Mrs Jessie McInnes donated The Star Ridge with the King’s Peak by Paul Cezanne to Glasgow in 1951.
Fig. 1 The Star Ridge with the King’s Peak, Paul Cezanne (1839 – 1906)
© CSG GIC Glasgow Museums/ArtUK. Accession Number 2932
The painting was bought by Glasgow collector William McInnes from Alexander Reid and Lefevre in 1942 in what turned out to be to his final purchase. The painting then passed to his son Thomas and then to Thomas’s widow Jessie.
Jessie McEwan was born on 27 September 1874 at 13 Cedar Street in the Hillhead district of Glasgow. She was the daughter of Thomas McEwan a journeyman baker and his wife Jessie Ewing who had married on 15 November 1867 in Milton, Glasgow. Jessie’s mother registered the birth. 1 By the 1881 census, the family had moved to 31 Crossburn Street, Milton. 2 Ten years later, Jessie was employed as a stationer’s assistant still living at 31 Crossburn Street with her parents and seven siblings. 3
On 5 July 1899 at 30 Berkeley Terrace, Glasgow, Jessie married Thomas Macdonald McInnes a draughtsman and a younger brother of William McInnes (qv) who was a witness at the ceremony. The other witness was Jessie’s sister Nellie. 4 The couple took up residence at 40 Nithsdale Drive, Strathbungo, Glasgow. Jessie was described as a ‘sanitary engineer draughtsman’s wife’. 5 By the time of the next census, Thomas and Jessie had moved to 74 Norham Street, Shawlands, Glasgow. 6 Thomas McInnes died at 17 Darnley Gardens, Glasgow in 1951 aged 79. He was a retired sanitary engineer. Jessie reported his death. 7
Jessie Ewing McInnes died on 21 January 1957 at 17 Darnley Gardens, Glasgow. She was 83. Her death was reported by her niece, Jessie Chase. 8
References
- Scotland’s People, Birth Certificate
- ancestry.co.uk, Scotland Census, 1881
- ancestry.co.uk, Scotland Census, 1891
- Scotland’s People, Marriage Certificate
- ancestry.co.uk, Scotland Census, 1901
- ancestry.co.uk, Scotland Census, 1911
- Scotland’s People, Death Certificate
- Ibid
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