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Will Jr
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Re: Mary Lawson (b.1806) Avondale
« Reply #30 on: Thursday 17 September 09 19:51 UTC (UK) »
Hello,  sorry to interrupt this thread, but a Google search landed me here. I am a descendant of Robert Turnbull b. 1808, a Scottish tailor who immigrated to Canada about 1830-1835. His father was reportedly a London tailor and British army non-com officer who married the daughter of a noblewoman; the daughter was disowned, and the couple moved to Scotland where Robert was born.

Does any of this story fit with James Turnbull or another Turnbull as noted above?

Thank you.
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Re: Mary Lawson (b.1806) Avondale
« Reply #31 on: Friday 18 September 09 00:40 UTC (UK) »
Will, there is a likelyhood.  Our James Turnbull was a stocking weaver in Edinburgh.  His daughter Elizabeth was the first wife of William Hay of Spott and Lawfield.  James would probably have been of the 1700's.  Children often stayed in the same or a similar profession.  He most likely had children other than his daughter Elizabeth.   You might descend from him.  This disowning tradition often took place in those days.  A tailor, Peter Sellers, was at the marriage of our Mary Hay.   I live in America and relied on Fiona Sinclare of Aberdeen who makes routine trips to Ediburgh to do research.  She has access that not everyone has and incredible knowledge of Scotland's history.  You might send her a note at (*).  If this address does not make it through Roots Chat, just Google Fiona Sinclare as she has many sights on the internet.  Roots Chat itself may offer some  research for you. 

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