Robertha Cormack (Bertha Deans) RC65

Robertha Cormack is born in Caithness 1865, she is the illegitimate child of Robert Cormack and Caroline Bonney CB40. She is raised by her grandmother Ann Mcleod in Cromarty.

Her mother marries William Fraser and has two more daughters Caroline and Isabella Fraser. Despite living between Aberdeen, Dingwall and Cromarty its is unclear if Robertha has any contact with her mother.

Robertha has 3 known children

1890 - Jessie Allan Deans

1895 - James Marshall Deans

1897 - Henry John Deans

Jessie Allan Deans Cormack

Born is 1890 at 198 Causeway Side, Edinburgh. Her birth certificate states ‘illegitimate’, Mother: Robertha Cormack (Domestic servant)

Father: Blank

This may be an admin error that the father is omitted on the birth certificate. Certainly, the name Jessie Allan being the mother of James Allan Deans would suggest a family connection.

Jessie marries Peter Trainer in 1911. The Deans and Trainer families will live in close proximity in and around India Place, Stockbridge. On her marriage certificate, it lists her father as James Allan Deans - Deceased.

Jessie and Peter will have 4 children in total

1912 - Peter James Trainer

1914 - Joseph Millar Trainer

1915 - John Walter Deans Trainer

1919 - Roberta Cormack Trainer

1915 Jessie appears on a military pension record for her husband Peter. Address 35 India Place.

Her husband Peter dies in 1956 and Jessie dies in 1969.