Sarah Brisbane

Source: New Register House, Edinburgh.

Source: New Register House, Edinburgh.

Source: New Register House, Edinburgh.

Buried in Eastwood Cemetery, Glasgow.

Thomas Fraser was "Puncle" who lived in upstairs apartment at 104 Riverford Road.

(By Daniel Brisbane and Sophia Mills)

1. William Brisbane (Coal Miner) was born in 1851/52 in Ireland, and married around 1874 in  to Margarate ____ of Ireland.   A Wm Brisbane married a Margaret Gibson in Govan on the 13th of November 1874.  William reported his mother's (Sophia Mills) death in 1874.
• Margaret Brisbane was born in 1875 in Shotts.
• Sophia Brisbane was born around 1877/78 in Shotts.
• Sarah Brisbane was born around 1879/80 in Shotts.
2. James Mills Brisbane (Coal Miner) was born in 1853/54 in Ireland and was married on the 13th of September 1881 in Queensland, Australia to Janet Bowman.
• Sophia Brisbane was born on the 17th of August 1882 in Queensland, Australia.
• John Brisbane was born on the 10th of September 1886 in Queensland, Australia.
• Daniel Brisbane was born on the 13th of September 1894 in Queensland, Australia.
3. Margaret Jane Brisbane was born on the 6th of October 1855 in Bridgeton, Glasgow. (verify year). Margaret died in 1872 in Shotts at the age of only 15.
4. Sarah Brisbane was born on the 17th of June 1858 in Stevenston and married on the 4th of March 1881 in Shotts to Thomas Fraser.
5. Daniel Brisbane (Coal Miner) was born on the 24th of July 1860 in Kilwinning.  A 24-year-old Daniel Brisbane (Miner) arrived in New York on the 13th of November 1884 from Glasgow on board the "S. S. Ethiopia". 
6. Elizabeth or Jane Brisbane (Domestic Servant) was born on the 4th of December 1863 in Kilwinning.
7. John Brisbane (Coal Miner) was born on the 21st of April 1866 in Overtown, Dreghorn.

Step-brothers and sisters (By Janet McBride's first marriage)


8. Janet Carson (Mill Worker) was born in 1864/65 in Busby, Renfrewshire.
9. Adam Carson (Printfield Worker) was born in 1866/67 in Fairloans, Roxburghshire.
10. Helen Carson (Printfield Worker) was born in 1868/69 in Fairloans, Roxburghshire.

Half-brothers and sisters (By Daniel Brisbane and Janet McBride)
 

11. Daniel Brisbane was born in 1883 in Govan and died in 1884 in Govan before his first birthday. (verify - may not be their child)
12. Others unknown

<<<< See Sophia Fraser's brothers and sisters >>>>
 

4 Crofs Row, Eglinton Iron Works, Kilwinning.
Two families share the house, with 1 room with 1 or more windows each.
 

1871 Census - Shotts, Lanarkshire - LDS Microfilm 0104044 ED 8 Page 11.

Watts Building, Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire - 2 rooms with windows.
 

1881 Census - Shotts (Eastern District), Lanarkshire - Film 0203704 655-2 ED 1 Page 10

Main Street, Linds Land, Harthill, Shotts (Eastern District)
 

1881 Census - Shotts (Eastern District), Lanarkshire - Film 0203704 655-2 ED 1 Page 14

Also in the census are four of Sarah's brothers and sisters in the Main Street in Harthill.
 

1891 Census - Eastwood, Renfrewshire - Film 0220181 Ed 6 Page 30.

11 Wilson Street, Eastwood, Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire.
 

1901 Census - Eastwood, Renfrewshire - Entry 203, Page 39 of 54..

38 Maxwell St., Pollockshaws, Eastwood,  East Renfrewshire.

• Ardeer Ironworks, Stevenston, Ayrshire. 1858 (birth)
• 4 Crofs Row, Eglinton Iron Works, Kilwinning. 1860-1863
• Overtown, Dreghorn. 1866
• Watts Building, Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire. 1871
• Busby. 1881
• Main Street, Linds Land, Harthill. 1881 (marriage)
• 95 Queen Street, Govan. 1883
• Neilston. 1890
• 11 Wilson Street, Eastwood. 1891
• 38 Maxwell Street, Pollockshaws, Eastwood.  1901
• 104 Riverford Road, Eastwood, Glasgow. 1921-1946 (death)

• Printfield Worker
  

Hobbies and Interests

Had to look after her family when her mother died of pneumonia after trampling the washing outside.

Sarah's sisters (and possibly all her brothers too) left for Brisbane in Australia. Sarah stayed behind to marry Thomas Fraser.

Was very fond of her younger brother Daniel Brisbane. Her father and grandfather were also called Daniel Brisbane. Young Daniel was already working as a coal miner at the age of 10! See 1871 Shotts Census.

Used to talk a lot about Ireland, but never ever mentioned that her family was Irish and had come across to Scotland around 1855, just before she was born. It was quite a surprise when this was discovered.

Sarah's father, Daniel Brisbane, used to smuggle horses from Ireland into Scotland. The horses were brought by boat from Ireland and landed in the dark at an island near Ardrossan on the Ayrshire coast. From the island, the horses were made to swim the last mile to shore. The island is called "Horse Island". Daniel lived just a couple of miles from this island and would have had lots of relatives and friends back in Ireland as contacts.

Believed to have given her husband an overdose of morphine to put him out of his suffering when he was dying of cancer.

Could not write. Had tip of one finger missing. When picking up her pension, she took a long time signing a cross. Always said to her grand-daughter, Sarah Rodger, that that was why she could not write.

The circumstances of Sarah's death were fairly tragic. When she was very elderly, it was quite a strain for her daughter Sophia Fraser (Rodger) to look after her. Someone arranged for Sarah to be taken to hospital. Sarah was taken to a hospital or hospice in Duke Street by the hospital staff against her will. Apparently Duke Street was not in a nice area. Sarah died shortly afterwards. As she was dying in hospital, the patient behind the screens in the next bed was singing "Danny Boy" which had always been Sarah's favourite song. It nearly broke her daughter's heart.

A photo survives.

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