Black - Dornes

[Ratchete]

Hey there,

Wish I'd checked this thread first before SP & Ancestry.  I've been looking for the birth/1851/1861 details of a Mary Pickup nee Downs b.1850 in Kirkcudbright.  I've found her marriage to George Pickup in 1874 and her father is given as Matthew Downs farmer.  I think Downs may be a corruption of Doran(s); given the mix of Irish/Scots/Lancastrian accents it could be possible.  Mary would be a sister of Isabella.  Mary & George called their first child Elizabeth Ellen possibly after her granny Helen.

What are your thoughts?

I may have to spend a little more money & get Mary's death cert. (Lancashire) to see if her mother's name is mentioned.

Yours

Ratchete

[Johnner Kid]

Here is a 20th Cn Dorans / Ross connection.
MI in Kirkcowan graveyard (New Section)

Erected by Peter DORANS
In Memory of
His wife, Mary Ann ROSS, who died at Barneight 26th July 1920 aged 74 years
Also the above Peter DORANS, who died at Barneight 13th Octr 1925 aged 81 years

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