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Topic: Thomas Turnbull 1779-1839, Inverness tanner (Read 193 times)
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Fransmoi
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I have reached the 'brick wall 'with my grt grandmother's father Thomas Turnbull (1779 ca.- 1839) Who were his parents ?
From the gravestone in the Chapel Yard,Invernes he was a wool merchant and tanner and died aged 60 years in 1839.
His brother John Turnbull died the year before aged 51 so born 1787 ca.
Thomas' widow Margaret Woodman from Strichen bore a daughter Elizabeth Turnbull 5 months after his death. Elizabeth Sophia Turnbull was to marry my grt grandfather George Ross, Brealangwell, Black Isle in 1863.
Thomas' will says he was a flesher and wool merchant and their address is always given as simply "The Shore" and on their marriage banns he is " from Inverness"
My dad said they were tanners on the West bank of the river Ness by Friars'Shott which would be feasible as skins had to be cleaned in water. Perhaps this was where the business was done.
In the1841 census she is living at 30 Shore Street with children John & Elizabeth and is of Independant means.
As late as Tuesday, April 14, 1857 the Inverness Advertiser announced a sale -
Turnbull's wool & skin works, Shore, public sale of wool .
This is 18 years after Thomas' demise.
Could it be that there were other family members who helped the widow keep the firm going since her sons Thomas died aged 7 months and John aged 7 years. Or did she employ her neighbours Duncan Fraser and John who were both fleshers ?
Any suggestions as to how I might find Thomas' parents apart from the Scottish naming pattern which suggests his dad was a John Turnbull.
Thanks folks,
Fransmoi[b][/b]
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Aird,Anderson,
Babington,
Bothwell,
Clark,
Dunford,
Errington,
Fleming,Forrest,
Gerrard,
Kinghorn,
Leslie,Loudon,Lumsden,
Mackenzie ,MacLeod,McLeod,Milne,Montgomery,
Ramsay,Ross ,Rust
Shields,Sim,Sowden, Stoddart,
Turnbull,
Wallace,Woodman
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Martin Briscoe
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J W L BRISCOE 72nd Highlanders
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I can't see his name in Shore Street or a tannery there on the 1821 map.
There is a tanyard between Kessock Street and Gilbert Street on the other side of the river.
http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/towns.html#inverness
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BRISCOE - Bolton, Heaton Norris, Rochdale, Oldham, Chadderton, Blackburn
POUNDER - Middleton Tyas, Kirkbymoorside, Stokesley, Lambeth, Bolton, Newcastle on Tyne, Leeds
HAMMOND - Quebec, Laverton, Masham, Grantley
SWALES - Laverton, Masham
O'Shea - Quebec
PARRY - Caerhun, Deiniolen, Clwt y Bont, Brynrefail, Tal y Sarn, Brynrefail, Bethesda
EVANS - Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, Maesmynis, Dowlais, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Trealaw
HARVEY - Trentham, Sheriffhales, Llanfyllin, Llanferres, Minera
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Fransmoi
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Thanks Martin - That sounds good and just a few hundred yards down river from Friars'Shot.
Fransmoi
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Aird,Anderson,
Babington,
Bothwell,
Clark,
Dunford,
Errington,
Fleming,Forrest,
Gerrard,
Kinghorn,
Leslie,Loudon,Lumsden,
Mackenzie ,MacLeod,McLeod,Milne,Montgomery,
Ramsay,Ross ,Rust
Shields,Sim,Sowden, Stoddart,
Turnbull,
Wallace,Woodman
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