On 07/03/2011 18:28, Bruce Glass wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Do you have any information about James Porteous, son of the John > Poteous born at Ruthwell aboit 1770? > > Cheers, Bruce > > On 3/7/2011 9:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Hurst - Porteous (Alan Mitchell) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:59:43 +0000 >> From: Alan Mitchell<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Hurst - Porteous >> To: [email protected] >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> >> I may not be of much help but a John Porteous from Ruthwell, born about >> 1770 was my gggrandfather he was married to Isabella Gardener amd had 7 >> children between 1800 and 1817. namely Ann, Isabella (my great >> grandmother who married James Mitchell of Nutberry Annan in 1830), >> James, Janet, Jannet, Margaret and Nicholas. John was a gardner and the >> family may have come from near Edinburgh. I have no other information. >> Boswells >> >> On 05/03/2011 23:58, Bruce Glass wrote: >>> Hi Listers, >>> >>> I am working on a problem which has brick-walled me for many years. >>> >>> My Gt-Grandmother was married at Gretna 22nd April 1849 at which time >>> she was 3 months pregnant and about 19 years of age. She was married as >>> Eliza Hurst to John Graham and at the time both gave their addresses as >>> St Cuthbert's in Cumberland (Carlisle). A witness to the marriage was a >>> James Porteous who was obviously very close to Eliza as her first >>> children were born at his home in Carlisle. Supposedly (I have no proof >>> either way) James Porteous was married to Elizabeth (?). >>> >>> Eliza Hurst and John Graham were married again in St Cuthbert's, >>> Carlisle on 9th November 1851 and again she gives her father's name as >>> George Hurst, Doctor. By the time of this marriage she had already >>> given birth to two children and was pregnant with her 3rd. I would also >>> assume that by the time of this marriage she had reached the age of 21. >>> >>> On one document Eliza Hurst gave her birthplace as Ruthwell, Dumfries, >>> Scotland. On virtually every record she gives her place of birth as >>> Scotland but not the town or county. On almost all documents she gave >>> her father as George Hurst, Doctor. >>> >>> If anyone can assist me with even small details that could assist me in >>> tracking down her baptism or the marriage of James Porteous to Elizabeth >>> (?) I would appreciate your help very much. >>> >>> Best regards, Bruce Glass >>> New Zealand >>> >>> Sorry I don't know much apart from what I have given you. There is a Porteous family site on the Web. I would be interested to hear of anything further you find that might tie in with my lot. Alan >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> To post a message to the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY mailing list, send an email to [email protected] >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 6, Issue 28 >> ************************************************ >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >