June 2005 RootsChat Challenge

[Denise Thompson]

Hello Robyn,
I am delighted to know that you may have more information relating to Duncan Dunbar Tatham and his children. I am in contact with Gordon and Tatham descendants in Australia and England, and we would love to hear from you, via Rootschat or via email.
I see that you are researching Gordon in Scotland and hopefully we can exchange information on our respective lines.
Regards,
Denise, Sydney

[James R. Yeowell]

Apologies if this has already been covered but:

Edward St. George Wolseley, who married Hannah Mary Robertson (dau. of Colin Douglas Robertson and Elizabeth Jane Dale) is a descendant of Sir Richard Wolseley, 1st Baronet of Mount Wolseley.

He was born 31 December 1852 in Dublin and married Hannah Mary Robertson on 13 August 1877.  He was the son of Rev. Robert Warren Wolseley, B.A., curate of St. Silas, Liverpool, and his 1st wife Georgina Nixon (dau. of James Nixon, of Prospect, co. Fermanagh).

Rev. Robert Warren Wolseley, was the son of Maj. Robert Benjamin Wolseley and Alicia Warren (dau. of Sir Robert Warren, Bt.), who was son of Rev. William Wolseley, rector of Tullycorbet and Clontebert, and his wife Jane Hulbert (dau. of Samuel Hulbert, of Cosham, Wiltshire), who was son of Sir Richard Wolseley, 1st Bt. of Mount Wolseley and his wife Alicia Molyneux (dau. of Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bt., of Castle Dillon, co. Armagh).

Source: The Royal Lineage of our Noble and Gentle Families.  Together with their paternal ancestry. -- Joseph Foster, 1887

Further information is easily sought on the Internet.

Regards,

James R. Yeowell.

[warrawillah]

If you need to know anything about, the gilmours and polloks, I have researched for 2 yrs, a parallel family of polloks in eaglesham, renfrew, and had to search the "rich" ones as well.
but I haven't got back past the 1770s .
the "poor" polloks, I really were researching were all farmers of quality, and they produced the great Scottish poet Robert Pollok , who died at the age of 27, having achieved great heights

 Hi Kenjo, Just found your post re the Polloks and hope you might be able to help me. I have a Robert Pollock, pianoforte maker, born in the 1820s . at eaglesham, who married Elizabeth Leckie at Eastwood in 1852. I suspect that he is Robert Easton Pollock son Of John Pollock c 1790  and Helen Boyle.

His son, also Robert, emigrated to Brisbane, Australia.In a newspaper interview in 1895 he stated that he was a direct line descendant of the Polloks of Mearns and a cousin to Robert Pollok the poet, though this would have to be  a couple of generations removed I wouod think. Can you give me any clues as to his parents or how he could be related to the poet please.
iIalso noticed your Gilmour interest. Elizabeth Leckie was the daughter of Robert Bailie Leckie and Margaret Gilmour. Do you know anything of this couple please? Even the tiniest bit of info would be appreciated, as, with all those Robert Pollocks. I am totally confused.
Many thanks, Marie in Sydney

[geneaglutton]

Marie, are you still there?

Your Robert Pollock was the son of Thomas Pollock and either Susanna or Margaret Manderson.  I think it was Margaret.  The IGI says Thomas married Susanna Manderson in 1831.  However, in the 1841, 1851 and 1861 censuses, Thomas' wife's name is Margaret.  Perhaps Thomas married both sisters.

Margaret and Susanna Manderson were two of the daughters of Robert Manderson and Susanna Jack.  Robert and Susanna were married in Sep 1786 in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland.  They had Janet Manderson about 1791.  She is my ancestress.  She married Adam Clark in Mearns, Renfrewshire. 

The next child was Margaret Manderson.  She was born on 7 Jan 1795 and died on 15 Dec 1867.  She definitely married Thomas Pollock at some point.  I have the names of their children, but I don't want to make this post too long.

The other children were James Manderson, born 1 Jun 1800, Robert on 16 Jan 1803 and Susanna on 4 Feb 1807, all in Gorbals.

Aloha, Kathy

[warrawillah]

Hi Kathy,
 What a surprise to have an answer out of the blue!  It all makes sense!  Thank you so much. The Robert Pollock who came to Australia was a real con man and changed his name to Professor Robert Leckie Manderson-Pollock, so now I know where all of the names came from and have his corrrect parentage. Thank you so much. I would be most interested in any other manderson ancestry if you feel like sharing. My email is ^(*)

Thanks again for your interest and help. I am delighted!
Marie




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[geneaglutton]

Hi Marie,

I'm new to rootschat and need to figure out how to do the PM required to send you my email address.  Are you still on Ancestry.com?  If so, you should be able to find my tree, "Margaret Clark Stewart and Family."

I'm attaching (I hope) the death certificate of Margaret Manderson Pollock.


Kathy

[davidrigg3]

Hi Kathy,

Welcome to RootsChat - to send a PM (personal message) to Marie you need to click on the green scroll symbol on the left hand side of one of her posts, under her username. This will take you to another screen where you can type your private message and send it. Marie will then get an email notification that she has a PM.

Hope this helps - happy hunting!

[Jim R]

I was just advised today that there is a somewhat old thread on the Robertson Family Tree (and Muir too I see)

I have published a book on my part of the Robertson Tree that seems to overlap with some of the names mentioned in the thread.

I would be happy to provide a link to the book if anyone is interested

[IAAlltheway]

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