Agnes Wallace ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial #8851427
Inscription: "wife of Andrew Renton, aged 52 yrs"
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1841 Scotland Census, 6 June 1841, Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. ² 1841 Census of Scotland
Page 6, Line 1040, Roll CSSCT1841_133-0276, District 2
Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND
Agnes Renton..35..b. SCOTLAND

(Living with husband and 6 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in 1802, then her age should have been 38 or 39 instead of 35.

2. 1851 Scotland Census, 31 March 1851, Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. ³ 1851 Census of Scotland
Page 10, Line 10, Schedule 38, District 1, Roll CSSCT1851_192
Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND
Address: Innerwick Farm
Agnes Renton..Wife..49..b. Cockburnspath, Berwickshire

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

3. Immigration: Harmonia, 14 July 1851, New York, New York, New York, United States. ⁶

Agnes married Andrew Renton, son of William Renton and Marion Shiel, on 19 July 1822 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland.^{1 2 3} (Andrew Renton was born on 29 November 1796 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland ^{3 7 8 9}, baptized on 4 December 1796 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland,⁷ died on 13 August 1877 in Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States ^{4 8 9 10} and was buried in August 1877 in Otisville Cemetery Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1841 Scotland Census, 6 June 1841, Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. ² 1841 Census of Scotland
Page 6, Line 1040, Roll CSSCT1841_133-0276, District 2
Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND
Andrew Renton..40..b. Haddingtonshire
Agnes Renton..35..b. SCOTLAND
Robert Renton..13..b. Haddingtonshire
Janet Renton..10..b. Haddingtonshire
Marion Renton..7..b. Haddingtonshire
Andrew Renton..5..b. Haddingtonshire
James Renton..3..b. Haddingtonshire
Thomas Renton..1..b. Haddingtonshire
Helen Wallace..25..b. SCOTLAND

2. 1851 Scotland Census, 31 March 1851, Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. ³ 1851 Census of Scotland
Page 10, Line 10, Schedule 38, District 1, Roll CSSCT1851_192
Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND
Address: Innerwick Farm
Andrew Renton..Head..54..b. Innerwick, Haddingtonshire..Ag Lab
Agnes Renton..Wife..49..b. Cockburnspath, Berwickshire
Marion Renton..Dau..18..b. , Haddingtonshire..Occupation: Dress Maker
Jas Renton..Son..13..b. Innerwick, Haddingtonshire..Occupation: Scholar
John Renton..Son..8..b. Innerwick, Haddingtonshire..Occupation: Scholar

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Andrew Renton
Spouse's Name: Agnes Wallace
Event Date: 19 Jul 1822
Event Place: Innerwick,East Lothian,Scotland
Father's Name: William Renton

Citing this Record
"Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTGV-SJK : 10 February 2018), Andrew Renton and Agnes Wallace, 19 Jul 1822; citing Innerwick,East Lothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,850.
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The Scottish census records from 1841 and 1851 may be somewhat spotty but there remain some questions about the names of missing family members from these census records. On the 1851 Scotland Census, there is no mention of William, Janet, or Andrew.

William would have been about 28 years old for the 1851 Scotland Census and could possibly have been living by himself. He was not married until 1861 and his 1900 US Census record indicates that he supposedly immigrated in 1850. That date is not confirmed and it would have been before his parents immigrated in 1851. He appears back with his father in the 1860 US Census in Michigan. I doubt that he came to the US before his parents so I suspect that he immigrated into the US shortly after his parents in 1851.
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Andrew was the first of his family to come to the US. All others, including his brothers, remained in Scotland. He and most of his family sailed from Glasgow to New York.On 14 Jul 1851, the SS Harmonia entered New York harbor. Onboard were Andrew and his wife Agnes as well as 6 of their children which included Janet (Jessie), Marion, Andrew Jr., James, John, and George with his wife Agnes and their young daughter, Agnes. Andrew's occupation was listed as farmer.

The shipmaster's list showed the following:

Andrew Renton, Male, 60, Farmer
Agnes Renton, Female, 48 (wife)
Jessie Renton, Female, 20 (daughter)
Marion Renton, Female, 18 (daughter)
Andrew Renton, Male, 15 (son)
James Renton, Male, 14 (son)
John Renton, Male, 8 (son)
George Renton, Male, 25 (married son)
Agnes Renton, Female, 24 (wife of George)
Agnes Renton, Female, 3 (daughter of George)

Missing from the list was the young son Thomas who would have been about 9 years old. He is assumed to have died before 1851.

Older sons who were already married and remained behind in Scotland included William and Robert. It is not known for certain when William finally immigrated to the US but his first child was born in Michigan in 1862. The other son, Robert and his family, followed by 1869. All of them settled in Wayne County, Michigan.
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