Dorothy Pringle

[Mermadon]

Good Morning

I have a Dorothy Pringle married to a George Downey no date of marriage but probably around 1790. Dorothy is shown on the birth records of at least one child as being a native of Berwickshire. She is shown in the 1851 census of Northumberland as a widow aged 83 making her birth date around 1768.

Any one have Dorothy in their tree?

Regards

Gary in Australia

[CaroleW]

In 1851 her birthplace is given as Beadnell Northumberland but the 1841 for Northumberland shows her as "not born in county"

Nothing on Scotlands People

[Mermadon]

Thanks very much CaroleW for your reply and the info contained therein.

 This is what is so puzzling.

There seems to be no indication that she was born in Scotland other than the birth record but neither so far have I been able to find a birth in Northumberland.

I will just keep casting the net wider hoping to snag something soon.

Thanks again

Gary

[trish1120]

FreeREG has a Dorothy Pringle bapt 13 Mar 1768 Felton, Father JOHN.

On FreeREG I see Bapts Beadnell of ;
Dorothy 1793
Margaret 1803, 4th child, Dorothy of Bothersby near Berwick
Ann 1805 4th Daug, 5th child
George 1808 2nd Son 7th child
Jane 1811 3rd Daug 8th child
As you say other bapts have Dorothy of Berwickshire

+ a Elizabeth bapt 1791 Tweedmouth + Elizabeth 1792 Bamburgh
On both Parents of Beadnell


Sorry not much help as I have no idea where Bothersby near Berwick is

[ColC]

I cannot find a baptism for Dorothy in England or Scotland but in the process I noticed that some sites are not clear where Berwick on Tweed is located, example below

This on Ancestry not on Scotland’s People

A Joseph Pringle married Dorothy Dodds 22 Jun 1762
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England

This on freereg
Dorothy PRINGLE Burial   15 Jun 1812   Northumberland   Berwick-Upon-Tweed : Holy Trinity. Age 69 (1743) widow of Joseph Pringle, Died 12th June. Late a Publican

I was unable to find any children for the above, there are a number of baptisms in Northumberland father Joseph but quite widespread and no mother noted.
There are two Military records on family search for two males born Berwick but not much help I’m afraid.

Maybe Dorothy was not baptised or the record has not survived?

Colin

[Forfarian]

I noticed that some sites are not clear where Berwick on Tweed is located

Perhaps not surprising, as it changed hands between Scotland and England many times.

However, according to Wikipedia, the last time it changed hands was in 1482, when it was captured by Richard of Gloucester and moved into England. As this is before the earliest record in any extant parish register in Scotland (1553), it suggests that 'sites' that think Berwick-on-Tweed is in Scotland are only about 500 years behind the times

[Mermadon]

Thanks you to Forfarian, ColC and trish1120.

All of you have provided me with new avenues to search and hopefully I can move backwards in my search.

Forgive me if I have not replied correctly as I am new to this site.

Regards

Gary

[trish1120]

You replied perfectly Gary


With going back to early 1700's it is a bit  difficult to find records that we can be sure are our ancestors.
With a couple of my family lines I gave up mid 1750's as I couldn't be completely sure I was on the right track.

[Mermadon]

Hi Trish

You are right about the difficulties of identifying rellies. When a relly has only one name like John it can be almost impossible to be sure which John is yours with any certainty.

I wish that more parents in the olden days would have used a number of christian names for their offspring, at least it would have reduced the possibles. My father and I have three christian names so at least researchers in the future will have it a bit easier.

One of my relatives is John Henderson and it is amazing how many John Hendersons there were in the 1851 census.

Life wasn't meant to be easy.

Thanks again for your post.

Regards

Gary