My ancestors in brief

Woah. Where have the years gone? This is my list of ‘ancestors in brief’ made for a different website a few years ago, and the note to myself at the bottom says ‘last updated 5 February 2016’. So I guess it will need a bit of updating, and – reader alert – I think it has a few errors.

From memory there is a Wright/Knight surname issue, and 2 ancestors accidentally given the same birth/baptism details of 1816 Dumfries. So if you come across those beware. I will sort them soon.

I’m confident the rest checks out though so am posting here in the hope of contacting kin, close and far. If you see a family connection, I’d love to hear from you via Hedtovey at aol.com

MY ANCESTORS

Here’s an outline of my ancestors’ details, starting with my grandparents.

My grandparents

Alexander Spencer Dwerryhouse Burke (21 June 1920 Liverpool – died 15 September 1995, buried St Munn’s Church, Kilmun) and Rachel Helen Williamson MacPherson (1 July 1921 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 16 February 2011 Blairmore), married 4 November 1944 Colombo, Sri Lanka.

John Elliot Scott Hill (15 October 1920 Nairobi, Kenya – 26 June 1983 Sussex) and  Elizabeth Mary Hallas (29 May 1921 Hitchen, Hertfordshire – 12 September 2012 Shaftesbury, Dorset), married 15 June 1946 Westminster.

My great-grandparents

William Henry Dwerryhouse Burke (4 March 1893 Toxteth Park, Liverpool – 7 August 1969 Teignmouth, Devon) and Florence Linton (8 August 1892 Douglas, Cork – 1983 Dunoon, buried Kilmun), married 20 December 1918, Douglas, Cork.

John MacPherson (2 March 1888 Stirling – 26 August 1951 Stirling) and Janet Gentles Foster (23 October 1887 Stirling – 26 October 1957 Spalding, Lincs), married 4 August 1920 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Samuel Ramsay Hill (9 November 1881 Edinburgh – 30 July 1963 Bournemouth) and Isabella Fyfe Ramsay (5 October 1885 Edinburgh – 1972 Arbory, Isle of Man), married 4 April 1913 Edinburgh.

George Spencer Hallas (18 April 1893 Hindley, Lancashire – December 1972 Sussex) and Hilda Mary Jones (22 December 1895 West Derby, Lancashire – 1993 Storrington, W Sussex ), married June 1918 Brentford.

My great-great-grandparents

William Burke (4 March 1860 Liverpool – 20 November 1920 West Derby, Liverpool) and Mary Ellen Dwerryhouse (27 May 1867 Liverpool – 15 December 1923 West Derby, Liverpool), married 16 March 1892 West Derby, Liverpool.

Alexander Linton (c1854 – 29 September 1927 Douglas, Cork) and Helen Mary Spencer (23 March 1857 Wilton, Roxburgh – Q3 1935 Dublin South), married 31 December 1874 Hawick, Roxburgh.

William MacPherson (bn 28 June 1851 Stirling – 30 July 1921 Stirling) and Elizabeth Williamson (c1852 Crieff, Perthshire – 14 December 1910 Stirling), married 4 July 1873 Stirling.

Robert Foster (24 April 1858 Stirling – ) and Rachel Gowans (c1858 Forfar, Meigle, Perthshire – 28 September 1918 Stirling), married 26 August 1885 Stirling.

John Hill (c1847 Haddington – 2 February 1914 Edinburgh) and Barbara Scott (21 June 1845, bp 24 August 1845 South Ronaldsay, Orkney – 9 February 1889 Edinburgh), married 17 September 1869, Humbie, Haddington, East Lothian.

Samuel Ramsay (15 July 1851 St Vigeans, Forfarshire – 22 December 1908 Edinburgh) and Elliot Simpson Dowell Pollands (15 June 1856 Edinburgh – 18 October 1920 George Square, Edinburgh), married 28 July 1882 Edinburgh.

George Henry Hallas (bc1856 Davy Hulme, Lancashire – 16 February? 1937) and Alice Elizabeth Dean (bc1862 St Helens, Lancashire – 5 August 1939 Huyton, Lancashire), married 4 April 1888 All Saints, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire.

Thomas Dicken Jones (7 April 1868 Liverpool – 9 February 1941 The Hut, Sherwoods Road, Oxhey, Herts) and Mary (May) Eastwood (12 January 1869 West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire), married Q3 Liverpool RD.

My great-great-great-grandparents

Edmund Burke (1830 Edinburgh – 27 December 1871 Toxteth Park, Liverpool) and Margaret Hood (bap 1828 Coldstream~ – 29 November 1885 West Derby, Liverpool), married 1868? Liverpool.

Henry Dwerryhouse (1842 – 3 November 1886 West Derby, Liverpool ) and Ellen Purcell (1843 – 1884 West Derby, Liverpool), married 22 April 1863, Childwell parish, Liverpool.

James Linton (c1815 Wilton, Roxburghshire – ) and Helen McConnel (bap 18 December 1816 Dumfries – ), married 20 August 1838 Hawick, Roxburghshire.

Henry Spencer (bp 18 December 1816 Dumfries – 10 May 1914 Kirkcudbright) and Mary Jerman/Jarman (bc1830-1834 -3 February 1896, Hawick* ), married Register Office 19 September 1848 or 20 September 1849, Leicester*.

James MacPherson (1818 France – ) and Martha Robertson ( – by 1873 ), married 7 December 1846 Stirling.

James Williamson (bc 1813 Dunning Perthshire – 30 January 1886 Creiff) and Helen McRorie (15 August 1813 Gowan Perthshire – ), married 22 January 1837 Crieff, Perthshire.

James Foster (bc 1832/1834 Ireland – 1 May 1888 Stirling) and Janet Gentles (b 1828 Glasgow – ), married 1857 Stirling (?).

Alexander Gowans ( – d 3 April 1900 Cumbusknet) and Rachel Clark ( – ), married 2 July 1852 Meigle, Perth.

John Hill ( – ) and Isabella Knight ( – ), married ???.

Edward Scott (bp 9 Feb 1810, Grimness, Orkney – 3 December 1896, age 84, Little How, South Ronaldsay, Orkney) and Jessie Chalmers (bc1819 Burray, Orkney – 9 October 1865, age 46), married 24 December 1840, South Ronaldsay and Burray.^

William Ramsay (c1788 Kirkden, Forfarshire – ) and Ann Carey (c1821 Carmyllie. Forfarshire – ), married 23 August 1839 St Vigeans, Forfarshire.

John Pollands (c1828 Edinburgh – ) and Joan Moffat (c1831 Peebles – ), married 5 April 1850 Edinburgh.

Joseph Hallas (bc 1805 Kirkheaton Yorks – ) and Margaret Tiplady  (b 1814 Durham City – 1892 Prescot), married 1844 Durham.

William Dean (bn 18 March 1838 Pemberton, bap 15 April 1838 St John the Divine – ) and Ellen Elizabeth Spencer (bc 1835 St Helens, Lancs – ), married 28 November 1860 St Mary the Virgin Eccleston by Chorley.

Thomas Jones (bc1833 – ) and Mary A Pickering (1840 Wollerton Salop), married 1866 Ormskirk, Lancashire.

William Eastwood (1830 Liverpool – ) and Agnes Hastings (22 January 1840 Liverpool – ), married 26 May 1859

My great-great-great-great-grandparents

Edmund Burke (bc 1770 Elphin, Roscommon~ (?) -) and Anne Grant (2 September 1795 – 11 March 1856 Edinburgh)

William Hood (bc 1791 Corn Hill, Durham – ) and Eleanor Reid (bp Berwick 11 February 1787).~

John Dwerryhouse ( – ) and ???.

Samuel Purcell (1795 – 1859 Liverpool) and Martha Bruin/Bruen (1801 Flint – d Liverpool), married 1816 Flintshire.

[MISSING the parents of James Linton].

(?) Alexander McConnel (bc 1787 Roxburgh – ) and Margaret Scott (b Roxburgh – ), married ???.

William Spencer ( – ) and ???.

Job Jarman* (bc 1799 Clipston, Northants – ) and Mary Knight (bc 1803), married 6 December 1818.

John MacPherson ( – ) and Annie Agnes ( – ), married ???.

William Robertson ( – ) and ???.

James Williamson ( – ) and Margaret King ( – ), married ???.

James McRorie ( – ) and Helen Brugh ( – ), married ???.

Robert Foster ( – ) and Rachel ( – ), married ???.

Robert Gentles ( – ) and Ann Robertson ( -), married 26 June 1825 Glasgow.

[MISSING the parents of Alexander Gowans.]

Alexander Clark and Jane Gowans.

[MISSING the parents of John Hill.]

[MISSING the parents of Isabella – wife of John Hill.]

Magnus Scott, fisherman/farmer (bc1786 Grimness, Orkney – ) and Elizabeth Ross aka Betsy ( – ), married 27 September 1807 South Ronaldsay and Burray.

John Chalmers, fisherman/farmer (bc1767 – pre1840) and Elizabeth Annal aka Isabella/Isabel/Bell (bp 12 August 1794 – pre-1865), married 5 March 1816, South Parish, South Ronaldsay and Burray, Orkney.^

[MISSING the parents of John Pollands]

William Moffat ( -) and ??? ( – ), married ???.

David Hallas ( – ) and Elizabeth ( – ), married ???.

James Tiplady ( – ) and Elizabeth Elliott ( -), married 19 May 1798 Ryton, Durham.

William Dean ( – ) and Alice, married ???.

James Spencer ( – ) and ??? ( – ), married.

[MISSING the parents of Thomas Jones.]

James Pickering (bc 27 August 1809 – ) and Mary Ann Dickin (bc1815), married ???.

Peter Eastwood ( – ) and ???.

John Hastings (b1800 Thornhill, Scotland – bur Liverpool) and Catherine Cummings (bc1807 Salop – ), married???.

My great-great-great-great-great-grandparents

William Grant and Margaret Macray.

Robert Reid and Janet Maclaren, married 17 April 1784 Chirnside~

Samuel Purcell and Elizabeth Girton/Gorton.

William Knight.

Donald Ross (bc1740) and Jane Norquay (bc1760)

James Annal/Annel (1765-1799 – 13 Feb 1836, Mosseter) and Janet Royen/Royan/Roien/Royien (b pre-1768 – d 1801-1820), married 24 November 1792, South Ronaldsay.^

John Tiplady and Anne Boazman.

John Pickering and Emma.

James Cummings and Mary (bc1781).

Thanks to Genealogy Lady’s ancestors’ page for the inspiration to get on and start adding my family tree details online too, in the hope of ‘catching’ long-lost relatives.

* Whenever I’ve used *, this shows facts from Spencer of spencerfamily on Ancestry.

^ This shows tree grown thanks to details found on southronaldsay.net and http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dave.annal/

~ This shows tree grown thanks to much appreciated help from Mary Evans.

Last updated 5 February 2016