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Hello Lois,
though it's been a few years, I just wanted to throw my research hat in the ring for this family, and see where you ended up also.

I have Andrew Drysdale (b. 1810 d. 1858) as the son of John Drysdale & Elizabeth "Betty" Alexander simply because the baptism and death register show these parents. I haven't purchased the full death cert for Andrew but Scotlandspeople have his mother's maiden name as "Alexander" in the registration search, and so it all seemed to fit for me.

Did you also know that John Drysdale and wife Betty Alexander were first cousins? Betty being the (seemingly illegitimate) daughter of John ALEXANDER (b. 1747)  and Margaret DICKSON/DICKERSON (b. 1754). I cannot find a marriage for the couple, nor seemingly any other children. But John Alexander (b. 1747) was the brother to Isabel ALEXANDER (wife of James Drysdale b. 1733), making their children cousins. Betty appears to have died before 1841 Census night.

For my part, I am a descendant of John Drysdale (b. 1772)'s brother Robert Drysdale (b. 1775) and wife Catherine SMITH.

But your ancestor, John Drysdale (b. 1772 d. 1862) has an interesting family, as his youngest daughter Mary Drysdale (b. 1813 d.1887) appears to have had 3 daughters out of wedlock. The 1851 Census through me for a loop with her father John (aged 79) living with dau Mary Drysdale (age 40) and "granddaughters" Elizabeth Dawson (age 14), Janet Stalker (age 10) and Margaret Kemp (age 8yrs). Following those 3 girls into adulthood, it revealed their mother to be "Mary Drysdale". Fascinating family tree.

As for Andrew DRYSDALE, his son, I have only been able to trace him in 1841 Census records, and subsequent death 17 Jan 1858 in Wilton, Roxburgh, Scotland. I am struggling to find him in 1851 Census records- his wife Margaret (nee Stalker) is living in High Street, Tillicoultry, Clackmannan with a daughter and niece.

 I am happy to share what I have, or compare notes with you or anybody researching the Drysdale family of Alva. Please feel free to PM me anytime.

My ancestor is Samuel AGNEW (born abt 1798 Kilwaughter, Antrim)

 He married Margaret HUNTER circa 1828 (born abt 1791 Carncastle, Antrim)
Issue:  Jane AGNEW born 1822 Antrim   m. Samuel Montgomery  (born 1819 Larne) 1842 Larne, Antrim (my direct ancestors)
          William AGNEW born 1829 Larne, Antrim
          Joseph AGNEW  born 1833 Larne, Antrim
          Margaret AGNEW  born 1837 Larne, Antrim

The 1851 Antrim census for Samuel:
Old Town Street, Larne, Antrim
Samuel Agnew age 53 b. Kilwaughter ;Head ; Occ: Labourer ; Married (1828);  can read & write
Margaret Agnew age 60 b. Carncastle ; wife; 
William Agnew  age 22 b. Larne ; Son ; Occ: Sailor ; Unmarried
Joseph Agnew  age 18 b. Larne ; son ; Occ: Sawyer ; unmarried
Margaret Agnew  age 14  b. Larne; dau ; unmarried
Margaret Ramsay  age 6  b. Larne ; "dau"     [unverified as biological daughter or granddau]
Margaret Hunter  age 23  b. Carncastle ; Lodger ; unmarried; Occ: Dressmaker


Married dau Jane Montgomery in 1851
Blacks Lane, Larne, Antrim
Saml Montgomery age 32  b. Antrim  Head ; married 1842 ; Occ: Sawyer  ; can read & write
Jane Montgomery  age 29  b. Antrim ; wife ; occ: at Ms Slury School ; can read & write
Margaret Montgomery  age 8 b. Antrim ; dau ; in school (at Ms Huston school); can read & write
Mary Montgomery  age 7 b. Antrim ; dau ; in school (at Ms Huston school) ; can read & write
Samuel Montgomery  age 5  b. Antrim ; son ; in school (at Ms Huston school) ; can read & write
James Montgomery  age 4 b. Antrim ; son ; in school (at Ms Huston) ; can read
Anne [Jane] Montgomery  age 1 b. Antrim ; dau ; no occ
Ezekel [Cahill] Montgomery  age 1mth b. Antrim

  NB this family moved to Glasgow, Scotland abt 1852. Jane died 2 Feb 1861 Garscadden Street, Glasgow. Her death cert states her father Samuel is deceased, but the mother Margaret is not.

The two eldest daughters, Margaret and Mary Montgomery migrated to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1863 (family notes say to avoid being married off to old men by their father)

I am a descendant of Mary Montgomery. She married Andrew MILLER 1866 Dunedin, New Zealand.

I have gaps in the LARNE family, so am interested if anyone knows who Samuel Agnew is connected to, and/or any other information relating to this family.

Many thanks,

Thanks Alan for the baptism above. 

After revisiting this thread in it's entirety I think we can safely deduce that my GG grandmother Mary Ann/Marianne is in fact the illegitimate daughter of Jane STREET. Therefore the granddaughter of John STREET and Ursula DEACON (as seen in 1841 census).

The baptism of "Marianne Street d/o Jane Street, of Stoke Row, Singlewoman"  in Feb 1837 fits and I have been unsuccessful in finding any other baptism that may match our lady.

So Jane seemingly also had George Street (b. 1831) out of wedlock. I still haven't found a baptism record for George.

This George Street married Mary REEVES in 1855, Ipsden, Oxfordshire. On this marriage record his fathers name is written as "John"  [with no surname], and in fact the "John" word is crossed out and a mere scrawl is written where the surname ought to be. I must admit this is something I haven't seen before in all my years of research.   Presumably both he and sister Mary Ann Street used their maternal grandfathers name "John Street" as their father, as a way to hide their illegitimacy.


 I am thinking of contacting Oxfordshire records office for some help with this family anyway. Especially for the years Mary Ann and her young sons were at the Henley Union Workhouse.

Interestingly, Jane Street was born 1808, and her parents, John and Ursula married in July 1808 in Ipsden, Oxford.

UPDATE!
After all these years of searching, I have uncovered more about my great great grandmother Mary Ann STREET of Oxfordshire.

I was fortunate enough to be shown a photo of , what was believed to be, Mary Ann as an adult. The frame was intact and gave a photography studio in Reading, England. After failing to find any census or death record for Mary Ann beyond the 1861 Henley Workhouse census, I decided to look for a marriage in Berkshire (where Reading is located, the place the image was taken).

I found the other marriages previously mentioned in this thread (William TRANTER and Job GREENAWAY), and dismissed them based on no matching census info for these potential marriages. The other name I discovered was "Henry BARRETT" in 1876, registered Hungerford, Berks.
I thought, well that's interesting.....BARRETT being the surname Mary Ann's son, George STREET used for his mothers maiden name on his marriage in NZ in 1896. It was too coincidental. So I checked census records for this couple.

1881 I found them as follows:
Peppard Cottage Farm House, Henley, Oxfordshire
Henry Barret   age 46      Head    Occ: Pensioner Gardener Domestic   Born: Kintbury, Berks
Mary Ann Barrett  age 44   wife   Occ: wife domestic                          Born: Henley-on-Thames, Oxf

And in 1891:
Brook Street, Bensington, Wallingford, Henley, Oxfordshire
Mary Ann Barrett    age 55   Head    Widow    Occ: Seamstress      Born: Henley-on-Thames, Oxford

While the birth place for Mary Ann was not quite the same as 1861 ("peppard, Oxford"), I thought it was close enough given the age matches. And bearing in mind this woman has eluded me in all other census searches.

So I ordered the marriage certificate and the following information was gleaned:

Henry Barrett     Bachelor    of full age    Occ: Labourer   Residence: [kell?] Peppard  Father: Thomas Barrett  deceased

Mary Ann Street   Spinster  of full age     Occ: Servant   Residence: [Kell?] Peppard  father: John Street   deceased

I purchased a death certificate (reg 1891 Oxfordshire) for Mary Ann BARRETT and the following was revealed:

Mary Ann Barrett   died 1 Jun 1891  Brook Cottage, Bensington, R.S.D, widow of Henry Barrett (occ: Farm Labourer and an Army Pensioner)   Cause: Gangrenous Erysipelas;  Informant: George Street, Brother, residing Well Place, Ipsden, Oxford

Now I had a father, John STREET and a brother, George STREET.

Now I was confused as we had previously found a family with a "Head" being John STREET with wife "Ursula Street" in 1841, with a young George Street (age 11) and Mary Street (age 4) with seemingly their adult daughters Jane Street (age 33?) and Rachel Lucass (married with her husband in household also).

It has been a thrill to discover these connections, but I still need to tie them all together somehow. I have searched Ancestry.com.au for baptisms for George Street (b. 1831 Ipsden) and Mary Ann Street (born 1836 Peppard) and nothing is coming up.

I am confident George STREET , the brother on Mary Ann's death certificate is the George STREET born 1831 in Ipsden, as using his residence from that document, he matches an 1881 census record:
 "1 Well Place, Ipsden, Oxfordshire
George STREET" age 50, Head Married  Occ:  Agricultural Labourer       born Ipsden, Oxford
[with wife Mary]

If anyone is interested in this very protracted search for my great great grandmother, feel free to offer insights and tips on how I can put the puzzle pieces together. I am always grateful to the Rootschat members who contribute and share an interest in my family history.

Many thanks in advance, regards,
J

I see Hungerford as well, but the writer puts odd breaks in it:

Hung erford  in Berk Shire.

Thank you so much for your insight. It certainly looks like Hungerford (written as you say with 'gaps').