• Born: 5 May 1831, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Christened: 29 May 1831, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Marriage (1): James THOMSON on 11 April 1854 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Died: 13 August 1874, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland at age 43
• Buried: 1874, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

   Another name for Lilias was Lilly PORTEOUS.

  Burial Notes

Watchtower Cemetery

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• Parents: James Porteous and Jean Hutcheson.

• She appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. James Porteous       45
  Jane Porteous       40
  Geo Porteous       18
  Thomas Porteous       15
  James Porteous       15
  June Porteous       12
  Lilly Porteous       10
  John Porteous       7
  Margt Porteous       5
  Helen Porteous       3

• She was buried at the Watchtower Cemetery in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland in 1874.
  
  Inscription:
  
  Erected
  BY
  MR. JAMES THOMSON,
  DRAPER,
  IN MEMORY OF
  HIS BELOVED WIFE,
  LILIAS PORTEOUS,
  WHO DIED IN GIVING BIRTH
  TO HER TWELFTH CHILD
  13TH AUGUST 1874,
  AGED 43 YEARS.
  THE BABY,
  AGED 5 MONTHS,
  AND OTHER TWO INFANT
  SONS, LIE BESIDE HER.

Lilias married James THOMSON on 11 April 1854 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. (James THOMSON was born on 30 June 1819 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, died on 20 April 1906 in Totara Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand and was buried on 22 April 1906 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.)