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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > ************************************************ >