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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Berwickshire => Topic started by: Jimmy M on Monday 14 April 14 22:42 BST (UK)

Title: Playfair/Mitchell/McDougall of Eccles, Berwickshire
Post by: Jimmy M on Monday 14 April 14 22:42 BST (UK)

Hi

I am researching the Playfair/Mitchel/McDougall families who lived in Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland in the 19th century. My earliest record is off a marriage between James Playfair and Jean Mitchel in 1818. One of their daughters Jean (b 1830) married Henry McDougall in June 1865.

Title: Re: Playfair/Mitchell/McDougall of Eccles, Berwickshire
Post by: ev on Tuesday 15 April 14 09:04 BST (UK)

Hi ,

Is this the family in 1841 & 1851 ?

http://www.maxwellancestry.com/census/41transcript.aspx?houseid=73703070

http://www.maxwellancestry.com/census/51transcript.aspx?houseid=73704062


ev

Title: Re: Playfair/Mitchell/McDougall of Eccles, Berwickshire
Post by: Jimmy M on Tuesday 15 April 14 11:47 BST (UK)

Hi

Yes, that is the family. Their youngest child, William Alexander Playfair b 1832, may be my g grandfather. He appears in the 1841 census and then disappears. Despite years of searching this is the first WAP (who was a son of a James Playfair) I have come across before my ggf and ggm's marriage in 1869 in Ireland. Jane Playfair appears to be the only offspring to have married.

I have made contact with Playfair families in the area but they are not long time locals,

Many thanks for you kindness.

Jim