Hi Jill & list, Jill, I think you might be onto something here as I remember looking at my grandfather's, (Robert JOHNSTONE) birthday book many years ago and I noted that he had many GORDON names listed under certain months but no dates! Also was excited to see the Mary JOHNSTONE you had listed 1811-1851 that married Thomas GORDON, as I have a Mary JOHNSTONE b.April 16/1811 d.August 6/1851, thinking this must be the same Mary! Mary is my gr. gr. aunt from Dumfries, her parents being Christopher JOHNSTONE b. 1776 Dumfries & Winifred Maxwell GRAINGER b. 1784 (my 3rd. great grandparents). Mary had 8 other siblings; James JOHNSTONE b. 1807 Dumfries d. Jan.5/1808 Sibella Grainger JOHNSTONE b.June 7/1809 Dumfries, m. James WALKER in 1833, d.Sept.6/1870 Mary JOHNSTONE b.April 16/1811 d. Aug.6/1851 Robert JOHNSTONE b.Jan.10/1813 Dumfries (printer), m. Letitia Shore CHUBB in 1837 Howden, Yorkshire Anderina JOHNSTONE b. Jan.31/1815 d. June 9/1869 Agnes JOHNSTONE b.Nov.9/1816 d. Oct.5/1860 Henry JOHNSTONE b.Nov.14/1818 d. Sept.21/1867 London Thomas JOHNSTONE b. Feb.14/1822 d. Oct.31/1859 Winifred JOHNSTONE b. Jan.3/1825 d. Aug.1/1837 Like to figure out the GORDON connection since Mary's sister Sibella named her son Thomas Gordon Walker? Any ideas? Love to hear more! Kind regards, Gloria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Dakin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:37 PM Subject: WALKER/JOHNSTONE/BELL/BROWN > Because Winifred is not a common name for KKD, and noting the GORDON in > Thomas Gordon WALKER's entry, I am wondering whether Gloria's Christopher > JOHNSTONE and Winifred Maxwell GRAINGER might be connected to two brothers > who appear on my tree. > > Thomas GORDON born 1809 and James GORDON born 1810 in Tongland, were sons of > William GORDON and Jane SPROAT. > > Thomas, who died 14 July 1861, married Mary JOHNSTONE (1811-1851) and had > Jane GORDON b.c. 1838, died 15 August 1860 at Douganhill, Buittle, and > William GORDON, b.c. 1844 in England, and died 31 March 1917 at Palnackie, > Buittle. William married Margaret L. WILSON. Thomas and Mary are buried > at Buittle and all this information was gleaned from the M.I. there. > > James married ? and had these children: > Christopher GORDON b.c. 1839 in England > Winifred GORDON b.c. 1841 in England > Sibella GORDON b.c. 1843 in England > William GORDON b.c. 1845 in England > > In the 1861 census at Douganhill, Parish of Buittle, I found: > > James GORDON/51/farmer 500 acres/widower/born Tongland > Christopher GORDON/22/son/England > Winifred GORDON/20/daughter/born England > Sibella GORDON/18/daughter/born England > William GORDON/16/son/born England > + others, including two WILSON nephews, both born London. > > Surely there must be a connection to Gloria's lot here somewhere. Can > anyone help? > > Cheers, Jill > > > >