Hello I am new to this list having only recently broken down a 'brick wall' which has been bothering me for the last 6 years. I had traced my 2xGt grandfather, William Mckerrow a draper and tea merchant, to Oxford near where he was married, underage, in 1833 and died in 1839. However it was not until a couple of weeks ago that a very helpful researcher informed me of a connection to his father, James Mckerrow who was married to Margaret Porteous and lived near Durisdeer. Margaret was borm in Merkland and baptised in May 1776. I am told that there is a gravestone to the memory of William in Durisdeer churchyard. I intend to come up to Dumfries to investigate more during the summer. Does anyone have this Mckerrow or Porteous family in their tree? I have looked at the ScotlandsPeople website but cannot find any reference to James birth or the marriage of James and Margaret which,I think, will have been in the above neighbourhood or in Ayrshire, possibly Auchinleck which is outside your area. I am also informed that he died in Ecclesmain, Thornhill in 1848 but cannot find Ecclesmain in the gazetteer. Any help or advice on any of this would be very welcome. Jeff -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 304 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

This single McKERROW MI is the only one listed in a survey of Durisdeer graveyard made in the 1970s a part of a MSC funded 'job creation' scheme for unemployed youths under the YOP scheme. In Memory of Isabella McKERROW, wife of William HAMILTON, who died at Durrisdeer 9th Feb 1897 aged 77 years Also the above William HAMILTON, who died at Thornhill 25th October 1879 aged 88 years Also of their son Sergeant Major John HAMILTON, late of the Royal Artillary, aged 55 years Also their granddaughter Isabella Jane HAMILTON, who died on the 24th September 1882 aged 30 years Also Marion HAMILTON, wife of John HIDDLESTON, who died at Durrisdeer 20th December 1909 aged 71 years Also the above John HIDDLESTON, who died at Durisdeer 18th April 1914 aged 77 years Have a look at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dfsgal You will see there a brief photo tour of some 60 D&G graveyards which includes Durisdeer. Sandy ----- Original Message ---- From: Jeff <padburyfarm@tiscali.co.uk> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 3 March, 2010 13:00:53 Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Mckerrow Hello I am new to this list having only recently broken down a 'brick wall' which has been bothering me for the last 6 years. I had traced my 2xGt grandfather, William Mckerrow a draper and tea merchant, to Oxford near where he was married, underage, in 1833 and died in 1839.  However it was not until a couple of weeks ago that a very helpful researcher informed me of  a connection to his father, James Mckerrow who was married to Margaret Porteous and lived near Durisdeer.  Margaret was borm in Merkland and baptised in May 1776.  I am told that there is a gravestone to the memory of William in Durisdeer churchyard. I intend to come up to Dumfries to investigate more during the summer. Does anyone have this Mckerrow or Porteous family in their tree? I have looked at the ScotlandsPeople website but cannot find any reference to James birth or the marriage of James and Margaret which,I think, will have been in the above neighbourhood or in Ayrshire, possibly Auchinleck which is outside your area. I am also informed that he died in Ecclesmain, Thornhill in 1848 but cannot find Ecclesmain in the gazetteer. Any help or advice on any of this would be very welcome. Jeff -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 304 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this 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