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Hi Christopher
Thanks so much for your reply. We believe that the Ambrose family would be prestpertarian (allthough we have no definite proof) but the descendant son Thomas (b 1823 who came to Scotland and married in 1847) was of the prestpertarian/Protestant faith.

We visited Irelend in 2005 and did a personal trace in Belfast records office and found what we believed to be William Ambrose birth record (again not confirmed) for 1800 in Portaferry.

Whilst in Ireland we stayed in Newtonards and there certainly were families still living there with the surname of Ambrose but we had nothing to link this with our Ambrose.

We hope to visit Ireland again next year and do some more research and hopefully find more information. Any guidance you can offer will be gratefully received.

Thanks again
Anne

We will be visiting Co.Down in November to do some research on the family name of Ambrose.
We have the dates of birth of 5 children born in Kircubbin between 1816+1825 to a William Ambrose and Jane Glass.
We have booked accomodation in Newtonards and plan to stay in the area for about 4 days.
Where do we start?? Do we start in Kircubbin looking at parish records?? or will these be listed in a Government type building somewhere else?? where are records more lokely to be kept??
Any help or guidience will be greatfully appreciated.

Anne Ambrose

I thought I would try to list some of my Morrison ancestors but it is so difficult to trim the tree so I apologise for its length. I have not been able to link in with any of the Murisons yet but the era is young so who knows what the future holds. (wish I knew what the past held)
If I have overstepped the mark on listing sorry.

Generation No. 1

1.  JAMES1 MORRISON was born Abt. 1735 in Gamrie Scotland.  He married MARGARET BREBNER Abt. 1760 in Gamrie Banff Scotland, daughter of ALEXANDER BREBNER and MARGARET TAYLEOR.  She was born 11 Jul 1735 in Fordyce Banff Scotland.

Children of JAMES MORRISON and MARGARET BREBNER are:
   i.   JAMES2 MORRISON, b. 28 Aug 1761.
2.   ii.   JOHN MORRISON, b. 11 Dec 1762, Gamrie Banffshire Scotland; d. 18 Jul 1839, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland.
   iii.   GEORGE MORRISON, b. 08 Oct 1764.
   iv.   JEAN MORRISON, b. 24 Feb 1768.
   v.   PETER MORRISON, b. 01 Apr 1770.
   vi.   ELSPET MORRISON, b. 14 Jan 1772.
   vii.   WILLIAM MORRISON, b. 07 Jul 1774.
   viii.   THOMAS MORRISON, b. 16 Aug 1777.

Generation No. 2

2.  JOHN2 MORRISON (JAMES1) was born 11 Dec 1762 in Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, and died 18 Jul 1839 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland.  He met ANNE DAVIDSON 10 Feb 1788 in Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, daughter of JAMES DAVIDSON and HELEN ROY.  She was born 12 Jan 1767 in Mortlach Banffshire Scotland.

Children of JOHN MORRISON and ANNE DAVIDSON are:
3.   i.   JOHN3 MORRISON, b. 12 May 1792, Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire; d. 05 Mar 1867, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire.
   ii.   ANNE MORRISON, b. 07 May 1794, Burntyards Croft Gamrie Banff Scotland.
4.   iii.   MARGARET MORRISON, b. 19 Mar 1796, Gamrie Banff Scotland.


Generation No. 3

3.  JOHN3 MORRISON (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 12 May 1792 in Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire, and died 05 Mar 1867 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire.  He met JEAN BRODIE 25 Apr 1825 in Gamrie Parish Church Gamrie  Scotland, daughter of JAMES BRODIE and ISOBEL LAURANCE.  She was born 17 Apr 1809, and died 05 Mar 1849 in Cross Slacks Gamrie.

Children of JOHN MORRISON and JEAN BRODIE are:
5.   i.   ELIZABETH4 MORRISON, b. 20 Aug 1825, Knowhead Croft Banff Scotland.
   ii.   JANE MORRISON, b. Abt. 1826.
   iii.   JEAN GRANT MORRISON, b. 28 Jul 1827, Knowhead Gamrie Banff Scotland.
   iv.   JOHN MORRISON, b. 09 Jul 1829, Gamrie Banffshire Scotland.
6.   v.   ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. 01 Feb 1832, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland; d. 24 Oct 1882, Charmers Hospital Banffshire Scotland.
   vi.   ANNE MORRISON, b. 03 Oct 1834.

4.  MARGARET3 MORRISON (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 19 Mar 1796 in Gamrie Banff Scotland.

Child of MARGARET MORRISON is:
i.   HELEN4 MORRISON, b. Abt. 1824, Gamrie; m. R MC ROBIE, Abt. 1844; b. Abt. 1824.


Generation No. 4

5.  ELIZABETH4 MORRISON (JOHN3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 20 Aug 1825 in Knowhead Croft Banff Scotland.  She met WILLIAM SMITH 17 Oct 1846 in Gamrie Parish Church Gamrie Scotland.  He was born Abt. 1825 in Gibralter.

Children of ELIZABETH MORRISON and WILLIAM SMITH are:
   i.   JEAN5 SMITH, b. Abt. 1848.
   ii.   MARY SMITH, b. Abt. 1850.


6.  ALEXANDER4 MORRISON (JOHN3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 01 Feb 1832 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, and died 24 Oct 1882 in Charmers Hospital Banffshire Scotland.  He married ELSPET MICHIE 06 Nov 1858 in Gamrie Parish Church Banff Scotland, daughter of ALEXANDER MICHIE and BARBARA HEATHERWICK.  She was born 21 Jul 1838 in Gamrie Scotland, and died 15 Apr 1915 in Banff District Asylum Banffshire Scotland.

Children of ALEXANDER MORRISON and ELSPET MICHIE are:
7.   i.   BARBARA5 MORRISON, b. 14 Dec 1858, Macduff.
   ii.   JOHN MORRISON, b. 15 Jan 1861, McDuff Scotland; m. JEAN NEE MORRISON, Abt. 1892; b. Abt. 1861.
   iii.   JANE MORRISON, b. 18 Sep 1864, Macduff.
   iv.   ANNE MILLER MORRISON, b. 04 May 1867, Macduff; m. HUGH HAMILTON, Abt. 1888; b. Abt. 1867.
                   v.   ELSPET MORRISON, b. 20 Jul 1869, McDuff Scotland; d. 24 Apr 1872, Clergy Street McDuff Scotland.
8.   vi.   JESSIE ISABELLA MORRISON, b. 29 Nov 1871.
9.   vii.   ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. 05 Apr 1873, Garden Street Macduff Banffshire Scotland; d. 15 Dec 1938, Highfield General Hospital Chester Road Sunderland.
10.   viii.   ROBINA GRIGOR MORRISON, b. 08 Nov 1875, Macduff.
11.   ix.   GEORGE BARBER MORRISON, b. 17 Mar 1877, 3 High Street Macduff Scotland; d. Mar 1969.
12.   x.   JAMES MORRISON, b. 29 Nov 1878, 23 Buchan Street Macduff Scotland; d. 1912.
   xi.   WILLIAM MORRISON, b. Abt. 1880.

and theres more and more and more
Anne Ambrose nee Morrison

Good evening
The family mentioned by Rose are my husbands family and we are currently researching them.
Can I first of all say a big thanks to Rose as we have gained information that we did not have.
The Samual Dalziel and Elizabeth mentioned in your 1851 census records are my husbands ggg grandparents. My mother in Law Margeret Elizabeth Dalziel b 1923 is a direct decendant of this couple through their son Andrew b abt 1845 in Whithorn. This is the Andrew in the 1851 census that is down as a 7 yr old.
Any contact will be appreciated.

Looking for information for a Thomas Ambrose who was b 1823 in County Down.
Parents were William Ambrose and Jane Glass.
Thomas migrated to Wigtownshire Scotland and m Agnes Kennedy in 1847. I can trace Thomas decendents but not his ancestors.

Any help gratefully recieved.

Anne