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Northumberland / Rothbury Donkins
« on: Tuesday 12 June 18 20:01 BST (UK)  »
Hello Marama,

I know that William's siblings, Samuel and James remained in Rothbury - the others i have yet to research.  I had no idea two brothers went to Canada!  I will get onto that right away...    Two different branches of my family originate from Rothbury, it is indeed a lovely area.  I am sending you a private message containing my email address, which should come through to your email.

Christine

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Northumberland / Rothbury Donkins
« on: Monday 11 June 18 21:05 BST (UK)  »
Hi Marama and VictoriaDonkin,
I was delighted to come across your posts (old and newer) about Donkins in Australia, while researching my Donkin ancestors from Rothbury.   William Donkin who emigrated in 1837 was the brother of my 2x G grandfather James Donkin.  I've just started looking at William Donkin's descendants, but I do have a fair amount of material about the Rothbury families.  Were you aware that William's niece Rosina Wardle (nee Donkin) also emigrated to Australia in the 1880s?

Kind regards
Christine

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Northumberland / Re: Robert Smart Turnbull
« on: Thursday 06 July 17 16:56 BST (UK)  »
Contact successful, thanks!

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Northumberland / Re: Robert Smart Turnbull
« on: Saturday 01 July 17 17:35 BST (UK)  »
I have the 1850 marriage certificate, confirming James Turnbull is father of Robert S Turnbull.  I've looked again at previous posts about difficulty finding Robert's baptism, most likely Bishops Transcripts for Rothbury lost for c.1828.
I found baptism of Robert's sister Isabella, and that's raised a new puzzle - i will start a new thread about that.

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Northumberland / Re: Robert Smart Turnbull
« on: Sunday 18 June 17 15:59 BST (UK)  »
Many Thanks both for your help.  Yes I agree obtaining the marriage cert is the way forward with this.  I will also check the Bishops Transcripts as you mention, plus wills -which I haven't used before.

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Northumberland / Robert Smart Turnbull
« on: Saturday 17 June 17 09:39 BST (UK)  »
I'm researching ancestors of my GG grandfather Robert Smart Turnbull b. Alnham 1828.  I've seen some helpful posts from 2013 that confirmed my own findings about his siblings.  I'm looking for verification of RST's father James Turnbull b.1781 Ovingham (?), RST's uncle John Turnbull b.1787(?) and their parents (possibly James and Ann but no firm leads).  Thanks to anyone who can help or is researching this family. :)

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