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Author: Janet_Finney
Surnames: Lorimer, Carmichael, Stewart, Bell
Classification: queries
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I would like to have contact with anyone descended from or researching John Carmichael and
Janet Anderson of Kirkconnel Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. John Carmichael died 13 May
1860 aged 62 years (headstone information, Kirkconnel churchyard). Janet Anderson
(daughter of Robert Anderson and his wife, Marion Lorimer) was born 8 Jan 1802 in
Kirkconnel Parish and died 7 Jan 1870 in Kirkconnel Parish.
The children of John Carmichael and Janet Anderson (born in Kirkconnel Parish), were:
Robert Carmichael, died aged 6 months
Marion Carmichael, born 28 Oct 1824 in Kirkconnel Parish, Dumfriesshire; died 1900 in Barr
Parish, Ayrshire. Married Alexander Stewart on Friday 20 November 1849 in Kirkconnel
Village. Alexander died July 7, 1889 in Barr Parish, Ayrshire. They lived in several
places, including Straiton Parish, Ayrshire. Their children were: John McFarlane Stewart,
born 30 Nov 1850; Robert & Alexander Stewart (twins) born 25 October 1852; John
McFarlen Stewart, born 20 January 1855; William Stewart, born 15 December 1856; Charles
Gibb & Thomas Bell Stewart (twins), born 23 February 1868. Their son, John Mc Farlen
Stewart married an Irish girl, Mary Ann Boles, and lived in Australia.
William Carmichael, born 16 Sept 1827. Married Isabella Reid who died in 1859. I do not
know what happened to William.
Margaret Carmichael, born 6 Feb 1831. Listed on the 1851 census, single, in household of
her Aunt Sarah Anderson. I do not know what happened to Margaret.
Robert Carmichael, born 18 Sept 1833 died 1857
David Carmichael, died aged 6 months
Jannet Carmichael, bapt 10 Nov 1839, died 1909 in Dalmellington Parish. She married Thomas
Bell 21 Oct 1867 (who died 14 Oct 1876 in Wigan, Lancashire). They had a son named Robert
Bell. I do not know what happened to Robert.
Please contact me (Janet Isobelle Finney) directly at jifjc(a)hotmail.com
Or by mail: CO Box 296, Spencerville, Ontario, K0E 1X0, Canada
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