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Walter Turnbull1

ID#57864, (circa September 1763 - )
Walter Turnbull|b. cir. Sep 1763|p57864.htm|James Turnbull|b. say 1730||Betty Bell|b. say 1730||Robert Turnbull|b. say 1690|p57834.htm|Helen Blacklock|b. say 1690||||||||
FatherJames Turnbull1 b. say 1730
MotherBetty Bell1 b. say 1730
Relationship1st cousin 6 times removed of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Walter Turnbull was born cir. Sep 1763 at Dykehead, Par. of Kirkandrews on Esk, CUL, ENG.1 He was baptized on 30 Sep 1763 at Canonbie, DFS, SCT; James Turnbul and his wife in Dykehead, Eng, had a son bap. Walter.1
     
     Walter Turnbull the son of James and Betty (Bell) born Dykehead 1763 and Walter Turnbull married Margaret Murray (at Canonbie) at Dykehead, Par. of Kirkandrews on Esk, CUL, ENG, in 1797 are possibly the same person.2
Last Edited6 Dec 2008

Citations

  1. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 30 Sep 1763 Walter s/o James TURNBUL and wife in Dykehead, ENG, Canonbie, DFS 814/0010 0104, copy d/loaded Dec 2008.
  2. "Lorna's Family History Musings", 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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