Ive got a lady in my family with the name hexilda scrymgeour ?

Question

All I can find out about her is she was born c 1850 her fathers name was john, she married my gr grandfather peter jordan on 14th oct 1872 at manchester cathedral.

The only other two references i can find for hexhida is the 1891 census shes living in central manchester and then the other interned in philips park cemetery in 2nd june 1927 and that is all i have been able to find about her in years of research,any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

She appears in the 1901 Census:

Name: Hexilda Jordan

Age: 44  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857

Relation: Wife  

Spouse's Name: Peter

Gender: Female

Where born: Belfast, Ireland

  

Civil Parish: North Manchester  

Ecclesiastical parish: Clayton St Cross  

County/Island: Lancashire  

Country: England  

  

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

  

Registration district: Prestwich  

Sub registration district: Newton  

ED, institution, or vessel: 59  

Neighbors: View others on page  

Household schedule number: 20

Household Members: Name Age

Hexilda Jordan 44  

Matthew Jordan 14  

Peter Jordan 48  

Thomas Jordan 7  



Peter Jordans' occupation was Horizontal Machine Borer in an engineering works .

They lived at: 20 Croft Street,Bradford,North Manchester.

This is the only other information I  can find on your G Grandmother, apart from what you have.

There are a lot of Scrymgeours' who settled in Scotland also.

They probably migrated to England and Scotland when the Great Potato famine hit Ireland.

Answer 2

You might be interested in the meaning of her last name, unfortunately this is not going to help your research.

Surname: Scrimgeour

This distinguished surname,  having several notable entries in the "Dictionary of National Biography", is of Old French origin, and is an occupational name for a fencer or fencing-master. The derivation is from the Old French "eskermisseo(u)r", fencer, from "eskermir", to fence, skirmish, fight hand-to-hand (Middle English "skrymsher, skirmisour"). Fencing-masters always found plentiful employment in medieval times, although the keeping of fencing-schools was forbidden in the City of London because of their dangerous influence. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. Early examples of the surname include: William Lescermissur (Suffolk, 1180); Symon Leskirmisur (Essex, 1221); and Gilbert le Skermisur (Warwickshire, 1222). A family by the name of Scrymegour had the position of hereditary standard-bearers of Scotland. For his services in this office, Sir Alexander called "Schyrmeschur" was granted lands in Forfar in 1298, and became Constable of the Castle of Dundee. Another, Sir James Scrymgeour, a favourite of James V1, succeeded to the hereditary offices of standard-bearer, and Constable of Dundee in 1576. John Scrymgeour, second viscount Dudhope, was created Earl of Dundee in 1660. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richer le Schirmissur, which was dated 1154, in "Documents relating to the Danelaw", Lincolnshire, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.

Answer 3

She was (I think) born in Belfast in 1850

It is such an unusual name that there are not likely to be more than one of them.

Go onto genesreunited and someone there has her in their tree.

You will need to join to contact the person, but it's not too dear and worth it if you get loads of info

Good Luck in your searching.