Windrigg Kirk, Dalton, Dumfriesshire

[csc]

helen knox married john crichton farmer limekilns ena knox was our guide leader this is where my father was born his father joseph charlton was a farm servant my granny agnes kerr and him were married brydekirk parish church 1918 miss vivers our teacher was at annan academy 1960/62 when i left school  csc

[purplekat]

Hi csc and Ingrid

I'll send you both a pm, (private message), with my email address then we can keep in touch and update each other with any future developments

Jean

[hastings]

Hello Balmoral 2003,
Slightly off the thread, has your research shown which of the Dalton or Annan Vivers emigrated to Australia and when?  Sheep would be the connection in common.  I have been given some references to historic newspaper sites there and would like to see if Vivers are mentioned.

[balmoral2003]

CSC, Just checked with my mother in law, the teacher you had was my husband's auntie! Then about twenty years later in the eighties my mother in law also taught cooking there for a while!

[csc]

my custard has improved since then    from the dumfries and galloway standard intimations sept 1854    at the royal infirmary edinburgh on the 12th current george vivers late bacon curer annan friends and relatives are desired to accept of this notice csc

[csc]

this is a bit interesting  caerlaverock monumental inscriptions      in memory of robert and francis hutchison who died 1st february 1826 aged 1 year and 3 months sons of robert hutchison in kelwoodburn also william hutchison his son who died 1st june 1832 in the 4th year of his age  also robert francis his son who died 16th august 1847aged 20 yearsand 9months  also mary  vivers their grandmother who died 28th october 1830 aged 79 years  also rachel henderson her daughter who died 25th may 1831 aged 39 years also sarah henderson his spouse who died at racks 25th february 1862 aged 69 years also said robert hutchison who died at racks 22nd april 1876 aged 86 years post 1855 inscriptions  csc

[balmoral2003]

That is very interesting csc!! We now know when Mary was born, she would have been the second child of Richard and Elizabeth. Do you have access to Ancestry.co.uk? I just finished my subscription, but when I typed her dates in my Family Tree Maker program, a match was found with an Alexander Jardine, grocer, spirit dealer. Could be interesting to follow up?

[csc]

yes will have a  look when i come from work i know a little bit about the hutchison family i was quite happy with that find i wonder what the other inscriptions on the grave are i really thought they might be in dalton do you know anything about caerlaverock i have only been once to a friends funeral csc

[csc]

the reason i first looked at francis henderson was my 4x grandad francis kerr was francis henderson kerr  his brother robert henderson kerr and now my grannys sister was jeannie hutchison kerr i think francis hendersons father might be named robert  csc