Janet Pollock ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Cause of her death was Disease of Heart, Dropsy, 4 months.⁸

  General Notes:

Sandy Morton
Paisley Scotland, August 16, 2006

Steel Hawthorn and Janet Pollock and the Pickering/Kyles family

I have been doing a bit of digging re Steel Hawthorn
and some of my notes follow. It seems that the maiden
name of Steel hawthorn's wife was Janet Pollock, not
Forsyth as my great grandfather informed the registrar
at the time of her death. I attach a few certificates.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if I have missed
anything vital.

It would seem that Steel Hawthorn was born in Ireland
about 1796 but moved to Lanarkshire to find work in
the coal mines. In 1817 he and Janet Pollock, probably
born in the area, were married. From 1817 until 1833
he worked as a miner and they lived in villages
surrounding Coatbridge. In 1828, they were in
Greenend, SE of Coatbridge. In 1833, they were in
Gartcloss, N of the town, described as one of the most
considerable collieries of the area. (A drawing of the
time can be found by searching Google for Gartcloss
Colliery. Perhaps the Hawthorns lived in the houses
which can be seen behind and to the right of the
mine.)
After 1833, the Hawthorns' children are not recorded
in the Old Monkland parish register and it may that
they had moved to another parish. In the 1841 census,
they appear in Legbranock, near Holytown in Bothwell
parish. Steel and the three eldest sons, William, Levi
and Arthur, are miners. No occupation is given for the
four daughters, Margaret, Agnes, Jane and Mary. There
are two younger sons, Thomas and Brownlee.
In 1843, the eldest son, William married Margaret Jack
from Newarthill, a couple of miles from Legbranock. It
is not clear where the family lived thereafter. By the
1851 census, Steel Hawthorn is dead and Janet Pollock
(Hathorn in the census) is living in Peaseweep Row,
Dalry, Ayrshire. The census contains various
inaccuracies and is not therefore very helpful.
William, the eldest son, had also moved to Dalry and
was employed as an iron miner. In 1856, Thomas,
described as an iron miner, married Margaret Allan. In
1860 Jean (Jane), described as a domestic servant in
Beith, married John McReady.
In 1861 census Janet Pollock is living in the
household of her unmarried son, Arthur, an ironstone
miner, at Sharon St., Dalry. She died in Dalry in
1867.


What little we know about
Steel Hawthorn and Janet Pollock
Sources
OPR for their marriage and the christening of their
children. Statutory records for the marriages of their
children after 1855. 1841,1851 and 1861 censuses.

1. c 1796 Steel Hawthorn born in Ireland.
2. 1796-7 Janet Pollock born in Lanarkshire, daughter
of John Pollock, coal miner.
3. 30 March 1817 marriage of Steel Hawthorn and Janet Pollock, Old Monkland Parish
4. 1818, (Sept 25/27) birth and christening of son William in Old Monkland.
5. 1820 (Dec 20- Jan 7) birth - christening of son Levi.
6. 1822 Dec 2/8) birth and christening of son Arthur (Old Monkland)
Steel Hawthorn described as "coalier."
7. 1824 ( June 18- July 4) birth and christening of daughter Margaret.
8. 1826 ( Sept 26- Oct 1) birth and christening of daughter Jane (Old
Monkland) SH "coalier"
9. 1828 ( June 19 - July 6) birth and hristening of daughter Agnes (Old
Monkland) SH "coalier Greenend"
10. 1830 ( Oct 29 -31) birht christening of second daughter
named Jane (Old Monkland)
11. 1833 (March 7 -10) birtha and christening of daughter Mary.
12. 1835 May 26- June 78) birth and christening of son Thomas Forsyth.
13. 1837 born 20 December 1837 birth of son Brownlee Webster.
14. 1841 census - living in Legbranock near
Newarthill, Bothwell parish.
15. 8 Oct 1843 Marriage of son William and Margaret
Jack, Bothwell parish, "both in this parish"
16. 17 May 1848 IGI puzzling entry Steel Hawthorn
Other event Airdrie.
17. 1851 census Janet Hathorne, widow, Peaseweep Row,
Dalry.
18. 31 Oct 1856 Marriage of son Thomas Hathorn and
Margaret Allan, Dalry. Steel Hawthorn described as
"Iron miner deceased"
19. 2 Jan 1860 Marriage of daughter Jean to John
McReady in Beith. Steel Hawthorn described as
"coalminer deceased."
20. 1861 census. Janet Pollock in the household of
son, Arthur Hawthorn, ironstone miner. 9 people appear
to be living in a house in Sharon St, Dalry with one
room with a window.
21. 12 Jan 1867 Death of Janet Pollock in Sharon St.,
Dalry. Her father is given as John Pollock, Coal
miner. Her mother is not known

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: Peaseweep Row, 1851, Dalry, Ayr, Scotland. ¹⁰

• Residence: Sharon Street, 1861, Dalry, Ayr, Scotland. ⁷

Janet married Steel Hawthorn on 30 Mar 1817 in Old Monklands, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (Steel Hawthorn was born about 1796 ⁶ and died before 1851 ¹⁰.)