Cummertrees MIs

[allans]

yes - thats the one I saw -  its the only edward I can find
but Troqueer is where 3 of Alexanders children were born

[csc]

i wonder if alex and john are related i should be able to find john csc

[csc]

looking at mary hairs age on the grave she could be mary hair daughtr of james hair /margaret orr 1785 troqueer   there is another mary also in troqueer 1789 ninian hair/henrietta douglas  csc

[allans]

hmm - there's 'Jane Douglas' on the MI, a neice of Evan
and if Mary Hair is from Troqueer maybe Alexander and Mary married in Troqueer

[allans]

a question - I aren't too familiar with scottish MI's - does the long family history on the stone imply they are all interred in this plot, or just commemorated, in which case the individuals named have their own plots and stones elsewhere?

Allan

[csc]

i think they are all in the same plot  i wondered about this myself as i have at least 6 people in the francis kerr grave in mouswald including my great granny who was alive when i was little the rules we have now about 3 in a grave did not apply then  i have not been to cummertrees graveyard for a few months but a lot of the graves have lots of people   i also have a lot of papers on the edgars where little john was  will see what i can find about the hairs in troqueer  this is where i live csc

[csc]

i think young jane is the daughter of david douglas/mary tweedie born dalton 15/01/1832  csc

[allans]

ta - I appreciate your efforts

Allan

[allans]

Ok - after the change from Summer Time to GMT. clocks went back, so I was up early. Spent some money at ScoPeop.
Got DCerts for all named.
No surprises, the missing name is 'Caroline' Irving.
Jane is wife of Evan not Edward. MI is incorrect.
Both Jane and Caroline died from 'paralysis' - polio??
David died  'Diseases of the spine' - polio??
If you are interested I have followed many of these families up to 1901 census, and all date is on my public tree on Ancestry.

I can not find MC for Jane Howells and John Barker Tweedie between 1851 and 1861, (OPRs or BMD) - but there is a marriage of a John Tweedie and a Jane Telfer, Lochmaben, in 1861. Nor Have I found her on the 1851 census. Given her age this could be a second marriage. Her death is due to 'Mortification' - whatever that means.

so - where does that leave us:
Need to find Jane in 1851 and her marriage to John BArker
Jane and John died Muirkirk, they are not on the Cummertrees MI - is there an MI at Muirkirk?
Are Alexander (troqueer 1841) and John BArker related?
There are other Tweedies in Cummertrees through the censuses - are they related


Allan