ARMSTRONG MI's Newcastleton.

[bougie]

   HI
      I HAVE A LIST OF ALL ARMSTRONG MI'S IN NEWCASTLETON CEMY.
   WROTE THEM ALL DOWN WHILE RESEARCHING ARMSTRONGS IN MY FAMILY
   JUST IN CASE I NEEDED THEM LATER.  43 GRAVES. WANT ME TO LOOK ANYONE
   UP         
          BOUGIE

[audrey]

Hi bougie
 have you come across Esther Armstrong b abt 1740 Liddlesdale Rox. married unknown Jackson c 1760
Esther Jackson died 1800 Castleton
1st child I have is Simon Jackson born 1761
Betty 1762

Adam 1765
David ?

audrey

[bougie]

   hi audrey
  i am trying to check out esther for you. as their are so many armstrongs
  in cemys around here it takes some time especially when its a m.s.
  i'll do my best
     bougie

[bougie]

  Have following mi's if anyone wants more information on any
  of them.
  William Armstrong/Mary Porteous, William Armstrong/Margaret Telfer,
  Archibald Armstrong/Ann ?, John Armstrong/Jane Murray, Abel Armstrong/
  Betty Scott, Walter Armstrong/Agnes Murray, William Armstrong/Jean Hoison
  James Armstrong/Ann Bell, Hugh Armstrong, George Armstrong/Elizabeth ?,
  Archibald Armstrong, Andrew Armstrong/Helen Morton, John Armstrong/
  Ann Scott, George Armstrong/Elizabeth Cumming, David Armstrong/ Hannah
  Hogg, John Armstrong/ Helen Henderson, Walter Armstrong/ Isabella Wishart
  Thomas Armstrong/ Margaret Moffat, Christopher Armstrong,
  William Armstrong/ Mary McIntosh, Francis Armstrong/ Janet Beattie
  John Armstrong/ Agnes Furnes, John Armstrong/ Jean Dickson,
  Francis Armstrong/ Helen ?, Robert Armstrong, JamesArmstrong/ Elspeth Hope
     will add more later
       bougie

[bougie]

  Here's more
  Andrew Armstrong/Jane Morton, Andrew Armstrong/Jane Murray,
 John Armstrong/Helen Nixon, Adam Armstrong, Archibald Armstrong/
 Isabella Kyle, James Armstrong and brother John Armstrong,
 Walter Armstrong, Walter Armstrong/Janet Veitch, Archibald Armstrong,
 Charles Armstrong/Janet ? , James Armstrong/Isabella ? , James Armstrong/
 Margaret Little, James Armstrong,
 Andrew Armstrong/Isabella Aitchison, John Armstrong/Margaret Barclay,
 Andrew Armstrong/Sarah Bell, Thomasina Armstrong, Frank Armstrong ,
 James Armstrong/Janet Turnbull, Andrew Telfer Armstrong,
  These graves all date from late 1700's to very early 1900's but most of
 them are mid 1800's . I have more information on them all if anyone's
 interested.
  bougie

[loo]

I have both ARMSTRONG and MURRAY, from Castleton area, in my line; they married each other and left Scotland as a young couple, about 1819.  But, so far, I don't know the names of their parents or siblings.
It would be handy to have your transcriptions available to consult as the research progresses, might help me to make some links that otherewise wouldn't be clear.  I wondered if you would be willing to share your document.  If so, I will PM you an email address or whatever you need.  The chances of my ever getting to the area are slim, alas!
Thanks for offering the lookups.  If you don't feel comfortable sharing the document, I will let you know if I ever get more details on this family.

[bougie]

   Hi Loo
  I'm afraid these mi's are not on a document that i could e-mail to you. They
 are just written in a note bookas i copied them straight from the gravestones
 myself on a long day out visiting cemetries in the area whilst researching the
 Armstrong side of my family. When you have more info feel free to ask for
 lookups anytime
    bougie

[loo]

thanks, bougie.
Can you tell me how far back, historically, the transcriptions go?

Maybe we're related!

[bougie]

  Hi Loo
 The grave inscriptions that i have collected date back to mid 1700's.
 I'm afraid you may have a hard task on your hands researching your Armstrongs. There are hundreds of them in Roxburghshire and Dumfries
 area and a lot of them have the same first names.
 At the moment i am chasing a William Armstrong b c1790 in the Castleton
 or Canonbie area and i have found 14 matching around these dates.
 I haven't found which one is my William yet.
 During my research i have collected a lot of data on Armstrongs and it
 may be that your Armstrongs are among it. We may well find that we are
 related.
 When you find out your Armstrongs first names and roughly estimate their
 year of birth let me know and i'll see if i've anything on them.
 I live in Hawick Roxburghshire so i am quite handy to all these cemetries etc.
 Local registers date back to the late 1500's and i have got most other
 sides of my family back to late 1600's but the Armstrongs as i say are
 very hard to research.
 You could try putting a post on the Dumfries pages on this site as
 Newcastleton and Castleton are not that far from Dumfriesshire and my
 family seemed to hop between the two shires.
 Good luck
 bougie