Gibson family.

[JDB307]

Alyson,

Another little snip from the newspapers:

From the Inverness Courier 15 October 1834:
Marriages - At Duddington, on the 9th October, by the rev. Henry Scott, Mr Samuel Ferguson, preacher of the Gospel and Schoolmaster of Kirkpatrick-Durham, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr Adam Gibson, one of the teachers in the Academy of Tain.

Jack

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Alyson

Yet another:

From the Falkirk Herald 14 May 1846

OLD PARISH SCHOOL-HOUSES, &c. AT FALKIRK, FOR SALE.

There will be Sold at Public Roup, within the Blue Bell Inn, Falkirk, upon Thursday the 4th day of June 1846, at 2 o'clock Afternoon, the Dwelling-House, School-Room, and Garden, in the Town of Falkirk, presently occupied by Mr Thomas Gibson, Classical School-master for said parish, together with the English School-room and Area in front, and whole parts and pertinents belonging to said subjects.

The House could be converted, a very little expense, into a genteel-looking self-contained Mansion, or might be used as at present for School-Rooms and Dwelling-House.

For particulars, apply to HENRY AITKEN, Writer, Falkirk, Clerk to the Heritors of Falkirk.

Falkirk 11th May 1846

Jack

[Kags]

I don't know where my great uncle Alfred Ruthwas born but I think it was 1893 Rutherford father was John Rutherford born Duns Berwick 1869? who married M Patterson. His mother I believe was Agnes Gibson who wed Robert Rutherford? She is on several census forms with the addition of children but no Robert. Can anyone give me any information please.

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Kags,

Agnes Gibson was my great great aunt, born 1844 in Gordon, the daughter of Robert Gibson b.1795 and Janet Gibson b.1806. Agnes married Robert Rutherford on 2 March 1868 in Coldstream. He was born 1848 in Cockburnspath. They had two sons that I know of, John R. born 1869 and Robert R. born 1875. Like a lot of the family Agnes was a hawker.

Jack

[Kags]

Thank you for your prompt reply. I Have tried to find Robert on several census but Agnes and children are listed but no Robert; so as you say if they were Hawkers he’d probably be off somewhere.

[Kags]

Hi JDB307, Can I ask for your help? Was Agnes Gibson's husband Robert Rutherford Esther Faa Blythe's son as mentioned by others and how would I confirm that? I can't find a marriage certificate (possibly didn't marry) so can't tell who her parents were other than guessing and the same for Robert. Thanks for your time.

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Kags,

I have no source for their marriage but familysearch has the birth of their son John on 4 Jan 1869 which was at Duns (see Batch No C117351). Agnes is listed in each census there from 1871 to 1901 but Robert is not mentioned on any of them. Scotlandspeople seems to have no record of their marriage but I was once told that they married in Coldstream. Since writing that earlier I have been unable to find a source to cannot confirm that.

If Robert Rutherford was the son of Esther Faa Blyth why would he have a different surname?

Agnes Gibson was my great great aunt born 1844 in Gordon and her parents were Robert Gibson (b.1795 Nenthorn) and Janet Gibson (b.1806 Forfar) as I mentioned in my post on 5 June.

I do not know who Robert Rutherford's parents were.

Jack

[JayNapier]

Hullo there - researching Adam Gibson, formerly headteacher Forfar Grammar School and latterly classics master at Tain royal Academy (started there 1813 - it all ended badly a couple of decades later). I'm new to this site, so may be doing this wrong, but had the feeling you'd a connection with him? It's the Tain end I'm looking into, but would love to know more about his background. Any help greatly welcome! Thank you! 

[JDB307]

If you start at the beginning of this thread you should get most of what you are looking for.

Jack