinside, Glasgow (Lanarkshire) on 05 Apr 1891 shows a flat (shcedule 10) at 20 Raeberry Street with a household composed of (1) William Stewart, head of household, married, male, age 38, a self-employed commercial traveller, born in Barrhead, Renfrewshire, (2) Mary Stewart, wife, married, female, age 35, born in Glasgow, (3) Helen Stewart, daughter, female age 15, employed shop girl (hardware), born in Glasgow, (4) Isabella Stewart, daughter, female age 13, scholar, born in Glasgow, (5) William Stewart, son, male, age 11, scholar, born in Glasgow, (6) John Stewart, son, male age 8, scholar, born in Glasgow, (7) Susan Stewart, daughter, female, age 6, scholar, born in Glasgow, (7) Mary Stewart, daughte, female, age 5 years, scholar, born in Glasgow, (8) Albert Stewart, son,male, age 3, born in Glasgow, (9) Victoria Stewart, daughter, female, age 6 mos, born in Glasgow.

1901 Scotland Census, Household of William Stewart (b 1852): Citation: The National Records of Scotland, 1901/Census/644/9/84/11. Content: The 1901 Scotland Census of Barony, Kelvinside, Glasgow (Lanarkshire) Scotland on 31 Mar 1901 shows a flat of 3 rooms at 20 Raeberry Street with a household composed of (1) William Stewart, head, married, age 49, hardware merchant, employer, born Renfrewshire, (2) Helen Stewart, daughter, single, age 26, hardware assistant, worker, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (3) Isabella Stewart, daughter, single, age 22, hardware assistant, worker, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (4) William Stewart, son, single, age 20, Picture Frame Maker, worker, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (5) John Stewart, son, single, age 18, Pastry Baker, worker, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (6) Susan Stewart, daughter, single, age 16, in school, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (7) Mary Stewart, daughter, single, age 15, in school, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (8) Albert Stewart, son, single, age 12, in school, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (9) Victoria Stewart, daughter, single, age 10, in school, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow, (10) Alfred Stewart, son, single, age 8, in school, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow.

1908 Marriage Registration for John Taylor and Susan Stuart (b 1884): Citation: The National Records of Scotland. 1908/Marriages/644/13/16. Content: The Registry of Marriages for the District of Kelvin, Burgh of Glasgow reports a marriage on 1908 January 1 at 29 Well Road, Glasgow after Publication according to the forms of the United Free Church. [Groom:] (signed) John Taylor, Blacksmith (journeyman) (bachelor), 22, 14 Fairlie Park Drive, Partick. Father: James Taylor, Engineer (Foreman) (deceased). Mother: Isabella Taylor m.s. McLauchlan. [Bride:] (signed) Susan Stuart, Spinster, 23, 29 Well Road, Glasgow. Father: William Stuart, Hardware Merchant. Mother: Mary Stuart m.s. McHardie. [Minister:] (signed) Wm Paton, BD, Ministerof Sandyford United Free Church, Glasgow. [Witnesses:] R Taylor, witness. M Stuart, witness, [Registered:] 1908 Jan 3rd at Glasgow. [Probably Sandyford Henderson Church, Argyle Street, near Kelvin Hall]

1909 Birth Registration, James Taylor (b 1909): Citation: National Records of Scotland. Births 1909/B/644/2/670. Content: The 1909 Registry of Births for the District of Camlachie, Burgh of Glasgow (p 224) shows that James Taylor, male, was born on 1909 April Tenth at 8h 15m pm at 424 Westmuir Street, Glasgow. Father: John Taylor, blacksmith. Mother: Susan Taylor m.s. Stuart. Marriage 1908, January 1st, Glasgow. Reported by John Taylor, father. Registered 1909 April 21st at Glasgow.

1909 Death Registration, James Taylor (b 1909): Citation: National Records of Scotland. Deaths 1909/644/2 548. Content: A 1909 Registry of Deaths in the District of Camlachie in the Burgh of Glasgow (p 183) shows that James Taylor (single male age 5 months) died on 1909 October Eighth at 1h pm at 424 Westmuir Street, Glasgow. Father: John Taylor, Blacksmith; Mother: Susan Taylor m.s. Stuart. Cause of Death: Teething Infantile Convulsions, 1 day. Reported by John Taylor, father (present). Registered on 09 Oct 1909 at Glasgow.

1911 Birth Registration, Helen Stuart Taylor (b 1911) : Citation: National Records of Scotland. 1911/Births/644/2 137. Content: A 1911 Registry of Births for the DIstrict of Camlachi in the Burgh of Glasgow (p 46) shows that Helen Stuart Taylor, famale, was born on 1911 January Sixteenth at 8h 30m pm at 424 Westmuir Street, Glasgow. Father: John Taylor, Blacksmith; Mother: Susan Taylor m.s. Stuart; Married: 1908 January 1st, Glsgow. Informant: John Taylor, Father. Registered: 1911 January 27th at Glasgow.

1913 Birth Registration, Catherine McLachlan Taylor (b 1913): Citation: National Records of Scotland. 1913/Births/644/11/1077. Content: The 1913 Registry of Births for the District of Anderston in the Burgh of Glasgow (p 159) shows that Catherine McLachlan Taylor, female, was born 1913 September Ninth 0h 50m am at 122 Berkeley Street, Glasgow. Father: John Taylor, Blacksmith (Journeyman); Mother: Susan Taylor m.s. Stuart; Married: 1908 January 1st, Kelvin, Glasgow. Signed: John Taylor, father. Registered 1913 September 22nd at Glasgow.

1920 Birth Registration, Victoria Stuart Taylor (b 1920): Citation: National Records of Scotland, 1920/Births/510/33. Content: The 1920 Registry of Births for the Parish of Old Kilpatrick, County of Dunbarton (p 11) shows that Victoria Stuart Taylor, female, was born 1920 January Third 4h am at 10 First Terrace, Radnor Park. Father: John McLachlan Taylor, Blacksmith (Journeyman); Mother: Susan Taylor m.s. Stuart; Married: 1908 January 1st, Glasgow. Signed: John McL Taylor, Father (present). Registered 1920 January 8th at Dalmuir.

Information on the couple's address in Clydebank: The Valuation Rolls of the Burgh of Clydebank, available in the Public Library in Clydebank. The rolls were published annually. John Taylor appeared at 10 First Terrace from 1933 to his death in 1937. Susan Taylor appeared at the same address until 1941.

1937 death registration, John McLachlan Taylor (b1885): Citation: National Records of Scotland, 1937/Deaths/501/154. Content: The 1937 Registry of Deaths for the District of Old Kilpatrick, County of Dunbarton (p 52) shows that John McLachlan Taylor, male, age 52, Blacksmith married to Susan Stuart, died on 1937, April Thirtieth 10h 15m am at 10 First Terrace, Clydebank. Father: James Taylor, Engine fitter (deceased); Mother: Isabella Taylor m.s. McLachlan (deceased). Cause: Aortic Regurgitation as certified by W S L McLeish, MD. Informant: [Susan Taylor] Widow (present). Registered 1937 April 30th at Dalmuir.

Date and Place of Susan's death: Gordon Taylor Baxter, Susan's grandson, provided information on the place and date of Susan's death.