Can anybody help? I have “hit the wall”! My father and my grandfather never did mention any of their Johnston relatives, and it wasn’t until I started researching my roots in March last year that I found that grandfather had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. Farther back - David Johnston is my great-great-grandfather. The 1841 census (6 Jun) for the parish of Rerrick shows David aged 18 living at Fagra Farm Cottage. He is an Agricultural Labourer. The census shows him born in Rerrick. The 1851 census (30 Mar) for Dundrennan in the Parish of Rerrick, Kirkcudbright shows: David aged 30 born in Kirkcudbright, Urr. His wife Willy (Wilhelmina) also aged 30 (born 27 Apr 1820), William aged 7, my great-grandfather (born 16 May 1843 in Dundrennan Abbey), Joseph aged 4 (born 1 Oct 1845), Jessy (Janet) aged 3 (born 10 Dec 1847), and James aged 9 months (born 1850), are all born in Rerrick. Willy’s parents, Joseph and Janet Martin, lived in the next door house. A fifth child David was born 27 Jan 1854. At the time of the 1861 census (7 Apr) for Rerrick, Wilhelmina, Joseph, Jessie, James and David have moved in with her parents. William is at Rerrick Park Farm. Also in 1861, is David a hawker in King Street, Castle Douglas? In the parish of Kelton, there is a David Johnstone aged 44, hawker born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dalbeattie. By 8 Dec 1871, when my great grandparents marry in Dumfries, David was shown as a Farm Servant (deceased). By 8 Feb 1903 when Wilhelmina dies aged 82, at North Lodge, Greenlaw, in the parish of Crossmichael, David is shown to be a Ministers Servant (deceased). Can anybody help me to identify David Johnston(e)? When and where was he born? Who were his parents? When and where did he die? William Johnston living in Dumfries and Galloway

William, Can you tell us where Rerrick is more specifically? ie: how many miles N, S, E, or W of what town. I don't seem to be able to find it on the map that I have. Thanks, 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: <willietmj48@aol.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:54 PM Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] David Johnston(e) > > Can anybody help? I have “hit the wall”! My father and my grandfather > never did mention any of their Johnston relatives, and it wasn’t until I > started researching my roots in March last year that I found that > grandfather had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. > > Farther back - David Johnston is my great-great-grandfather. > The 1841 census (6 Jun) for the parish of Rerrick shows David aged 18 > living at Fagra Farm Cottage. He is an Agricultural Labourer. The census > shows him born in Rerrick. > The 1851 census (30 Mar) for Dundrennan in the Parish of Rerrick, > Kirkcudbright shows: > David aged 30 born in Kirkcudbright, Urr. > His wife Willy (Wilhelmina) also aged 30 (born 27 Apr 1820), William aged > 7, my great-grandfather (born 16 May 1843 in Dundrennan Abbey), Joseph > aged 4 (born 1 Oct 1845), Jessy (Janet) aged 3 (born 10 Dec 1847), and > James aged 9 months (born 1850), are all born in Rerrick. Willy’s parents, > Joseph and Janet Martin, lived in the next door house. > A fifth child David was born 27 Jan 1854. > At the time of the 1861 census (7 Apr) for Rerrick, Wilhelmina, Joseph, > Jessie, James and David have moved in with her parents. William is at > Rerrick Park Farm. > Also in 1861, is David a hawker in King Street, Castle Douglas? In the > parish of Kelton, there is a David Johnstone aged 44, hawker born in > Kirkcudbrightshire, Dalbeattie. > By 8 Dec 1871, when my great grandparents marry in Dumfries, David was > shown as a Farm Servant (deceased). > By 8 Feb 1903 when Wilhelmina dies aged 82, at North Lodge, Greenlaw, in > the parish of Crossmichael, David is shown to be a Ministers Servant > (deceased). > > Can anybody help me to identify David Johnston(e)? > When and where was he born? Who were his parents? When and where did he > die? > > William Johnston > living in Dumfries and Galloway > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Rerrick is a parish, the church is just south of Dundrennan. If my memory serves me well it is between Kircudbright parish and Auchencairn. Vanessa    All records are subject to error. Let they without typo caste tea thirst scone! ________________________________ From: Cliff. Johnston <moments-in-time@comcast.net> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com; willietmj48@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, 1 June, 2010 22:26:23 Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] David Johnston(e) William, Can you tell us where Rerrick is more specifically?  ie:  how many miles N, S, E, or W of what town.  I don't seem to be able to find it on the map that I have. Thanks, 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: <willietmj48@aol.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:54 PM Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] David Johnston(e) > > Can anybody help? I have “hit the wall”! My father and my grandfather > never did mention any of their Johnston relatives, and it wasn’t until I > started researching my roots in March last year that I found that > grandfather had 5 brothers and 2 sisters. > > Farther back - David Johnston is my great-great-grandfather. > The 1841 census (6 Jun) for the parish of Rerrick shows David aged 18 > living at Fagra Farm Cottage. He is an Agricultural Labourer. The census > shows him born in Rerrick. > The 1851 census (30 Mar) for Dundrennan in the Parish of Rerrick, > Kirkcudbright shows: > David aged 30 born in Kirkcudbright, Urr. > His wife Willy (Wilhelmina) also aged 30 (born 27 Apr 1820), William aged > 7, my great-grandfather (born 16 May 1843 in Dundrennan Abbey), Joseph > aged 4 (born 1 Oct 1845), Jessy (Janet) aged 3 (born 10 Dec 1847), and > James aged 9 months (born 1850), are all born in Rerrick. Willy’s parents, > Joseph and Janet Martin, lived in the next door house. > A fifth child David was born 27 Jan 1854. > At the time of the 1861 census (7 Apr) for Rerrick, Wilhelmina, Joseph, > Jessie, James and David have moved in with her parents. William is at > Rerrick Park Farm. > Also in 1861, is David a hawker in King Street, Castle Douglas? In the > parish of Kelton, there is a David Johnstone aged 44, hawker born in > Kirkcudbrightshire, Dalbeattie. > By 8 Dec 1871, when my great grandparents marry in Dumfries, David was > shown as a Farm Servant (deceased). > By 8 Feb 1903 when Wilhelmina dies aged 82, at North Lodge, Greenlaw, in > the parish of Crossmichael, David is shown to be a Ministers Servant > (deceased). > > Can anybody help me to identify David Johnston(e)? > When and where was he born? Who were his parents? When and where did he > die? > > William Johnston > living in Dumfries and Galloway > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message