Isabella Algie Baptiste (1892-1983)

Isabella Algie Baptiste , daughter of Charles Tobias Baptiste (1851-1918) and Jemima Young Baptiste (1860-1945) was born at 23 Plantation Street in Govan on the 14th March 1892. The Plantation area was effectively demolished in the redevelopments of the 1960-70s.

Isabella was one of at least 10 children and worked when young as a clerkess. She married John Hannan Charles on 4th April 1919 at Yoker. Isabella's sister Agnes Baptiste (1883-1968) witnessed the ceremony. Isabella was living at Rhona Cottage in Bell Street at this time. Isabella appears to have had a relatively comfortable upbringing presumably due to the fact that when she was born, her father Charles apparently owned a restaurant in Glasgow in 1891. Later however he appears to have reverted to the position of cook - he originally travelled to Scotland from Tobago as a ship's cook.

Isabella and John had a single child - John Anderson Hannan who was born on the 30th May 1920. Isabella was a keen church-goer and a gentle, refined lady. Isabella passed away aged 91 in 1983 in Renfrew.

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      A Cottage in Bell Street Renfrew
 


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ForenameSurnameBornDiedCause of Death
Isabella AlgieBaptiste14/03/18921983Unknown