Apologies, in the meassage above I should have given James Anderson's birth year as 1862. Jane Spouse was born in 1860.

I am looking for info on Mary Lindores b 1860 who married Robert Miller Paxton of Tweedmouth. He rarents were Agnes Greenlaw and Thomas Lindores. Any help gladly received. Dare I hope for a photo?

My grandfather died in Gordon in 1947. His address was given as Harbour View Burnmouth-a house I have never been able to find when visiting. Can anyone help? He was staying with his son James Paterson who went on to run the post office in St Abbs.
His sister Mary married an Alexander Spouse and lived in Eyemouth.
I never knew any of them due to a family dispute!!
All information has been found through records but does not help give an idea of what hey were like .Can anyone help with any information for my family tree research.

Hi Myra
Thanks for your enquiry Harbour View is the house oppsite the Church . If you look on the church page there is a photo the white house behind the church is Harbour View .if you email me we can help you with your ancesters

Looking for help in tracing who owned / ran the boats 'The Good Hope' and 'The Dolly Graham' back in the late 1940's and 1950's. They were ' cousins' of my wife's family and as a young girl she remembers they used to meet up when she and her parents holidayed at Eyemouth. Her father sometimes went out with the cousins fishing over night. She and her sisters recall the names 'Eck and Lizzie' and thinks one of the associated family names was Lindores. Would very much like to reconnect with local family if posible. Stuart

Anderson connections
Firstly a very happy new year to everyone and many thanks to those who kindly helped with family tree research in 2008.

I wonder if anyone can confirm the following? My great grandfather was James Anderson, 1st cousin to John Anderson (1856-1927) who lived in Nulla Ghar in Burnmouth on his return from teaching in India.

I have been given an interesting letter sent from Karachi to my great grandfather from a Robbie dated 1927 and talking of his father's death. I'm assuming that Robbie was John Anderson's son (from the date)but have found no record of this. The letter refers to Nellie (I assume Ellen Anderson, John's daughter) and 'wee Jock' John Anderson's grandson? Also reference to two boats 'The Pamela' gifted to my great grandfather in the letter, and named after Robbie's youngest daughter, and 'The Ivanhoe', my great grandfather's boat which I understand was the first fishing boat in Burnmouth to have an engine.

If anyone can confirm my assumption or has an interest in the letter please get in touch. John

Looking for any information on Paul Johnston (b.06 Jan 1830) married Jessie Whitlie in 1854. Any information most gratefully received. Thanks.

I'm looking for the GIBSON connection to the Armatage Familyy. Thomas Armatage married FANNY (Frances) Aitchison nee Gibson & had children (Thomas George, Ann, Mary, Sarah, Peter Gibson, Charles, Fanny I, Elizabeth W & Robert J.G.). Any assistance would be appreciated.
Australia Calling

My grandfather lived at Lamberton and went to school in Burnmouth with his two sisters. He was Oswald Skene and his sisters were Agnes and Anne.

Does anyone know if there are any old school photos from around 1910 onwards

I wonder if anybody has any information about my great grandparent - James Muirhead who was born in Burnmouth in 1862. His father Robert Muirhead was a railway porter and lived in the Station Cottages along with his wife Emily (amelia).

I was interested in the comments from Joan (nee Spouse) McGiveron. I am connected to her X 3 great grandfather Thomas Spouse. His wife, Apelina Purves was the grand daughter of my x4 great grandparents Thomas Huntly and Apalina Newton. Details on Thomas Huntly can be found on Rootsweb.

Apelina Purves was the daughter of Margaret Huntly and John Purves. She died in Edinburgh age 90 on 11th August 1879.

Peter Huntly

Janet Aitchison who married the Coastguard gentleman Frederick Phillips was my Great Grandmother. They followed their only child,daughter Margaret Swan Phillips who married William Foreman to New Zealand where they are now buried at the Dargaville Cemetery

I wondered if anyone could help with family history research. My Great, Great grandmothers sister Rosanna ran the Flemington Inn. I am just sorting out all my information and searched on line for the Inn. Very upset to find it is no longer there! My Great grandfather's sister lived there for a while - we think she was probably hired help. I have found the 1881 census and see that Rosanna must have married a Robert Dean from Dallas. Would anyone have any information from that time or a decent old photograph of the inn. Thanks

Looking for Anderson Moore or any information as to his whereabouts. I was lucky enough to have had a summer holiday with him, his mother and older brother who made a name for their cottage, "The Moorings". Theirs was the last house in the row, overlooked the main railway line to England. Remember that Andy (as I called him), had some cousins, relatives both in Burnmouth and Eyemouth. Presently I live in Canada and would appreciate any information at all as I will probably be visiting within the next year and more than likely drive by.
Thanks, Irvine.

thanks to my cousin Jane for highlighting this site, we are a direct descendant of James Martin who was head of the house in Mallaig with his son William and Alex and Paul Johnstone

sorry should have stated according to 1901 cencus

Is it possible your Ivanhoe boat was the same as David and Ann Thompson's Ivanhoe moored in 1871 at Water Lane, Rotherham? David and Ann were my great great grandparents. I don't know how to participate in an online forum, but do I assume someone can use reply to email me back please?

my grandfathers name was samuel martin(burnmouth)who married elizabeth jane patterson(eyemouth)

I have been researching my family history and as I knew that James Dixon of Lamberton was my three times G Grandfather and his wife was a Isabella Martin. On finding your Burnmouth forum and family history work I discovered that Isabella Martin married James Dixon of Lamberton!
The birth dates coincide with mine, and so I am wondering if there is more informatiom about this Isabella and her mother Elizabeth . Anyone able to help me with this? I would be very grateful for help. Jennifer

I have been researching my family history and as I knew that James Dixon of Lamberton was my three times G Grandfather and his wife was a Isabella Martin. On finding your Burnmouth forum and family history work I discovered that Isabella Martin married James Dixon of Lamberton!
The birth dates coincide with mine, and so I am wondering if there is more informatiom about this Isabella and her mother Elizabeth . Anyone able to help me with this? I would be very grateful for help. Jennifer

Samuel Martin of Burnmouth (married to Jane) hit the headlines in the 1950s for being drunk in charge of his fishing boat in the Sound of Sleat. He sailed into a private vessel and knocked the toffs on board into the sea! He served a prison sentence!!

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I was just reading the story of Agnes Aitchison. I have a little more information to offer. Her daughter Margaret Aitchison was my great grandmother. Margaret married William Turner and had a son, John Turner. Maggie and William were living in Berwick according to the 1901 census. Their son was born that year. When Maggie immigrated to Canada, she left her son with her sister Rachel. My grandfather lived with her family until he also immigrated to Vancouver, Canada when he was seventeen years old. I have the some of the same photos. Thank you for the history of Agnes Aitchison.

Thanks for sharing the information about Margaret Aitchison. Do you know when and where William Turnbull was born and who his parents were?

In response to Evelyn's questions. Margaret Aitchison's first husband William Turner was born in Duns, Berwickshire about 1875. His parents were John Turner and Annie Turner (possibly born Annie Stoddart). I'm not sure what happened to William as my great grandmother moved to Canada without him. My grandfather knew very little about his father just that he worked for the railway between Edinburgh and Berwick upon Tweed. Berwick was his home base.

Hi Rebecca,
No wonder I couldn't find William because I was looking under Turnbull.
William TURNER was born in Duns 18/9/1873. His parents as you say were John Turner, born in Dunbar 1834 and Ann Stoddart born in Duns in 1835. John was an engine fitter on the railway
On William's birth cert. it states his parents were married in Berwick on 12/4/ 1856.
You say Margaret Aitchison went to Canada without William, did she remarry?

Rebecca
I am still trying to establish what family connections I may have with you, because we have so many Aitchison connections. If you were to contact me by E-mail, we might be able to help each other with our family quests.Walter V. Holden

Rebecca,
William's father John married twice firstly to Ann Stoddart. They had 4 children, Archibald 1859, John 1862, Peter 1868 and William 1873. Ann died in 1894 and John married Isabella Thomson, a widow, in 1897. She was 37 and he was 63 when they married. They had a son. Alexander, but he died when he was 4.
Would you be prepared to leave your e mail address with Walter, above, so I can contact you.

Evelyn,

Margaret did remarry. She married a William Smith. They had one daughter. Margaret. I I knew them all. I'm not sure when they died. Margaret Aitchison Turner Smith lived well into her nineties. I believe it was 1973. Aunty Marg died about two years ago. She was also in her nineties. She had four children. Grandad, John Turner, died in 1994. It seems longevity runs in the Aitchison family.

As for the Turners, it seems strange that my grandfather would have had an uncle so near his own age. My grandfather was born May 1, 1901. I remember him mentioning an Uncle Peter but information is vague. My grandfather's stories were mainly of "Aunty Rachel" and her daughters Lizzie and Nancy. I know they kept in communication. My sister remembers them visiting Vancouver.

I would like to contact Myra Howie. I was born at Harbour View My grandfather lived there for a while then he was taken to hospital at GORDON where he died

As a small child I lived in the Schoolhouse in Burnmouth. I have looked at the 1911 and 1901 Censuses for Burnmouth and found out a little about the previous occupants. In 1901 the Headmaster was a Charles M Alexander aged 40 staying there with his family and a servant called Esther Anderson aged 14. In 1911 the Headteacher was a James Easson aged 29 living there with his wife. Charles Alexander was not on the 1911 census for Burnmouth but his family were staying at Glen Cottage in upper Burnmouth. I hope this is of interest and if anyone can answer a couple of questions I'd be grateful. 1. When was the school built? I seem to remember a date on the seaward gable? 2. Where was or is Glen Cottage. Regards, Cliff

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My Great Grand Mother was Mary Johnston Lauder - from doing a little research I have found the family names Spouse, Aitchison,Galbraith, Dun, Johnston, Newton - My Great Gran married a Sutherland from Fife. I would love to hear from anyone on the site with connections to those names, with thanks Cindy

I am a descendant of Thomas Kerr from the Transcendent 1881 disaster and i am wondering if there are any relatives out there ... Thomas jnr married Isabella Colvin all from Burnmouth Anyone out there????????????
Ross