That was a great move, Rhoda.  I didn't find anyone but enjoyed the hope.  nice to share :-) le durachd fionnghal Amongst the papers I have relating to the trial of my GGG Grandfather for forgery at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh in 1836 (he was found guilty and transported to Van Diemens Land for life) is a list of a pool of potential jurors for the trial.  The list gives names, occupation and address.   City of Edinburgh Special Jurors

Hi Amongst the papers I have relating to the trial of my GGG Grandfather for forgery at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh in 1836 (he was found guilty and transported to Van Diemens Land for life) is a list of a pool of potential jurors for the trial. The list gives names, occupation and address. City of Edinburgh Special Jurors George FORBES, banker, West Coates William NICHOLSON, portrait painter, Castle Street James ANDERSON, shoe and leather merchant, Upper Gray Street Lieut Peter FORBES, residing Drummond Place Alexander FERGUSON, confectioner, James' Court William STUART, residenter, Saint Andrew Square James Ritchie DYMOCK, tea dealer, George Square Robert Allan HARDEN, residenter, Doune Terrace John M ' LACHLAN , wine merchant, Lauriston Place John HEITON, builder, Circus Place West John MENZIES , bootmaker, Potterrow John DONALDSON, picture dealer, High Terrace Common Jurors Thomas VALLANCE, baker, Pleasance Archibald KEMP, spirit dealer, South Charlotte Street William FRIER, linen draper, Salisbury Street Peter POLLOCK, farrier, Rose Street John BOOG, saddler, Drummond Street, Charles LOCKIE?, linen draper, Saint Leonard Street Andrew WILSON, builder, North West Circus Place John SCOUGAL, flesher, West Nicholson Street Alexander CONNING, flesher, Calton Street Stephen RONALDSON, baker, Causewayside Jonathan BLADWORTH, hardware merchant, Bristo Street Andrew RUTHERFORD, wine and spirit merchant, Princes Street David COUSINS, cabinet maker, South Clerk Street George THOMSON, shoemaker, Charlotte Place Robert THOMSON, spirit merchant, Downie Place David WATERSTON, merchant, St John Street George McBEATH, lodging letter, Union Street Robert POTTER, plasterer, Brighton Street John CLARK, smith, Potterrow Robert WRIGHT, engineer, Leven Street Charles BLAIR, breeches maker, Elder Street Town of Leith, Special Jurors John WATSON, merchant, Hermitage Place Thomas HARDIE, merchant, John's Place John HUTTON, ropemaker, Poplar Lane Common Jurors Adam TOD, baker, Couper Street William GRANT, spirit merchant, Dock Place John TOD, flesher, Queen Street Charles Smith, grocer and spirit dealer, Kirkgate James MATHEWSON, grocer and spirit dealer, Commercial Place County of Edinburgh, Special Jurors George KNIGHT, teacher, Summerfield, Trinity James COLLIER, grocer, Dalkeith John JOHNSTON, residenter, Comely Bank Common Jurors John Ebenezer BLACK, baker, Morningside William PRINGLE, farmer, Crichton House John REDPATH, shoemaker, Musselburgh James BROWN, farmer, Pentland Mains George CARMICHAEL, mason and grocer, Hamburgh Place John HOWISON builder, St Bernard's Row County of Linlithgow, Special Jurors William THOMSON, farmer, Kinneil George HENDERSON, merchant, Borrowstounness Common Jurors Andrew BRAID, wright, Livingstone Thomas HENDERSON, vintner, Kirkliston James TELFER, farmer Burnshot County of Haddington, Special Jurors Robert FORMAN, farmer, Duncrahill John BRODIE, junior, residing Nungate Common Jurors James FAIRBAIRN, merchant, Haddington William BROCKIE , shoemaker, Haddington Robert WOOD, carter, Elphinston Thomas WEATHERLY, farmer, Hoprigg William WILSON, mason, Dunbar Hope that helps someone. Rhoda

Hello Listers, My family is trying to find any details re Isabella FORREST, born early 1700's who married ? a WRIGHT. They had several children and we believe she died in 1796. She was a sister to Captain/Commodore/Admiral Arthur Forrest of the Royal Navy and Jamaica. I am also searching for details or contacts re Thomas Forrest who married Margaret Millar in1708, daughter of Non-Juror Bishop Arthur Millar of Edinburgh (the bishop died 1727). Thomas and Margaret were parents Commodore Arthur Forrest. . Arthur died 1770. Margaret Miller had a sister Elizabeth who married in to the Seton family. Any help greatly appreciated. Douglas Forrest Tasmania Australia

Peter Hogg    DOB about 1703 Edinburg, Midlothian, Scotland,  Christened 8 Jan 1719 Edinburgh Parish Married Augusta Co, VA to Elizabeth Taylor (DOB abt 1730 Augusta Co, VA) DOD 20 Apr 1782 Augusta Co VA Children - Elizabeth, Nancy Ann, Thomas (?), James and Peter Earl   Father of Peter James Hog/Hogg DOB abt 1680-89  Edinburgh, Scotland DOD Before 1717  Edinburgh?   Mother Janet Blackburn/Blaickburn DOB about 1685 Edinburgh DOD abt 1706  Scotland   Children - James, Thomas (killed by Indians during French-Indians War in VA0, Walter, Lewis and Peter (above)   Thank you for any help   Dee H. genluver_2@yahoo.com I cannot breathe life into you I can only be.

Re: verifying deaths/burials, I ordered the image for Margaret Anderson's death with other surnames of Jas. Kerr. She was wife of Walter Kerr, but I thought maybe this other name could be a relative. Turns out the record is for January 30, 1799, Anderson, Margt. relict of Jas Kerr aria 78 yrs decay. So, perhaps she is related somehow, but I can't tie her in to the family I was hoping to tie her to. Can anyone tell me what "aria" stands for? It is written in several other entries, but not every one on the page. Could it mean something like, approximate age? Maurine

Thanks to all of you who have given me suggestions about verifying deaths and burials. I am going to follow up. Albert, I appreciate that information about Hunters Hall, since a great number of the baptism records for KERRs that I have been viewing give that as their residence. Maurine

Maurine, If the family lived at Huntershall, they would almost certainly be coalminers. Huntershall was built in the 1760s? to house colliers working at nearby Niddry colliery (I assume the village got it's name from Peter Hunter, owner of the colliery). As someone already explained, Margaret Kerr is probably not the death you are after as it was the usual custom for women to continue to be called by their maiden name. For Liberton there is only the Mortcloth register for the earlier years. Also some collier's societies in Liberton and Newton had their own mortcloths so members didn't need to use the parish mortcloths. Before 1855 the register could contain any type of details, if you're lucky you might get details such as age, cause of death or burial place. It's not until 1855 following the 1855 Burials Act, that all parishes were obliged by law to keep an indexed register noting whereabouts people were buried in the churchyards; I don't think it specified what other details, if any, also had to be included. Albert In a message dated 23/09/2009 17:31:59 GMT Daylight Time, nuttall@surewest.net writes: Thank you, Bob, for your input about the KERR family. Yes, that's the family on FamilySearch and yes, I found 6 children, the last being twins, David & Christian. I've been paying to view the images on ScotlandsPeople. That way, I get the village place name and the names of the witnesses. Another member on the list suggested that the "Marget Kerr" death record may not be the Margaret Anderson who married Walter Kerr -- that married women used their maiden names, even on death records and monument inscriptions. I have a feeling that my KERRs, while not paupers, were not well off. I do not yet know Walter Kerr's occupation, but his son, George, my ancestor, was a coalier and was actually listed as a pauper/coalminer on the 1851 census. I don't expect to find that they would have been memorialized with a monument, but would they still be on a cemetery register? Maurine > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:01:17 -0700 > From: "Nuttall Family" <nuttall@surewest.net> > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Verifying deaths/burials > To: <MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <B468A811F0324CCD9EBC8DD8598252EF@Maurine> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, > > I'm fairly new to Scottish research and am in the middle of a research > project about my Scottish "roots." I would appreciate any guidance as to > how to verify that a death record pre-1855 is the correct one for my > ancestor. The death record is so brief (just the name). . .is there some > other record to back it up? > > For example, my ancestor, Walter Kerr married (2) Margaret Anderson, about > 1787. They had six children, the sixth being born in 1798. Margaret was > born about 1766. They lived in Liberton at Hunters-hall. The only > death/burial record I could find on ScotlandsPeople that is a possibility > for Margaret is Marget Kerr, July 11, 1803 at Liberton, the mortcloth 2 L > V, 2 sh 6 pence. Would there be an entry in the cemetery register, or is > this the only record? > > Thanks, in advance, for any advice. > > Maurine Nuttall > nuttall@surewest.net > Granite Bay, CA, USA >

Maurine, Try asking Mortonhall Crematorium, where many interment records are kept. Liberton is very near there. MortonhallCrematorium@edinburgh.gov.uk Good Luck, Archie Gilbert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nuttall Family" <nuttall@surewest.net> To: <MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:01 PM Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Verifying deaths/burials > Hello, > > I'm fairly new to Scottish research and am in the middle of a research > project about my Scottish "roots." I would appreciate any guidance as to > how to verify that a death record pre-1855 is the correct one for my > ancestor. The death record is so brief (just the name). . .is there some > other record to back it up? > > For example, my ancestor, Walter Kerr married (2) Margaret Anderson, about > 1787. They had six children, the sixth being born in 1798. Margaret was > born about 1766. They lived in Liberton at Hunters-hall. The only > death/burial record I could find on ScotlandsPeople that is a possibility > for Margaret is Marget Kerr, July 11, 1803 at Liberton, the mortcloth 2 L > V, 2 sh 6 pence. Would there be an entry in the cemetery register, or is > this the only record? > > Thanks, in advance, for any advice. > > Maurine Nuttall > nuttall@surewest.net > Granite Bay, CA, USA > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2388 - Release Date: 09/22/09 05:51:00

Thank you, Bob, for your input about the KERR family. Yes, that's the family on FamilySearch and yes, I found 6 children, the last being twins, David & Christian. I've been paying to view the images on ScotlandsPeople. That way, I get the village place name and the names of the witnesses. Another member on the list suggested that the "Marget Kerr" death record may not be the Margaret Anderson who married Walter Kerr -- that married women used their maiden names, even on death records and monument inscriptions. I have a feeling that my KERRs, while not paupers, were not well off. I do not yet know Walter Kerr's occupation, but his son, George, my ancestor, was a coalier and was actually listed as a pauper/coalminer on the 1851 census. I don't expect to find that they would have been memorialized with a monument, but would they still be on a cemetery register? Maurine > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:01:17 -0700 > From: "Nuttall Family" <nuttall@surewest.net> > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Verifying deaths/burials > To: <MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <B468A811F0324CCD9EBC8DD8598252EF@Maurine> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, > > I'm fairly new to Scottish research and am in the middle of a research > project about my Scottish "roots." I would appreciate any guidance as to > how to verify that a death record pre-1855 is the correct one for my > ancestor. The death record is so brief (just the name). . .is there some > other record to back it up? > > For example, my ancestor, Walter Kerr married (2) Margaret Anderson, about > 1787. They had six children, the sixth being born in 1798. Margaret was > born about 1766. They lived in Liberton at Hunters-hall. The only > death/burial record I could find on ScotlandsPeople that is a possibility > for Margaret is Marget Kerr, July 11, 1803 at Liberton, the mortcloth 2 L > V, 2 sh 6 pence. Would there be an entry in the cemetery register, or is > this the only record? > > Thanks, in advance, for any advice. > > Maurine Nuttall > nuttall@surewest.net > Granite Bay, CA, USA > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:11:22 -0600 > From: hiflyte <hiflyte@telus.net> > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Kerr - Anderson Liberton > To: midlothian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4AB9599A.7030805@telus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > H Maurine, > > Saw your request for death conformation, probably not much available but > a check via the FHC may produce some additional data - OPRs if available. > > Did a check of the LDS data available and found some of the children > connected with this family. It would appear they had twins in late 1798 > unless there are two families with the same surnames in Liberton. You > mention six could only find four. > > Hope it helps somewhat > Bob > Cdn > ------------------ > > KER > Thomas > Christening > Gender: Male > Birth Date: 19 Jun 1790 > Christening Date: 27 Jun 1790 > Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland > Father: Walter KER > Mother: Margaret ANDERSON > Source: FHL Film 1067783 > Dates: 1771 - 1820 > > KERR > Jean > Christening > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 5 Sep 1794 > Christening Date: 14 Sep 1794 > Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland > Father: Walter KERR > Mother: Margaret ANDERSON > Source: FHL Film 1067783 > Dates: 1771 - 1820 > > KERR > Christian > Christening > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 11 Sep 1798 > Christening Date: 14 Sep 1798 > Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland > Father: Walter KERR > Mother: Margaret ANDERSON > Source: FHL Film 1067783 > Dates: 1771 - 1820 > > KERR > David > Christening > Gender: Male > Birth Date: 10 Sep 1798 > Christening Date: 14 Sep 1798 > Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland > Father: Walter KERR > Mother: Margaret ANDERSON > Source: FHL Film 1067783 > Dates: 1771 - 1820 > ============= > Nuttall Family wrote: >> ...For example, my ancestor, Walter Kerr married (2) Margaret Anderson, >> about 1787. They had six children, the sixth being born in 1798. >> Margaret was born about 1766. They lived in Liberton at Hunters-hall. >> The only death/burial record I could find on ScotlandsPeople that is a >> possibility for Margaret is Marget Kerr, July 11, 1803 at Liberton, the >> mortcloth 2 L V, 2 sh 6 pence. Would there be an entry in the cemetery >> register, or is this the only record?... >> > =============== > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MIDLOTHIAN list administrator, send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MIDLOTHIAN mailing list, send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MIDLOTHIAN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 161 > ****************************************** >

Hello Bob, Thank you very much. Take Care Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <hiflyte@telus.net> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] ROOTSWEB EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SURNAME CUNNINGHAM > Rootsweb Cunningham mailing list: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/c/cunningham.html > > Message Board: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cunningham/mb.ashx > > > Bob > Cdn > ============= > pam.groves1 wrote: >> Hello List, >> Please can one send me the link to subscribe to the surename CUNNINGHAM >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

H Maurine, Saw your request for death conformation, probably not much available but a check via the FHC may produce some additional data - OPRs if available. Did a check of the LDS data available and found some of the children connected with this family. It would appear they had twins in late 1798 unless there are two families with the same surnames in Liberton. You mention six could only find four. Hope it helps somewhat Bob Cdn ------------------ KER Thomas Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 19 Jun 1790 Christening Date: 27 Jun 1790 Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland Father: Walter KER Mother: Margaret ANDERSON Source: FHL Film 1067783 Dates: 1771 - 1820 KERR Jean Christening Gender: Female Birth Date: 5 Sep 1794 Christening Date: 14 Sep 1794 Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland Father: Walter KERR Mother: Margaret ANDERSON Source: FHL Film 1067783 Dates: 1771 - 1820 KERR Christian Christening Gender: Female Birth Date: 11 Sep 1798 Christening Date: 14 Sep 1798 Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland Father: Walter KERR Mother: Margaret ANDERSON Source: FHL Film 1067783 Dates: 1771 - 1820 KERR David Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 10 Sep 1798 Christening Date: 14 Sep 1798 Recorded in: Liberton Midlothian Scotland Father: Walter KERR Mother: Margaret ANDERSON Source: FHL Film 1067783 Dates: 1771 - 1820 ============= Nuttall Family wrote: > ...For example, my ancestor, Walter Kerr married (2) Margaret Anderson, about 1787. They had six children, the sixth being born in 1798. Margaret was born about 1766. They lived in Liberton at Hunters-hall. The only death/burial record I could find on ScotlandsPeople that is a possibility for Margaret is Marget Kerr, July 11, 1803 at Liberton, the mortcloth 2 L V, 2 sh 6 pence. Would there be an entry in the cemetery register, or is this the only record?... > ===============

Hello List, Please can one send me the link to subscribe to the surename CUNNINGHAM I have searched and can't find what I am looking for. Thank you Kind Regards Pamela J Groves

Rootsweb Cunningham mailing list: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/c/cunningham.html Message Board: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cunningham/mb.ashx Bob Cdn ============= pam.groves1 wrote: > Hello List, > Please can one send me the link to subscribe to the surename CUNNINGHAM >

Hello, I'm fairly new to Scottish research and am in the middle of a research project about my Scottish "roots." I would appreciate any guidance as to how to verify that a death record pre-1855 is the correct one for my ancestor. The death record is so brief (just the name). . .is there some other record to back it up? For example, my ancestor, Walter Kerr married (2) Margaret Anderson, about 1787. They had six children, the sixth being born in 1798. Margaret was born about 1766. They lived in Liberton at Hunters-hall. The only death/burial record I could find on ScotlandsPeople that is a possibility for Margaret is Marget Kerr, July 11, 1803 at Liberton, the mortcloth 2 L V, 2 sh 6 pence. Would there be an entry in the cemetery register, or is this the only record? Thanks, in advance, for any advice. Maurine Nuttall nuttall@surewest.net Granite Bay, CA, USA

Hi List,   I'd like to thank Rhoda Overson, John Stevenson and Fionnghal for suggesting possible sources of William Balleny's medical background.   I've just checked with Newcastle Central Library and they do have a copy of the "Eighteenth Century Medics" recommended by Fionnghal, which I'll peruse directly.   Moving on to Tammy Mitchell's Balleny family background e-mail, I'm of the opinion that   William Balleny's most likely parents were David Balleny and Elizabeth (Betty) Vetch or Veitch, married at Liberton on July 18 1735 (the second of four Balleny families noted in Tammy's e-mail). Their first born was a daughter, christened Marrion, on March 5 1736 at Liberton.   It so happens, that amongst Ballenys who died at William's Little Greencroft estate, Lanchester, County Durham,  was a "Marrion Massey, widow, late Balleny, aged 74", buried Lanchester, County Durham, October 2nd 1810. Not quite one hundred per cent proof, but ....   Tammy, you may be aware of William's other siblings, if not and they're of any interest to you, I can send them on.   Thomas Simpson in Sunny South Shields.

Death Cert 1902 Kirknewton and EastCalder Ellen BOYLE single 20 January 1902 Oakbank Kirknewton aged 1 year Parents James BOYLE oilwork laborour and Mary HARTE whooping cough 8 day Informant James Boyle father and cert by Chas Clegg MBCM Agnes Gordon HERRITY single 23 January 1903 Oakband Kirknewton aged 5month Parents Michael HERRITY Oilwork Laborour and Sarah DERRICK acute tonsilitis 12 days Informant Michael Herrity father cet Chas Clegg MBCM John TODD railway platelayer widower of Jane HENDERSON 29 January 1902 Kiriknewton aged 61 Parents John TODD Bicklayer dec and Helen HOWIE carcinoma of the stomach Informant John Todd son cet by Murray Lyne MD Marriages 1916 Kirknewton and East Calder 6 July 1916 East Calder Kirknewton After Publicatin according to the Forms of the Roman Catholic Church Hugh DONNELLY Private 1st Battaslion Cameron Highlanders Batchelor aged 21 presently at Radalstown Camp Country Antrim Ireland Parents James DONNELLY Smith's Hammerman Mary DONNELLY nee McGINTY dec Elizabeth BOYLE Domestic Servant Spinster aged 19 150 Oakbank Kirknewton Parents James BOYLE Oilworker dec and Mary Helen BOYLE nee HART sign Thomas Monaghan catholic priest witness Robert Molloy and Mary Boyle 24 July 1916 East Calder Kirknewton After Banns according to the Forms of the Roman Catholic Church John GILLESPIE Mechancal Egineer Batchelor aged 27 31 Bread Street Edinburgh Parents John GILLESPIE Oilworker Agnes GILLESPIE nee GALLACHER Ellen FITZSIMMONS Grocery Saleswoman Spinster aged 24 East Caler Kirknewton Parents Bernard FITZSIMMONS Road Forman and Mary FITZSIMMONS nee SCHOLAR sig Thomas Monaghan catholic priest witness Arthur Fitzsimmons and Agnes Gillespie Marriage 1918 Kirknewton and East Calder 12 April 1918 East Calder Kirknewton After Publication According to the Forms of the Roman Catholic Church William McLAUGHLAN Shale Miner Batchelor aged 22 Church Street Mid Calder Parents John McLAUGHLAN Shale Miner dec and Jane MCLAUGHLAN nee CULL Jane BOYLE Domestic Servant Spinster aged 19 11 Oakbank Kirknewton Parents James BOYLE Oilworker dec and Mary Helen BOYLE nee HART sign Thomas Monaghan catholic priest witness Patrick Robert Boyle and Mary Harte 26 April 1918 The Manse Kirknewton After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland John Baxter MARTIN Locomotive Fireman Bachelor aged 23 Carstairs Parents William MARTIN Foreman Painter and Marion MARTIN nee BAXTER Jane Greenock ANDERSON Farm Servant Spinster aged 21 Dunallan Kirknewton Parents David ANDERSON Oilworker and Jane ANDERSON nee GREENOCK sig G Gardiner Minister of Kirknewton and East Calder witness Robert Martin and Isabella Hutchison Marriage 1921 Kirknewton and Eat Calder 4 August 1921 East Calder and Kirknewton After Publication according to the Forms of the Roman Catholic Church Patrick Joseph BOYLE Merchant Trader Bachelor aged 29 11 Oakbank Kirknewton Parents James BOYLE Oilworker dec and Mary Helen BOYLE nee HART Mary CUMINSKY School Teacher Spinster aged 29 11 Oakbank Kirknewton Parents Michael CUMINSKY Oilworker and Rose Ann COMINSKY nee BROWN dec sign Thomas Monaghan catholic priest witness Francis Les Boyle and Margaret Byrne 5 August 1921 The Manse Kirknewton After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland John McLEAN Bricklayer Journeyman Bacherlor aged 20 76 Oakbank Kirknewton Parents Alexander McLEAN Oilwork Labourer dec and Catherine McLEAN nee McCOLL dec Annie CRAFT Dressmaker Spinster aged 18 1 Oakbank Kirknewton Parents Richard CRAFT Locomotive Driver and Bess Annie CRAFT nee MULHOLLAND sig G Gardiner Minister of Kirknewton and East Calder witness Alex McLean and Mary M Craft Take Care Rhona

hi Thomas. You could do with getting a look at the book listed below. It's a mine of info on medical folk at the very time your William was practising. However, with the amount of data it covers, it is all in columns, coded for economy of space, so you really need to spend some time studying the introductory chapter to get the best of it and cross-referencing the entries to find out everything there is to know about any one individual. Very many of the entries include where and when the medic served his apprenticeship, who his father was, his fees &c &c. "Eighteenth Century Medics - Subscriptions, Licenses, Apprenticeships" by PJ & RV Wallis. ISBN 1-871768-00-4. It written as a Historical Biography Project from Newcastle upon Tyne in 1988 so since you're living in South Shields you should be able to access a copy in your nearest main public library, perhaps in Newcastle itself. Your own librarian should be able to track down where a reference edition is based for you to consult and photocopy It's an enormous great tome but absolutely fascinating :-) good luck le durachd Fionnghal > > The first sighting of the name Balleny, spelt in this > particular manner in County Durham church records, appears > in 1774, when William Balleny, surgeon, and Jane Barass, > married at Chester-le-Street on August 23rd 1774. > >  > > With his surgeon's profession, is it possible that > he  attended the famous Royal College of Surgeons, in > Edinburgh, or were there other avenues he could have taken > to become a surgeon? Does the Royal College have any > accessible records for around 1768-74ish? > >

I have a large tree figured out for William Wilson Mitchell. William Wilson Mitchell was born in 1840 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Grierson Mitchell and Margaret Wilson. Some of his siblings were: Full Brother Grierson Mitchell b in 1836, St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh. His father (Grierson Sr.) had previously been married to Christian Patterson, so William Wilson Mitchell had 3 half siblings from his father's first marriage. They were: Hugh Mitchell b 1807 George Mitchell b 1808 Elizabeth Christian Mitchell b 1810 In 1865 William Wilson Mitchell married Mary Hume Craven Smedley, she was the daughter of E.H. Smedley Judge of Colombo, Ceylon. I think they were married in Ceylon. In 1868 he was Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Had only been on the island for 6 years prior. I have evidence that he lived in both England and Ceylon. 1891 Census he was living in Maybank Crsnt, Woodford, Essex, England. In 1895 He was appointed unofficial member to the Legislature Council of Ceylon He was knighted in 1900 In 1900 I have a clip from Dod's Peerage: MITCHELL, Knt. B.uhel. Creat. 1900; U.M.G. 1895.-Sir William Wilson MitcHELL, s. of Grierson Mitchell, of Edinburgh, by Margaret, d. of W. Wilson, of Edinburgh. B. 1840; m. 1865, Mary, il. of E. H. Smedley, judge of Colombo Ceylon -googleboks In 1900 he Represented the Ceylon Tea Industry at the International Exhibition in Paris In Dec 1915 he died at the age of 75 (I think) Sir William was intimately involved with affairs of the country from 1862 when he arrived, to 1915 when he died. In 1919, his widow donated the bell for the church at Ceylon, Sri Lanka. I know the names of some of the children born to WW Mitchell and his wife Mary Smedley. What I know are: William Edward Mitchell born abt 1870 Mary W W Mitchell b abt 1876 Edith L Mitchell b abt 1878 Kate M Mitchell b abt 1880 Euginie J E Mitchell b abt 1880 Dorath H S Mitchell abt 1887 (there could be others) Son, William Edward Mitchell married Ada Constance (surname unknown). They had at least one son, named Frank Alexander Wilson Mitchell born abt 1913. Frank AW Mitchell married and had a daughter. His wifes name is unknown to me, but his daughter's name is Barbara Joan Mitchell born about 1930 Barbara married Ambrose Cambridge Barber, and they had at least one son, James Christopher C Barber born about 1958. Three Generations of Mitchell's Sir WW Mitchell William E Mitchell Frank Mitchell Were all involved in the Darley Butler & Company Ambrose C Barber was in Aviation in England. ----- I'm interested in this family because... Grierson Mitchell Sr. (Sir William Wilson's father) was born in 1783 to the parents of Hugh Mitchell and Marion Grierson. Hugh and Marion had 12 children, of them was my 4th great grandfather, Robert Mitchell. Robert was born in 1784, he was Grierson's younger brother, by about a year. Here is a site with more info on Grierson Mitchell and some of his descendants http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/pp_i/pp_mitchell.htm Hoping to find some living 'relatives' Contact me directly if you like Tammy Mitchell ancestry@ripandrevmedia.ca

I do have some Balleny records from the liberton area, I'll send them here in case they assist you. --------------------- BALLENY, William Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 10 Apr 1659 Recorded in: Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland Father: Archbald BALLENY Mother: Issobell COUDOUN Source: FHL Film 1067782 Dates: 1624 - 1771 --------------------- BALLENY, William Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 23 Sep 1749 Birthplace: , Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland Recorded in: Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland Father: David BALLENY Mother: Elizabeth VEITCH Source: FHL Film 1067782 Dates: 1624 - 1771 ---------------------- BALLENY, William Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 26 Mar 1751 Birthplace: , Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland Recorded in: Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland Father: Thomas BALLENY Mother: Jacobina SMART Source: FHL Film 1067782 Dates: 1624 - 1771 ---------------------------- Perhaps nameing patterns will help you. There were a lot in midlothian my records are not complete. I found another when I searched 5 years either side of 1749 midlothian here BALLENY, William Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 21 Mar 1748 Christening Date: 29 Mar 1748 Recorded in: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Father: Adam BALLENY Father's Father: William BALLENY Mother: Elizabeth GRAY Source: FHL Film 1066679 Dates: 1740 - 1755 Note: Additional Data in Original Record Hope some of these might help. Tammy Thomas Simpson wrote: > Hi Listers > > I'm new to the list and am hoping someone can assist/advise with their local nous and know-how. > > I've been researching a Balleny family in County Durham, whose founding father, William Balleny (born around 1749) may have hailed from Midlothian, possibly Liberton, on the southern fringes of Edinburgh. > > The first sighting of the name Balleny, spelt in this particular manner in County Durham church records, appears in 1774, when William Balleny, surgeon, and Jane Barass, married at Chester-le-Street on August 23rd 1774. > > Eight of his nine children's baptisms were registered at Presbyterian churches in Newcastle and South Shields. This rather reinforces his probable Scottish background. General searches have revealed that in the 1700s quite a large cluster of Ballenys, spelling their name in this particular manner, hailed from the Midlothian area. > > With his surgeon's profession, is it possible that he attended the famous Royal College of Surgeons, in Edinburgh, or were there other avenues he could have taken to become a surgeon? Does the Royal College have any accessible records for around 1768-74ish? > > "Founding father William", in later life, went on to become a fairly prosperous ship and land owner, he resided and died at Little Greencroft Hall, his estate to the west of Lanchester, County Durham. Lanchester Burial records note he was buried at Lanchester, County Durham, on March 2nd 1826, aged 78. > > Regards > Thomas Simpson, South Shields. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Listers, I too am new to this. Searching for details or contacts re Thomas Forrest who married Margaret Millar in1708, daughter of Non-Juror Bishop Arthur Millar of Edinburgh (the bishop died 1727). Thomas and Margaret were parents of Captain, later Commodore Arthur Forrest of the Royal Navy and Jamaica. Arthur died 1770. Margaret Miller had a sister Elizabeth who married in to the Seton family. Any help greatly appreciated. Douglas Forrest Tasmania Australia