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stoop
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Hi crc I bet you could not repeat that without taking a breath, Iwill have to study your latest, it was packed full of information. Regards stoop.
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stoop
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Good morning csc, it is going to take me some time to digest and interpret all the information you have given me to date. In the meantime would you like to have a look at the following data relating to my line. The earliest individuals i have dates for are James Kerr born about 1718 he died in 1789 and is buried in Mouswald Kirkyard. He married Martha Moffat born 1728 died 1803 they lived at Cleughbrae but I think for some time lived in Collin where they had a couple of children, Thomas Kerr born 1773 and James born 1771. Their first child was Robert who was born in 1754 at Mouswald, it is him that I have been searching for. John Kerr was born in 1756 at Mouswald Banks he married Jean Tweedie and was a blacksmith. Joseph Kerr died in infancy. Rachel was born in 1762 and died in 1832 at Cleughbrae, she was sigle. I have gleaned a lot of information from her will such as relating to her brother John he lived at Under Butterwhat in the parish of Dalton and had a son James. Her brother James lived at Elizafield in the parish of Torthorwald. Next is her brother George born 1761 farmed at Mouswald Banks died in 1826 at Racks married to Mary Tweedie she died in 1850 at Elizafield. They had several children mentioned in the will including William born in 1787 at Mouswald died at Birset in 1854 . Agnes I think was born in 1785 as Aggy She died at Elizafield in 1858. She mentions a Mary Kerr, widow of John Foster of Annan, Ithink she was another daughter of George if so she was born in 1795 at Mouswald. She makes mention of a brother William who had a son George a tailor in Dumfries. I have not been able to trace the tailor to date or indeed establish a birth date for William. There is a lot more to follow should any of this be relevant to you. regards stoop.
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stoop
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Hi csc ask as many questions as you have to, regards stoop. Question, do you live in the Mouswald area?, how far back have you been able to go with your research?.
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mickdickson
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Hi Stoop and csc,
A little of topic and I apologise, but I refer to your post, csc, in respect to your George Kerr and Mary Dickson. Do you know who Mary's parents were? and the timeframe we are talking about as I have been for awhile been trying to piece together the various Dickson families in the Mouswald area just as you are with the Kerr's. My Dicksons were from the village and also occupied the smithy at Woodside for at least the 19th & early 20th Centuries, possibly earlier.
I also have another Kerr question, I have in my tree Thomas Kerr, Mary Hutchison and their daughter Margaret was born c1830 and died 1849, 6 months after being married to Charles Jardine, who in turn remarried to Jane Dickson in 1851, sister of my 2G Grandfather Jacob Dickson. Do you, in your research of the Kerr's, have any info on this Kerr family. I believe Margaret died at Elizafield. Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Mick Dickson
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Dumfries -Campbell, Dickson, Glendinning, Grierson, Irving, Jardine, Wells, also Beattie, Brown, Buckham, Charters, Dalrymple, Fell, Ferguson, Fraser, Gibson, Graham, Hutchison, Leivers, Nichol, Mckenzie, Nicholson, Smith, White, McLean
Kirkcudbright - Dickson, Broun/Brown, Shennan
Glasgow-Dickson, Neilson, Thomson, Fleming, Mackenzie, Dennison
Edinburgh- Dickson, Buckham
Ayrshire-McIlwrick, McMurray, Gray, Findlay
Limerick - Shea / O'Shea, Carroll
Kerry - Egan
Sussex - Towner
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stoop
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Good morning csc, I lived in Greenbrae Loaning until I was 14 and that has helped enormously regarding my knowledge of the surrounding area I try to visit Dumfries at least four times a year and usually stay near Dalton village. Iam hoping to come north from Liverpool to see the events in Dumfries on the 25th. of January. Regards stoop.
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stoop
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Hi Mick, In response to your post I cannot as yet establish a link with George Kerr and Mary Dickson nor indeed do I recognise this particular Thomas Kerr but I can inform you of the following link . Martha Kerr was born at the stoop in 1820 to one Thomas Kerr she married a James Dickson born in Mouswald about 1799 she died in 1851 he died in 1854 in New york they had the following children, James who born at Mouswald in 1845, Mary born in 1849 likewise in Mouswald and Robert born in 1847 also in Mouswald . Ihope this is of use to you. Regards stoop.
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stoop
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Hello again Mick I have just had a look at the census of 1851 relating to James Dickson. He was actually born in about 1813 Mouswald. In the same year of the census Martha died, there is a mention of a son Thomas who was 7 and no mention of James who it appears had died young. Iwonder therefore when did James senior go to America and did he take the children with him. Incidentally he was a mason. Regards stoop.
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stoop
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Here I am again Mick this time I am referring to another Dickson Kerr link. William Kerr born ? died 1808 first married an Agnes Irving born in 1729 died 1769 his second wife was a Mary Dickson born in 1745 and died in 1825. I think William was born in Cleughbrae. William had a brother James born 1718 he was my 5th grandfather. regards stoop.
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