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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Wilson/Middlemass Family of Haddington 1790
« on: Tuesday 25 August 15 06:00 BST (UK) »
Hi there,
Thank you for all the information, which is extremely interesting!
I am certainly still 'chasing shadows'. many of my files happen to be in boxes currently, so my dates are approximate and I am currently having a little break from Scotland's People. But i do have more information now.
Wilson is , in fact, the married name of my ancestor. Several dates for her are given only as approximate, if provided at all. She was born Margaret Mitchelson at Old Belton date 1765- 1783?
Her maternal ancestors were generally named Margaret and one of them was Margaret Emloch/Imloch. I am unsure without looking it up if that side of the lfamily were living at Dunbar or Belton yet. maybe further west.
Married William Wilson, Dunbar, 1789.
2 children, William, born Dunbar and Jean, born Belton. She was probably the elder.
The father, William, a servant at Belton Mill and then a mi;;er, died 1802. Chilren probably born before 1804. Their surname is given always as Wilson.
Jean/Jane married George Sanson,a tailor/ draper, Dunbar, 1830.They are at Dunbar in 1841 census with their children, Mother in law margaret and her son, William. Ditto for 1851 census.
Margaret, in her late 80's, I think, disappears from the census at this point. There was a Margaret Wilson who died in the poorhouse in Dunbar in 1854 & another who died somewhere nearby in the 1850's.
Her son William is not in the Dunbar 1861 census. His trade is jorneyman carpenter/joiner. There is one William Wilson of this trade at the 1861 census in the house of a Mr Barrie, who was a carpenter and family at Innerwick or Oldhamstocks. He disappears when the barrie family move. No death date.
One of George and Jean's children, William Sanson, a draper and merchant were very well known. He did a lot of work with the Dunbar Rifle Volunteers & after his retirement was granted the honour of being permitted to wear his uniform.
William sanson and his wife Elizabeth Cook, from Frome had married in 1869. They had 3 children, Annie, a renowned singer, who is my grandmother, who married a Norwegian, harald Christian Dannevig. They came to Australia in 1902, where he was Commonwealth Director of Fisheries. He and his ship, The Endeavour were lost off Macquarie Island in a storm in 1914.
The next child, Flora Jane Sanson/Collins had a career over several decades.
The son, Frederick George Sanson, married Helen 'Daisy' Brand Taylor. She was a well-known singer, also. They are dirctly related to the Porteous family.
I'm afraid that after all, we do not seem to be related to Middlemass or to your Wilsons. If i find them at Dirleton, I will let you know.
Thank you for your help, Nordmann
Thank you for all the information, which is extremely interesting!
I am certainly still 'chasing shadows'. many of my files happen to be in boxes currently, so my dates are approximate and I am currently having a little break from Scotland's People. But i do have more information now.
Wilson is , in fact, the married name of my ancestor. Several dates for her are given only as approximate, if provided at all. She was born Margaret Mitchelson at Old Belton date 1765- 1783?
Her maternal ancestors were generally named Margaret and one of them was Margaret Emloch/Imloch. I am unsure without looking it up if that side of the lfamily were living at Dunbar or Belton yet. maybe further west.
Married William Wilson, Dunbar, 1789.
2 children, William, born Dunbar and Jean, born Belton. She was probably the elder.
The father, William, a servant at Belton Mill and then a mi;;er, died 1802. Chilren probably born before 1804. Their surname is given always as Wilson.
Jean/Jane married George Sanson,a tailor/ draper, Dunbar, 1830.They are at Dunbar in 1841 census with their children, Mother in law margaret and her son, William. Ditto for 1851 census.
Margaret, in her late 80's, I think, disappears from the census at this point. There was a Margaret Wilson who died in the poorhouse in Dunbar in 1854 & another who died somewhere nearby in the 1850's.
Her son William is not in the Dunbar 1861 census. His trade is jorneyman carpenter/joiner. There is one William Wilson of this trade at the 1861 census in the house of a Mr Barrie, who was a carpenter and family at Innerwick or Oldhamstocks. He disappears when the barrie family move. No death date.
One of George and Jean's children, William Sanson, a draper and merchant were very well known. He did a lot of work with the Dunbar Rifle Volunteers & after his retirement was granted the honour of being permitted to wear his uniform.
William sanson and his wife Elizabeth Cook, from Frome had married in 1869. They had 3 children, Annie, a renowned singer, who is my grandmother, who married a Norwegian, harald Christian Dannevig. They came to Australia in 1902, where he was Commonwealth Director of Fisheries. He and his ship, The Endeavour were lost off Macquarie Island in a storm in 1914.
The next child, Flora Jane Sanson/Collins had a career over several decades.
The son, Frederick George Sanson, married Helen 'Daisy' Brand Taylor. She was a well-known singer, also. They are dirctly related to the Porteous family.
I'm afraid that after all, we do not seem to be related to Middlemass or to your Wilsons. If i find them at Dirleton, I will let you know.
Thank you for your help, Nordmann
Thank you Ev for the map of Dunbar. Especially thank you for the suggestion of going back to the addresses on the censuses & seeing what the neighbours say about where they lived!
Thank you Hibee - this is exactly the sort of confirmation I needed to show that I was not misinterpreting names & places. 
