Hello Burnmoor & Ecnaps,
Margaret Eleanor Pilmer is part of a large tree covering Scotland, England and the USA. I have a copy of that tree containing over 1000 entries and the master tree is a David Frank Pilmer in California.
My name is Colin George Pilmer and I am part of a tree covering Scotland, England, Australia, the USA and Canada.
David and I have shared our tree information as we both feel that there is a connection somewhere in the distant past
My Great-grandfather was George Gibson Pilmer (GGP) and my father, deceased in 1938 when I was 6, was also called George Gibson Pilmer, hence I got Colin from my maternal Great-Grandfather and the George from my fraternal Great-grandfather.
My G-G-Grandfather was called John but I can't find any records of birth, death or parents. Based on the Scottish custom of naming children based on great-grandfathers I think that the Gibson in GGP's name comes from a having a maternal great-grandfather who was a Gibson.
A few weeks ago I had an Inscriptionsent to me about John and George Pilmer, two brothers who died in 1905 on a farm at Witton Le Wear, Durham and the 1901 Census was my lead into the location. That same Census entry had a 12 year old boy working on the farm as a servant and he was named Gibson and the inscription mentions "in memory of my uncles"
If you have any leads on my GGP having connections to a
Gibson probably about late 1780 to 1800 time frame I would appreciate your help. Your more recent Gibson-Pilmer connection is in David's tree and I am hoping that I can tie GGP back to an earlier Gibson.
Colin
