Isabella Moodie1

(1844 - 1900)
Father*John Moody1 b. c 1811
Mother*Amelia Christie1
Isabella FROST
(nee MOODIE)
(1844-1900)
Isabella Moodie was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, on 16 September 1844. Her mother's name is shown as Emily in this birth register.1,2 She was baptised in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, on 13 October 1844.1,3,4
She was listed as the grand-daughter of Mary Gordon Nicoll in the 1851 Census in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.5
She was listed in the 1860 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in Thomas Moodie's household.6
She was listed in the 1870 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in Jane Ashwell's household (her uncle Thomas' widow), and was working as a school-teacher. Interestingly, her name was recorded as 'Bell'.7

She married William Prescott (Jnr.) Frost, son of William Prescott Frost and Judith Colcord, at the home of George W Elder in Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pennsylvania, on 18 March 1873.4

She was listed in the 1880 US census at 729 California St in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California, with her husband William; he was working as a journalist and the household included two lodgers. Their children Robert and Jeanie were listed as living with them.8

She was widowed at age 40 on the death of her husband William on 5 May 1885.9

On 5 June 1900 she was listed in the US census as a patient at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.10
However, on 8 June 1900 she was listed as present in her son's house at 67 Prospect St in Methuen, Essex Co., Massachusetts.11

Isabella died on 2 November 1900 in Boscawen, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire, at age 56.12

Family

William Prescott (Jnr.) Frost (1850 - 1885)
Children
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy
Robert Frost pedigree

Citations

  1. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, Parish of Alloa, OPR Births/baptisms, GRO 465/00 0070 0218 FR1825.
  2. [S450] Book - William A Sutton, Newdick's Season of Frost, p5, 11.
  3. [S189] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Entry C119542/3552, film 1040207, Clackmannan.
  4. [S450] Book - William A Sutton, Newdick's Season of Frost, p11.
  5. [S118] Census - 30 Mar 1851, UK census, Scottish GRO 465/00 007/00 038.
  6. [S249] Census - 1 Jun 1860, US Census, City of Columbus Ward 3, Franklin, Ohio, Roll M653-964, Page 126, image 253.
  7. [S252] Census - 1 Jun 1870, US Census, City of Columbus Ward 3, Franklin, Ohio, Roll M593-1201, Page 144, image 172.
  8. [S250] Census - 1 Jun 1880, US Census, San Francisco, California, Roll T9-74, Page 689.2000, ED 54, image 300.
  9. [S450] Book - William A Sutton, Newdick's Season of Frost, p19.
  10. [S423] Census - 1 Jun 1900, US Census, Boston Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Roll T623-681, Page 3B, ED 1805.
  11. [S423] Census - 1 Jun 1900, US Census, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, Roll T623, ED 410, sheet 9.
  12. [S450] Book - William A Sutton, Newdick's Season of Frost, p71.

James Brown Moodie

(1871 - 1958)
Father*Thomas Moodie b. 1836, d. 1934
Mother*Helen Inglis Brown b. 1844, d. 1907
James Brown Moodie was born in New Zealand in 1871.1

Believed to have worked at Dalgety's, Wellington.

He married Janie Chalmers Meredith in New Zealand in 1909.2,3

James died on 25 June 1958 in New Zealand.4
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1871/7253.
  2. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 6667.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1909/5204.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1958/33369, aged 87.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1913/25576.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1918/8768.

Janet (Jessie) Moodie1

(1834 - 1910)
Father*George Moodie1 b. c 1809, d. 1879
Mother*Janet Hutton1 b. 1811, d. 1894
Janet (Jessie) MORRIS
(nee MOODIE)
(1834-1910)
Janet (Jessie) Moodie was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, on 24 May 1834.2,1 and was baptised on 8 June 1834 in Clackmannan.1,3
The siblings Janet, Thomas, Mary and Margaret were listed in the 1841 census at Springfield in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, with their parents, George Moodie and Janet Hutton.4
The siblings Janet, Thomas, Mary, Margaret and George were listed in the 1851 census at Argyle St in Campbelton, Argyllshire, with their parents, George Moodie and Janet Hutton.5

She left London for New Zealand on the Southern Cross, eventually arriving in Port Chalmers, via Wellington, on 16 November 1857 with 25 other passengers.6

She married Arthur William Morris, son of Alexander Morris and Marion Howe, at First Church in Dunedin, Otago, on 9 December 1857. She had promised to 'follow him to the ends of the earth' when he left Scotland and clearly did just that.2,7,8,9,10

She was named as a beneficiary of the will of George Moodie, her father, dated 5 September 1866 in Ayrshire; on the death of her mother and the death or marriage of her two executor siblings she was to inherit an equal share of the remaining estate.11

Janet (Jessie) Moodie, Alexander Morris, George Moodie Morris and Crosby Morris were named executors in the will of Arthur William Morris dated 2 May 1904 in Dunedin, Otago; Jessie was also to immediately receive £250 and inherit all household goods and effects and the residue of the estate went to the four executors in trust.12

She signed a will dated 3 May 1904 in Dunedin, Otago, naming her husband Arthur and her sons Alexander, George and Crosby as executors. She left her house and personal property to her husband's use while he was alive and directed the executors to then sell all property of her estate and distribute the proceeds equally amongst all her children, excepting for those that pre-deceased her, whose share was to be equally divided amongst their children on attaining the age of 21.13

She was widowed at age 75 on the death of her husband Arthur on 12 May 1910.2,14,15,16

Janet (Jessie) Moodie, Crosby Morris, George Moodie Morris and Alexander Morris were appointed executors of Arthur William Morris's estate in Dunedin, Otago, on 7 June 1910, with the estate and effects declared to be 'under £25,000.12'

Janet died on 1 November 1910 in Dunedin, Otago, at age 76.2,14,15,17 She was buried on 3 November 1910 at the Northern Cemetery.14,18
Grave - Arthur W MORRIS (1825-1910), Jessie (nee MOODIE)(1834-1910), Margaret H MORRIS (1878-1878) and Thomas M MORRIS (1873-1879), family plot, Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, NZ


Her will was probated in Dunedin, Otago, on 13 December 1910 with Alexander Morris, George Moodie Morris and Crosby Morris appointed executors and the estate and effects declared to be 'under £10,000.13'

Family

Arthur William Morris (1825 - 1910)
Children
ChartsMacdonald pedigree
William Morries descendancy
Thomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, Parish of Alloa, OPR Births/baptisms, GRO 465/00 0070 0137 FR1784.
  2. [S1] Manuscript - Journal of A W Morris, Family Register on page 519.
  3. [S189] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Entry C119542/1952, Clackmannan.
  4. [S117] Census - 6 Jun 1841, UK census, Scottish GRO 624/00 005/00 001.
  5. [S118] Census - 30 Mar 1851, UK census, Scottish GRO 507/00 010/00 016.
  6. [S601] Newspaper - Otago Colonist, Issue of 20 Nov 1857.
  7. [S338] Varcoe's NZ Marriage Index, at https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/hocken/marriages/…, Folio 450.
  8. [S421] Presbyterian Church Archives of NZ, at https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
  9. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 450.
  10. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1857/521.
  11. [S344] Will - George Moodie, Ayr Sheriff Court Inventories, p343-346, Ayr Sheriff Court, SC6/46/13.
  12. [S800] National Archives - NZ Archives (Archway), Dunedin probate record, Item ID R22067021, Agency DAAC, Accession D239, box 310, record 891.
  13. [S800] National Archives - NZ Archives (Archway), Dunedin probate record, Item ID R14699300, Agency DAAC, Accession D239, box 702, record 384/64.
  14. [S131] Cemetery Marker - , Northern Dunedin Cemetery, NZ.
  15. [S420] Dunedin City Cemeteries database, at https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/…
  16. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1910/3908, aged 84.
  17. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1910/7553, aged 76, recorded as Jessie.
  18. [S420] Dunedin City Cemeteries database, at https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/…, Original reference N19101109; Block 1 plot 9.
  19. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, District of Row, Statutory Births, GRO 503/00 0069.

Jeannie Moodie

(1845 - 1894)
Father*Thomas Moodie b. c 1815, d. 1864
Mother*Jane Ashwell b. 1816, d. 1890
Jeannie Moodie was born in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, on 18 March 1845.1,2
The siblings Euphemia, Mary, Jeannie, Thomas, Frances and Margaret were listed in the 1850 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in the household of their parents, Thomas Moodie and Jane Ashwell.1
The siblings Euphemia, Jeannie, Frances and Florence were listed in the 1860 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in the household of their parents, Thomas Moodie and Jane Ashwell.3
The siblings Jeannie and Florence were listed in the 1870 US census in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, in the household of their mother Jane Ashwell.4

She married Alexander Procter in Franklin Co., Ohio, on 14 March 1876.5

She was listed in the 1880 US census in Greene, Hamilton Co., Ohio, with her husband Alexander; he was working as a book-keeper and the household included a servant. Their child Thomas was listed as living with them.6

Jeannie died on 21 December 1894 in Westwood, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at age 49 of uterine cancer.7 She was buried on 24 December 1894 at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinatti.8

Family

Alexander Procter (1841 - 1930)
Children
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S248] Census - 1 Jun 1850, US Census, City of Columbus Ward 3, Franklin, Ohio, Roll M432-679, Page 314, image 311.
  2. [S852] Spring Grove Cemetery database, at https://www.springgrove.org/, gives an age of 49 yrs, 9 mths, 3 days, which gives this birthdate.
  3. [S249] Census - 1 Jun 1860, US Census, City of Columbus Ward 3, Franklin, Ohio, Roll M653-964, Page 126, image 253.
  4. [S252] Census - 1 Jun 1870, US Census, City of Columbus Ward 3, Franklin, Ohio, Roll M593-1201, Page 144, image 172.
  5. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, FHL film 285147.
  6. [S250] Census - 1 Jun 1880, US Census, Green township, Hamilton, Ohio, Roll T9-1022, Page 206.3000, ED 91, image 412.
  7. [S852] Spring Grove Cemetery database, at https://www.springgrove.org/
  8. [S852] Spring Grove Cemetery database, at https://www.springgrove.org/, section 13, lot 6 (owned by James Gamble); relocated 7 Oct 1903 to section 13, lot 2.

Jessie Moodie

(1869 - c 1953)
Father*Thomas Moodie b. 1836, d. 1934
Mother*Helen Inglis Brown b. 1844, d. 1907
Jessie Moodie was born in New Zealand in 1869.1,2

She married Leslie Robert Wilson at Knox Church in Dunedin, Otago, on 17 December 1895.3,1,4,5

She was widowed on the death of her husband Leslie in 1915.6

Jessie died circa 1953 in New Zealand.7

Family

Leslie Robert Wilson (1867 - 1915)
Child
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S421] Presbyterian Church Archives of NZ, at https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1869/6372.
  3. [S189] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Entry on film 1985588.
  4. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 3680.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1895/2183.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1915/7122, aged 48.
  7. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1953/24775, aged 84, looks the most likely entry but the name is too common to be sure.
  8. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1898/16448.

Jessie Mary Moodie

(1877 - 1949)
Father*George Hutton Moodie b. 1842, d. 1934
Mother*Janet Harley Hutton b. 1853, d. 1902
Jessie M BRADLEY
(nee MOODIE)
(1877-1949)
Wedding day 1915
Jessie Mary Moodie was born in Dunedin, Otago, on 11 May 1877.1

She signed the register at Joseph William Bates and Maxwell Forfar Hutton Moodie's wedding at the George Moodie residence, 32 Royal Terrace in Dunedin, Otago, on 15 February 1913.2,3,4
Wedding of Joseph William BATES and Maxwell Forfar Hutton MOODIE (15 Feb 1913, Dunedin)


She married Frederick Bradley at the home of Jessie Wilson in Dunedin, Otago, on 22 March 1915.3,5,6
Wedding of Fred BRADLEY to Jessie M MOODIE, March 1915


She was widowed at age 66 on the death of her husband Frederick on 6 December 1943.7,8

Jessie died on 20 January 1949 in Owaka, Southland, at age 71.9

Family

Frederick Bradley (1867 - 1943)
Children
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1877/13656.
  2. [S924] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, marriage record, Reg. No. 1913/2572.
  3. [S421] Presbyterian Church Archives of NZ, at https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
  4. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 2117.
  5. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 1779.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1915/9446.
  7. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1943/25141, aged 76.
  8. [S420] Dunedin City Cemeteries database, at https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/…
  9. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1949/19733, aged 71.

Jill Moodie

Father*Thomas Arnold Moodie b. 1877, d. 1943
Mother*Mary Caldwell Donaldson b. 1882, d. 1965
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

John Moodie

(1864 - 1950)
Father*Thomas Moodie b. 1837, d. 1867
Mother*Jean Dalziel b. 1841, d. 1920
John Moodie was born in New Zealand in 1864.1

He married Emily Butler in New Zealand in 1887.2,3

He became Chief Agricultural Inspector, Canterbury Education Board.

He was widowed on the death of his wife Emily circa 1938.4

John died on 20 December 1950 in Christchurch, Canterbury.5

Family

Emily Butler (c 1867 - c 1938)
Children
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1864/6761.
  2. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 737.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1887/2900.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1938/19519, aged 71 OR (unlikely) Death Reg. No. 1937/23637, aged 85.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1950/26929.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1887/12758.

John Inglis Moodie1

(1908 - 1989)
Father*Thomas Arnold Moodie b. 1877, d. 1943
Mother*Mary Caldwell Donaldson b. 1882, d. 1965
John Inglis Moodie was born in New Zealand on 11 August 1908.2

John died in 1989 in New Zealand.3
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1908/13642.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1908/13642, and Death Reg. No. 1989/31323 gives this birthdate.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1989/31323.

Joyce Moodie

Father*James Brown Moodie b. 1871, d. 1958
Mother*Janie Chalmers Meredith b. 1873, d. 1970
Joyce Moodie was born in New Zealand.
ChartsThomas Mudie (Moodie) (1776-?) descendancy