When Jessie was almost two years old her mother married James Muir. In 1881 Margaret, Jessie, and Robert Muir, were living with Margaret's parents, Peter and Janet (Torrance) Semple, at Swinhill Farm in Dalserf. Jessie's step-father was not enumerated with the rest of the family. From 1877 until 1886, Jessie's mother had six children. However, only the two youngest, Margaret and Peter (the fourth son so named) lived to adulthood.
When Jessie was 15 years old, she, her mother, and half siblings, boarded the Allen Line's S/S Manitoban in Glasgow. After stopping in Ireland, they arrived in Philadelphia on 30 September 1887. Jessie was included on the passenger manifest as Jessie Muir, but she was listed on a different page than her mother and half siblings. Her occupation was listed as a domestic.
Margaret and the children settled in Streator, Illinois. The town was the second fastest growing town in Illinois, besides Chicago. The coal mines attracted workers from every part of the globe. Two years after immigrating to the United States, Jessie married a fellow Scot, Alexander Hutchison on 2 January 1889 in Streator. Her step-father, James Muir, was listed as her father on the marriage certificate and acted as one of the witnesses to the marriage.
They had three children in Illinois before moving back to Scotland, but only two were living when they made the trip. On 14 February 1894, the young family arrived in Glasgow aboard the Anchor Line's S/S Ethiopia. They had traveled to New York City to board the ship.
In 1895 the family lived at 20 Swinhill Colliery, which was housing for the miners and owned by the colliery. There were just over 50 one- and two-room apartments in the complex. In 1910 the housing was described as fair in size, with five privy middens for residents living in all the apartments. There was no ground for private gardens, no sinks in the homes, and water had to be drawn from wells. By 1910 most of the complex had been demolished.
When the 1901 census was enumerated in Scotland, Alex and Jessie lived at 31 New Street in Stonehouse. Alex worked as a coal miner and the couple had five children. Interestingly, Jessie's mother and her family lived at the same address in 1861. I do not know if it was still being rented by the family or if this is merely a coincidence.
Jessie had a daughter in 1903. The family decided to return to the United States. They boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia in Glasgow on 21 July 1904 and arrived in New York City on 1 August. Traveling with Alex and Jessie were their six children. Everyone in the family was a United States citizen and their physical description was listed as good. The family's destination was Kirksville, Missouri.
Jessie had her last child, a daughter, in 1905. When the 1910 census was enumerated the family, including their seven children lived in Nineveh, Missouri, next door to Jessie's half sister, Margaret (Muir) Caswell. Alex and his brother-in-law were coal miners.
In 1920 Jessie and Alex remained in Nineveh. Alex worked as a coal miner. All the children lived at home except for their daughter Maggie, who lived and worked in Kansas City, Missouri. Jessie's mother had moved from O'Fallon, Illinois, to Nineveh, sometime between 1912 and 1920. She lived nearby with her youngest daughter and granddaughter, Alice Muir, likely to be near her daughters, Jessie and Margaret.
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| Plat map of Novinger, which indicates it was at the junction of two railroad lines; image courtesy of Plat Book of Adair County, Missouri |
Jessie lost her husband 19 May 1927. She continued to live in Nineveh with a daughter. The John Blacksmith family boarded in their home. By 1935 Jessie had moved to nearby Novinger to a house she owned, which was valued at $400. Two of her children lived with her.
Jessie died on 23 February 1942 of pernicious anemia from which she had suffered for four years. She was buried in the Novinger City Cemetery beside her husband.
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'Plat Map of Novinger,' Plat Book of Adair County, Missouri
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Semple, Peter (Census 1881 638/02 002/00 018
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Hutchison, Alexander (Census 1901 656/00 002/00 024)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Stonehouse; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1901_353
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: 1174; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 314.0; FHL microfilm: 2340909
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Novinger, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T627_2081; Page: 3A; Enumeration District:1-15
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, pages 4-5
Global, US Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1942 Hutchison, Jessie
Global, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1942 Hutchison, Jessie
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1871 Semple, Janet (Statutory Births 638/02 0098)
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, 1894 Hutchison, Jessie
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1904 Hutchison, Jessie
US, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Volume 2, page 259, license number 4380
US, Illinois Vital Records, Illinois Marriage Records (includes Board of Health Certificate, Marriage License, and Marriage Affidavit)
US, Missouri, Adair County Historical Society, Cemeteries, Novinger Cemetery
US, Missouri, Vital Records, Death Certificate No. 5740
US, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904, Hutchison, Jessie
US, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1963, 1887, Muir, Jessie
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