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James Turnbull1

ID#57804, (circa August 1764 - between 1841 and 1851)
James Turnbull|b. cir. Aug 1764\nd. bet 1841 - 1851|p57804.htm|Walter Turnbull|b. say 1720\nd. aft. 1764|p10891.htm|Betty Turnbull|b. say 1720\nd. aft. 1764||Robert Turnbull|b. say 1690|p57834.htm|Helen Blacklock|b. say 1690||||||||
FatherWalter Turnbull2 b. say 1720, d. aft. 1764
MotherBetty Turnbull3 b. say 1720, d. aft. 1764
Relationship4th great-granduncle of Lorna Henderson.
     
     James Turnbull was born cir. Aug 1764 at Dykehead, Par. of Kirkandrews on Esk, CUL, ENG.1,2 He was baptized on 2 Sep 1764 at Canonbie, DFS, SCT; to Walter TURNBULL and his wife, in Dykehead.2
     James Turnbul married Agnes Elliot on 30 Apr 1801 at Canonbie, DFS, SCT.1
     James Turnbull died bet 1841 - 1851 ?Crossings, Trough Twp, Par. of Stapleton, CUL, ENG.
     
     James Turnbull and Agnes Turnbull appeared on the census of 1841 at Crossings, Trough Twp, Par. of Stapleton, CUL, ENG, and are assumed to be husband and wife. They were enumerated as TURNBULL: James 80 ag lab b Cty; Agnes 65 b S; Mary 25, James 4 both b Cty (next entry is for Russelgate, a John, weaver 60 & Eleanor 50 BROWN).4
     James' time had obviously "arrived".
Within the space of slightly more than a month, the following happened, in order:
- TMG conference cruise: met Chaye who was investigating her brick wall of an Elizabeth Turnbull, one of the candidates being Elizabeth dtr of James and Agnes (Elliot) Turnbull of Dykehead (actually shown as Dykehead, Kirkandrews on Esk, Canonbie, Dumfries) - filed the info away as worthy of investigation as to extremely likely connection to my Robert Turnbull of Dykehead
- a couple of weeks later, probably prompted by the above, posted some of the memories of my visit to Dykehead in 1994 "some more of those Americans dear", on my GenBlog, place anonymous
- decided to find out which of the many James Turnbulls it was that had married in Longtown in 1844, so ordered the cert.
- within a day of that, and a week of the anonymous blog publication, contacted by Robin saying he'd found my Robert of Dykehead on the web and was very interested as he was a descendant of a James & Agnes (Elliot) Turnbull of Dykehead
- "outed" Dykehead as the anonymous place referred to in the GenBlog entry a few days earlier, documenting this new contact
- following day contacted by a distant cousin pointing out that he had sold Dykehead in the early 1990s (we determined that it was probably shortly before my visit)
- a day or so of concentrated effort researching Canonbie baptisms determining a couple of generations further back on my Turnbulls
- marr. certificate of James [BOLD:]Turnbull[:BOLD] arrives, confirming suspicion that he was the one who had married a Margaret Jackson, but also providing the unexpected bonus of now being able to place him within "my" Turnbull families as his father was James, farmer. This info, when coupled with research from 2005 which showed his birthplace as Dykehead, 1807, made him the son of James and Agnes (Elliot) Turnbull, whom I didn't even know existed back in 2005 when I first found the younger James.3

Family

Agnes Elliot (cir. 1776 - aft. 1841)
Children
  • Walter Turnbull5
  • Robert Turnbull6
  • James Turnbull7
  • Anna Turnbull8
  • Elizabeth Turnbull9
  • Mary Turnbull10
  • Hannah Turnbull11
Last Edited19 Dec 2008

Citations

  1. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Marr. 30 Apr 1801 James TURNBUL & Agnes ELLIOT, patron submission, batch 7203418 Sheet 20, srce 0820182 film, extracted Dec 2008.
  2. Robin A FAIRSERVICE, "EM TURNBULL/ELLIOT ex Robin F," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Bap. 2 Sep 1764 James s/o Walter TURNBULL in Dykehead, Canonbie, DFS, extract rcvd Dec 2008.
  3. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Dec 2008.
  4. 1841 Census, ENG, Via Ancestry.com, HO107/170/12 ED 3A F 5 Pg 4/5, hsehold of James & Agnes TURNBULL, extracted Dec 2008.
  5. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 12 Sep 1802 Walter s/o James TURNBULL and Agnes ELLIOTT, "Dykehead, Kirkandrews, DFS, SCT", Film 455041, patron submission, extracted Dec 2008.
  6. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 23 Oct 1804 Robert s/o James TURNBULL and Agnes ELLIOTT, "Dykehead, Kirkandrews, DFS, SCT", Film 455041, patron submission, extracted Dec 2008.
  7. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 5 Jul 1807 James s/o James TURNBULL and Agnes ELLIOTT, "Dykehead, Kirkandrews, DFS, SCT", Film 455041, patron submission, extracted Dec 2008.
  8. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 14 Jan 1810 Anna d/o James TURNBULL and Agnes ELLIOTT, "Dykehead, Kirkandrews, DFS, SCT", Film 44779 ref 43470, patron submission, extracted Dec 2008.
  9. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 24 Feb 1812 Elizabeth d/o James TURNBULL and Agnes ELLIOTT, "Dykehead, Kirkandrews, DFS, SCT", Film 44779 ref 43469, patron submission, extracted Dec 2008.
  10. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 18 Oct 1814 Mary d/o James TURNBULL and Agnes ELLIOTT, "Dykehead, Kirkandrews, DFS, SCT", Film 44779 ref 43467, patron submission, extracted Dec 2008.
  11. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 29 Dec 1819 Hannah d/o James TURNBULL and Agnes ELLIOTT, "Dykehead, Kirkandrews, DFS, SCT", Film 44779 ref 43467, patron submission, extracted Dec 2008.

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