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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Selkirkshire => Topic started by: Chaltis on Monday 21 March 11 10:22 GMT (UK)
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I've had great difficulty tracing my ancestor William Brunton (b. 1831, Yarrow) forward past 1881. He married my g.g.aunt Agnes Orr on 6 Jun 1856 in Selkirk and they had several children, 2 of which (Agnes, 1873, and William, 1874) are buried in Brierylaw cemetary in lairs which William Brunton purchased in 1873. My grandfather and grandmother, and other ancestors are also buried in these lairs.
I can trace William Brunton forward to the 1881 census when he and his wife Agnes and their 4 remaining children were all living in Edinburgh. He was a tailor. But I can find no death records and no further census trace of William Brunton and his family. The only assumption I can make is that he emigrated, but I've found no record yet on immigration records for Australia, Canada or the USA.
Does anyone have a better idea, or have William Brunton in their ancestry?
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Do you mean William was born in 1831?
Emma
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Sorry Emma, a typo. Yes, William Brunton was born in 1831.
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As an aside there is a W Brunton, Tailor, in Rutherfurds Southern Counties Register of 1866. He lived at Market Place, Selkirk and was a registered voter. Just a bit of info.
Terry
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Thanks Terry,
Yes, that's him. He was recorded on the 1871 census as being a tailor living in Market Place. He was recorded in Caledonian Terrace, Edinburgh in 1881, and then the records cease.
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Did you see the death record for a William Brunton on Scotlands People? Died 1889 aged 57 in Edinburgh City. If this one still had a birthday to come he would have been born 1831.
Terry
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Thanks Terry,
Yes, I'd got that one but it's not "my" William Brunton. The one that died in 1889 was a labourer and married to a Janet Hair. Nice try but I'd already paid SP credits to get that record !!
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Does anyone have a better idea, or have William Brunton in their ancestry?
I'm working on William Tait Brunton's brother's line - David Brunton (1826-1879) who went to Melbourne Australia in July 1854 on the "Red Jacket' and married Margaret Lonie from Cupar, Fife.
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Hi pfj,
I didn't know that William had a brother David. Where did you find David? And, is there any evidence that William Brunton joined his brother David in Australia?
Chaltis
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Although I haven't found their shipping record, William Tait Brunton did come to Australia with Agnes and at least 2 sons, James Kennedy Brunton and Robert John Brunton. William died in Casino, NSW in 1907, Agnes died in St. Leonards, NSW 5 Feb 1901, James K Brunton died 25 March 1919 in Ashfield, NSW, and Robert John Brunton died in 1945 in Sydney, NSW.
David Brunton is on the IGI born 17 Aug 1826 to David Brunton and Janet Scott in Yarrow, Selkirk, Scotland but as the eldest he was already working as a male servant at a farm in Yarrow by the time of the 1841 Census. His death certificate also confirmed his parentage when he died in 1879 in Victoria, Australia. His daughter called her home "Yarrow cottage".
I have been trying to find some old newspaper articles on the Archives site, but it's down at present.
Will dig around for more info in NSW. The brothers may have visited one another as there was a lot of traffic between Sydney and Melbourne even in those days.
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Hi pfj,
That's wonderful information - many thanks. I suspected he'd emigrated but had no idea where.
I'll add David and his children to my tree, and I'll have another go on SP for the OPR entries. And I'll close off William's entry with his death in 1907.
I'd be glad to hear of any more info you can uncover.
Thanks again, Chaltis
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I would guess that you know a lot more about the Selkirk families than I do, so would be keen to hear more about the old history, and any photos?? There are obviously some connections with other families there in Yarrow, and in Roxburghshire, possibly even in Edinburgh. As I've only begun to work on this line, much more has yet to reveal itself! The Bruntons who were masons (our line) also had a business in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire.
If the burial site for Wm Tait Brunton is in Casino rather than Sydney, I could maybe personally check on that for you as it is not too far from us. There are thousands of Mr and Mrs Bruntons on shipping records so I think only a newspaper story will enlighten us on their arrival date in Oz.
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Hi pfj,
I've send you a rootschat personal message in reply.
Regards, Chaltis
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my confusion and wrong info
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Hi DBB,
I'm confident that pjf, with whom I've been exchanging emails, has found the "right" William Brunton in Australia, because of his unique name "William Tait Brunton". His full name is on Australian records.
He was born 30 Sep 1831 in Yarrow, and married Agnes Orr on 6 Jun 1856. They had children Margarate Kennedy (18 Mar 1858), Janet (30 May 1860), David (1864), George (30 Jun 1866), James Kennedy (1868), Robert John (21 Oct 1870), Agnes (1873), and William (1874).
I have pecilled in his parents as David Brunton (5 Apr 1802, Yarrow) and Janet Scott (1801, Selkirk), m. 14 Nov 1824, Yarrow. But I could well be wrong about that (there were several Bruntons from Yarrow), and I see you have them producing another William.
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Hi DBB,
I'll be in touch by email.
Regards.
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A bit of (useless info)
William Tait was the husband of Joan (more likely Jean - even though the marriage certificate definately says Joan) Brunton, who was the sister of David Brunton, the father to David Brunton (born 05 April 1802).
Only thing known about Joan/Jean is her marriage certificate. Death and birth certificates are missing.
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If you're after the birth certificates of him and his father PM me.
And if anyone knows why his brother was called Robert Ballantyne Brunton, born 13 Apr 1839 then kindly share, as the name Ballantyne seems to have arrived from nowhere.
We know his father kept up with Scottish naming conventions with his children, "William Tait" Brunton I can account for but "Robert Ballantyne" Brunton !!
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This was found by a metal detectorist up in Selkirk a few years back. One if William Taits buttons he would have used as a tailor. The shop closed in Seilirk around 1903 if memory serves.
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Just in case anyone is still reading this, Robert Ballantyne Bruntons name...
William Scott Bruntons uncle was William Tait(e), who had married Joan Brunton
William Taits father was Thomas Tait, his mother was Christian Ballantyne.