John Riddle was
born 1797 in Hawick, Roxburghshire. He married Elizabeth Middlemist,
born 1801 in Eckford, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1923. John and his
father (another John and mother probably Peggy Parris or Agnes Whellan)
were both Game Keepers. Family stories say that John's father was
killed by poachers and the family lost their house prompting a move to
Houston and Killellan parish in Renfrewshire.
John and
Elizabeth Middlemist produced six children all born in Renfrewshire:-
James
born 1826 (also a Game Keeper) married Margaret Burnett in Port Glasgow
and had two children, John born 1850 and Helen born 1851.
They then moved to Kilmacolm where they had seven more children:
Margaret born 1858, James born 1857 (I have this line until born 1901
see below), Elizabeth born 1857, Catherine born 1859, Burnett born 1862,
William born 1864, Agnes born 1866.
Helen
born 1828
John
born 1830 (my g g grandfather married Mary Drennan/Drinnan, daughter of
shoemaker Robert Drennan and Agnes Calder married born 1816 in Paisley.
Agnes
born 1833
William
Fordice born 1836
Elizabeth
born 1838
John Riddell,
a Joiner and Mary Drennan/Drinnan married 17 June 1854 in Paisley and
produced:
Agnes
born 1855
Elizabeth
Middlemas born 1857 (married James Henry McDonnell in Greenock) and
produced Helen born 1885, John Riddell born 1888 (I have his line to
date), William Riddell born 1890, Elizabeth Middlemas born 1892.
Margaret
born 1859 (married her first cousin, Game Keeper, James Riddle, son of
James born 1826 above, and produced at least 4 children by 1901: James
born 1886, John born 1889, Burnett born 1891, Nellie born 1897)
John born 1862
Mary born 1864
Robert born
1866
Helen born
1868
James born
1870
William Kerr
born 1873 (my g grandfather, a plumber married Mary Helen Lynch in born
1901 in Port Glasgow)
I would be
grateful to receive any other information on the siblings for whom I
don't have information, particularly middle names which so often help to
get back even further. I have a fair amount of information on the
Riddells listed and I'm willing to share. Other Family Names of
interest in the area include: Drennan/Drinnan, Paisley; Lynch, Port
Glasgow; Keogh, Greenock; McQuilkin, Port Glasgow & Greenock; Thomas
Fitzgerald, Flesher/Butcher of Greenock.
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