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Janet Wight (Moncrieff)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kinnoull, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: January 24, 1877 (41)
47 Lauder Road, Grange, Edinburgh, EH9 1UE, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain Matthew Moncrieff of Culfargie and Barnhill and Isabella Anders Moncrieff
Wife of Reverend Ninian Wight
Mother of Allan Wight
Sister of Alexander Moncrieff; Archibald Moncrieff; Matthew Moncrieff; Elizabeth Helen Moncrieff and Robert-Hope Moncrieff

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About Janet Wight

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

  • 1 September 1835 birth or baptism of Janet Moncrieff, daughter of Mathew Moncrieff and Isabella Campbell [child 5], in the parish of Kinnoull

From Scotland's People - Marriages

  • 1870 marriage of Ninian Wight to Janet Moncrieff, in the district of Liberton (Midlothian)

From British Newspaper Archive: London Scotsman Saturday, 19 February 1870 Page 14 Marriages

Cameron House, 7 - 11 Cameron House Avenue, Edinburgh 55.93083, -3.16028 Marriages: Wight — Moncrieff. — At Cameron House, near Edinburgh, on Wednesday, 9 February 1870, the Reverend Ninian Wight, to Janet Moncrieff, younger daughter of the late Captain Moncrieff, of Culfargie, H.E.I.C.S.

From The house of Moncrieff by George Seton Published 1890 Page 120

Janet Moncrieff, married in 1870, to the Rev. Ninian Wight, and died 24 January 1877

From MyHeritage: Ninian Wight: 1871 Scotland Census (transcription only)

2 April 1871 Census for residents of [11 North Lauder Road, now 47 Lauder Road, Edinburgh EH9 1UE 55.9370389, -3.1878085], Scotland

  • Ninian Wight, head, married, male, aged 45 [born about 1826], in Midlothian; Congregationalist Minister of Richmond Place Church, Edinburgh
  • Janet Wight, wife, married, female, aged 35 [born about 1836], in Midlothian
  • Henry Wight, son, single, male, aged 19 [born about 1852], in Aberdeenshire; Apprentice Clerk
  • Georgina S Wight, daughter, single, female, aged 18 [born about 1853], in [not listed]; Scholar
  • Laurence H Wight, son, single, male, aged 14 [born about 1857], in Skittlestone, [ERROR Lanarkshire CORRECTION Lancashire]; Scholar
  • Margaretta J Wight, daughter, single, female, aged 12 [born about 1859], in England; Scholar
  • Ninian H Wight, son, single, male, aged 9 [born about 1862], in England; Scholar
  • Allan T Wight, son, single, male, aged 8 [born about 1863], in Midlothian; Scholar
  • Elizabeth H Moncrieff, visitor's sister-in-law, [married or single?], female, aged 37 [born about 1834], in Markinch, Fife
  • Margaret McIntosh, servant, single, female, aged 29 [born about 1842], in Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty; Cook Domestic Servant
  • Mary McDonald, servant, single, female, aged 26 [born about 1845], in Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty; House Table Maid Domestic Servant
  • Christina Black, servant, single, female, aged 20 [born about 1851], in Croy, Inverness-shire; Serving Maid Domestic Servant

From Scotland's People - Deaths

1877 death of Janet Wight, [maiden surname] Moncreiff, [Mother's maiden name] Campbell, aged 41 [born about 1836], registered district: Newington

From British Newspaper Archive: Weekly Review (London) Saturday, 3 February 1877 Page 20 Deaths

Deaths: Wight — On Wednesday, 24 January 1877 [ult.], at Lauder Road, Edinburgh, Janet Moncrieff, wife of the Rev. Ninian Wight.

From Ancestry 18770414 probate Janet Wight or Moncrieff dau Matthew M w Rev Ninian W 47 Lauder Road Grange Edinburgh d 18770124 pr Elizabeth Helen M sister £292

14 April 1877 confirmation of Janet Wight or Moncrieff, daughter of the late Matthew Moncrieff of Barnhill, Perthshire, and wife of the Reverend Ninian Wight, 47 Lauder Road, Edinburgh, Grange, Edinburgh, sometime Minister of Richmond Place Congregational Church, Edinburgh, who died 24 January 1877, at Edinburgh, testate, granted at Edinburgh on 14 April 1877 to Elizabeth Helen Moncrieff, Cameron House, near Edinburgh, her sister, executor nominated in Will or Deed, dated 2 March 1868, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Edinburgh, 11 April 1877. Value of Estate: £292 7s. 8d.

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Janet Wight's Timeline

1835
September 1, 1835
Kinnoull, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1864
1864
1877
January 24, 1877
Age 41
47 Lauder Road, Grange, Edinburgh, EH9 1UE, Scotland (United Kingdom)