Turnbull Coldstream

[rosbrog]

Hi folks

Just wondering if anyone might be able to help me with the following as I'm completely stuck. My 4 x great grandparents. George Henderson and Ann Turnbull. I believe George was born in Wark, Northumberland for the following reasons:

Their first daughter being born in wark, Northumberland.
In later censuses living next door to other Hendersons in Linton, ROX who were born in wark.
I believe George was born there. He died pre 1841.

The reason for listing all this is I am hoping to gather more info on his wife Ann turnbull. I have her death cert where her father is named as James turnbull, soldier. Mothers name is simply given as Anne with no maiden name. She gives her birthplace on all censuses as Coldstream but can find nothing unless she was christened in another church. She would have been born c1792.

I wondered if anyone else is researching this family and if there are possibly any inscriptions for Coldstream, although she died 1871 in Roxburgh parish and have to check that out as well. She died a pauper so am not sure a headstone would exist or be in good condition to read anyway.

Thanks for reading.

David

[terianne]

Hi had a Quick look through same of the free site and the family moved around alot - probably because of the "Hiring" as Ag Lab's

the following place were mention Lilliesleaf, Langrigg Eccles, Primside Morebattle, Bankhead Linton, etc

Ann died a pauper so probably no stone unless one of her children had the money to erect on - also try looking for her daughter Elizabeth's death or maybe Thomas or James her sons.

Linton seems to be the family seat, their always seem to return there for christening, etc.

[rosbrog]

Hi Terrianne

many thanks for your work there, much appreciated. I have the death certs for all of her children and details of their marriages as well as locating them on all censuses. I suspect some link to Linton alright, as anne returned there on a later census.

I am fairly sure that the other hendersons there were her deceased husband George Hendersons brother and family, as like i said his eldest daughter was born in Wark, Northumberland and this Thomas Henderson was born in Carham, Northumberland (which i think is the parish covering wark).

I also think perhaps that either/both of george and thomas parents were from linton. I did get thomas hendersons death cert, he died in selkirk and his mother was named as Jane Henderson (no father listed). I found a birth in carham at the right time with the father named as Thomas Riddle and the mother named as Jean Henderson yet the son Thomas was given the mothers name of Henderson (which makes sense). All in all i suspect that these are the Henderson family but still stumped as to Anne Turnbull, as I have nothing to link her to Linton other than living there on two occasions.

I know from all censuses she was born in Coldstream but don't have a clue of any way to locate her father James Turnbull (soldier) although there is a chance he was fighting in the Napoleonic wars, I have a record of one james Turnbull from the war, with scant details other than 93rd regiment of foot. This could be him and may explain why there is little reference to him, anne or other turnbulls in coldstream records. As i said her mother's name is given only as Anne on death cert.

Anyway, sorry for boring you with all that but typed the first message on phone and made a hash of it. Hope that explains where i'm at a bit better.

Thanks again for the help, i think the linton connection is probably the henderson side. This is a line i had given up on at the very start and i think i may be right to have given up!!

Cheers

David

[terianne]

I know this may be a long shot - but have you thought that Ann may have actually been born around Coldstream but christened in Northumberland - I checked the IGI and found 2 Ann's

Parents James & Ann

one Christened Jul 1896 at Bywell and one Christened 1891 at Corebridge

Bywell and Corebridge are about 3mile from eachother - just over hours drive form the Scottish Border.

Also does the surnames Baptist or Hall mean anything as a James married Ann Baptist in Hartburn May 1780 and also a Ann Hall married Stamfordham May 1779


worth a try