Hi Jim, At Harbottle Presbyterian Church 1737-1754 : BALONER (?BALMER), Elizabeth; Widow, Jedburgh 1747 (this is exactly how the transcription reads) At Tower Hill Chapel, Wooler, 1843-1860 : Jane BALMER, Caddington, Hawick 1859 Not a sausage for WAITE but at Clavering Place, Newcastle 1804-1855 and Westmoreland Road, Newcastle 1855-1860 there is this entry : David "WIGHT", Newcastle, Chirnside 1839 (the inverted commas are exactly how it appears in the transcript and I'm not sure what they imply, I just leave it to you to judge) Hope something is useful. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "James L Balmer" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:56 PM Subject: Border BALMER and WAITE > Dear Valerie, > > I hate to take advantage of other people's kind-heartedness, but you > are so persuasive! I would never have come across your source and it > could be extremely helpful. > > My mother was a WAITE. Her father Peter was born in Wooler, > Northumberland, where his father Henry Wait(e) kept first the Red Lion > and then the Black Bull hotels. A portrait of Ogle Waite hangs above my > desk; I suspect that he was Henry's uncle. These Waites have defied my > researches, despite having devoured the GRO(Scotland) website and > everything else I can think of. This is still a cross-border family. I > should be grateful if you could let me know if you come across any > mentions. > > My other interest is BALMER, with its many variant spellings, mainly > Bawmer in the Eastern Borders. Here, I am trying to piece together all > the lines. The Eastern Borders had the greatest concentration of > Balmers in the 1600s and 1700s and they were scattered to all parts > during the clearances, very often making several moves. ANY note of > Balmers would be enormously welcome and could provide vital links > between current families and the old Border lines. > > I'm quite happy for you to treat this as a low priority - you must have > plenty of other things to do in an Australian summer! > > Best regards, > > Jim Balmer > Chilly old England