>From: dave and mary ellen <[email protected]> >Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:49:28 -0500 > >In our family tree we have a George Gibson PILMER born 14 Sept 1828 in >Edinburgh married on 7 Dec 1847 in Edinburgh to Isabella BROWN born about >1832 in Edinburgh. We know George Gibson Pilmer is the son of John Pilmer >born 1808 (possibly in Yorkshire England) and Grace Mathieson born 1803 >(possibly born in Bengal India). That is as far back as we have been able >to trace the family. We have heard that there were many Pilmers in Duns and >wonder if he could somehow be related to the George Gibson from Duns >mentioned in the message above. We have never known where the name Gibson >comes from in his name. I know it is a practice to carry on the maternal >surname as a middle name but have never been able to find a Gibson >ancestor. Any information anyone could supply on any of the above >mentioned people would be greatly appreciated. > While nothing is impossible, Gibson is a fairly common surname, and I've not come across the name Pilmer. Have you checked his baptismal entry in Edinburgh? That might provide more clues as it should at least show the parish. If he was born in 1828, you might be lucky and have one or more of his parents living into 1855 and the realm of death certs. It's an unusual enough name that it might be worth checking the Scotland's people index. Female deaths are indexed on both surnames - find her in the index first as Grace Plimer and then look for a duplicate entry as Grace Mathieson - download her death cert for her family plus whether or not she was a widow. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search, for accurate results! http://search.msn.nl