Leslie's in Pencaitland???

[elrowe]

Hi Monica,
yes I saw that a little earlier and thought Ann  could have been a nickname for Agnes.
Also looking at their marriage record, it says that her father David was from  somewhere like Creiton, Gallaway Shire... tried to look up all 3 on a map but no luck... you have no idea where this could be?  Is it likely that Gallaway would be Ireland?
regards, Carol

[MonicaL]

I think it's more likely to be the Dumfries and Gallaway region...specially with the ...shire ending. You might want to try a post on the Dumfries/Wigtown boards with a link into this post. Try and catch the attention of the place names experts..there are more than a few here on RootsChat 

Regards.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Just checked this site www.old-maps.co.uk/. There is a map for Creetown in Wigtownshire. I wonder if this is it?

Monica

[MonicaL]

Just had a look at it, it's very faded even when magnified. There will be other maps sources for it I would think. It's a start!

Added: Carol, it's still alive and well - have a look at multimap, name unchanged over the years, still Creetown.

2nd Addition:  ....there is also a Creetown in Kircudbrightshire also in the same general region. Could be either  .

I can see a birth entry on IGI for a David Houston in the right time frame in Kircudbright and a couple of marriages show there also. Hard to say Carol, without Agnes's mother's name.

[MonicaL]

Carol

Not sure if you have this but it might help with the family names (naming patterns). This is John and Jane's 1841 census entry in Bride IOM:

John, 40, light keeper, b. Scotland
Jane, 25, b. Scotland
Agnes, 11, b. Scotland
Isabella, 10
David, 8
Simon, 6
Samuel, 4
Jane, 1

Regards.

Monica

[elrowe]

Hi Monica,
yes this is my family, Simon is my g-g-grandfather.  I have just been trying to find a clue on Ancestry.co.uk ( are you a member?)
I found a possible link.... found a census for 1851 ( not the best census fot info sadly) there is an Agnes Leslie born Haddington 1774, but living in the same house are a family of Houstons... not sure if that is a co-incidence or not! Could be a nephew from the age gap.

[MonicaL]

From the info on Ancestry I would guess that 160 Saltmarket Street may be a tenement with a number of families living there. Hard to say on the Houston household, specially when James shows a Dumbarton birth place. Perhaps a better route to verify whether this is your Agnes would be to research the granddaughter who is living with this Agnes: Agnes Stuart, 18, born Glasgow.

[MonicaL]

Carol

Did look promising but don't think this is your Agnes on Ancestry:

Agnes b. 1831 in Gorbals, parents William Stewart and Agnes Leslie
Agnes Leslie b. 1809 Gorbals, parents William Leslie and Agnes Steel

I think the Agnes Leslie b. 1774 may well be maiden name Steel. She showed as Annuitant on the 1851 Census. This entry on Wills & Testaments on SP could well relate to her:

Leslie   Agnes   17/11/1852   Mrs., alias Steel, widow of William Leslie   Will   Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills   SC36/51/31

 

[elrowe]

Hi Monica,
Thanks for all your imput, I have been searching all the files  and all your leads, but am not getting much further, think it is time to leave well alone for a little while and look at other lines for a bit, maybe when I come Back to it, I can start afresh and find a bit more.  Thanks again for all your help, regards, Carol