« Reply #3 on: Saturday 11 June 11 18:18 BST (UK) »
Hi Ruth!
It's me Katrina. Agnes still remains a mystery to me too. I've been so busy over the last couple of years, that I haven't made any further discoveries on the family.
Fred,
I think your branch of the Sturgeons may be a differnent one. I've gone through all the Sturgeon records from Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbright and there seems to be two distinct branches. One which originated in Dumfries, the other in Kirkcudbright, but which also ended up in Dumfries. There were these two distinct branches in the 1600's. Unfortunatley I can't find any older records. It's possible that the two branches were linked, but there is no hard evidence to say whether or not this is the case.
I've traced as many decendants as possible of Adam Sturgeon (son of John) born in Dumfries about 1657 and those you have mentioned aren't in this tree. This makes me think your ancestors might come from the Kirkcudbright branch.
In the summer I might have some free time and I'll see what I can come up with to help you with your tree as somewhere, I do have a list of all the Sturgeons who were baptised or married in both Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbright since about 1630, as well as all the statutory records for Dumfries from about 1855-1900
Rutherford, McKune, Elliot, Pew, Anderson, Little, Sturgeon, Manuel, Weild, Rutterford, Atkinson, Kirkup, Bradley, McKay, McDole, Whelan, Coulthard, Nile, Baker, Jardine, Glover, Seeker, Cartmer, Thompson, Ricahrdson, Huggon, Falcon, Blain, Scott, Hewitt, Irwin, McChrystal, Millar, McMichan/McMeekan, McKinlay, McLachlan, Gillogy, King, Bryant, Dixon, McCauley, McDavid, Hastie, McLauchlin, Fitzpatrick, Moore, Shanks, Bell, Corrigan, Woods, Mulhall, (Del) Dykes, Allgood