----- Original Message ----- From: "DIANA HENRY" <dianahhenry@btinternet.com> To: "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:23 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] BMD'S FROM WFP 29TH JUNE, 1854 [snip] > DEATHS > LEES, William - D28/6/1854 - At Maize, parish of Leswalt, on the 28th > inst., Mr William Lees, aged 66 years. He is my 5x G Grandfather born c 1788 in Ireland and was a crofter and cooper. He was the husband of Elizabeth MCBURNIE (she was born bet. 1785 and 1799 in Killinchy, Co Down, Ireland and died 15 Oct 1869 at Stranraer) and father of: Elizabeth (m Samuel PETTICREW); Ann (m John MCCONNEL); Robert (b1813); Robert (b1815); Edward (m Jane HAND - my 4 x great grandparents); William (m Janet SIMPSON); Charlotte (m Thomas ORR); Thomas (m Mary); Sarah (m Hugh MCKIE); James (m Mary BEATTIE); David; Agnes (m William BROWN); Cheers, Sarndra, Christchurch, New Zealand www.angelfire.com/ok/nzfamily This is my country, The land that begat me, These windy spaces Are surely my own. And those who toil here In the sweat of their faces Are flesh of my flesh And bone of my bone. Sir Alexander Gray