----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 3:02 AM Subject: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 6, Issue 91 Re: Odd girls' first names I have a ggg-grandmother who was baptized Gordon. I first found her in the 1841 census living in Glasgow with husband Samuel McLELLAN and daughter Margaret Gordon McLELLAN. Gordon's first name is confirmed by her death certificate in Liverpool in the late 1840's. I believe she was born in Kirkpatrick Durham, Kirkcudbright in Feb 1789- the daughter of John CUNNINGHAM and Mary GORDON. The parish birth record (that I presume refers to my Gordon), shows 5 older sisters - who must have used up all the usual family names for girls! Perhaps that explains why she was given her mother's last name. Her daughter Margaret Gordon McLELLAN was born in Castle Douglas - some support for the notion that the family originated in Kirkcudbright. I'm still looking for the marriage record of Samuel and Gordon McLELLAN - no sign of it on the Scotlandspeople site. Any suggestions would be appreciated! cheers, Jill McKechnie Toronto

Jill It may be of interest that a John Cunningham of Wellhill in Kirkpatrick Durham was a Church Elder in 1797. Also shown is a David Gordon of Kirklebride as an elder in 1803. Possibly some of yours? Bill Stark ----- Original Message ----- From: "JILL MCKECHNIE" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 6, Issue 91 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 3:02 AM > Subject: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 6, Issue 91 > > Re: Odd girls' first names > > I have a ggg-grandmother who was baptized Gordon. I first found her in the > 1841 census living in Glasgow with husband Samuel McLELLAN and daughter > Margaret Gordon McLELLAN. Gordon's first name is confirmed by her death > certificate in Liverpool in the late 1840's. > > I believe she was born in Kirkpatrick Durham, Kirkcudbright in Feb 1789- > the > daughter of John CUNNINGHAM and Mary GORDON. The parish birth record (that > I > presume refers to my Gordon), shows 5 older sisters - who must have used > up > all the usual family names for girls! Perhaps that explains why she was > given her mother's last name. Her daughter Margaret Gordon McLELLAN was > born in Castle Douglas - some support for the notion that the family > originated in Kirkcudbright. > > I'm still looking for the marriage record of Samuel and Gordon McLELLAN - > no > sign of it on the Scotlandspeople site. Any suggestions would be > appreciated! > > cheers, > Jill McKechnie > Toronto > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3848 - Release Date: 08/21/11 > ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3848 - Release Date: 08/21/11