Hi Bob, As you say, don't think there are any connections. The Ralston side of my family were Scots/Irish but they are related further down the track. CRAWFORDS definitely from Scotland. Regards, George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert T. Crawford" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [CRAWFORD] CRAWFORD Janet > Hi George, > > I don't think there are any relationships here. Are these places in > Scotland? We are Irish/Scots I think. > > My Gr.Gr Grandfather Robert Crawford came to Port Hope in Upper > Canada about 1830. He claimed to be born in Ireland in 1800 and > married a Martha Boyd b. 1807 from Co. Cavan, Ireland. > > Thanks for trying. > Bob. > Robert T. Crawford > Researching Crawford, Pugh, Creasor, > Gyles, Rathbone, Mott, > > >> I have a relative named JANET CRAWFORD (who hasn't?) who was born >> in BEITH, AYR in the early part of the 1800's. >> >> There are at least two born at this time and the problem is to >> sort out which is which. >> >> There is one born in 1804 and the other in 1807. As she was >> married in 1822 at DALRY to DAVID WHITEFORD the 1804 one would >> seem to be the logical choice as that would make her 18 at the time >> of marriage. If it were the other one she would only be 15. >> >> Her children were, in order of birth, JANET 1823, ROBERT 1824, >> MARGARET 1829, ELIZABETH 1831, JEAN 1832,JAMES 1835, MARY 1837, >> EUPHEMIA 1839, DAVID 1842, CATHERINE 1845. >> >> I have endeavoured to prove which are her parents using the >> Scottish naming pattern and this doesn't seem to work. JANET (1804) >> has parents ALEXANDER & MARGARET (LOUDON) and there is no sign of >> any Alexanders in any generations. >> >> JANET (1807) has parents WILLIAM & JANET (Robertson) again with >> neither fitting the pattern. >> >> The only other possibility (????) is a marriage of JAMES >> CRAWFORD & JANET DICKIE 1793 in DALRY. I can find no trace of >> children to this couple. What makes the marriage a feasible one is >> that the original Janets (1804,1807) have a grand daughter named >> JANET DICKIE RALSTON. >> >> This may all seem garbled but it may help an enquiring mind >> help me solve the problem. >> >> George >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CRAWFORD- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message