Littles from Dumfriesshire

[Cinderelly]

I only have one and she's born 1811.

[littlej]

Cinderelly,

If you've done some research already you will know that almost almost every Little has married a Johnstone, and they all have sons called William, Thomas and Matthew. If you send me a personal message, I can send you a picture of the gravestone and the others I took as well. It is very confusing even when you are standing in front of those graves, the dates and the names are quite hard to connect.
Jac

[normatrees]

Hi,
I notice you have Littles in Gloucestershire. My father is a Little living in Gloucestershire. His family moved there from the Johnstone area in the 30's. Just wondered if there was a connection...
cheers
norma

[mgscott]

I have an fairly extensive lineage of my wife's Littles who were, for generations, blacksmiths in Canonbie.  But i can only get back as far as Robert Little who was born about 1736 and his wife Peggy Grant, born about 1740.  They had 8 children John b1762, Walter b1764, Christopher b1768, Ann b1771, Robert b1775, Elizabeth b1777, Lewis b1779 and Elizabeth again b1782 (the first Elizabeth died young).

I was hoping someone might have connections to thier family tree?

[Little_Family]

Hi,
I'm new to this forum and interested in the 'Littles from Dumfries', but I gather this is a pretty common surname so not sure whether to add to this thread or to start another.

My interest is John Little (b about 1777 Lochmaben) who married Janet Richardson (b about 1781 Lochmaben) and their children, particularly Mary Ann Little (b 15 Oct 1815 Tinwald). Mary Ann moved to Somerset and married George Coleman. I believe that Mary Ann had a connection with Dryburgh as that's what she called her new house and I'd always understood that this had a Dumfries connection, but don't know what that is.
 
Any info about the family or Dryburgh would be appreciated.

[Janmorrison]

By any chance have you come across a Jane Little who married a Thomas Johnstone probably around 1830 and had a son Thomas in 1833 who married a Janet Wilson in Govan in 1859?

I think she may be my great great great grandmother

[Little_Family]

Hi,
Can't help you I'm afraid. I can't get back beyond 'my' Mary Ann Little.
Tim

[Citizen Smith]

I'm coming to the conclusion that the Littles of Dumfriesshire is a box I should never have opened!

I'm helping a friend research her family and so much of what you've all posted rings true as I also have Johnstone and Richardson links but not to the same lines as far as I can tell.

Here's what I have just in case it matches other people's interests:

Elizabeth (or Elspeth) Little born 1837 in Wamphray, Dumfriesshire to John Little and Elisabeth Johnstone.
Is in Wamphray on 1841 Census; Moffat on the 1851 Census; in the Dumfries poorhouse in 1871; living with her daughter and family (Richardsons) in 1891 and 1901. Still trying to find her in 1861 and 1881.
She has two illegitimate children - a daughter Mary Agnes in 1866 and a son John James in 1871. Mary Agnes is living with the McNairn family in 1871 and is listed as Isabella McNairn's grand-daughter - not sure if that's true though. Meanwhile Elizabeth and baby John James are in the poorhouse.
Elizabeth dies in 1905 and John James goes on to marry in Glasgow.
Dumfries Archives have a record of an application for poor relief for John James education made by his mother (the maiden name Mitchell is noted on this, confusingly)

If anyone else is researching this line, do please get in touch to swap info.

Sarah

[kiwilittle]

Greetings, hope your research has progressed well.  My connections are into Wanlockhead and my most distant name is Gilbert LITTLE & Agnes AITKENHEAD and their son James 1762.  I would love to find more information about Gilbert Little .    Please email if I can be of any help.   Cheers  Allen