Bruce, Well, that's the way it goes - chicken one day, feathers the next ;-) I'll put your post in my "Wild Hairs" file... Cliff. "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see," >From A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Glass [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 6:46 PM To: Cliff. Johnston Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Hurst - Porteous Hi Cliff, Unfortunately all that I posted is what I know of Eliza Hurst. I have no other Hurst family members in my genealogy. Cheers, Bruce On 3/6/2011 1:37 PM, Cliff. Johnston wrote: > Bruce, > > Well, this is certainly intriguing as I have a Hurst family closely > connected to ours; however, the best that I have been able to do is to > find the family in Londonderry Co., Ireland, ca. 1808. One of this > Hurst family married our Francis "Frank" Johnston, b. 1805 - location > is a problem though for Frank's birth. His wife claimed that he was > born in England; however, other family members jokingly accused her of > being a social climber and said that he was born in Ireland. I wonder > if there is a connection between our Hurst family and yours. I was told that the Hurst family were Huguenots. > Have you heard anything along this line? > > Cliff. Johnston > "May the best you've ever seen, > Be the worst you'll ever see," > > From A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce > Glass > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 5:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Hurst - Porteous > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >