Elizabeth "Bessie" Lawson Auld^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1867 - 1955  (87 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Bessie" Lawson Auld
  Nickname	Bessie
  Birth	31 May 1867	Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland.,   [6, 7, 8]
  Christening	«sup»«/sup»
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 May 1955	Worthing,West Sussex,England.,
  Person ID	I470	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	William Wallace Auld,   b. 1836, Leith,Midlothian,Scotland., d. 21 Sep 1912, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Jane Ormiston MacWilliam Johnston,   b. Abt 1838, Roslin,Midlothian,Scotland.,
  Marriage	Abt 1864	Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland.,
  Family ID	F302713777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dr. William Tasker Lundie, M.B., Mast. Surg.,   b. Abt Feb 1855, Auchterarder,Perthshire,Scotland., d. 28 Jan 1899, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1895	Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland.,
  Children	1. Dorothy "Dorrie" Jane Ormiston Lundie,   b. 6 May 1896, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., d. Mar 1987, Worthing,West Sussex,England., (Age 90 years)   2. Eveline Mary T "Eva" Lundie,   b. 24 Jan 1897, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., d. Abt Nov 1987, Worthing,West Sussex,England., (Age 90 years)   3. Edith Lundie,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., d. Jul 1993, Hove,Sussex,England., (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

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• Notes

  PRIVATE 1871: Registration district: Newington Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 5 Blackwood Crest 1881: Registration district: Newington Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 5 So. Findhorn Pc Occupation: Scholar Bessie Lundie went to live at Malan Mission (1903-1905), after her husband died in 1899, at the invitation of Great Grandpa Lundie, Rev. John Lundie [her brother in law]. She was supposed to earn her keep by teaching at the mission and the girls were able to attend school at the mission. However, I don't think she got on with Grannie's mother, and so returned to Edinburgh where she attempted to eke out a living by teaching. The three girls were found to have contracted TB and spent a year or more in Woodburn House, a TB sanatorium up in the hills near where Douglas and Catriona live [and where I had an office for 11 years!]. They were given the 'fresh-air' treatment, which meant sleeping out of doors in all weathers, on mobile loungers but under oil-skin tarpaulins to keep off the rain or snow! They were fed on lots of high cholestrol food and fruit. All three survived, and the family moved to Worthing, because the climate there was warmer than Edinburgh and they could get plenty of fresh air on the beach! Source: Ian Thompson.E-mail of 14 mar 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S392] 1871 Scottish Census, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 78; Line: 1; Year: 1871. (Reliability: 3). [S1065] 1891 Scottish Census, Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 93; Line: 20; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S303] 1881 Scottish Census, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 98; Line: 3; Year: 1881. (Reliability: 3). [S1064] 1881 Scottish Census, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 98; Line: 3; Year: 1881. (Reliability: 3). [S304] 1891 Scottish Census, Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 93; Line: 20; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S1007] Scotland. Statutory Births., NEWINGTON, EDINBURGH CITY/ MIDLOTHIAN 685/05 0607 (Reliability: 3). [S1017] Johnston.Stephanie " [S130] Scotland. Statutory Births., NEWINGTON, EDINBURGH CITY/ MIDLOTHIAN 685/05 0607 (Reliability: 3).