William Fletcher and Rosanna Brown marriage help please

[quiffdo]

Hello all

My 5x Grt Grandparents William Fletcher and Rosanna Brown had a number of kids and the first of which (Jane) seems to have been born in Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire.

The problem is I cannot seem to find their marriage.
Any help in locating this would be much appreciated.

Danny Wilson

[trish1120]

Hi Dannym
You didnt supply any dates so is this them?

JANE Fletcher, christening: 27 February 1814, Dumfries, Dumfrieshire to William FLETCHER and Rose BROWN
+ in Kelton, Kirkcudbright;
ELIZABETH BROWN Fletcher, 26 January 1818, to William FLETCHER and Rosanna BROWN

1851 has this Family in Kelton;
William Fletcher    61, Nailer, born Hoddom, dumfriessh
Rose Fletcher    62, born Ireland
Samuel Fletcher    30, born Castle Douglas Kelton, kirkcudbright
Ruth Fletcher    16, born Castle Douglas Kelton, kirkcudbright

1841 they are under BLETCHER;
William Bletcher    50
Rose Bletcher    50
Samuel Bletcher    20
Rosannah Bletcher 15
Margaret Bletcher 15
Isabella Bletcher    14
William Bletcher    12
Elizabeth Bletcher 10

Hopefully someone can help you

[quiffdo]

Thank you Trish

That is indeed the family. I now at least have a possible place of birth for William. Hoddom is where I shall concentrate my search.

Danny

[Gadget]

Hi Danny 

It is quite possible that you won't be able to find a marraige record for William and Rosanna, for various reasons - records missing, non-Church of Scotland marriage, etc.  - see 

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/economicsocialhistory/historymedicine/scottishwayofbirthanddeath/marriage/

Scotlands People www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk  has a death record for Rosanna Fletcher in Kelton 1859. This would give details of her parents.


Gadget

[trish1120]

Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
William FLETCHER   
birth: 19 December 1790    
christening: 26 December 1790
residence:    1790; Hoddam, Dumfries
Father JOHN Fletcher

Siblings Christenings;
JEAN, 23 Feb 1793
ELIZABETH, 15 April 1795
SIMON, 02 July 1797
JOHN, 1 Sept 1799
ISAAC, 11 March 1804
(Source Familysearch.Org)

1851/1861 John Fletcher down as born c 1800/1801 Hoddom, is living in Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire
He is a Nailer also.
Isaac c 1803/4 on Census stays in Hoddom and is a Nailer also.

[brian_g]

Hi,
I stumbled across this page, looking for info on Isaac Fletcher.
My ancestry also goes back to this family, and I would be a descendant of John (born 1799).

I visited Ecclefechan a few years ago, 2009 I think, and found John Fletcher's gravestone in the churchyard there. I have the full inscription at home and will post it tonight.

I also visited Castledouglas cemetery, which is huge in comparison, but couldn't find any obvious connections.
There is, apparently, another graveyard in Hoddom (should be Kelton I think?) which I didn't know about at the time. This would most likely be a better place to find some links.

Brian

[brian_g]

Inscription of gravestone at Ecclefechan;
Jane Harkness, Spouse to John Fletcher, Nailer in Ecclefechan.
She died 7th April 1808 aged 58 yrs.
Also Simeon Fletcher their son who died in 1822 aged 26 years.
And the said John Fletcher who died in 1830 aged 67 yrs.
Also Isaac, son of the above John Fletcher who died at Ecclefechan 14th September 1884 aged 80 yrs.

[JanetteM]

I've also been researching this family. A descendant of William Fletcher's posted a great old photo of William's brother Isaac Fletcher 1800=1880 on ancestry and they agreed to let me copy it to Old Families of Dumfries Facebook page. Isaac was married to Jean Graham. Isaac and William's brother John is my g g g g grandfather - he married Helen Pauling.