The
1861 Scotland census, the first after John and Susan married in 1860, shows them in
their own household with an infant son.
But from there on, the Scotland
censuses are either garbled or show an unsettled family, or both. The 1871
census shows the couple living with seven children—none of whom is our ancestor
Isaac (#9) who would have been 2 years old. Curiously, however, the census
includes three boys—all marked as sons: Two boys both named William, ages 2 and
4 months, and another boy, Alex, 3 months old.
John
died at the age of 34 in 1875.
By the 1881 census, Susan is married to Hugh
McConville, and their families are combined—13 people in the same house. Neither
of the boys named William is in the home but Isaac, now 12, is back.
John and Susan’s granddaughter Hannah wrote:
“We
never knew Grandad Abercrombie, who died in Scotland before we were born.
Grandma then married Hugh Conville, in Scotland, and had two sons with him,
Edward and Robert.
Hugh and Susan came to the States sometime
in the late 1880s. (Note: on some records, the name shows up as
McConville.)
Susan’s death certificate
says she died of Addison’s Disease.
Because John's and Susan's parents' records were mostly in the United Kingdom, I did not research them farther:
- John's parents were James Abercrombie (#39- born in 1810 and died in1873, both in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland); and Janet Gillies (#40 - born in 1813 in Kilsyth, died in 1890 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland).
- Susan's parents were Isaac Wilson (#41 - born in 1807 in Armagh, Northern Ireland; died in 1869 in Kilsyth) and Agnes Telford (# 42 - born in 1810 in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and died in 1891 in Elk Garden, West Virginia).
Son: Isaac Abercrombie
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