Nancy (Agnes) Scott (1837–1862)
Nancy (Agnes) Broomfield (1862–1913)
1837–1913
Scottish. Sister of John Scott. Daughter of Robert Scott and his wife, Helen Turnbull, of Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire; baptised Nancy. Brought up after the death of her parents by her maternal grandparents, Robert Turnbull and his wife, Agnes Oliver, in Denholm. Married Richard Broomfield (1838/9–98), mason, in Galashiels in 1862. Lived in Garvald, East Lothian, from at least 1863 until at least 1880; in Galashiels from at least 1881.
Sources
Census returns of Scotland 1841 (The National Archives of Scotland: Cavers 1/2), 1851 (Cavers 1/2), 1861 (Cavers 1/11), 1871 (Garvald 1/3), 1881 (Galashiels 10/13), 1891 (Galashiels 12/20), 1901 (Galashiels 11/34)
ODNB s.v. Scott, John
Scotland old parish registers births 785 30/87 Cavers (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 23 February 2021)
Scotland statutory deaths 775/106 Galashiels (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 23 February 2021)
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
