The Scobie Family
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James Scobie & Janet Scobie | William Scobie & Ann Fitton | Janet Scobie & John McCowan

The Counties of Perth and Clackmannan, Surveyed and Published by James Stobie and Corrected to 1805
The Counties of Perth and Clackmannan, Surveyed and Published by James Stobie and Corrected to 1805

Until recently, very little was known of the history of Blackford beyond the early Roman period. However, recent excavations just outside the village of Blackford have revealed a considerable Bronze/Iron Age settlement and work will continue over the next few years on the analysis and interpretation of the finds. Traditionally, the area between Kinbuck Bridge near Dunblane and the foot of Gleneagles through which the Allan River flows was thought to be one large expanse of water varying from 1 to 3 miles in breadth. This loch was supposedly a favourite resort of the ancient Caledonian monarchs. A fording place was established at the east end and, according to local legend, "The Fair Queen Helen", wife of King Magnus was accidentally drowned here. This "black ford", as it was dubbed then perpetuated in the name of the village. Blackford is situated less than five miles from the major Roman camp at Ardoch, part of the Gask Ridge Frontier system that established a network of camps and watchtowers in the 70s AD. There were three outposts for the Ardoch camp in the vicinity of the village of Blackford. Between the Roman and Medieval periods there is limited information about Blackford although it is said that William Wallace defeated a small English force as they crossed the ford on the Allan Water around 1296 and  it is known that Sir David Murray founded a Collegiate Church at nearby Tullibardine in 1445.
 
The abundance of water in and around Blackford has had a strong influence on the development of the area. One of the earliest breweries in Scotland was established in Blackford in the 15th century. The official chronicles of the period state that James IV, on his return from his coronation in Scone in 1488, paid 12 Scots shillings for a barrel of ale from Blackford.
 
Maps of the late 18th century only show farms and mills in the area and little evidence for a village at Blackford. However, it is clear that a sizeable community had been established at the turn of the 18th century but had been destroyed by Jacobite forces in 1716. Three months after the Battle of Sherrifmuir, the communities of Blackford, Auchterarder, Dunning, Muthill and Crieff were all burnt to the ground under the orders of the Earl of Mar to deny food and shelter to the troops of the Duke of Argyll.

- from Village History, Blackford Historical Society
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To James Scobbie and Catherine MickJohn his spouse a child Baptised Aug 26, 1813 called James
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James Scobie &

Janet Scobie
Born: Aug 26, 1813 Born: about 1811
Place: Blackford, Perthshire Place: Blackford, Perthshire
Married: Jan 13, 1836
Place: Blackford, Perthshire
Died: Oct 12, 1860 Died: Aug 26, 1877
Place: Blackford, Perthshire    Place: Blackford, Perthshire 
Buried: Buried:

James Scobie's parents were James Scobie and Catherine Meiklejohn.

The Janet Scobie side of the Family

Janet Scobie's parents were William Scobie (Cooper, born Jan 18, 1788, in Greenloaning, Dunblane, Perthshire) and May Bryce (born Aug 10, 1788, in Blacksaugh, Blackford).  William Scobie's parents were William Scobie (Cooper, Dunblane) and Jannet Bain. They were married on Nov 1, 1785, in Muthill, Crieff, Perthshire.

Map showing Blackshaugh, Blackford, Perthshire, James Stobie, 1783
Map showing Blackshaugh, Blackford, Perthshire, James Stobie, 1783
Greenloning is only a few miles West of Blackshaugh on the Allan River
Muthill, Crieff is a few miles to the North of Blacford

May (Marjory) Bryce's parents were Lodvick Bryce (Farmer) and Jannet Menzies. They were married about 1787 and had at least ten children: MARJORY "May" (born Aug 10, 1788); William (born Feb 28, 1790); Jannet (born June 3, 1791); James (born April 14, 1793); Lodvick (born Aug 31, 1794); Helen (born June 12, 1796); Jannet (born June 3, 1798); Margaret (born Aug 31, 1800); John (born Oct 16, 1804); and Jean (born June 15, 1806), all born in Blackford. - Scotland's People

William Scobie and May Bryce were married on Feb 21, 1813, and had at least four children: JANET (born about 1811); William (born Dec 3, 1820); Margaret (born June 9, 1822); Jaan (born May 8, 1824); and May (born Sept 24, 1826). William Scobie and Marjorie Bryce also had two children: Helen (born Aug 9, 1815); and Kathrine (born April 4, 1819). Helen Scobie Gardener died on July 30, 1863, in Blackford. Her death certificate identifies her parents as William Scobie, Cooper, and May Bryce. - Scotland's People

 

1841 ..........

1841 Scotland Census - Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
William Scobie & May (Margary?) Bryce and daughter Margary (May?)

Name: William Scobie
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Where born: Perthshire, Scotland
   
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Blackford Old Street
Occupation: Cooper
Parish Number: 333
Household Members:
Name Age
William Scobie 50
Margary Scobie 48
William Scobie 18
Margary Scobie 12

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  14; Line: 1315; Roll:  ; Year: 1841. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace.

 

1851 ..........

1851 Scotland Census - Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
William Scobie & May Bryce and daughter Mary (May?)

Name: William Scobie
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name: May Scobie
Gender: Male
Where born: Dunblane, Perthshire
Parish Number: 333
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Old Street Village Of Blackford
Occupation: Cooper
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 4
Line: 18
Roll: CSSCT1851_72
Household Members:
Name Age
William Scobie 60
May Scobie 62
Mary Scobie 23
Charles Edward 35

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  18; Line: 1; Roll: 1214; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

Charles Edward is a "Visitor".

1859 ..........

May Bryce died at Old Street, Blackford on Dec 29, 1859 at the age of 71.

 

1861 ..........

1861 Scotland Census - Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
William Scobie and his Grandsons

Name: William Scobie
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1788
Relationship: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Dunblane, Perthshire
Registration Number: 333
Registration district: Blackford
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Old Street
Occupation: Cooper
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 126
Line: 24
Roll: CSSCT1861_47
Household Members:
Name Age
William Scobie 73
William Kerr 11
Robert Kerr 6

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  21; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1861_47; Year: 1861. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

William Scobie died on June 27, 1861, at the age of 72.

 

James Scobie & Janet Scobie

James Scobie and Janet Scobie were married on Jan 13, 1836, in Blackford, Perthshire. They had at least five children: Margary (born Sept 22, 1839); Catherine (born Nov 22, 1841); James (born June 29, 1845); Janet (born March 26, 1848); and William (born July 23, 1851), all in Blackford. - Scotland's People


James Scobbie & Janet Scobbie Proclaimed in order to Marriage...
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Children Born Place Died Place
Margary Sept 22, 1839 Blackford, Perthshire    
Catherine Nov 22, 1841 Blackford, Perthshire    
James June 29, 1845 Blackford, Perthshire    
Janet March 26, 1848 Blackford, Perthshire    
WILLIAM July 23, 1851 Blackford, Perthshire  June 18, 1923 Blackford, Perthshire

Map showing location of Blackford, c. 1860
Map showing Blackford, Perthshire c. 1860

 

1841 ..........

1841 Scotland Census - Old Streey, Blackford, Perthshire
James Scobie & Janet Scobie and daughter Margaret

Name: James Scobie
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Gender: Male
Where born: Perthshire, Scotland
   
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Blackford Old Street
Occupation: Wool H L W
Parish Number: 333
Household Members:
Name Age
James Scobie 27
Janet Scobie 27
Margaret Scobie 2

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  12; Line: 1225; Roll:  ; Year: 1841. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace.

 

1851 ..........

1851 Scotland Census - Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
James Scobie & Janet Scobie and family

Name: James Scobie
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name: Janet Scobie
Gender: Male
Where born: Blackford, Perthshire
Parish Number: 333
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Old Street
Occupation: Hand Loom Weaver Woollen
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 18
Line: 14
Roll: CSSCT1851_72
Household Members:
Name Age
James Scobie 37
Janet Scobie 37
Marjory Scobie 11
Catherine Scobie 9
James Scobie 5
Janet Scobie 3
William Scobie 2 MO
Daniel Mensier 24

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  14; Line: 4; Roll: 1024; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

James Scobie was a "Gas Maker" at the time of his death on Oct 12, 1860.

 

1861 ..........

1861 Scotland Census - Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
Janet Scobie and family

Name: Janet Scobie
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Relationship: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Blackford, Perthshire
Registration Number: 333
Registration district: Blackford
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Old Street
Occupation: House Proprietor
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 133
Line: 5
Roll: CSSCT1861_47
Household Members:
Name Age
Janet Scobie 47
James Scobie 16
William Scobie 10

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  23; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_47; Year: 1861. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

Map showing Blackford, Perthshire, 1866
Map showing Blackford, Perthshire, 1866

 

1871 ..........

1871 Scotland Census - Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
Janet Scobie and daughter Janet

Name: Janet Scobie
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Relationship: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Blackford, Perthshire
Registration Number: 333
Registration district: Blackford
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Old Street
Occupation: Crofter
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 53
Line: 12
Roll: CSSCT1871_61
Household Members:
Name Age
Janet Scobie 57
Janet Scobie 23

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  10; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1871_61; Year: 1871. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

 

1877 ..........

Janet Scobie died on Aug 26, 1877, in Blackford, at the age of 63.

 

William Scobie &

Ann Fitton
Born: July 23, 1851 Born: June 25, 1853 - from Death Certificate
Place: Place: Inveraray, Argyllshire - Glenda Waugh
Married: Nov 24, 1874
Place: Glasgow
Died: June 18, 1923 Died: Aug 11, 1927
Place: Blackford, Perth   Place: Wingham, Huron, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Buried: Wingham Cemetery

Ann Fitton's parents were Robert Fitton (born in England) and Nancy McKeller.

William Scobie (Joiner) and Ann Fitton were married on Nov 24, 1874, in Glasgow. They had at least seven children: Annie (born about 1876 in Glasgow); Janet (born Feb 11, 1878); James (born about 1880); Mary (born about 1882); Annie (born Aug 19, 1884); Robert (born Sept 29, 1886); and William (born Dec 26, 1892) - Scotland Census information

Children Born Place Died Place
Annie about 1876 Glasgow before 1884 Blackford, Perthshire
JANET Feb 11, 1878 Blackford, Perthshire April, 1952 Ontario, Canada
James Oct 28, 1879 Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire 1951? Ontario, Canada?
Mary about 1882 Blackford, Perthshire    
Annie Fitton Aug 19, 1884 Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire before 1891 Blackford, Perthshire
Robert Fitton Sept 29, 1886 Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire 1968?  
William Davies
Stevenson McLachlan
Dec 26, 1892 Stirling Street, Blackford, Perthshire    

 

1881 ..........

1881 Scotland Census - Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
William Scobie & Ann Fitton and family

Name: William Scobie
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Annie Scobie
Gender: Male
Where born: Perthshire, Blackford
Registration Number: 333
Registration district: Blackford
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Old Street
Occupation: Joiner
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 46
Line: 19
Roll: cssct1881_100
Household Members:
Name Age
William Scobie 30
Annie Scobie 27
James Scobie 1
Annie Scobie 5
Janet Scobie 3
Susan Leggat 13

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  8; Line: 19; Roll: cssct1881_100; Year: 1881.Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

Susan Leggat is a "Visitor".

 

1891 ..........

1891 Scotland Census - South Side Old Street, Blackford, Perthshire
William Scobie & Ann Fitton and family
 

Name: William Scobie
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Annie Scobie
Gender: Male
Where born: Blackford, Perthshire
Registration Number: 333
Registration district: Blackford
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: South Side Old Street
Occupation: Joiner
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 17
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1891_107
Household Members:
Name Age
William Scobie 40
Annie Scobie 37
Janet Scobie 12
James Scobie 11
Mary Scobie 9
Robert Scobie 4

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  3; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1891_107; Year: 1891. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

 

1896 ..........

 

Robert F. Scobie, parent William Scobie, Eastern Blackford, born Sept 29, 1886
Robert F. Scobie, parent William Scobie, Eastern Blackford, born Sept 29, 1886
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Thomson's Brewery, Blackford, Perthshire, 1897
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1901 ..........

1901 Scotland Census - Pairney House, Blackford, Perthshire
William Scobie & Ann Fitton and family

Name: William Scobie
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Annie Scobie
Gender: Male
Where born: Blackford, Perthshire
Registration Number: 333
Registration district: Blackford
Civil parish: Blackford
County: Perthshire
Address: Pairney House
Occupation: Joiner (wood)
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 59
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1901_116
Household Members:
Name Age
William Scobie 50
Annie Scobie 47
James Scobie 21
Mary J Scobie 19
Robert F Scobie 14
William D Scobie 9

Source Citation: Parish: Blackford; ED: 1; Page:  11; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1901_116; Year: 1901. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

In the 1901 Scotland Census for 240/250 Renfrew St., Glasgow, Janet Scobie was a "Housemaid" in the Hutchinson family home. Janet Scobie married John McCowan sometime in 1903 and probably in South Africa. John McCowan fought in the Boer War in South Africa. He and Janet Scobie were married after the war ended. Janet Scobie was the housekeeper in John's mother's house.

Janet Scobie & John McCowan

Moray St., Blackford, looking W. c 1904
Moray St., Blackford, looking W. c 1904
Courtesy Blackford Historical Society

Blackford from the Churchyard, c 1906
Blackford from the Churchyard, c 1906
Courtesy Blackford Historical Society

 

1910 ..........

Robert Scobie (Carpenter) emigrated from Glasgow aboard the Caledonia arriving into New York on March 26, 1910. It appears that he was traveling with John Taylor (Joiner) from Blackford. Robert's home address was given as Pairney House, Blackford.

 

1911 ..........

1911 Scotland Census - 40 Old Street, Pairney House, Blackford, Perthshire
William Scobie & Ann Fitton and family

William Scobie (60) and Annie Scobie (57)
William Scobie (60) and Annie Scobie (57)
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Blackford Old Churchyard c 1914
Blackford Old Churchyard c 1914
Courtesy Blackford Historical Society

 

1923 ..........

William Scobie died on June 18, 1923, in Blackford, Perth at the age of 72.

 

1927 ..........

Ann Fitton Scobie died on Aug 11, 1927, in Wingham, Huron, Ontario at the age of 74. The informant on her death certificate was Rev. James Scobie, Belgrave, Ontario, and indicates that he is her son. The St. Thomas Times Journal, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, May 9, 1938, reported the marriage of "Thomas Donald Anderson, son of William Anderson to Vivienne Jean Scobie, daughter of Rev James Scobie". James Scobie (42) arrived into St. John, New Brunswick from Liverpool aboard the Montrose on April 10, 1925, indicating his address as 37 Erie St., St. Thomas, Ontario. He also arrived back into Canada aboard the Melita from Glasgow on April 3, 1930, indicating previous arrivals in 1897, 1913 and 1925, and that he lived in St. Thomas. Once again, he arrived back into Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 18, 1933. In all of these arrivals he indicates his place of birth as Forteviot, Scotland.

Janet Scobie & John McCowan

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