>From: James L Balmer <[email protected]> >Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:34:33 +0000 > >>There's another Elisabeth Balmer who married George Gibson in Duns, BEW, >>in 1864. She was apparently born about 1835 in Greenlaw, BEW. No idea who >>her parents were. > >I have a feeling that she may turn out to be from one of the Border >families, possibly in service in Duns. > She's certainly Borders-based. She's in my system because her parents-in-law, Thomas Gibson and Ann Bowmaker, lived and died in Whitsome. Her husband, George, was a stone breaker. There were other Balmers on the farms of Whitsome in the early 19th century, but I'm only just getting started on the farming families. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963