Eliza Edmonstone

Eliza Edmonstone (1805-1860) unsuccessfully counterclaimed for compensation in Trinidad with her sister Margaret Hester Edmonstone (q.v.) as mortgagees. Sister of Archibald Edmonstone (q.v.), proprietor of estates in Demerara.

1. Born 06/09/1805 in Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland, her parents were Archibald Edmonstone and his wife Elizabeth née Aitkin. In 1851 she was age 45, unmarried, occupation "Proprietor of Stock", living with her sister M.H. Edmonstone age 62 and her brother Archibald Edmonstone age 64.

2. Eliza Edmonstone died 01/09/1860 at Park Terrace, Stirling, age 55.

T71/894 Trinidad claim no. 1384. T71/1277 Eliza and Margaret Hester Edmonstone, assignees of Gavin Fullarton and Allan McDonald of London.

For a genealogy of this branch of the Edmonstone family see John Guthrie Smith, The Parish of Strathbane and its Inhabitants from Early Times (Glasgow, James MacLehose & Sons, 1886) pp. 99-100.

1. General Register Office for Scotland, Baptisms 1805 491 010 Strathblane.

2. General Register Office for Scotland, Deaths 1860 490/00 0238 Stirling.