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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Ayrshire => Topic started by: fergaine on Thursday 05 March 09 00:54 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
I'm trying to find out anything about James Bollion and his wife, Helen Wallace. He was a weaver and they were having a family in Prestwick/Monkton in the 1790s. I have nothing regards his birth or birthplace - it doesn't seem to be in Prestwick/Monkton. (I've gone through the original parish record. It goes back much further than the 1790s but no Bullion or its variants are named.)
I've been stuck here so long. I'd be so glad to get any help or advice.
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Hi,
James Bollion and Helen Wallace were my 5xgreat-grandparents.
I would be interested in communicating. Can you please send me your email address?
Thanks,
Michael
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Thank you for the advice.
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Hi,
Wondering if either of you (or other extended family) have had any luck tracing this family. James & Helen are my 6xgreat grandparents, would really like to find out where they came from.
I've looked through the Farm Horse Tax Rolls for all of Ayrshire, long shot I know seeing as how they were weavers, but no Bunyan/Bullion/Bollian or anything close.
The only leads I currently have to go on are some possible nieces/nephews from Monkton & Prestwick OPRs:
- John Smith Bullion b. 16 Mar 1794, lawful son to Francis Bullion, weaver in Prestwick and Margt. Smith
- Sarah Bullion b. 27 Mar 1799, lawful dau. to William Bullion, weaver in Prestwick & Je. Bullion (there is a note in the OPR, as sented(sp?) by Francis Bullion his brother)
- Thomas Bullion b. 16 Nov 1802, lawful son to William Bullion, weaver in Prestwick & Agnes Clark his spouse
Looks likely to me that there were (at least) 3 Bullion brothers who came to Prestwick and worked together as weavers.
Also have an OPR of a death of Margaret Bullion in 1844, age 53 of Kirkhill (Neilston, Renfrew) - could be unrelated.
Considering a trip to Carnegie Library in Ayrshire to see if I can get ahold of MIs or have any luck with the newspapers, or to the old graveyard in Prestwick where I believe James & Helen's son should be buried.
Looking for tips or information anyone can help me with before I go?
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Suggestion is that the three brothers are from Auchtergarven, Perthshire. No verified documentation though. James and Helen are my 4 X grandparents. My maiden surname is Bunyan.
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Hello james (bullion) later bunyan is my x6 great grandfather.
I believe he was born around 1770 in Perthshire
Their son John was born in monotonous/prestwick on 8th August 1793 and this is the line I come from
I’d love to speak to anyone related
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Sorry - monkton/prestwick
Wee typo lol
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Hello,
I am researching the line of Bunyan, and have come upon a change of name from Bunyan to Bullion in the 1820s - 1830s
Its a bit sketchy so just looking to see if any one can confirm anything.
My gr gr gr gr gr grandfather being a Francis Bunyan born around 1827 in Prestwick, 4th of 5 children (Helen, Elizabeth, James, Francis, Anne)
Some research points to Francis' father being John Bullion, born 1793 in Prestwick, dies 1855 in Prestwick. married to an Elizabeth Forbes.
John Bullion's father is James Bullion, born about 1765 in Glenalmond Perthsire,
JOhn Bullion's mother is Helen Wallace, born unknown.
firstly looking to see if on the right track, and that any of these dates could be approximate. then also intrigued as to why, if so, John Bullion and Elizabeth Forbes named their five children Bunyan.
if so, if there are any further upward line or siblings from James Bullion from Glenalmond?
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Hi Craig,
If you follow the family in the censuses, you will find they are all still Bullions in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, but by 1861 most of the family seem to be listed on the census as Bunyans. The marriage entry for Francis's brother James in 1847 does appear to be under Bunyan though. I don't think that John Bullion and Elizabeth Forbes named their children Bunyan, I think it was just a gradual shift over time due to accents/dialect and reliance on others to write down names.
Francis was indeed the son of John Bullion b. 1793 d. 1855. Death entry under Bullion but gravestone Bunyan. However I've never definitively got the line any further back than that. Would be great to learn more about the Glenalmond link.
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As part of my research I'm trying to trace all descendants of John Bunyan/Bullion and Elizabeth Forbes.
I've found approx 1250 so far.
Link to my tree: BUNYAN TREE (https://serchiovalley.net/t/descend.php?personID=I1010&tree=serchio&display=compact&generations=3)
If anyone is interested, please get in touch.
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Death entry under Bullion but gravestone Bunyan.
Can you please tell me where the gravestone is? Do you have any pictures?