Mrs Bethia McFarquhar

Mrs M’Farquhar was listed at No. 3 between 1835 and 1838,¹ when she moved to 18 Fettes Row. Bethia Brown was born at Dunsyre, Lanarkshire on 17 May 1765, and was the daughter of Lawrence Brown of Edmonston, Biggar, and his wife Anna Lawson.² She died at 18 Fettes Row on 16 February 1846.³

She married John McFarquhar, W.S., at Edinburgh on 11 October 1793.⁴ He died on 10 June 1817,⁵ shortly after taking up residence in Albany Street.⁶

Their four unmarried adult daughters, Ann, Elizabeth, Janet and Frances, were listed living with their widowed mother at Fettes Row in 1841⁷ and likely also lived with her at No. 3 Malta Terrace. Ann Lawson M’Farquhar born on 20 March 1795, at Edinburgh),⁸ and died at 18 Fettes Row on 24 May 1857.⁹ Elizabeth M’Farquhar was born on 29 June 1801,¹⁰ and died at 18 Fettes Row on 09 March 1871.¹¹ Janet M’Farquhar was born on 31 October 1802¹² and died at Rothesay, Bute on 24 September 1848.¹³ The youngest, Frances Hay M’Farquhar was born on 11 November 1804¹⁴ and died at 18 Fettes Row in 1869.¹⁵

1. PO Directories 1835-36, 1836-37, 1837-38.
2. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Dunsyre, Lanarkshire. 24 May 1765. BROWN, Bethea. 642/ 10 248. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
3. Burials index (OPR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 16 February 1846. BROWN, Bethia. 685/1 1010 200. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021. Death announcements. 1846. Edinburgh Evening Post and Scottish Standard. 25 February 1846. BROWN, Bethia. p. 03, col. 06. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
4. Marriages index (OPR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 11 October 1793. BROWN, Bethia and MACFARQUHAR, John. 685/1 520 154. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
5. Society of Writers to the Signet. (1890) A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet. Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable. p. 129. https://archive.org: accessed 26 June 2021.
6. Nineteenth Century Residents of Albany Street, Edinburgh. https://sites.google.com/site/albanystreetedinburgh: accessed 26 June 2021.
7. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. Macfarquhar, B. (Head). 685/1 18 03. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
8. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. 20 March 1795. MCFARQUHAR, Ann Lawson. 685/1 390 276. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
9. Death announcements. The Scotsman. 30 May 1857. p. 3, col. 8. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 09 March 2026.
10. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. 29 June 1801. MCFARQUHAR, Elizabeth. 685/1 400 60. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
11. Death announcements. Reformer (Edinburgh). 15 March 1873. p. 8, col. 6. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 09 March 2026.
12. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. 31 October 1802. MACFARQUHAR, Janet. 685/1 400 0. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
13. Death announcements. The Scotsman. 30 September 1848. p. 3, col. 8. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 09 March 2026.
14. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. 11 November 1804. MACFARQUHAR, Frances Hay. 685/1 400 0. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
15. Deaths (SR) Scotland. St Andrew, Edinburgh. McFARQUHAR, Frances Hay. 685/2 727. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 09 March 2026.