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Robert Turnbull1

ID#57834, (say 1690 - )
ChartsMaternal ancestors of Lorna
Relationship6th great-grandfather of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Robert Turnbull was born say 1690 ?Canonbie, DFS, SCT.1
     Robert Turnbull married Helen Blacklock say 1710 ?Canonbie, DFS, SCT.1
     
     My assumptions for this family are:
     - Robert and Helen are at the top of the dynasty
     - I have assigned both James and Walter to this couple, despite not finding a baptism for either.
     - both James and Walter named their first sons Robert
     - Walter also neatly has a 2nd dtr Helen
     - James' sons Robert 1753, Walter 1763, and dtr Mary 1755, were all b. Dykehead
     - Walter's sons Walter 1745, and James 1764, and dtrs Helen, Betty and Hannah were all b Dykehead (and possibly some of the others)
     Bear in mind however that I have absoloutely no evidence to tie Robert and Helen to Dykehead other than they too had their children baptised in Canonbie. The records around that time do not conveniently add place, or other identifying data.2

Family

Helen Blacklock (say 1690 - )
Children
  • Mary Turnbull3
  • Helen Turnbull1
  • Walter Turnbull+ (say 1720 - aft. 1764); relationship a complete assumption and based purely on both families using Canonbie for their children's baptisms, and naming pattern of Walter's children2
  • James Turnbull2
Last Edited19 Dec 2008

Citations

  1. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 25 Sep 1717 Helen d/o Robert TURNBULL and Helen BLACKLOCK, reg. Canonbie, DFS 814/0010 0036, copy d/loaded Dec 2008.
  2. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Dec 2008.
  3. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 12 Feb 1716 Mary to Robert TURNBULL & Helen BLACKLOCK, Canonbie, DFS 814/0010 0034, index searched Dec 2008.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area. Corrections welcome
 
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