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Hi AJ

I found a thread on here last night about the Young family of Birse, namely James Young and Ann Jolly.  It mentioned the site as a source and I thought I would check it out.  I'm descended from them through their son, David who was one of the twins mentioned in that post.

Kay

Hi,

I'm hoping someone's still watching this thread....

This is also my family line.  I'm descended from David Young, son of James Young and Ann Jolly (yes, one of the twins).  David married Jean Middleton (daughter of George Middleton and Isabel (or Isabella) Gauld). 

They had 7 children (George, David, William, Ann, Jane (or Jean), Elizabeth and Margaret).  Their son David had an illegitimate daughter with his cousin, Helen Middleton (daughter of William Middleton - who is also the son of George Middleton and Isabel Gauld - and Helen Mollison), called Isabella Young Middleton in 1865.  He went on to marry twice - firstly to Isabella Duncan on 25 Dec 1879 at Lumphannan and secondly to Jane Gibb Adam(s) on 13 Dec 1882 at Kincardine O'Neil (of course these two marriages may be wrong, but they tie in with census entries). 

Isabella Young Middleton went on to marry John L Gordon (also illegitimate) in 1889 at Panbride (she was working as a Domestic Servant at Weatheston Farm, Farnell, Angus in 1881).  Their eldest child, Walter is a bit of a problem - I've not been able to find a birth entry for him and I'm not even sure that John is his father.  As well as Walter, their children are Jessie, Charles, James, John, David and Cecil. 

I'm descended from their son, James Gordon born in 1891 (he was named for his stepfather, James Watt, who Helen married in 1876).  James Watt Gordon married Agnes Kerr in 1915 at Arbroath.  My father is their youngest son, born in 1929.  I have attached a basic relationship chart showing my great-grandfather's relationship to James Young and Ann Jolly.

I'm interested in tracking the families of David's siblings and cousins, so if anyone out there is related to them, I'd love to hear from them.

I recently did my DNA test with Ancestry (and uploaded it to GedMatch), so if you look for me under Gnlgymd at Ancestry, you should be able to find me in your matches, that is of course assuming that I've got the information right in my tree to start with 

Incidentally, the OP stated he wasn't sure about the parents of James Young's mother.  I've concluded that her parents were Alexander Middleton and Jean Duncan.  She was born c. November 1786 at Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire and was baptised on 1st Dec. 

Who would have thought it.  Asking a question on here has the added bonus of another cousin!  I'm in the middle of a move right now so am unable to do much until I'm settled.  If neb_mast_re could could pop their email address in a pm I'll get in touch once things have settled down.

I don't know where I got George from.  David's father was William.