Joseph RUSSELL = Jean FRASER

Married 1 June 1816, Parish of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen

Joseph RUSSELL:

Born 1797
Died 1821
Buried St Hicholas Aberdeen
Died when family was very young.
Master Confectioner


Jean FRASER:

Born May 1796, Strichen
Christened 18 May 1796, Strichen (Philip Robertson there)
Died 16 December 1871, Aberdeen

Parish - District: St Nicholas, Aberdeen
Ref: 168/1, Entry 1122
Name: Jane Russell, widow of Joseph Russell, Confectioner (Master)
Date and Place: 16th Dec 1871, 11:20am, 91 King Street, Aberdeen
Sex and Age: Female, 75
Fathers Name: John Fraser, Flaxdresser, deceased
Mothers Name: Isabella Fraser, maiden surname Robertson, deceased
Cause of Death: Heart Disease, Fatty degeneration, 2 years, apoplexy 2 and a half hours.
Informant: Charles Gordon (unclear signature) Grandson and Inmate, present



Jean Fraser

Helen RUSSELL = James, Dr., Coutts. > Family

Married 24 April 1843, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.

Helen RUSSELL:

Born 1817, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire.
Died 1902


Helen Russell wife of Dr Coutts


James, Dr., Coutts.:

Born 22 September 1814, Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Died 1876
Doctor

Isabella RUSSELL = Alexander (Sandy) Gordon > Family

Married 3 June 1841, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Isabella RUSSELL:

Born 1818


Isabella Russell wife of Gordon


Alexander (Sandy) Gordon:

Born 1818
Died 1875
Quillmaker

John RUSSELL = Margaret Bennet > Family

Married 31 Jan 1850, inverness

John RUSSELL:

Born 1820
Died 4 May 1893
Artist
John Russell was brought up by Jean, and Jean stayed with him when he was an adult.

John Russell died in Fochabers, Spey Cottage 4/5/1893.He was buried in a plot of James Russell in Bellie Graveyard.

Since Uncle John Fraser's Failure the Bank, where my credit is, have come upon William Russell for the money and I am struggling hard to pay it off. I have one lot of three large paintings with rich frames all but ready to send away to assist in the affairs. I will get at least from 20 to £30 for them and others will be ready to supply their place when sold.

[John Fraser could be a brother of his mother or his mother's cousin at Kintore; William Russell could be his grand father or uncle]

Extract from article by James Russell in Scalan News:
John Russell moved about a lot on painting contracts - astride a big white horse, according to Jeannie his youngest daughter. At various times he worked atAberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inver-ness, Port Glasgow, Buckie and Foch-abers. Russell wrote regularly to Bishop Kyle between 1847 and 1856. Subjects covered included his mother's state of health; the financial difficulties of an artist waiting to be paid; his first marriage to Margaret Bennet; and the children, John and Charles, who became the responsibility of his mother when their mother died.







John Russell selfportrait


John Russell


Margaret Bennet:

Born 1826
Died 1855, Wester Ardoch, Cardross, Dunbarton
Farmers Daughter
died aged 29 in Cardross district of Dunbarton, maiden name West

= Isabella CRAIGEN > Family

Married 12 August 1861, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Isabella CRAIGEN:

Born ABT. 1841
Died 1872, Edinburgh
died smallpox
Children taken to island in the Forth


Isabella Craigen 2nd wife of John Russell

In a letter from great Aunt Jeannie [1871-1974] in 1960 she also confirmed that she had two aunts: Helen Coutts and Isobella Gordon.

Info on descendents of Jean Fraser/Russell from James Russell and Clare Wright, primary, and some from Smith(Texas)