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Kirkcudbrightshire / James Gordon - "Manager" in Kirkcudbright in 1850
« on: Thursday 24 June 10 13:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi. This James Gordon was mentioned in my ggg grandfather's (John Gordon's) will in 1850. I have no idea what he managed in Kirkcudbright or how he was related to John Gordon, who had taught in Moffat and had a school in Glasgow. If anyone recognises this James Gordon or knows anything about what needed "managing" in Kirkcudbright in 1850 I would be very grateful to hear from them.

This James Gordon is also linked in some way to a Jessie Gordon, who was born in Musselburgh in about 1836.

Fingers crossed,
Anne

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Midlothian / Jessie Gordon - born Musselburgh c.1836
« on: Thursday 24 June 10 12:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi. Does this name ring a bell with anyone? This Jessie Gordon, who was 14 at the time of the 1851 Census, was staying on census night with her recently widowed aunt Margaret Gordon in Glasgow Jessie's uncle, John Gordon, who had a school in Glasgow and had previously taught in Moffat, died in October 1850. He was my ggg grandfather and Jessie Gordon may be my only way of tracing his family. This family also has a connection to a James Gordon, described in 1850 as "Manager, Kirkcudbright". I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who might recognise this Musselburgh/Kirkcudbright link!
Anne

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Looking for a Conchie
« on: Tuesday 04 November 08 10:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hello. I am trying to work out via some Conchies whether a John Gordon born or baptised in Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright on 26 Mar 1815 is an ancestor I have been trying to trace.

This John Gordon was born to James Gordon and Henrietta Conchie. As if by way of family trait, both James and Henrietta then vanish from view.

Further searches show that three children were born to a Robert Gordon and Marion Conchie in Kirkmabreck between 1796 and 1801, and that a Samuel Gordon and Jean Conchy married in Kirkmabreck in 1790.

While the theme music for "Seven brides for seven brothers" was still sounding optimistically in my ears, and I had hopes that I could go sideways back to John Gordon via the Conchies, all of the blasted Conchies and their spouses fell straight off the radar for marriages or any other records.

There is a plethora of Conchies recorded on IGI in Kirkmabreck and close by, and none of them seem to be the ones I am seeking.

Does anyone have any information on Henrietta, Marion or Jean Conchie or Conchy? I would love to hear about it if so.

Regards
Anne

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Dumfriesshire / John Gordon <b1813?>, Grammar School Moffat 1841 - 1844, D Glasgow 6 Oct 1850
« on: Saturday 01 November 08 06:05 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to go backwards from my ancestor John Gordon, a schoolmaster who died in Glasgow on 6 Oct 1850. He married Margaret Steele in Selkirk in 1838, and her family has been much easier to trace.

The only information I have been able to find on John Gordon comes from his marriage certificate and children's birth & baptismal records. His will refers to his surviving family in generic terms only and has no information on his antecedents.

I know that he was Rector of the Grammar School in Moffat at least between 1841 and 1844, and that he lived in Glasgow from at least 1846 to his death there in 1850. His will records that he owned a school in Glasgow at the time of his death but contains no further information about it.

I would be very grateful for any information which anyone might have so as to give me a clue as to which of the considerable number of John Gordons springing up in about 1813-ish I should look closely at.

Thanks very much,

Anne

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