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Berwickshire / Re: John Haig and Agnes Hall in Duns
« on: Monday 17 July 06 08:45 BST (UK) »
My Gggg grandfather was Peter Christison. His mother was Catherine Haig and he had a sister Alison. Alison married their cousin John Moffat (John Moffat's mother Margaret Haig was Catherine's sister).
John Moffat used to write to Peter Christison when Peter had moved to New Zealand. In his letters he mentions their 'aunt at Haddington' and an 'uncle Peter'. Now seeing as though Peter Christison and John Moffat are cousins through the Haig side I searched for a Peter Haig. There was a Peter Haig living in Haddington in 1841 with his wife Margaret. The letters speak of the aunt at Haddington dying and their uncle Peter then staying with his nephew (a cousin of Peter Christison and John Moffat). In the 1851 census Peter Haig is living with his nephew Thomas Haig at Legerwood.
Peter Haig died in 1856 at Legerwood. His nephew Thomas Haig died in 1884, aged 84, at Greenlaw and his parents were John Haig and Agnes Hall.
So Catherine, Margaret, Peter and John Haig must all be siblings. The only family I have found with similar children is that of John Haig and Alison Millar. There is no son Peter but a son Patrick who was christened in 1772, (if Peter Haig died 1856, aged 84, he would have been born abt. 1772) so I think Patrick was maybe known as Peter or Peter was another brother.
John Moffat used to write to Peter Christison when Peter had moved to New Zealand. In his letters he mentions their 'aunt at Haddington' and an 'uncle Peter'. Now seeing as though Peter Christison and John Moffat are cousins through the Haig side I searched for a Peter Haig. There was a Peter Haig living in Haddington in 1841 with his wife Margaret. The letters speak of the aunt at Haddington dying and their uncle Peter then staying with his nephew (a cousin of Peter Christison and John Moffat). In the 1851 census Peter Haig is living with his nephew Thomas Haig at Legerwood.
Peter Haig died in 1856 at Legerwood. His nephew Thomas Haig died in 1884, aged 84, at Greenlaw and his parents were John Haig and Agnes Hall.
So Catherine, Margaret, Peter and John Haig must all be siblings. The only family I have found with similar children is that of John Haig and Alison Millar. There is no son Peter but a son Patrick who was christened in 1772, (if Peter Haig died 1856, aged 84, he would have been born abt. 1772) so I think Patrick was maybe known as Peter or Peter was another brother.