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Northumberland / Re: Searching for Redshaw roots
« on: Tuesday 21 July 09 22:20 BST (UK) »
Please let me know if I can help in anyway on this side of the family as Archibald Patton and Jane Spowart are my great great grandparents also. So your other half and I are distant cousins. All of the information you have been given so far via the forum ties up with what I have found also.
Re Josiah, some of the early census rounded up the date of birth to the nearest 5 years and also they sometimes change things to make the females look younger than the males, I believe. So you have to take some of the information with a pinch of salt. www.familysearch.org/eng is a fantastic free site with exact detail on birth dates etc.
So a few other bits are Archibald Patton born 1843's father is also Archibald Patton born 1815 in Gallowater, Scotland. I think this is actually Gala water and is Midlothian way. He also married a Jane whom I have been told is Jane Wilkenshaw, however I have been unable to find proof of this and that is where the tree has come to a complete stop on that side of the family for me.
George Spowart born 1821's parents are possibly James Spowart, but definitely Elizabeth born 1793 Spittal, Northumberland.
Happy searching.
Re Josiah, some of the early census rounded up the date of birth to the nearest 5 years and also they sometimes change things to make the females look younger than the males, I believe. So you have to take some of the information with a pinch of salt. www.familysearch.org/eng is a fantastic free site with exact detail on birth dates etc.
So a few other bits are Archibald Patton born 1843's father is also Archibald Patton born 1815 in Gallowater, Scotland. I think this is actually Gala water and is Midlothian way. He also married a Jane whom I have been told is Jane Wilkenshaw, however I have been unable to find proof of this and that is where the tree has come to a complete stop on that side of the family for me.
George Spowart born 1821's parents are possibly James Spowart, but definitely Elizabeth born 1793 Spittal, Northumberland.
Happy searching.