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Perthshire / Re: Thomas Falconer
« on: Monday 25 April 11 17:04 BST (UK) »
Since my last reply in 2008 about Thomas Falconer, I've found out a bit more about him and his wife Helen Simpson, but his parents, birthdate and death info are still speculative.
Thomas eloped with Helen from Edinburgh to Dunkeld, Perthshire, where they married. He was a gunsmith, as was their son Duncan. He became a burgess and guild brother in Edinburgh in 1804, by right of his wife's father, who was Richard Simpson, a grocer.
Among possible parents for Thomas, besides those mentioned in previous posts, are George Falconer and Janet Thompson, of St. Cuthbert's Parish in Edinburgh (Thomas named his first-born son George). George and Janet's son Thomas was born in St. Cuthbert's in 1769. There are other candidates, such as a Thomas born in East Lothian.
My current knowledge of Thomas and Helen and their descendants, including Grizel and Donald McLeish, is at http://dunkeldfalconer.tribalpages.com.
Thomas eloped with Helen from Edinburgh to Dunkeld, Perthshire, where they married. He was a gunsmith, as was their son Duncan. He became a burgess and guild brother in Edinburgh in 1804, by right of his wife's father, who was Richard Simpson, a grocer.
Among possible parents for Thomas, besides those mentioned in previous posts, are George Falconer and Janet Thompson, of St. Cuthbert's Parish in Edinburgh (Thomas named his first-born son George). George and Janet's son Thomas was born in St. Cuthbert's in 1769. There are other candidates, such as a Thomas born in East Lothian.
My current knowledge of Thomas and Helen and their descendants, including Grizel and Donald McLeish, is at http://dunkeldfalconer.tribalpages.com.