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Kirkcudbrightshire / McEwin & Stevenson.....
« on: Tuesday 25 April 17 04:15 BST (UK)  »
My ancestor John McEWIN emigrated to Australia with his wife (Margaret Hester Daniel) and some of their children in 1839. His eldest son George McEWIN had emigrated the year before.

In "East Galloway Sketches" by Dr Alexander Trotter (1901), Dr Trotter refers to this family very specifically (he has knowledge of George's activities in South Australia), and states that the father of John McEWIN "married a STEVENSON of New Galloway". The McEWINs were living in Auchencairn in KKD.
Based on other research, I am very confident that this STEVENSON is either Jean or Margaret, both daughters of Thomas STEVENSON who is a descendant of John STEVENSON of Barbeth, the famous Covenanter.

So....I am trying to discover which STEVENSON it was, and what the name of John's father was (Trotter refers to him as Mr McEwen).
I have scoured the OPR's with absolutely no luck at all. From various shipping records and his death certificate, it seems John McEWIN was born around 1796. Jean STEVENSON was born in 1767 and Margaret in 1764 - both in Dalry.

I have thoroughly researched the McEWIN families in Australia (and happy to share info with anyone who is interested), and now I am trying to discover more about their Scottish roots.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Terri

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Dumfriesshire / birth of Jessie KENNEDY in Dumfriesshire, 1810
« on: Wednesday 23 December 15 01:53 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to locate the birth of Jessie KENNEDY, who according to her tombstone in Adelaide, South Australia, was born on 12 July 1810 in Dumfries.
She married George McEwin on 20th November 1838 in Liverpool in the Scotch Church in Mount Pleasant, and the certificate gives her father's name as Robert, a road contractor. Witnesses to the marriage were Isabella Little and William Alexander.
George and Jessie used the Scottish naming traditions with their children, and named their first daughter Mary Bartlett.
George and Jessie emigrated to Australia in 1839. George was a gardener.
I have searched Scotland's People, Ancestry, Family Search, FreeReg and Find My Past for both Jessie's birth/baptism and a marriage for Robert Kennedy, with no success.
Although George & Jessie had left Liverpool before 1841, I have searched the 1841 census for a Robert & Mary Kennedy with no success.
As far as I know, none of Jessie's siblings (if she had any) emigrated to Australia. All of George's did, along with his parents.

If any one has any information about Jessie, or any suggestions for what I might try next, I would be most grateful  :)

Cheers,
Terri


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Devon / Robert BRIGHT in Devonshire....and maybe Dorset?
« on: Monday 21 December 15 04:11 GMT (UK)  »
I am looking for the birth of Robert BRIGHT around 1803 supposedly in Great Torrington, and more importantly of his son Robert BRIGHT around 1831 supposedly in Weymouth.
Robert Snr was married in St Helier on Jersey in 1828, and the register entry says he was born in Great Torrington. The only Robert Bright I can find in the area was born in 1803 in Roborough near to Great Torrington, so the likelihood is that this is the right person.
Robert and his wife Mary Farrell had 8 children, all but one of whom were born in St Helier. The eldest son, Robert, was apparently born in Weymouth in 1831, according to his army enlisting documents....but I cannot find a record of his birth anywhere.

Robert Snr was a chairmaker, so for the life of me I cannot think why he seems to have been travelling back and forth from England to Jersey  ???......but if anyone can help me locate the birth of Robert Jnr, I'd be grateful  :)

Cheers,
Terri

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Farrell & Heffernan in Jersey
« on: Monday 21 December 15 03:42 GMT (UK)  »
I am researching the family of Daniel Farrell and Margaret Heffernan who were living in St Helier between what looks like 1808 and 1824......although the time span is long, it appears that this is when their children were born:
Mary 1808; Daniel 1817; Edward 1821; Richard 1822 and William 1824.
Mary was baptised at St Thomas's, and the other children at St Mary's & St Peter's.
I'm not 100% confident that Mary's parents are the same as the other children, but the chances of 2 Daniel Farrell/Margaret Heffernan couples having children in St Helier at a similar time is pretty slim, I guess.
I'm descended from Mary (b 1808).
If anyone is researching the same family, or has any suggestions for how I can clarify what's going on here, I'd be grateful!
Cheers,
Terri

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