RUSSELL
Parents
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
Children
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
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
Family
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)