Jean PORTER 2 3
- Born: 7 March 1817, Porterston, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 3
- Christened: 20 March 1817, Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 3
- Marriage (1): Alexander GEMMELL on 4 December 1840 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 2
- Died: 21 March 1862, Loans, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 45 4
- Buried: 1862, Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 5
 Cause of her death was Hypertrophy Anasarka, 6 months, as cert by Hugh Highet, M.D..4
Other names for Jean were Jean BLECKLY, Janet GEMMELL 4 and Jane PORTER.1 5
General Notes
About the children of Alexander Gemmell and Jane Porter:
Carved on Jane's gravestone in Dundonald Churchyard is the sad memorial to "Eleven of their Children Who all died in Infancy." We know the names of those who were either born or died after 1855 (when civil registration of births and deaths began in Scotland):
Jane Gemmell (1854 –1855)
Alexander Gemmell (1855 –1855)
James Gemmell (1857 –1857)
Alexander Gemmell (1858 –1858)
We also know from Alexander Gemmell's 1855 birth certificate that he was the "5th child born" to Alexander Gemmell and Jane Porter, and that there were 3 deceased girls and 1 deceased boy prior to him. One of these girls was Isabella Gemmell, named after Alexander's mother, probably born about 1847 — she died in 1848. Presumably another daughter was named Agnes Gemmell, after Jane's mother. The name of the third deceased daughter is not known, but she was likely also named Agnes (in a second attempt to have a living daughter named after Jane's mother). The brother who was deceased before Alexander 1855's birth was likely named James, after Alexander's father.
This leaves 3 infant deaths mentioned on the gravestone but NOT mentioned on the 1855 birth certificate. Presumably these were stillborn infants (as opposed to the 4 live births that were counted in the number of children Jane had had prior to Alexander's birth in 1855). The names, gender, and birth years of these 3 infants is not known.
Although all of Alexander and Jane's children were either stillborn or died in infancy, there was still a little light in their lives because they adopted and raised a daughter named Jane Smith. Jane born about 1849 in Kilmarnock, and she was with them in the 1841 and 1851 censuses.
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Birth Notes
Jean, natural daughter to Alexander Porter in Porterstone and Agnes Bleckley in Dundonald was born the seventh and baptized the twentieth march Eighteen hundred and seventeen. Porter.
Christening Notes
Dundonald Parish Church
Death Notes
5h 30m P.M.
Burial Notes
Dundonald Churchyard
Recorded Events in Her Life
- Gallery: Birth Record, in 1817, in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.
- She had a residence in 1840 in Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 1
- She appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Loans, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Alexander Gemmell Head 32 Monkton, Ayr Ag Labourer
Jane Gemmell Wife 31 Dundonald, Ayr
Janet Smith Boarder 1 Kilmarnock, Ayr Pauper
- She appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Loans, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Alexander Gemmell Head 44 Monkton, Ayrshire Ploughman
Jean Gemmell Wife 42 Dundonald, Ayrshire
Jessie Smith Granddaughter 11 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire Scholar
- She was buried at the Dundonald Churchyard in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1862.
Dundonald Parish Churchyard, Gravestone 173:
ERECTED
BY
ALEXANDER GEMMEL
In memory of his wife JANE PORTER
Who died 21st March 1862 aged 46 years.
Also Eleven of their Children
Who all died in Infancy.
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