Mrs Hogg

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Mrs Hogg was resident at No. 9 for about two years between 1839 and 1841.1 This appears to have been the Mrs Hogg who was listed in the PO Directory at 14 St Bernard’s Crescent in 1841-422 and enumerated there when the census was taken on 06 June 1841.3 She was Margaret Phillips, widow of James Hogg, “The Ettrick Shepherd.”

Margaret Phillips was born at Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire about 1790, the daughter of farmer Peter Phillips and Janet Carruthers.4 She married James Hogg, who was almost 20 years her senior, at Kelso on 28 April 1820.5 According to Rev. Charles Rogers, she was devoted to her husband’s comfort and the proper upbringing of her children.6 “She was a zealous adherent of the Free Church, and was much respected for her piety and unostentatious benevolence.”7 After James Hogg’s death on 20 November 1835,8 she lived in Edinburgh for nearly 18 years.9 She died at Linlithgow on 15 November 1870.10

Margaret Phillips and James Hogg had five children who were all recorded living at 14 St Bernard’s Crescent in 184111 and probably lived at No. 9 Malta Terrace between 1839 and 1841. They were:

    • James Robert Hogg, born at Yarrow, Selkirkshire on 18 March 1821.12 In 1851 he was Principal Clerk in the Bank of Ceylon.13 He died unmarried at his home in Dundas Street, Edinburgh on 15 October 1894.14
    • Jessie (Janet) Phillips Hogg, born at Yarrow, Selkirkshire on 23 April 182315 and died in Edinburgh on 06 December 1891.16
    • Margaret Lydia Hogg, born at Yarrow, Selkirkshire on 18 January 182517 and died in Tottenham, London on 28 February 1847.18 She married James Samuel, civil engineer, at Yarrow, Selkirkshire on 31 August 1846.19
    • Harriet Sidney Hogg, born at Yarrow, Selkirkshire on 18 December 182720 and died 30 January 1884.21 She married Robert Gilkison at Linlithgow on 01 June 1855.22 They emigrated to New Zealand in 1879.23
    • Mary Gray Hogg, born at Yarrow, Selkirkshire on 21 August 183224 and died 13 June 1911.25 She married William Garden, farmer at Braco Park, Aberdeenshire, at Glasgow on 05 June 1866.26

References

  1. PO Directories 1839-40 and 1840-41.
  2. PO Directory 1841-42.
  3. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. HOGG, Margaret. 685/2 10B/ 8. Ancestry collection ‘1841 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 03 October 2023.
  4. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire. 21 November 1870. HOGG, Margaret. 668/ 121. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 03 October 2023.
  5. Marriages (OPR) Scotland. Yarrow, Selkirkshire. 28 April 1820. HOGG, James and PHILLIPS, Margaret. 779/ 20/ 117. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  6. Charles Rogers (1872) A Century of Scottish Life: Memorial and Recollections of Historical and Remarkable Persons. Second Edition. London: Griffin & Co.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. Ettrick, Selkirkshire. 20 November 1835. HOGG, James. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112351026/james-hogg: accessed 03 October 2023.
  9. Rogers. (1872) op. cit.
  10. Death announcements. Southern Reporter. 24 November 1870. HOGG, Margaret. p. 3, col. 7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  11. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. HOGG, Margaret. 685/2 10B/ 8. Ancestry collection ‘1841 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 03 October 2023.
  12. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Yarrow, Selkirkshire. 28 April 1821. HOGG, James Robert. 779/ 30/ 254. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  13. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. HOGG, James. 685/2 7A/ 21. Ancestry collection ‘1851 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  14. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 16 October 1894. HOGG, James Robert. 685/2 539. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  15. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Yarrow, Selkirkshire. 09 June 1823. HOGG, Janet Phillips. 779/ 30/ 78. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  16. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Confirmation. 14 January 1892. HOGG, Jessie or Janet Phillips. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  17. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Yarrow, Selkirkshire. 18 February 1825. HOGG, Margaret Lydia. 779/ 30/ 83. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  18. Death announcements. Elgin Courant, and Morayshire Advertiser. 19 March 1847. HOGG, Margaret Lydia. p. 3, col. 7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  19. Marriages index (OPR) Scotland. Yarrow, Selkirkshire. 31 August 1846. HOGG, Margaret Lydia and SAMUEL, James. 779/30/ 61. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  20. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Yarrow, Selkirkshire. 18 December 1827. HOGG, Harriot Sidney. 779/ 30/ 103. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  21. Obituaries. Inverness Courier. 18 March 1884. HOGG, Harriet Sidney. p. 2, col. 4. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  22. Marriage announcements. Glasgow Courier. 05 June 1855. GILKISON, Robert and HOGG, Harriet Sidney. p. 3, col. 3. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  23. Obituaries. Alloa Advertiser. 01 November 1884. GILKISON, Mrs. p. 2, col. 7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  24. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Yarrow, Selkirkshire. 21 August 1831. HOGG, Mary Gray. 779/ 30/ 318. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 October 2023.
  25. Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. St Nicholas, Aberdeen. 13 June 1911. GARDEN, Mary Gray. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133320741/mary-gray-garden: accessed 03 October 2023.
  26. Marriage announcements. Stonehaven Journal. 07 June 1866. GARDEN, William and HOGG, Mary Gray. p. 3, col. 9. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 03 October 2023.

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