"It is a few years since I delved into the Douglas families in the Tynron area. If you do a search in the main section of the Douglas Archives, you will see a couple of families pop up.
I have a particular interest as I lived a couple of miles…"
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"Hi William! Roberta Douglas Smith was my great grandmother, her daughter Rachel was my grandmother. I have managed to trace the 'double barrel' name back a bit more. Roberta's father William Douglas Smith 1846-1892 was born at Rue…"
"Welcome to our community, Kim
Are you sure about the double-barreled surname? That would be unusual in the mid-19th century.
Peebles is the county town of Peeblesshire, so you would need to check that.
The more information that you can give,…"
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- At 12:27 on January 18, 2022,
William Douglas said…
It is a few years since I delved into the Douglas families in the Tynron area. If you do a search in the main section of the Douglas Archives, you will see a couple of families pop up.
I have a particular interest as I lived a couple of miles away in Penpont some 70 years ago, (Evidence attached!) and still have friends there.
You need to search in the glens round-about to find inter-marrying families - and the warring families. These, mid-eighteenth century, were difficult times.
- At 11:45 on January 15, 2022,
Welcome to our community, Kim
Are you sure about the double-barreled surname? That would be unusual in the mid-19th century.
Peebles is the county town of Peeblesshire, so you would need to check that.
The more information that you can give, the better the chance of someone linking in to your family and being able to make helpful suggestions.
That being said, I do have a note that Roberta Douglas Smith was born in George Street, Peebles, Scotland on 04 Nov 1892 to William Douglas Smith and Margaret Henderson Anderson. Roberta Douglas Smith married Hugh Alexander Niven and had 7 children. She passed away on 24 Jul 1977 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia.
Margaret Henderson Anderson was born in the Manor Valley, in Peeblesshire in 1859 - a place I know well as my in-laws live there!
Yours aye,
William
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