Lorna's family forest - William Georgeson

William Georgeson

(say 1732 - )

Father

Male Georgeson¹ (say 1700 - )

Relationship

6th great-uncle of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

William Georgeson was born say 1732 ?Kirk, Par. of Bower, CAI, SCT, NB no GEORGESON baptisms obvious in Caithness between 1724 and 1741.¹
William Georgeson married Jean Doull say 1753 ?Bower, CAI, SCT, not immediately obvious in the OPR.^2,3

From the witnesses to baptisms, the places associated with both this William married to Jean DOULL, and the Donald GEORGESON married to Esther MILLER, and the lack of other families in the neighbourhood, Donald and William are assumed to be siblings.¹

External links

Click here to see William's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁴

Family

Jean Doull (say 1730 - )

Children

Donald Georgeson+ (cir. Dec 1754 - aft. 1801); Given Donald was at Coghill when he married Janet, it is assumed that he is an undocumented son of William and Jean (DOULL) GEORGESON. Bap. of Donald to William in Kirk, no mother stated, subsequently found⁵
Elspet Georgeson² (cir. May 1756 - )
William Georgeson (cir. Aug 1760 - )
Jannet Georgeson (cir. Apr 1762 - )
Margaret Georgeson⁶ (cir. Apr 1764 - )
James Georgeson (cir. Apr 1766 - )
Isobel Georgeson⁷ (cir. Jul 1768 - )
Jean Georgeson (cir. Feb 1771 - )
Alexander Georgeson (cir. May 1774 - )
James Georgeson⁸ (cir. Mar 1778 - )

Charts

GEORGESON

Last Edited

2 Aug 2020

Citations

"Lorna's Family History Musings", Nov 2013.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 2 May 1756 Elspet d/o William GEORGESON (Kirk), Bower, CAI, 34/00 0010 0067, copy d/loaded Nov 2013.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 29 Dec 1754 Donald s/o William ("in Kirk") GEORGESON, Bower, CAI, 034/ 10 66 - indexed as GEORGE, not GEORGESON, copy d/loaded Aug 2020.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Oct 2011.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Nov 2013, updated Aug 2020.
GEORGESON, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 22 Apr 1764 Margaret d/o William GEORGESON & Jean DOULL, Watten, CAI.
GEORGESON, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 23 Jul 1768 Isobel d/o William GEORGESON & Jean DOUL, Watten, CAI.
GEORGESON, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 15 Mar 1778 James s/o William GEORGESON & Jean DOULL, Watten, CAI.

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.

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