Betty Jenkins Bridge
BETTY JENKINS
The bridge was named after her. She was washer woman for Strachur House. The wash house was situated at the bridge, the Inverglen burn being the source of water.
In 2026, Strachur and District History Society carried out a Dig to uncover the site of the house.
Elizabeth McCallum (Betty Jenkins)
Born – 17th January, 1792, Glen Fine(Fyne), Kilmorich.
Father – Gilbert McCallum, Herd in Glen Fine
Mother – Christian McVean
Married – 23rd August, 1818, in Strachur to Walter Jinkin from Greenock. Betty had been living in Strachur at this time. {spelling on marriage certificate Jinkin but passed down info, the poem, the bridge, her death certificate called Jenkins}
[Unsure if she lived in Strachur after her marriage. 1841 must have been a widow]
1841 Census Strachur Beay (Bay)
Alexr. McCallum 30yrs Ag. Labourer
Elizabeth Jenkins 35yrs
Dugald Paul 22yrs Surgeon
1848 Church Record Strachur Park
Alexr. McCallum Labourer
Widow Jenkin Sister
1861 Census Strachur Park
Alexr. McCallum Unmarried 45yrs Ag. Lab.
Elizabeth Jenkins Sister Widow 49yrs House Keeper (formerly Innkeeper)
Sarah McInnes Boarder 9yrs Scholar b.Forfar
Alexr. McCallum(her brother) died 1869
1871 Census Strachur Park
Betty Jenkins W. 70yrs Retired Innkeeper (Pauper)
Elizabeth Jenkins died 23rd February, 1874, at Clachan, Strachur
Widow, Pauper. About 83 years. Father Gilbert McCallum, Innkeeper
Lilly Ferguson Nurse present
Her father named as Innkeeper and Betty as formerly Innkeeper.
While staying with her brother in 1841 it would have been the Bay then pretty sure it would be at The Square, Strachur. When he died she moved to live at the bridge.
