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Kirkcudbrightshire / Re: Where is Upper Auchenvey in Kirkcudbrightshire.
« on: Sunday 17 May 20 01:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi to all & a hearty thankyou, especially to Gadget for your great demonstration of research skills & lateral thinking.  Yes, we did discuss Parton & the Cunningham & Henderson connections.  Great memory. Also, a big thankyou to Don for the link to the 1832 map & ultimately solving the mystery.  So it was in Parton all along. 
Best regards
Hendo

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Re: Where is Upper Auchenvey in Kirkcudbrightshire.
« on: Saturday 16 May 20 11:11 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much for you very prompt replies & suggestions Kay 99, Skoosh, Gadget & Forfarian.  I will follow all your advice & the links provided.  Pleased to see that some names are familiar from the last time I logged, on a few years ago.  Thanks again for the advice.
Best regards
Hendo

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Where is Upper Auchenvey in Kirkcudbrightshire.
« on: Saturday 16 May 20 07:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi fellow researchers
According to an OPR Births from 1752, the birth place is listed as Upper Auchenvey in the parish of Parton.  I have perused many maps trying to locate upper Auchenvey but can only locateAuchenvey Plantation, a farm called Auchenvey, Auchenvey Hill & Auchenvey Burn.  However, despite spending hours scouring numerous maps with various publication dates, I have been so far unsuccessful.  This is the link to one map that I viewed (https://maps.nls.uk/view/74427638#zoom=6&lat=6911&lon=2941&layers=BT).  Am I missing the obvious?  Please help.
Best regards
Hendo

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Scotland / Re: William Ferguson (c1800 - pre 1851)
« on: Thursday 10 January 19 20:53 GMT (UK)  »
Hi David

In your initial reply, you also mentioned that the name Fergusson 1835 came up in your research of previous occupants of Windsover Farm.  Are you able to elaborate on this.  The reason I ask is that Jane Hamilton (born Keir in 1802 to John Hamilton & Anna Scott) married William Ferguson c1837 in Peebles & had a daughter Ann c1838 (also in Peebles).  By the time of the 1851 census, Jane & Ann had relocated to Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire where her sister Agnes had married Alexander Chartres.  Jane & Ann emigrated to Victoria, Australia in April, 1870.

I have been unable to find anything about William Ferguson other than his marriage to Jane Hamilton (mentioned in the death certificate of Jane (Hamilton) Ferguson). 

Anticipating your enlightening response.

Rob

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Scotland / Re: William Ferguson (c1800 - pre 1851)
« on: Friday 04 January 19 01:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hi David

Apologies, I've only just found your postings.  If you're still researching, I would like to ask you about the box lid, inscribed Miss Hamilton that you found in your loft.  Were there any other documents, mementos, etc in the shoe box?  We are still debating the history of the Hamiltons from Keir, Dumfriesshire.

Best regards
Rob

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Scotland / Re: William Ferguson (c1800 - pre 1851)
« on: Sunday 27 December 15 05:15 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Dod
Thanks but I already have the marriage banns for Lasswade & Peebles for Helen & John.  However, I haven't been able to find her birth registration.  Have you found it?
Best regards
Rob

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Scotland / Re: William Ferguson (c1800 - pre 1851)
« on: Sunday 27 December 15 05:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Stephen
Apologies, I have led you up the proverbial garden path.  It was actually Tinnel.  The 1861 Peebles census lists his birthplace as Tinnel, Dumfriesshire.  I will send it to you via your email address.
Once again, apologies for the 'Furphy'.
Best regards
Rob
Perhaps too much Xmas cheer!

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Scotland / Re: William Ferguson (c1800 - pre 1851)
« on: Thursday 24 December 15 22:53 GMT (UK)  »
I have James Hamilton's death as 4 Jul 1870 at Southgate, Peebles.  He was a Carter & his father James was a Mason.  The death reg however lists his birthplace as Tinwald.  John Hamilton's birthplace was listed as Keir, Dumfrieshsire.  Tinwald is about 17 miles to the SE of Keir, Dumfriesshire.  According to FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Tinwald,_Dumfriesshire,_Scotland_Genealogy) Tinwald is near Amisfield.  Ironically, Amisfield was the seat of the Charteris family & still the location of the family castle.
The death reg also lists his wife as Marion Callander (deceased).  This ties in with other evidence for the Hamilton family.  However, as with most of the Hamilton data, there are many missing documents. 
I hope this helps.  I can flick you the death registration for James if you supply your email address on the PM section.
Cheers
Rob

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Caernarvonshire / Re: Search for Agnes Jones, George McNaught & son Robert, Carnarvon 1851-1861
« on: Saturday 15 August 15 05:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi David
Thanks for all this wonderful information.  Glad you translated the Gaelic as I wouldn't have known what I was looking at.  I wonder if the 'affliction silent' was cancer or possibly TB (like his father George).  Although, one wouldn't call an airways disease 'quiet'.  The reference to Penrhyn estate was a great clue.  Thanks also for confirming that he died in Caernarvonshire & not Radnorshire.  I assumed that as his mother Agnes (Jones) McNaught remarried at Llansanfraid Cwmteuddwr, Radnorshire that David may very well have died there also.  You have solved a great puzzle.  Thanks again for your help.
Best regards
Rob

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