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Hi, i am still on here.  Thanks for the reply.  It’s great to find another descendant from Jonathan Sutton.  I have learnt a little more about him since I was last on this site.  Although he was a police inspector, his fractured skull didn’t come about from his work.  He had just retired from the force and was at home trimming a tree and fell from a ladder ending up with a fractured skull.  He later died from those injuries.  I have also seen a picture of his grave site.

Just wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction please.  I am trying to find a will for George Newman, died, September quarter 1913, age 75 years, 4a, pg 805. I have no idea of where to start looking, any help would be greatfully received.

thanks

Looking to correspond with anybody who may be related to the following families living in Duns in the 1800's  Names are:

George Clark b 1787Polwarth , d 1853, broomhill Farm, Duns, buried Preston Cemetery

his wife

Helen Aitchison, born 1791, Polwarth, died 1845, cockburn

Their children

Agnes Clark, m William Aitchison b 1813
Christina Clark, m James Reid b 1814
John Clark, born 1818
George Clark, m Nicholas Robertson b 1823
Isobel Clark, b 1826
Margaret Clark, b 1829

Christina and James Reid, seem to have stayed in the Duns Area, although James died at Earlston

George Clark and Nicholas Robertson, moved to Loanknowe and they had a family of 4 sons and 3 daughters, George b 1852, Margaret b 1854, James b 1856, Helen b 1858, David b 1861, John b 1864, Nicholas b 1867.

Im sure there must be some long lost clark relatives still living in the Duns area, would love to be able to get some photographs of the Duns township

Hi, not sure how well you will see this, but it says Feb 31 1845, I do have other photos that show it more clearly but this is the only one I have scanned at the moment.

Has anybody ever come across the date 31 February, shown on a grave.  I have a photograph of a gravesite at Preston, Berwickshire, Scotland, which clearly shows the date of death as 31 February 1845.  As you will all know, there is never 31 days in February.  Does anybody know whether the calander was ever different back then??  or if this is a mistake engraved on the headstone.  I am truely confused.