For a number of reasons (no interest to any of you) I have had a slow down over the past few months. Time to catch up especially with so much information coming my way.
Grant: Oct 2010
I only had Jannet Smith 1758 but after getting on to scotlandspeople (which I very recently discovered) I found what follows …..hopefully I am correct! Any names in common?
1.Robert Smith (1722 - ) b: 1722 in Scotland
..... + Alison Irvine (1725 - 1801) b: 12 Sep 1725 in Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland, m: 03 Apr 1748 in
Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland, d: 03 Apr 1801
........... 2 John Smith (1749 - ) b: Abt. 1749 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
........... 2 Thomas Smith (1751 - ) b: Abt. 1751 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
........... 2 Walter Smith (1753 - ) b: Abt. 1753 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
........... 2 James Smith (1755 - ) b: Abt. 1755 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
........... 2 Jean Smith (1756 - ) b: Abt. 1756 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
........... 2 Jannet Smith (1758 - 1818) b: Abt. 1758 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, d: 03 Dec 1818
........... + Walter Irvine (1740 - 1806) b: 09 Apr 1740 in Monkscroft, Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland, m:
29 Dec 1785 in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, d: 17 Mar 1806 in Scotland
........... 2 Nelly Smith (1762 - ) b: Abt. 1762 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
........... 2 Robert Smith (1764 - ) b: Abt. 1764 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
........... 2 Thomas Smith (1768 - ) b: Abt. 1768 in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Esdel: I think you and I have exhausted possibilities re Turnbull
Alastair, Harry:
I think we have a different James Gray. Unfortunately a common name. According to a letter written by my grandmother born 1882, her grandfather James Gray and Isabel McFarland were married in may of 1832. They boarded a ship in Liverpool a few days later and sailed to Canada. Isabel, sadly died of cholera in 1833. James Gary married a second time. Until I found the letter last year, I was unaware he had a wife before my 2X great grandmother Alison Irvine.
James’ parents were Gilbert Gray (1769-1843) and Margaret Riddle (1769-1854). Gilbert was born Hawick, Margaret Scotland. Both died in Canada. An uncle of mine went to Scotland years ago to acquire this information. The names carry through future generations. I have no parents for either Gilbert or Margaret.
Any match??
Jan