Service family at Duns and Coldstream

[lechristo]

Hi Terry, my 4 x great grandparents were Thomas Lothian and Helen Henderson. I'm descended from Adam Lothian + Barbara Allan's son, George who emigrated to Australia with his wife Catherine Goodall and son, Adam Huntly Lothian.  I visted Old Westruther church in 2005 to see Thomas + Helen/ Adam + Barbara's grave.  Lauren

Hi GD

My OH 3g grandparents were Thomas Lothian and Helen Henderson. He is descended from their son Adam, brother to your Janet.

I have quite a lot of info on the Lothians, here's Thomas and Helens Children

Agnes 21/12/1823 Dalkeith....Adam 30/11/1824 Dalkeith....William 03/12/1826 Westruther....Agnes 14/9/1828 Westruther....James 27/5/1830 m Helen Muir 20/03/1857 Earlston (and family)...Thomas 31/10/1832 w'ruther m Jane Tulloch....George 01/03/1835 w'ruther m Christina Bryden 4/6/1861 (and family)....Isabella 18/12/1836 m George Falconer (and family)GEORGE IS MY 1ST COUSIN 4 TIMES REMOVED)....Peter abt 1839 w'ruther....Helen abt 1840 W'ruther m James Tod (and family)....Walter Wood abt 1841 W'ruther m Isabella Stenhouse 9/6/1865 Smailholm (and family)....Mary 6/5/1843....Margaret 24/5/1845 W'ruther....Janet 24.3.1847 Westruther(yours) m John Service(I have 1 child, Ellen Henderson)...and finally Elizabeth 15/5/1849 w'ruther.

So 15 children in all that I found.

Father Thomas Lothian b 2/9/1802 d 8/8/1875 parents are Adam Lothian and Isabella Grieve, I have 6 children for them including Thomas.

Helen Hendersons b 25/5/1806 d 31/7/1881 parents were Adam Henderson b abt 1767 d 10/6/1841 and Agnes Dods b abt 1774 d 29/11/1853 , I have 9 children for them including Helen.  I know where Adam and Agnes are buried I would be able to get a photo of the gravestone if it's in not too bad condition

I also know where Thomas and Helen Henderson are buried so would be able to get a photo of their grave.

I have info on quite a few of the siblings of all these families and further down the line also...been researching this one quite a while.

Hope you can follow the ramblings

Terry

[Geordie daughter]

Wow, Lauren, your Lothians have spread far and wide!

Out of all the children of Thomas and Helen that I have info on, "my" Janet seems to have been the least prolific, as she only produced four children.

[lechristo]

It's amazing how far a family can spread isn't it?! George and Catherine only had two sons!

I have some letters you might be interested in reading. They were from Adam + Barbara to their son George when he emigrated to Australia. Can I send private messages on here?

Wow, Lauren, your Lothians have spread far and wide!

Out of all the children of Thomas and Helen that I have info on, "my" Janet seems to have been the least prolific, as she only produced four children.

[Geordie daughter]

Yes, you certainly can private message, Lauren. I see you're fairly new to this forum, so do you know how to do it?