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Wigtownshire / Re: Jane Townsley in Wigtownshire (born Ireland)
« on: Wednesday 18 February 15 05:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Robert,

Thanks for your reply!  Do you know if any of the rest of the Townsley family left Scotland for Canada around 1851-1852?  This idea of "Travelling family" is new to me...I had no idea that existed.  So were they thought of as "lower class" or were they just regular ol' folks?  I'm having a heck of a time trying to locate any birth records for my gr-gr-grandmother Agnes Jane Campbell...I believe she was born in Montreal, but not sure if it was 1851 or 1852.  The family was still in Scotland for the 1851 census, so it would have to have been after that.  Would love to hear more about the family and learn more about their lives.     Thanks, Bonnie

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Wigtownshire / Re: Jane Townsley in Wigtownshire (born Ireland)
« on: Sunday 15 February 15 23:40 GMT (UK)  »
Hello!

I just ran across your post, hope you are still following this thread.  In my genealogy journey I have run across the Townsley/Campbell families in this same 1841 census.  Ann Townsley married John Campbell Nov 10, 1841 in Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland.  They had Esther Anne in 1845 and William John in 1850 (there is question about the date, 1850 is according to his death certificate), both of them in Scotland.  They all show up in the 1851 census in Scotland.  They had a 3rd child, Agnes Jane Campbell that was born, as far as I know, in Montreal Quebec between 1851-1852.  Agnes was my gr-gr-grandmother.  I am yet to find her birth record to confirm date and place. 

I would love to correspond and find out more about the rest of the family...maybe in doing so I'd find out more about their emigration from Ireland (both John Campbell and Anne Townsley apparently were born in Ireland) and then from Scotland to Canada.  You mentioned they were a "travelling" family...maybe you could expand on that for me...I've never heard that terminology before. 
Hope to hear from you soon!
Bonnie Madsen


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