Hello List: Can someone confirm the marriage of Andrew Blacklock to Janet Waugh? I have found Andrew only in the 1841 SCT census where he is at Dryfesdale with a James Blacklock, age 20, and the James Sanders family. The wife of James Sanders is Margaret. After further investigation, their son Thomas Sanders is Thomas Blacklock Sanders, b. 1 Aug 1837. Thomas B. Sanders later appears in the 1851 census of Galt, Ont., and on 18 Mar 1864 he marries Annie Ross at Waterloo, Ont. Their marriage license names James Sanders and Margaret as his parents. Back to Andrew: I have him with two children, John Blacklock and Margaret Blacklock. Thanks for any help, Barbara Dearborn, Michigan USA _________________________________________________ "Second star to the right . . . straight on 'til morning." -- J.M. Barrie

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Hi Pam I have a John ROBSON/ROBISON BC 1791 Barlochan, Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire He was a Publican. He married Mary BLACK b c 1791, Woodhead, Buittle, Kirk on 28 Feb 1805 in Buittle. Perhaps your William fits in here. Issue: Jean b 1818 - 21 Sep 1827 in Barlochan, Buittle Sanuel, b 1820 Mary, b 4 Nov 1821 - 23 Apr 1822 Robert, 22 Mar 1823 Grace, 4 May 1825 I got this information from www.buttle.freeserve.co.uk/people I also got a copy of 1841c PALNACKIE ROBSON John, 50, Publican, Barlochan, Buittle, Scotland Mary, 50, Woodhead, Buittle, Robert, 15, Merchant Seaman, Barlochan, Buittle www.kirksyde.freeserve.co.uk also James ROBISON b c 1820 m Agnes JARDINE Issue Margaret Jardine, b 22 Nov 1845 Annan. She had a child Adam ROBISON/LAUDER to Adam LAUDER who was born 21 Oct 1861 at Glenae Lodge, Tinwald, Dumfriesshire. I don't think Margaret Jardine ROBISON and Adam LAUDER were married. This Adam is "mine". I don't know if this is what you are looking for. Cheers Liz Rigby lizr@chariot.net.au South Australia

Hi Brian, In 1410 I expect that the entry may be French not English. After 1066, French was the oficial language in England for several hundred years. In French Sr is an abbreviation for the title Seigneur. I gather that it refers to a sort of minor nobility - but not 100% sure. Neil Perth, Oz > Hello List. Can anyone help with the meaning of the letters Sr. entered in front of someone's name in what I take to be a printout from a 1410 O.P.R .from a Church in Yorkshire. I can't believe that it is either Sir or Snr as I have never seen Sir abbreviated or Snr likewise or in front of a name. There might be a simple explanation, I just don't know. > > Regards to all. > > Brian Rae in Orkney. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We just had this mentioned this in my archives class and I though it might be useful for those of you with ancestors who went to Australia if not by choice http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/convicts Jody -- Jody Allen, Scottish Scribbles Blog http://scottishscribbles.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researching: Scotland: Wallace, Mctaggart, Clarke, Mckean(d), McCartney, Stewart Ireland: Lynch, Drought Wales: Williams, Walsh

Hi to clever Researchers, I guess every Researcher has a particular ancestor who "niggles" away for decades. I have one, my g.g. grandfather William Robison. William Robison born abt. 1812 Kirkcudbright (parents unknown to date) has been a "challenge" for years. I have been unsuccessful finding his baptism, birth, or marriage to Elizabeth Sharp(e) of Dumfriesshire. Fortunately I have traced him (& subsequent expanding family) through Census Records from 1841 as Robeen (sic) in Urr, 1851 Buittle and so forth. His wife Elizabeth Sharp(e) ancestry is traced back many generations. She died 16 Feb 1885 and is buried at Lockerbie Garden of Remembrance and I have been priviliged to visit her grave twice. From Elizabeth's headstone, it is inscribed that her husband William Robison died at Allison's Bank Bar. FINALLY, I found his Death - in England. He was working as a Toll Keeper (Allison's Bank- near Gretna?), was injured and died as a result ... at Carlisle Hospital on 22.11.1868. He is not buried at the Carlisle Cemetery but I have been informed that he may be buried at a small cemetery in the vicinity of the border - perhaps Arthuret, near Longtown or suchlike. His legacy continues in my case: -- In 1876, my great grandfather John Robison married Margaret Paterson/Patterson at Lochmaben and emigrated to Queensland, Australia. I have many photographs of the Robison/Sharpe family and Patterson/Armstrong family taken in Scotland and would love to positively identify them and share with anyone connected. From the photos, I do believe that one of William and Elizabeth's son emigrated to United States. Also "a" son of James Patterson and Mary Armstrong emigrated to New Zealand. In conclusion, DOES ANYONE KNOW THE BIRTHRIGHT OF WILLIAM ROBISON AT KIRKCUDBRIGHT? SIMILARLY, ANY KNOWLEDGE OF HIS BURIAL PLACE? ANY INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO ANY CONNECTION WOULD BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED. Pam Eaton (Australia). _________________________________________________________________ Time for change? Find your ideal job with SEEK. http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Atl%3Ask%3Anine%3A0%3Ahottag%3Achange&_t=757263783&_r=SEEK_tagline&_m=EXT

Have just checked the Times online and there isnt much on Allison's Bank, but what there is suggests it was indeed in Gretna Parish and also that marriages were conducted in the Tollhouse. There was a court case in 1910 referring to one of these marriages, in 1851, and it was stated that there still existed 15 books which had been kept at the Tollhouse by the Murray family, and that the books contained details of 8,000 marriages. Judy

These, I would expect, will have been named after Rev Thomas Chalmers who led the breakway from the Church of Scotland in 1843 - The Disruption - and as a consequence formed the Free Church of Scotland. Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Aitken" <bruceanddonnaaitken@shaw.ca> To: "'Wigtownshire Roots Web list'" <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com>; "'Dumfries-Galloway rootsweb list'" <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:27 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Chalmers Presbyterian Churches > > Hello Clever listers out there. > Can anyone tell me the history of the Chalmers Presbyterian Churches? My > ancestor was married in the one in Launceston, Tasmaniain 1860 and then > today when I was driving in Vancouver I saw a Chalmers Presbyterian > Church. > I googled the name and found others in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. > I > could not find any history of the name. > Was Chalmers philanthropic society like Carnegie who donated money for > libraries? > Thanks > Donna > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-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 - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1778 - Release Date: 9/11/2551 14:14

Hello List. Can anyone help with the meaning of the letters Sr. entered in front of someone's name in what I take to be a printout from a 1410 O.P.R .from a Church in Yorkshire. I can't believe that it is either Sir or Snr as I have never seen Sir abbreviated or Snr likewise or in front of a name. There might be a simple explanation, I just don't know. Regards to all. Brian Rae in Orkney.

Hello Clever listers out there. Can anyone tell me the history of the Chalmers Presbyterian Churches? My ancestor was married in the one in Launceston, Tasmaniain 1860 and then today when I was driving in Vancouver I saw a Chalmers Presbyterian Church. I googled the name and found others in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. I could not find any history of the name. Was Chalmers philanthropic society like Carnegie who donated money for libraries? Thanks Donna

Hello to all that so graciously helped out with my recent post, really appreciate the prompt replies of help, guidance and support and especially wanted to offer my gratitude to Irene McLeod, thank you one and all, you are the best.. Jim.. _____ From: Jim [mailto:japatterson@shaw.ca] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 2:19 PM To: 'Wigtownshire Roots Web list (SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com)'; 'Dumfries-Galloway rootsweb list (DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com)'; 'ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN@rootsweb.com' Subject: Gedcoms-and excluding notes Hi Yall, Its been a while since I last connected sorry, I have been renovating and now fall is back I have updated to Family Tree Maker 2009 and am looking into the family files once again. Lol I need to update a web site Gedcom file and have contacted FTM direct and sadly found no real help so felt I would connect with the real experts seeking guidance please? :-)lol In FTM, 08/09 one exports a tree file and un-checks the items one does not wish to include in the gedcom? I have been through the original file and removed all "Research notes" as they cannot be excluded it seems, (FTM says)? Although I am including the entire tree and have unchecked all options when I open the new Gedcom I note all previous notes have now moved from Person notes to Research notes and are definitely still all there. Can anyone shed any light on what I can do please.. I just don't want to include all my notes and comments when sharing the tree? Cheers Aye Jim Patterson-Brewin Canada. Researching in S.W Scotland, Pat(t)erson, Welsh, Heughan, Copp, Henderson, Wilson, Jamieson, Murray, McClure, McDonald, Macdougall etc Northumberland/Co. Durham/Cumberland: Madgen, Green, Wilkinson, Dodds, Nicholson, Forest of Dean: Dobbs, Carter, Townsend, Lear, James, Morgan, Davis, Hempstalk etc Yorkshire: Osset-Dewsbury. Mortimer.. Leicestershire: Brewin, Webster, Sharpe.

Hi Yall, Its been a while since I last connected sorry, I have been renovating and now fall is back I have updated to Family Tree Maker 2009 and am looking into the family files once again. Lol I need to update a web site Gedcom file and have contacted FTM direct and sadly found no real help so felt I would connect with the real experts seeking guidance please? :-)lol In FTM, 08/09 one exports a tree file and un-checks the items one does not wish to include in the gedcom? I have been through the original file and removed all "Research notes" as they cannot be excluded it seems, (FTM says)? Although I am including the entire tree and have unchecked all options when I open the new Gedcom I note all previous notes have now moved from Person notes to Research notes and are definitely still all there. Can anyone shed any light on what I can do please.. I just don't want to include all my notes and comments when sharing the tree? Cheers Aye Jim Patterson-Brewin Canada. Researching in S.W Scotland, Pat(t)erson, Welsh, Heughan, Copp, Henderson, Wilson, Jamieson, Murray, McClure, McDonald, Macdougall etc Northumberland/Co. Durham/Cumberland: Madgen, Green, Wilkinson, Dodds, Nicholson, Forest of Dean: Dobbs, Carter, Townsend, Lear, James, Morgan, Davis, Hempstalk etc Yorkshire: Osset-Dewsbury. Mortimer.. Leicestershire: Brewin, Webster, Sharpe.

Thank you to everyone who replied about the book "Parish of Urr" After debating whether to buy it or not, I bought instead the History of Dumfries and Galloway by Herbert Maxwell as I thought I may get more from that with the rest of my ancestors.. Grahams and Johnstons etc Sausages and mince for the few weeks cheers Kay

Hi Listers and Ruth, Perhaps someone could look up Adam CORRIE, originally Dumfries, and doctor who returned to Dumfries after practicing medicine overseas. Can anyone look for his name please in the Edinburgh Graduate list or East India Company list? Adam was born c 1794, and died in Gallaberry, Dumfriesshire, in 1831. He may have been contemporaneous with George Johnstone. Bev Rodan

two possible family wills on Scotlandspeople 1 Corrie John 17/01/1882 of East Gallaberry, Parish of Kirkmahoe, County of Dumfries, Solicitor, d. 27/07/1881 at East Gallaberry, testate Dumfries Sheriff Court SC15/41/18 VIEW (£5.00) (5 pages) 2 Corrie John 25/10/1860 of and residing at East Gallowberry, parish of Kirkmahoe, co. Dumfries Dumfries Sheriff Court SC15/41/11 VIEW (£5.00) (3 page Judy On 4 Nov 2008, at 09:12, Beverley-Anne Rodan wrote: > Hi Listers and Ruth, > Perhaps someone could look up Adam CORRIE, originally Dumfries, and > doctor who returned to Dumfries after practicing medicine overseas. > Can anyone look for his name please in the Edinburgh Graduate list or > East India Company list? > Adam was born c 1794, and died in Gallaberry, Dumfriesshire, in 1831. > He may have been contemporaneous with George Johnstone. > Bev Rodan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES- > GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bev - any relation to the Adam CORRIE, lace merchant of Wellingborough, Northants? Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Beverley-Anne Rodan Sent: 04 November 2008 09:12 To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Edinburgh Medical Graduates and East IndiaCompany List Hi Listers and Ruth, Perhaps someone could look up Adam CORRIE, originally Dumfries, and doctor who returned to Dumfries after practicing medicine overseas. Can anyone look for his name please in the Edinburgh Graduate list or East India Company list? Adam was born c 1794, and died in Gallaberry, Dumfriesshire, in 1831. He may have been contemporaneous with George Johnstone. Bev Rodan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Some universities have good records of students and staff, e.g. Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Glasgow, but Edinburgh is noted for its poor records of students in past eras. Gordon Johnson.

This from the Making of the Modern World (a gale database) The East-India register and directory, for 1815; corrected to the 17th November, 1814; containing complete lists of the company’s servants, civil, military, and marine, with their respective appointments at the different presidencies in the East-Indies; with indexes to the same, and lists of casualties during the last year. Together with lists of the Europeans, mariners, &c. not in the service of the East-India Company; and merchant vessels employed in the country trade. Compiled, by permission of the honorable the East- India Company, from the official returns received at the East-India House: by J. Mathison, A. W. Mason, & J. S. Kingston London, Printed by Cox and Baylis, [1815] Under Medical Establishment. Bombay. Assistant Surgeons: Names-Dates of Appt-Remarks George Johnstone 4 Nov On furlough. The names are arranged in date sequence and George is down as appointed in 1809. The same info appears in the next edition (ie 1816 corrected to 1815). I could not find him in 1819 directories and there dont seem to be any for 1817l. From another volume I discovered that he would have needed to be at least 20 on appointment and prerequisites for service included a diploma from one of a list of institutions which included the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Assuming Assistant Surgeons had the same furlough as other employees and officers, George's furlough would have been 3 years. He is listed as on furlough in another 1814 directory but confusingly that is only corrected to Sep 1814. Anyway if this is your guy I suppose he should have gone back to the subcontinent in around 1817 or 1818 and done another stint, but I can find no further sign of him. Judy

Hi Folks The Edinburgh Medical Graduates list (and other graduates) is published on fiche. I have had a look (1780-1820), but have failed to find George Bell Johnstone. The list is by year of graduation and give the name (not always alphabetical), country of origin and title of thesis - all translated into Latin and not indexed, so I might have missed him. Perhaps more information might be obtained from the records of the two Royal Colleges in Edinburgh - surgeons and physicions - one of which he is likely to have joined. The Wellcome Foundation library (in London) has a comprehensive room for biographical details. Also the records of the East india Company (British Library, London) are likely to be fruitful. I suspect you are too early for the Medical Register and the Medical Directory. Stuart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain Hutchison" <iain@keapub.fsnet.co.uk> To: "Les Hewett" <ljhewett@ihug.co.nz>; <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Edinburgh graduates, 1800's ?? > Have you approached Edinburgh University Archives for any guidance that > they > can offer? > > Iain > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Les Hewett" <ljhewett@ihug.co.nz> > To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 7:56 PM > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Edinburgh graduates, 1800's ?? > > >> >> Any lister aware of how one might go about finding details of graduates >> from >> Medical School, Edinburgh University, early 1800's? Seeking any >> information >> on Dr. George Bell Johnstone of Annan. B.c.1790. Following graduation he >> went as a surgeon to the East Indies with the East India Company, >> returning >> to Annan c.1816, marrying, and died there 1824. Any advice appreciated. >> Les >> H., Napier. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-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 - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1759 - Release Date: 31/10/2551 > 16:10 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Any lister aware of how one might go about finding details of graduates from Medical School, Edinburgh University, early 1800's? Seeking any information on Dr. George Bell Johnstone of Annan. B.c.1790. Following graduation he went as a surgeon to the East Indies with the East India Company, returning to Annan c.1816, marrying, and died there 1824. Any advice appreciated. Les H., Napier.