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Thanks Gadget for all you do.  I did remove my e-mail address.  I didn't know you can go back and edit.   

This is one of the best forums I have ever found. 

Linda R.F. Arnold
Menifee, California, U.S.A.

What a wonderful surprise to see the notification in my e-mail this morning of your posting. 

I would love to hear more of the Dicksons who you knew in Springholm.  When I found my Joseph and Margaret Dickson and their daughter, Helen in the 1841 census, there was at least one or two other Dickson families listed in Springholm.  Helen is my 2nd Great-Grandmother and when they came to America, her name changed to Ellen. 

I am so thrilled that you posted your message and cannot wait to hear what more you can tell me.  I would love to be able to find cousins still living in Scotland.

Last January, Gadget posted the following:
Kirkpatrick Durham MIs

Joseph Dickson died 3 March 1827, aged 91
wife Hellen Kirkpatrick d. Knockwalloch 1 March 1819 aged 68
son Joseph died Macaupin Illinois N.America 19 Sept 1842 aged 59
  wife Margaret Derby died same place 17 October 1845
Elizabeth Dickson died 1 July 1854 aged 80
husband Robert Gregan died 19 Jan 1861 aged 81
Minnie Dickson died Burnside of Glenroan 4 Jan 1875 aged 78

Joseph and Margaret (Derby) Dickson are buried in Macoupin County, Illinois in an abandoned cemetery.  I am planning to go to Illinois in September and several people whom I have never met are going to take me to the cemetery which requires at least a mile or so walk through a farm field. 

How exciting!  And thank you so much...this is so overwhelming because I have searched or wondered about my Grandma's grandmother since I was a child. 

Linda R.F. Arnold
Menifee, California U.S.A.
 

Hi Ian,

I have noticed Clingan when searching for my Dicksons in Kirkcudbrightshire.  I see you have listed Berks County, Pennsylvania--were they Clinger, there? 

Have seen photos of the area online--so beautiful!  Would love to see photos of Knockwalloch ... I like the name, too.

Linda
Menifee, California

Just come across this ref of Knockwalloch. Besides being a smashing name to roll off the tongue, it was also the place of birth (1772) of my 5x Gt Grandfather. Family were described as farmers/masons. Also resided at Pipercroft also as farmers/masons.
Regards
Ian Clingan

Hi J.A.

Thank you for the information regarding the Quaker House and the date of 1877 because they would explain and answers some of the questions I have regarding "missing" birth and marriage records of my Joseph Dickson family occuring in the early 1800s.

Linda
Menifee, California

Thank you for giving my the

Hello CA_Linda.

I noticed with interest your posting re Knockwallock and thought I'd add my comment.  I knew the name was familiar to me and also that it had been or still is a Quaker House.

One of my 2 x great aunts gave birth to a male child there in 1877.  As the child was illegitimate it may be that she had gone there for the birth and some support.  The certificate states that she is a domestic servant. 

J.A.