Gretna Green Marriage from 1820 - Genealogists' Forum

BlueSavannah · #1 17-02-11, 12:01

Hi,
I found the marriage of my great x 4 grandparents, David Adams & Elizabeth Cole, a while ago now on Ancestry's Gretna Green marriages. It took place on the 21st September 1820.

I have tried and failed to work out what the name of the parish is that David gives. It looks like Busing but I cant find any reference to this when I google.

On the 51 census, he states he was born in Glasgow. On the 61 census, he just said Scotland.

I would really like to try and find a baptism for David (he was born aprox 1776c and his father was also called David).

Is there anyone with any Scottish expertise that could take a look at the image and offer some advise on what it says and where it might be?

Many thanks in advance

Claire

Uncle John · #2 17-02-11, 16:28

Certainly looks like Busing. But it could be an e not an i because all the other i's are dotted. The last 2 letters are definitely not an r or a y, judging by other words.

JBee · #3 17-02-11, 16:58

I wonder about Bursing/Burning - but did note that there isn't a county given - do you think that it's because they're both from Northumberland or that David is local.

BlueSavannah · #4 17-02-11, 18:06

Thank you for taking the time to look. I did note that a county wasnt given for David; however, I do think he was from Scotland as stated this on the 41, 51, 61 census. Just the 51 had Glasgow stated.

kiterunner · #5 17-02-11, 18:55

The parish on the marriage entry is the parish where he (said he) was living at the time of the marriage, not necessarily where he was born. I would think that either his parish of residence was also in Northumberland, or it was in the same county as Gretna Green.

BlueSavannah · #6 17-02-11, 19:28

Many thanks for that Kite. Maybe I am destined not get further back with this line

Uncle John · #7 17-02-11, 20:28

There's a place called Beeswing, a few miles south-east of Dumfries. I think his parish must be in Dumfriesshire or it would have said otherwise.

kiterunner · #8 17-02-11, 22:06

I see that David and Elizabeth's son David was baptised at a non-conformist church (Wesleyan), so could it be that David himself was also baptised as a non-conformist? I don't think all the Scottish non-conformist records are online yet.

BlueSavannah · #9 18-02-11, 04:23

ooh, never heard of Beeswing, certainly worth looking at.

I hadnt thought about David senior being non-conformist but might explain the Gretna Green marriage. When he remarried in Liverpool, he married in a CofE church. I think out of the four children I know of, 2 were baptised Weslyan.

BlueSavannah · #10 18-02-11, 05:57

Think I have just found Elizabeth Cole's baptism and it looks like she might be the non-conformist:

http://pilot.familysearch.org/record...n=fs%3A1473014

I dont quite understand what this means, does it mean she was an orphan, or the place of baptism was formerly an orphanage?

Christopher & Margaret Cole are given as the maternal grandparent names on David Adams (1823) baptism at the Wesleyan chapel in Bradford.