George Beattie and wife Ann McMillan (L340) live at Crofthead Street in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland. There is another family of Beatties living at Crofthead Street in Saltcoats. Could these Beatties be George Beattie's nieces and nephews? According to the Ardrossan Archivist, Crofthead Street no longer exists. The curator of the museum in Saltcoats stated it was never a street, just a series of cottages where people employed in the weaving trade lived. These cottages were near the present day Saltcoats museum. Sarah Beattie applied for Poor Relief; I hope to obtain a copy of her Poor Relief Record. According to the Ayrshire Poor Relief Index, she was born in Ireland, a widow and her maiden name was Robertson. I can not find a death record for Sarah Robertson Beattie. In 1871 Sarah Beattie is living with a Poe child. In the museum of Saltcoats there is a detailed tombstone of the Poe family that has been removed from the church yard; a legend next to the tombstone states that it chronicles Edgar Allen Poe's ancestors. I am unable to locate Benjamin Beattie in Scotland after 1851. A daughter of George Beattie (L340), Jessie Beattie, traveled to America around 1855 according to the 1900 Census (she married a man named John Smith, possibly in New York where her son John was born.) Perhaps Benjamin Beattie came to America at the same time. -Laurel Baty, L252 1851 Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland, p. 6, Crofthead Street Sarah Beattie, born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, 51 James Beattie, born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, 25 son, carpenter apprentice Benjamin Beattie, born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, 14 son, cotton weaver Jean Beattie, born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, 12 daughter Sarah Beattie, born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, 10 dau 1861 Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, p. 29 James Beattie 33 born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, Carpenter Barbara Beattie, 29 wife, born Ayr, Ayrshire Margaret Beattie, 7 born Saltcoats, Ayrshire 1861 Saltcoats, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, p. 13, Manse Street Sarah Beattie, 61, stocking knitter, born Ireland Canie Poe, 2, boarder, born Saltcoats 1871 Ardrosan, Ayrshire, p. 19 Beattie, James 43 born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, ship carpenter Beattie, Barbara 45 wife Jean Hunter 8 niece, born Saltcoats 1871 Saltcoats,, Ayrshire, Scotland, p. 13, Crofthead Sarah Beattie 76, annuitant, born Ireland Sarah Johnson, 5, granddaughter. 1881 Saltcoats, Ayrshire, p. 17 Barbara Beattie, ship carpenter's wife, 49 Sarah Beattie 85, born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire Old Parish Register Births: November 2, 1831, Easter Beatty born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire to Benjamine Beatty and Sarah Robinson January 19, 1834, Benjamine Beatty born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire to Benjamine Beatty & Sarah Robinson December 11, 1836, Jenny Beattie born Portpatrick, Wigtonshire to Benjamine Beattie & Sarah Robinson Marriage Records: Beattie, Sarah, Crofthead Street, Saltcoats, Old Ardrossan, Ayrshire, age 20, father James Beattie, farmer (deceased), mother Sarah Robertson to John Milne, age 26 of Saltcoats, father Joseph Milne, mother Ann Reese, married January 21, 1862 at Croft Head Street, Saltcoats. Beattie, Mary, Saltcoats, Stevenston Parish, widow (2nd marriage), age 32, daughter of Benjamin Beattie, soldier Royal West India Rangers (deceased) & Sarah Robertson married Andrew Johnstone, age 27, of Saltcoats, son of Alexander Johnstone and Elizabeth McAllister (both deceased). James Beattie is a witness. Birth Records: Beattie, Jane, born May 1, 1862, Old Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Crofthead Street, Saltcoats, illegitimate, mother Jane Beattie, domestic servant. Johnstone, James born June 4, 1864, Dockhead St., Saltcoats, Stevenston Parish, to Andrew Johnstone & Mary Beattie Death Records: Milne, Sarah, married to John Milne, aged 21 years, father James Beattie, farmer, deceased, mother Sarah Robertson, died Oct. 4, 1862, Crofthead Street, informant John Milne, widower. Beattie, James, 86, married to Barbara Hunter, died November 16, 1912, Manse St., Saltcoats, father Benjamin Beattie (deceased), mother Sarah Robertson (deceased), informant Margaret Auld, daughter