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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #9 on: Friday 18 December 09 19:49 GMT (UK) »
Hi Norma,

I am interested in the Becks from Elizatown, I have them going back to James Beck 1734 who married Janet Sanders and my ancestors come down from him.  I have not got your Jean on my tree, do you know her parents. I am sure they must be linked somewhere if they come from Elizatown!

I would be very keen to see any photos of Johnstone as my family have lived all over the parish

Hope to hear from you soon

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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #10 on: Friday 18 December 09 19:51 GMT (UK) »
Hi again Norma,

I forgot to say that Elizatown was close to the river on land which is now part of Hartfield Farm.

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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #11 on: Friday 18 December 09 21:03 GMT (UK) »
Norma, thank you for offering the share old farm photos - which farms are they?
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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 20 December 09 19:09 GMT (UK) »
Hi there both,
Thanks for the info. will see if I can find Hartfield farm on the map.
I'm afraid the farm photos aren't old ones but taken on visits in the last couple of years so if you live locally not much good! However they are of Stockholm, Poldean,  Redhall and Greystonerigg.
Regarding Jean Beck I thought I had her parents but checking before I wrote this I don't think it's right, dammit!
I have her as born 1736 in Johnstone to John Beck and Agnes Bell, which would fit with her having her son James in Elizatown as women tended to go back to mother's for their first child and James is listed as the eldest....However if Jean was born in 1736 (to Agnes and John) then she was 39 when she had her 1st child, James and 50 when she had the last one! Surely that must be impossible?
To deepen the mystery I can't find any Jean Becks with suitable dates in Scotlands People and 1 Jane Beck b. 1848 in Kirkmahoe to Thomas Beck and Margaret thomson but I'm not convinced with this one because as you say there are certainly Becks in elizatown, even in 1841. Also Jeans second son was named John which according to naming patterns would suggest she was the daughter of John Beck which brings me back to the 1736 date!!
Any suggestions to extricate me from this conundrum would be ecstatically received. I'm sure she's from Johnstone.....
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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 20 December 09 19:24 GMT (UK) »
Have you found Elizatown on http://geo.nls.uk/os6inch/, there's a lower and an upper!
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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #14 on: Friday 12 March 10 11:38 GMT (UK) »
Hello I've been wandering around the internet trying to find info about Stockholm at Johnstone, Dumfriesshire as I have traced my family back to there. Family name is Proudfoot.

Can you help? Cathy
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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #15 on: Friday 12 March 10 11:48 GMT (UK) »
Hi Cathy,
I can send you map co-ordinates of Stockholm and I have a modern photo if you'd like.
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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #16 on: Friday 12 March 10 13:20 GMT (UK) »
Hi Norma, thanks for the quick reply. Yes I would appreciate that.
I'll try adding my email address, tho I'm not sure that is allowed! Thanks, Cathy
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Re: Elizatown, Johnstone
« Reply #17 on: Friday 14 January 11 12:42 GMT (UK) »
Hi Folks...I have a David Bryden born in Elizatown on the 12th September 1804. His parents are Willaim Bryden and Marion/Mary Cowan. David married Mary Boyd/Boyes and had 11 children, Thomas, Janet, Robert, Mary, William, James, Margaret, Jane (my Great, Great, Grandmother),Barbara, Elizabeth and DavidHe died in 1870....ring any bells with anyone???
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