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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: cristeen on Tuesday 15 January 19 21:40 GMT (UK)
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I have a birth/baptism record for this man from Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire which I think is now Dumfriesshire (not familiar with Scottish boundary changes!) I think his place of birth is Maryholm Cothouses? I found a Maryholm (farm) on the NW outskirts of Dumfries (Nithside) which may be the place.
Does any one have any alternative suggestions for either the place or it's location? Thanks in advance :)
Christine
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Hi
http://www.kirkcudbright.co/terregles.asp
It is still in Kirkcudbrightshire for genealogical purposes but is in the Dumfries and Galloway Council area.
I read it as Maryholm , Cothouse.
Gadget
Added - forgot to say it is NW of Dumfries
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I see "Maryholm Cothouse" - no comma and no plural - so if Maryholm was a farm, I wonder if iit means that he was born in an attached farm cottage (or "cothouse") there.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cothouse (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cothouse)
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Agree, no comma. I think I used the comma while I paused to check the image :-X
Only place I can find on the old maps so far is Maryfield.
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Just checked Scotlands Places:
Census books:
16 maryholm BURN, maryholm Burn, page 16 Parish of Terregles Form 136 Page 114 Lochside 116 Lochside Cottage maryholm Burn
17 maryholm COTTAGE, maryholm Cottage, moderate sized Cottage thatched and in good repair one story high built of stone the property of James Biggar Farmer maryholm , Situated [...], maryholm, maryholm, garden attached built of stone 2 stories high The property of James Biggar Situated about 10 Chains West of maryholm Cottage., page 17 Parish of Terregles Form 136 Page 64 maryholm Cottage 64 [...]
64 maryholm COTTAGE, maryholm Cottage, William Watson maryholm [Cottage] James [...], moderate Sized cottage thatched and in good repair one Story high built of Stone the property of James Biggar of maryholm ., maryholm, maryholm, William Watson maryholm [Cottage] James [...], Dumfries 5 feet Scale -- Plan 2 List of Names collected by C.A Civilian Assistant J Carpenter Parish of Terregles Trace No 1 maryholm Cottage
Add - also mentioned in Land Tax Rolls 1645-1831 and Farm Horse Tax 1797-1798
Gadget
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THere are quite a lot of mentions of Maryholm Burn on Google. It runs from the parish of Terregles through Maxwelltown on the west side of the Nith into the Nith.
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The closest that I can get to Maryholm, Terregles is around Maryfield on this map:
https://maps.nls.uk/view/74427640#zoom=5&lat=9961&lon=3602&layers=BT
Gadget
Add - see location of Maryholm Cottage on this post
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=806645.msg6655629#msg6655629
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Maryholm Burn
https://maps.nls.uk/view/74427640#zoom=5&lat=8202&lon=9127&layers=BT
and Maryholm
https://maps.nls.uk/view/74427640#zoom=6&lat=8300&lon=9521&layers=BT
Add - for Maryholm Cottage, see next post
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Just zoomed in and moved NE - Maryholm Cottage:
https://maps.nls.uk/view/74427640#zoom=6&lat=8397&lon=9668&layers=BT
:)
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Gadget, thank you for your time on this. The Maryholm you identified is the same that I found so I am reassured that I am on the right track with this. Thanks again
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Christeen, I'd also like to thank you for, by accident while looking through the census addresses for Maryholm, I believe I've found a nephew of one of my ancestors. I need to investigate further but I'm pretty sure it is :)
Gadget
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Brilliant! A clear case of 'paying it forward' :D