Hello Catherine, The book "the Wilson Family History Anniversary 75th Edition" has a great long list of DODDS in their names index. On page 59 is the start of the narrative for "Family of Andrew and Christina Wilson Dodd, Christina Dodd branch. "Andrew Wright Dodd (1816-1896) married in 1844 to Christina Wilson (1824-1913) at Glessal Farm, Ayrshire, Scotland. Andrew and Christina Dodd lived as sub-renters on the farm Kilpatrick, Ayrshire, until 1858 when they moved on a dairy farm near Wigtown in southwestern Scotland. After one year they moved gain to Mull of Galloway, 30 miles away. This was not a successful venture, so in 1861the family moved to the James Wilson farm at Pinmore until 1863 when they decided to come to America and join Christina's brothers and sisters in Tama County. On July 1 1863, they with their eight living sons--first eight born at Kilpatrick and two at Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland (two died) arrived at Luka (now Tama, Iowa). Their relatives did not know exactly when they would arrive so were not there to meet them. A Mr. Rice agreed to take them north to the Wolf Creek settlement, and they arrived at the West Wilson home that hot afternoon. Beginning in 1864 the family rented nearby farms in Grant and Crystal townships, and late established their own farm and home in Crystal townships, and late established their own farm and home in Crystal Township southwest of Traer. Three daughters were born between 1863 and 1868. Andrew and Christina Dodd both died at the home of Jean (daughter) and Thomas Bicket in Dinsdale Iowa. Both are buried in Buckingham Cemetery. Christina was known in the family as "Auntie Kerstie," who main object in life was to agree with everybody." There is a link with Christina Wilson and 'my' John Wilson; John is born on Glessal Farm, and Christina marries at Glessal Farm. The history refers to Christina joining her brothers and sisters when she and family make the move to Tama Iowa. John could be an older brother of Christina. If you contact me off-list I'll scan the 20 pages of the listing of the desc of Andrew and Christina. Also, there is an annual "Wilson" family reunion that you may be interested in. BTW - we live on the same coast...I'm a bit north of Vancouver on the rural "Sunshine Coast". Regards, Judy in BC Can -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: April-07-10 5:31 PM To: AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AYR] descendants of James and Jane Lusk Wilson? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CatherineScherer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/6941.1. 1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think this is a completely different line, if indeed we both came from the James and Jane Lusk Wilson family. The Wilson/Lusk marriage took place in 1806. Their daughter Christina Wilson married Andrew Wright Dodd in 1846. Andrew was the son of Henry Dodds(later became Dodd) and that started our line. Christina and Andrew emigrated to Tama County Iowa and raised their 8 kids, one of whom was West Dodd, my great-grandfather. I recently ran into a third cousin here (I live on a small island in Puget Sound)which was an amazing coincidence. My sister and I went to Ayrshire a couple yrs ago and did a lot of research in the library there - extremely well organized historical records. We also found the graves of James/Jane Lusk Wilson in an old churchyard in Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2797 - Release Date: 04/07/10 11:32:00