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Category Archives: Thomson
Penelope Thomson and John Young
Continuing with my account of the Glasgow branch of the Robb family, I now turn to Penelope Thomson’s second marriage, to John Young. As I’ve already mentioned, Penelope’s first husband George Robb (brother of my 3 x great grandfather Charles) … Continue reading
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Henry Thomson and Jean or Jane Sharp
In the last post I wrote about Penelope Thomson, the first wife of Glasgow merchant George Robb (born 1769), who was the older brother of my 3 x great grandfather Charles. To understand the later history of this branch of … Continue reading
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George Robb and Penelope Thomson
‘I had also an Uncle George who died many years ago leaving children but I don’t know how many. I had also an Aunt called Penelope…’ So wrote my great-great-grandfather William Robb in his memorandum of 1885, a few years … Continue reading
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The Glasgow connection
Between his baptism in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, on 16 December 1779 and his marriage to Margaret Ricketts Monteith at St. Mungo’s, Glasgow on 15 October 1802, when he was 22 years old, we have no records for my great-great-great-grandfather Charles Edward … Continue reading
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My family and the slave trade
Once again, a simple Google search for one of my ancestors has turned up some astonishing results. As I mentioned in the last post, I’m in the process of revisiting the Glasgow branch of the Robb family. In doing so, … Continue reading
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George Robb (b. 1806) and family in the National Probate Calendar
Some time ago I wrote about George Robb, who was born in Glasgow in 1806. His mother was Penelope Thomson and his father was another George Robb (born 1769), a Glasgow merchant and the older brother of my great-great-great-grandfather Charles … Continue reading
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Penelope Burns in America
Penelope Burns, born in Glasgow in 1838, was the only daughter of John Burns, merchant and manufacturer, and Elizabeth Robb, daughter of Penelope Thomson and George Robb, merchant (born in Auchterless in 1769, and brother of my 3 x great … Continue reading
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Janet Young and Jackson Walton
Janet Young, daughter of Penelope Thomson from her second marriage, to John Young, was born in 1817 and died some time before 1851. On 12th October 1835 she married Jackson Walton, who was born in England (possibly Manchester) in 1809, … Continue reading
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Archibald Graham Lang and Jean Robb
Jean Robb, born in about 1810, was the daughter of George Robb (b. 1769) and Penelope Thomson. In 1830 she married Archibald Graham Lang, who was born in about 1800. The 1830 Post Office Directory for Glasgow has Archibald working at … Continue reading
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The Meikleham bankruptcy
I wrote in these posts about William Meikleham (1802 – 1852), who married Penelope Young, daughter of Penelope Thomson and John Young, in 1844. I mentioned that he had been declared bankrupt and died in Milwaukee, USA. It appears that … Continue reading
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