george and janet imrie

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janet imrie died 1874 crossmichael aged  67 married to george imrie landed proprietor springfield father george bell mother janet hetherington dec.    george james imrie 1875 aged 68 years widower of janet bell landed proprietor springfield son of thomas imrie nurserymam dec witness richard imrie son     janet and george had around 10 children  janet is the aunt of janet kerr previously looked for  we are trying to find where janets mother janet hetherington came from janet and her brothers and sisters were born ruthwell and cummertrees  csc

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children for janet and george imrie   rachel 1830 cummertrees george 1832 born harraby cumbris reg.urr janet 1828 urr charles 1833 urr thomas 1835 urr richard 1837 urr agnes jane1844 tarbolton margaret 1846 tarbolton william 1849 tarbolton benjamine 1853 tarbolton  there might be a couple missing csc

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does anyone know where springfield crossmichael was or imrie bell villa is the address some of the children lived at the boys occupation appears to be civil engineers and wood merchants csc

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does anyone have any information about anna hetherington daughter of george hetherington currier and mary robley born kirkcudbright 1777 this may be nothing to do with janet imrie whose mother is janet hetherington that we cannot find but janet had a brother richard bell sawyer who committed suicide at kells on his birth certificate his mother is anna heitherington   all the other kids mother is  janet  csc

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does anyone know where springfield crossmichael was or imrie bell villa is the address some of the children lived at the boys occupation appears to be civil engineers and wood merchants csc

There is a reference to Springfield on a D&G council document about public roads. It mentions Chapmanton road running from Springfield to the roadend. There is now a Plant nursery on Chapmanton Road - which is unmarked. This would count as Crossmichael Parish I think.
That would place the location of Springfield on the north side of Castle Douglas just on the far side of the A75.

Yes it is.
It is visible on the old map here. Just keep zooming in. Select Historic tab at the top of the page.

http://geo.nls.uk/os6inch/google.html

In fact it is still on modern OS maps. Emrie Bell is shown on the modern OS map at multimap, just down the road from Springfield. They are now on opposite sides of the A75.

Hope this helps

Kirsty

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thanks kirsty bell imrie villa name is from georga and janet nee bell surnames i have downloaded georges will and he has made good provision for his family it appears that he was a well off hard working man janet has been everybodys mother always surrounded by not only her own children but her relations children as well  there are big connections with ayrshire imries wood merchants and nursery seedsmen what i am trying to find as much as possible for is the hetherington connection i am pretty  sure some of them will be somewhere near them or have the name somewhere as a middle name  there is also connection with kells  new galloway      isnt it odd that all these people i have been looking for on the kirkcudbright side are all related janet kerr is janet imries neice the dicksons adam and abraham are brothers of mary  janet imries sisters mother in law what a mix up and there will be more   christeen

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janet imrie had 2 aunts living at neptune cottage kirkcudbright in the 1851 census  margaret davidson who was the wife of captain william davidson buried caerlaverock and jane chesney they are both widows jane chesney has about 10 children as well so janet has lots of cousins in the area there is also a grace graham living with them i dont know if she is related born whithorn around 1792  in later census there are hetheringtons at that house but i dont know if they are connected   janets father was george bell millwright/joiner born ruthwell   all this family have connections with horses and wood  christeen

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janet imries  cousins are the chesneys who lived in stoneykirk her cousin samuel was a saddler her cousin martha was a publican csc

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does anyone know about neptune cottage home of janet imries aunt and uncle william and margaret davidson  i have willian davidsons will from kirkcudbright sherrif court he was a very rich mam leaving 800 pounds and his property to his grandson william davidson strong who would only be around 12 years old in 1848  he also left a yearly allowance to his wife of 100 pounds yearly  margaret davidson and her sister jane chesney were both living there in 1851  csc