Resending this as no reaction to 1st message. Yvette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvette MUIR" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:49 AM Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] MUIR family a brick wall, a long story > > Am getting back to the family search after a long medical lay off. > My grgr grandparents Andrew MUIR (1784-13 Mar. 1874) & Jane McJERROW > emigrated to Halifax, N.S., Canada 1821-22 after their marriage. > Possibly Andrew came earlier as the Minnigaff marriage OPR record says > Andrew MUIR of Nova Scotia & Jane McJERROW of this parish. > Andrew was caught @ age 21, by a Press gang in 1805, serving 10 years in > the R.N. (Jan. 1805- 9 Aug 1815). > As he was @ the Battle of Trafalgar we have a little more info, though he > was listed originally as MOORE with mother P. LIVINGSTONE & home of > Freetown. > Later name & hometown corrected > His Halifax, N.S. obituary says hometown was Creetown, KKD, & that he was > the last known Halifax survivor of Trafalgar. > > Following names of parents & siblings match with naming patterns of > descendants. > > From the IGI & OPR: > Andrew christened 6 Apr 1784, parents William MUIR & Euphemia McIllwraith, > Kirkmabreck KKD. > William & Euphemia married @ Anwoth Apr 1774. Lauchintyre was noted; > Children: Thomas chr. Anwoth 15 Dec 1774, Lauchintyre again noted; > Elizabeth chr 27 Jan 1771, @ Kirkmabreck & those following > William chr 7 Feb 1782 .. > Andrew > Barbara chr 4 May 1786 > How do I find out more about the bdm's for the siblings & the jobs of this > family? > Yvette, Canada without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message