David Valentine Janet Rea

7 July 1776 30 May 1784 Alexander = Elspet Alex. Lindsay = Elizabeth Doig James Jack = Marjory Butchart John Mortoun = Isabelle Maxwell Rea | Cargill | Land Steward Inchture Auchterhouse crofter |______| ______| | ' 16 Feb 1818 ' | ______|______William Rea = Elisth. Lindsay ' 10 Dec 1814 ' ' ' ' ' ' '' * (possibly) b 12 Nov 1790 Kirkden b c1787 Alex Jack = Ann Morton Alexander Jannet David Isabel DavidIsabel Inverkeillor | d 23 Sept 1858 27 Mar 1791 Meigle b 20 Oct 1793 b12 Dec 1784 b 25 Dec 1785 b 29 Nov 1795 b 10 Nov 1799 b 29 Nov 1795 b 10 Nov 1799 d 1 Mar 1858 | Archies Park Meigle | Dronley, Dronley, Dronley, Dronley, Dronley, Dronley, Dronley, Archies Park | Forfar d 28 Jan 1886 | Auchterhouse Auchterhouse Auchterhouse Auchterhouse Auchterhouse Auchterhouse Auchterhouse Forfar | of brain fever | d 12 Sept 1885 | at Church Street | | Lochee |______|______|______02 Feb 1840 ' ' ' ' | 18 Nov 1839 ' ' | ' | ' ' | | David = Janet Rea Agnes William James | (1)David = Helen Jack James | Jane | Alexr. May | | Valentine Forfar b 15 Jan 1821 b 17 May 1812 b 12 Dec 1818 b 13 Nov 1823 | Jenkens Dundee b c1822 c1816 | b c1824 | b c1828 b c1831 | | b c1815 | Scarborough Dunnichen Woolwich North Shields | (2)Thomas Gow Jess Mary Ann m Betsy Margaret | Forfar | d ______| m 04 Jul 1852 | d 06 Mar 1903 b c1821 b 21 Sept 1825 Robertson b c1832 | d |''' Dundee | at 32 So. Church St | Lochee | | Elizabeth Joseph Mary Ann |Lochee ______| | | b 11 Oct 1833 b 11 Apr 1830 b 24 Jul 1827 | ' ' | | Forfar Forfar Forfar | James Craig Ann Morton | | 1871: LHLW | b c 1855 b c 1860 | | | | ______|______| | |' ' ' 21 May 1867 ' | | Margaret James William Rae = Ann Alex Craig = Ann Ferrier | | b 1851/52 b 14 May 1855 Valentine Lochee Jenkens d off Cape Horn, 31 Mar 1855 d Sept 1849 | | (power loom Othlaw b 17 Nov 1844 | b c 1844 aged 57 | aged 49 | | weaver 1871) Forfar | Lochee | | | ______d 11 Jan 1923 | d 25 Jun 1924 |______| '' Lochee | Lochee ' ' Mary Sm ith Elizabeth | James Craig = Maria b 21 May 1842 26 May 1840 | | b 17 Oct 1838 Forfar Forfar | | c 22 Oct 1838 | | Lochee | | d 15 Sept 1866 ______|______| ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 31 Dec1900 Margaret Catherine Alexander = Kate John = Kate Thomas = Maggi Margaret David = (1) ?SmithHelen = WilliamJames = Isabella William = Isabella d 15 Oct 1866 Jack Lowden Gow Rattray b c 1883 (2) ?Bonar FlemingCraig Thomson Valentine Lochee Smart d 1972 69 High St Lochee d 30 Sept 1888 b 27 Nov 1873 | b 11 Aug 1870 b 01 Jan 1873 | Dundee | | Millsland, Lochee Jenkens | | | Church St. d 02 Jan 1936 ||| Lochee Lochee * This was at one time thought to be a posible "top" to the tree: | ____|____ | died David Smith = Jean Gilroy | ' ' | 13 Dec 1934 ______| | William Janet | Lochee 17 Apr 1779 ' | |______Alexander = Margaret ______|______| Rea Inverkeillor Smith (1) (1 ) (2) (2) (2) (2) ______|______| Tom Annie William Robert = ? Meg = Davina = ' ' ' ______|______| ? Armstrong Charles Jean = John May = Alex ' ' ' | Clayton Nicoll ? Morrison Robert Alexander William Rea | d 06 Oct 1966 | b 21 Aug 1785 b 26 Jan 1788 b 12 Nov 1790 | ______|_ ___ | Inverkeillor Robert ' ' | Charlie David John = ? Milne To S. Africa

David Valentine Janet Rea

. No record has been found of David’s birth although it must have been about 1816 and the censuses all agree that it took place in Forfar. Janet had been born in Scarborough, England on 29th December 1820 when her father was stationed there during his service with the Royal Artillery. The birth is recorded at The Old Meeting House – Presbyterian or Independent, Scarborough, Yorkshire.

The couple were married in Forfar on 2 February 1840 when they were described as being “both this parish” and he was a weaver. A daughter, Elizabeth, was born in May that year.

Just over a year later they are living at Zoar, which is now the northern part of Forfar:

1841 Census Forfar, Forfar. Dist 288 book 14 Zoar Valentine David h m 25 linen HLW y Valentine Janet w m 20 y (a mistake!) Valentine Elizabeth d u 1 y

When their son, Wm. Rae (or Rea) Valentine was born in Forfar on 17 Nov 1844, David was a linen handloom weaver and they were living at Horsewater Wynd which is now called Craig-o’-Loch Road and is in the west of the town. The house was 12 houses north from West High Street although it is fairly certain that the houses here have been re-built since then. At that time the area was mainly populated by people who were earning their living by weaving.

1851 Census Forfar Dist. 288 Book 14 Page17 Horsewater Wynd Vallantine David h m 35 HLW linen yarn Forfar, Forfar Vallantine Janet w m 30 weavers wife England Valantine Elizabeth d u 10 at home Forfar, Forfar Vallantine Mary s u 8 scholar Forfar, Forfar Vallantine William s u 6 scholar Forfar, Forfar

Looking northwards from the Forfar-Aberdeen road towards Birkenbush.

On 14 May 1855 Janet gave birth to a son, James at Birkenbush Cottage in the parish of Othlaw. This is several miles north of Forfar. This is the only birth to the couple that took place after statutory registration of births began. The certificate tells us that David was 44, and an agricultural labourer. Janet is recorded as being 35 and born in Scarborough. As a “bonus” the 1855 registration tells us that James was her 7th child, of which two boys and three girls were still living and one boy and one girl were deceased. James himself is not with the family in 1861 census and we can probably assume an infant death.

By 1861 the family had moved to the Lochee suburb of Dundee where they remained until at least 1871.

1861 Census. Dundee, Lochee Dist 282/3 bk. 2 pg. 22

Mid Street, Smith’s Land Valentine David h m 46 lab Forfar, Forfar Valentine Janet w m 40 England Valentine Elizabeth d u 20 linen weaver Forfar, Forfar Valentine Mary d u 18 linen weaver Forfar, Forfar Valentine William s u 16 stoker Forfar, Forfar Valentine Margaret d u 10 scholar Forfar, Forfar 2 rooms with windows.

1871 Census Dundee, Lochee Dist 282/5 Book 2 page 15

114 Mid Street Valentine David h m 55 gardener Forfar, Forfar Valentine Janet w m 50 housekeeper England Valentine Margaret d u 19 power loom weaver Forfar, Forfar 2 rooms with windows.

(As district 282/3 became 282/5 in 1871 it is probable this is the same house that they were occupying in 1861).

Despite repeated searches nothing further has been found about David and Janet after this date. They do not appear in the 1881 census in any part of Britain or Canada nor in the 1880 U.S. census. There is no record of their deaths anywhere in Scotland. (The indexes have been checked repeatedly both on the old paper indexes and on the modern computerised system). They may have moved furth of Scotland but there is no family tradition of such a move, this in a family which knew its history in considerable detail before any research was started.

A David Valentine of 4 Mid St reported the death of his brother Robert on 31 Mar 1874 but the 1881 census reveals that this David was born 1810, his birth place was not Forfar and his wife’s name was not Janet.

As neither birth nor death has been found for David and there is no record of him owning property or leaving a will, no further progress is likely on this line of research. The index of the Minutes of the Forfar Weaver's Incorporation has been checked but no one named Valentine is therein.

The following David Valentines have been checked and are not thought to be correct:

Age 55 in 1872 Dist 282/2 No. 74 66 1879 282/4 35 (this one died in the asylum and no details of parents were known) 78 1893 685/4 793 83 1896 282/1 138

In 1923 on the death of David and Janet’s son, William, their grand-daughter, Catherine had David recorded as “wine merchant (deceased)” but nothing can be found to substantiate this.

O.P.R. Angus, Forfar 15 Jan 1821. William Rea, Royal Artillery and Elizabeth Lindsay his spouse had their daughter born at Scarborough 29 Dec 1820 baptized 15 Jan 1821, Janet.

O.P.R. Angus Forfar 2 Feb 1840 David Valentine weaver and Janet Rea both this parish were three several times proclaimed in the churches of Forfar and were afterwards married.