April 23rd

On this day, April 23rd 1887, Elspet West died.  She is your 5th great aunt - being the sister of 4Xgreat grandfather Alexander West.  Elspet was the 11th of eleven children of Ferryden fisherman John West and Janet Simpson.

I reported on Elspet's birth earlier this month.  She lived her whole life in Ferryden.  She married a Ferryden fisherman, Robert Anderson and they had eight children.  She died of Phthisis (tuberculosis) which she'd had for two years.  She'd been a widow for three years.  She was 66 years old.

Ferryden from the harbour today