Surname does not appear in Scottish Surnames, Reaney's Dictionary of British Surnames or Oxford Dictionary of Surnames. Suggest you try different spellings or sound likes. John >From: "Bernard Kerr" <bernard@kalemar.freeserve.co.uk> >Reply-To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RICKELTON >Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 09:34:55 -0000 > >Agnes RICKELTON, my g. grandmother, was born circa 1848 in AYR, this >according to the 1881 census. I cannot find any record of her birth in >Scottish Origins. > >She married James KERR (born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland circa 1839) on 25 >December 1865 in the CALTON district of GLASGOW. According to her marriage >certificate, her parents were James RICKELTON and Jane MURRAY. Agnes went >to India with James, during which time she had three children, William >John, Agnes Jane, Thomas (who apparently died on board during the passage >home) plus finally, George Douglas, who was born in GOVAN. > >Does anyone have an interest in this name or any suggestions as to the lack >of information on her birth. > >Thanks in anticipation. > >Bernard Kerr >bernard@kalemar.freeserve.co.ok >North Yorkshire, UK. >KERR; McGRATH (Northern Ireland/Scotland) >RICKELTON; MURRAY (Scotland) >CHANDLER; WHITE (Norfolk/Suffolk) >MARSHALL; BRANTINGHAM; BRUCE; >THURLBECK (Co. Durham) >o-o-o-o-o >EDDON; WARD; HOLLIDAY; MEAD; WARDILL, GAMSBY (North Yorkshire) >ROBSON; STAMP; STANFORTH; HOLLINGS (North Yorkshire) > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.