Euphemia Hay

   Cause of her death was chronic heart disease (2 years). Dropsy.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census in 1841 in Anchor Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland. Recorded (aged 11m) living with her father Robert (25, flesher), mother Christian (20), older brother Robert (4) and Grace Sutherland (15).

• She appeared on the census in 1851 in Craigs Close, High Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. Recorded (aged 10) as a scholar living with her aunt and uncle William Scott (27, flesher) and Margaret Scott (25).

• She worked as a Domestic Servant in 1861.

• She appeared on the census in 1861 in 26 Mid Arthur Place, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. Recorded (aged 19) as the domestic servant working for Thomas Dickson (48, market inspector) and his family: Janet Dickson (33), Alexander (6), William (5), John (3) and Jane (6m). The house had 3 windowed rooms.

• She worked as a House Keeper in Feb 1866.

• She had a residence in Feb 1866 in 19 Macdowall Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• She had a residence from May 1868 to May 1870 in Washington, Coupar Angus, Perth, Scotland.

• She appeared on the census in 1871 in Washington, Coupar Angus, Perth, Scotland. Recorded (aged 28) living with husband John and children Jane (2) and Robert (10m). Next door were her mother and father-in-law, William Shepherd and Isabella Shields.

• She had a residence in May 1878 in Bank House, Wilsons Park, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• She appeared on the census in 1881 in 8 Calton Hill Sims Court, South Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Recorded (aged 40) living with husband John (44, general labourer), children Jane (12), Robert (10) and Janet (2) and aunt Margaret Scott (37, dressmaker).

• She had a residence in Jan 1887 in Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.

• She appeared on the census in 1891 in Free Church Style, Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 45) as the widowed head of the household living with son Robert (20, labourer), daughter Janet (12, scholar) and boarder William Johnson in a house with 2 windowed rooms.

• She appeared on the census in 1901 in High Road, Kirkliston, Linlithgow, Scotland. Recorded as the widowed head of the household (aged 54), she was a housekeeper with three lodgers: William White (37, a boiler fireman), Charles Smith (21, a boiler fireman) and Thomas Williamson (15, a porter). The house had 2 windowed rooms.

• She had a residence in Feb 1906 in Old Toll Cottages, Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.

• She was ill with chronic heart disease from 1904 to 1906.

Euphemia married John Douglass Shepherd, son of William Shepherd and Isabella Shields, on 20 Feb 1866 in 10 Spring Gardens, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Scotland. (John Douglass Shepherd was born on 19 Dec 1836 in Fullerton, Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland, christened on 25 Dec 1836 in Fullerton, Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland and died on 26 Jan 1887 in Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland.) The cause of his death was Axillary Aneurism. Operation 26th. Shock 1 day.