Hello Sheena: I have checked out my GORDON database (descendants of Thomas GORDON 1670-1730 and Jane HOUSTON) and the only possible Agnes GORDON I can find is one born in 1799 at Borgue. She was a daughter of Thomas GORDON (b.c. 1752 died 7 April 1809) and Agnes PORTER (b.c. 1760 died 20 April 1842). Although there are Gordons at Balmaghie, I can't find a monumental inscription recorded for an Agnes GORDON in the pre 1855 records there. Unfortunately, I know absolutely nothing of this Agnes' history, but if you should learn that she is the Agnes you are seeking, I'd be glad to hear from you as I can fill you in on siblings and earlier generations. Cheers, Jill
Hi Jill Thanks very much for the info. Apart from her birth, have you come across this Agnes in any censusus? I don't know where to look for her. My Agnes's son, Robert Gordon Clark, married Margaret Vallance on 9 March 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. Her grandchildren, all born in Paisley, were Jessie, 10 Feb 1861 Jessie Brisbane, 21 Oct 1862 Agnes Gordon, 5 Feb 1865 Robert, 7 Apr 1867 Agnes Gordon, 2 Jan 1870 Margaret, 29 Mar 1873 Jean Wyllie, May 1877 Sarah, 1880 Grace, 1883 There is no David, the paternal grandfather's name. The maternal grandparents were Hugh Vallance and Janet Fulton Brisbane. All 4 grandparents' names are on Robert and Margaret's marriage certificate. I don't know if it's significant, but in the next generation (my mother, aunt and uncles) they did not follow the naming pattern for boys either. The eldest son was called Gordon. Do you have any connection with the Gordon of Balmaghie in the Robert Burns poem? See http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/GordonofBalmaghieThomasd1806.399.htm l Regards Sheena ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Dakin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 7:46 AM Subject: Agnes Gordon of Balmaghie > Hello Sheena: > > I have checked out my GORDON database (descendants of Thomas GORDON > 1670-1730 and Jane HOUSTON) and the only possible Agnes GORDON I can find is > one born in 1799 at Borgue. She was a daughter of Thomas GORDON (b.c. 1752 > died 7 April 1809) and Agnes PORTER (b.c. 1760 died 20 April 1842). > > Although there are Gordons at Balmaghie, I can't find a monumental > inscription recorded for an Agnes GORDON in the pre 1855 records there. > > Unfortunately, I know absolutely nothing of this Agnes' history, but if you > should learn that she is the Agnes you are seeking, I'd be glad to hear from > you as I can fill you in on siblings and earlier generations. > > Cheers, > Jill > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com