Lorna's family forest

James Turnbull¹

(circa August 1764 - between 1841 and 1851)

Father

Walter Turnbull² (say 1720 - aft. 1769)

Mother

Betty Turnbull³ (say 1722 - aft. 1764)

Relationship

5th great-uncle of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

James Turnbull was born cir. Aug 1764 Dykehead, Par. of Kirkandrews on Esk, CUL, ENG

.^1,2 He was baptized on 2 Sep 1764 Canonbie, DFS, SCT

; to Walter TURNBULL and his wife, in Dykehead.²
James Turnbul married Agnes Elliot on 30 Apr 1801 Canonbie, DFS

, entry reads: Jas Turnbul, Kirk Andrews, & Agness Elliot Crookholm.^1,4
James Turnbull died bet. 1841 - 1851 ?Crossings, Trough Twp, Par. of Stapleton, CUL, ENG; several options in dth index (all Cumberland): Longtown (1842 and 1846), Carlisle (1843 and 1847). If anyone can claim any of these four as A. N. Other James that would help!

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 Turnbull 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

Census/Where lived/Occupations

James Turnbull lived in Apr 1801 Kirk Andrews, CUL, ENG.⁴
James Turnbull and Agnes Turnbull appeared on the census of 1841 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.)⁵

External links

Click here to see James's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁶

Family

Agnes Elliot (cir. 1776 - aft. 1841)

Children

Walter Turnbull⁷ (Sep 1802 - )
Robert Turnbull⁸ (Oct 1804 - bet. Sep 1890 - Dec 1890)
James Turnbull⁹ (Jul 1807 - aft. 1881)
Anna Turnbull+¹⁰ (Jan 1810 - aft. 1861)
Elizabeth Turnbull¹¹ (Feb 1812 - )
Mary Turnbull¹² (Oct 1814 - )
Hannah Turnbull¹³ (Dec 1818 - )

Charts

TURNBULL

Last Edited

15 Jun 2014

Citations

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.
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.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Dec 2008.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 30 Apr 1801 Jas TURNBUL & Agness ELLIOT, Canonbie, DFS, 814/00 0020 0364, copy d/loaded Jun 2014.
1841 Census images, England & Wales, via Ancestry.com, HO107/170/12 ED 3A F 5 Pg 4/5, hsehold of James & Agnes TURNBULL, extracted Dec 2008.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Oct 2011.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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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