Helen Douglas c1776

[Lyn47c]

Hi,
I need help locating information about Helen Douglas.  According to the 1841 census for ROX, SCT, she was born in 1776.  I know she married William Laidlaw and I have a large family tree extending to 1904 but I don’t know her parents.  I found a Helen Douglas born in 1775 to James Douglas and Christian Scott.  According to the Scottish naming tradition, Helen’s eldest daughter was Christian, her eldest son, James (William’s father), her second son, Douglas, etc.
Can anyone please help me prove or disprove the above theory?
Marilyn

[M Carter]

Marilyn,
               The Helen Douglas born in 1776 is almost certainly the correct lady.
If her husband's father was also named James then it would account for her second son being named Douglas.
M Carter

[audrey]

Hi
a bit more info on your Hellen Douglas ,just one of the Douglas family I am researching the Douglas name in this family varies .DOUGLAS/DOUGLASS as does the mother name Christian/Christion
Christian b. 1770
Jean b 1772
Hellen b 14/5/1775
Walter b 1780
Violet b 1788
all born Caslteton Roxburgh
father James Douglas
mother Christian Scott

audrey

[Lyn47c]

Thank you Audrey for your information.
Marilyn

[alan14578]

it would help if we knew where they were married lived during the time before she died so we can check MIs in Rox

[Lyn47c]

Hi,
I don't know if this will help but James Laidlaw, Helen Douglas's eldest son was born Langraw in 1797.  Ref:  Rule Water & its people.  William Laidlaw, her husband was born at Wester Swanshiel, ROX.  This agrees with research I had done by a researcher.
He never found a marriage for me.
Marilyn