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Wigtownshire / Re: What was the custom in 1829 Leswalt - marriage at home or at Parish church?
« on: Friday 10 March 17 02:20 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the replies.
Suzilad, coincidentally the marriage I'm interested in was also at Weirston, in 1829 (George Watson of Lanarkshire & Elizabeth Nelson of Leswalt). So based on the above replies, I think the marriage was probably at Elizabeth Nelson's parents house.
Her parents had a death of a child at Barbeth in 1820, and a birth in 1821 also at Barbeth. I see from maps that there is a Low Barbeth farm and a High Barbeth farm located on the eastern edge of a locality shown on the map as Weirston. So my initial conclusion was that Barbeth was a farm in Weirston, and the marriage "in Weirston" was probably at Barbeth farm.
However I see from the entry for Weirston in OS Name Books (1845-1849) on ScotlandsPlaces, that Weirston "formerly consisted of one farm but it is now divided into 6 small holdings each of which is known by the name of Weirston". That seems to put the kybosh on my initial conclusion - if Weirston was an actual farm and later a group of farms each called Weirston, then Barbeth must be a different farm altogether. Would you by any chance have explored further into the farms called Weirston - and were any of them also known as Barbeth?
regards
John
Suzilad, coincidentally the marriage I'm interested in was also at Weirston, in 1829 (George Watson of Lanarkshire & Elizabeth Nelson of Leswalt). So based on the above replies, I think the marriage was probably at Elizabeth Nelson's parents house.
Her parents had a death of a child at Barbeth in 1820, and a birth in 1821 also at Barbeth. I see from maps that there is a Low Barbeth farm and a High Barbeth farm located on the eastern edge of a locality shown on the map as Weirston. So my initial conclusion was that Barbeth was a farm in Weirston, and the marriage "in Weirston" was probably at Barbeth farm.
However I see from the entry for Weirston in OS Name Books (1845-1849) on ScotlandsPlaces, that Weirston "formerly consisted of one farm but it is now divided into 6 small holdings each of which is known by the name of Weirston". That seems to put the kybosh on my initial conclusion - if Weirston was an actual farm and later a group of farms each called Weirston, then Barbeth must be a different farm altogether. Would you by any chance have explored further into the farms called Weirston - and were any of them also known as Barbeth?
regards
John