1854 The Galloway Advertiser and Wigtownshire Free Press Birth, Marriage and Death Records Transcribed by Diana Henry and Robert Wells 5th January 1854 (Week 1) BIRTHS Here, at London Road, on the 31st ultimo, the wife of Mr Dyer, of a son. Here, at George Street, on the 3d inst., the wife of Mr John Moore, merchant, of a daughter. At Laigh Float, parish of Stoneykirk, on the 27th ult., the wife of Mr William Clark, of a daughter. At High Drumore, Kirkmaiden, the wife of Mr Alex. Cochrane, farmer, High Auchneel, Leswalt, of a son. At Castle Douglas, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr William Hayland M’Naught, bookseller, of a daughter. At Tongland Free Manse, on the 27th ult., the wife of the Rev. J. Rhenius, of a son. At the Manse of Crimond, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Boyd, of twin daughters. MARRIAGES At Pinwhirrie, on the 28th ult., by the Rev. Peter Ferguson, Mr Edmund Boyd, teacher, F.C. Normal Seminary, Glasgow, to Margaret, second daughter of Mr M’Kenzie, farmer, Pinwhirrie, Inch. At Moorpark, parish of Stoneykirk, on the 29th ult., by the Rev. Mr Campbell, Mr Kempton to Miss M’Kinna. At Daltangun, on the 3d inst., by the Rev, Mr M. Dill, Mr William M’Ilwrick, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Henry Thornton. At Ayr, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Shaw, Mr Dugald Douglas, schoolmaster, Glenluce, to Miss Sarah Parker. “The Irish Girl”. At Castle Douglas, on the 27th ult., by the Rev. James Jenkins, of the U.P. Church, Mr Joseph Jones, Chester, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Lindsay, joiner there. DEATHS Here, at Princes street, on the 4th inst., Mary Ellen MacFarlane, daughter of Mr Malcolm MacFarlane, in her 27th year. Here, at George Street, on the 4th instant, the infant daughter of Mr John Moore, merchant. Here, at North Strand Street, on the 30th ultimo, Alexina, youngest daughter of the late Mr John M’Geoch, farmer, Drangour, aged 22 years. Here, at the Railway Inn, on the 5th inst., very suddenly, Mr Morton, schoolmaster, Sandhead. Here, on the 2d instant, Mary Thornburgh, wife of Mr Joseph Mason, barber. At Smiddyhill, parish of Leswalt, on the 30th ultimo, Grace, daughter of the late Mr Martin, farmer, there. At Portpatrick, on the 20th ultimo, Margaret, aged 22 years, daughter of Mr John Whirk, carrier, here. At Portpatrick, on the 21st ultimo, Mr William Thorburn, aged 89 years. At Newton-Stewart, on the 28th ult., Janet Crosbie, relict of the late Mr Martin, parochial schoolmster of Penningham. At Barrhill, of chincough, on the 30th ult., Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr Wm. Affleck, aged 4 years. 12th January 1854 (Week 2) BIRTHS At George Street, here, on the 9th inst., Mr Robert Beattie, merchant, of a daughter. At Hanover Street, here, on the 31st ult., Mr Gallocher, mason, of a daughter. MARRIAGES Here, at Agnew Crescent, on the 10th inst., by the Rev. John M'Dowall, minister of Old Luce, Mr Robert Morland, manager of the gas works, here, to Sarah, second daughter of the late Captain Thomas Osborne. At Tobermory, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. P. MacLean of the Free Church , Mr William Sproat, writer, to Jane, second daughter of Mr George Black, merchant. At Irvine, on the 2d inst., by the Rev. James Drummond, Mr William T. Stuart, H.E.I.C.S. to Marion, eldest daughter of the late Mr James Ritchie, Irvine. At Burnfoot, parish of Kells, on the 2d inst. by the Rev. George Murray of Balmaclellan, James Carruthers, Esq., of Craig, to Agnes, youngest daughter of the late James Cannon, Esq., Shield. At Hamilton, Canada West, on the 7th December, by the Rev. G.P. Young, Mr John Turner, to Elizabeth Moncrieff, only daughter of the late Rev. John Osborne. On the 6th November last, by special license at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. James Milne, Mr Thomas Macadam, second son of the Mr Thomas Macadam, merchant, Newton Stewart, Galloway, Scotland, to Mary Ann, third daughter of T. P. Kidd, Esq., of Stewart Town, Trelawny, Jamaica. DEATHS At George Street, here, on the morning of the 11th inst., Mr Archibald M'Meiken, merchant, aged 61 years. At Ardwell Mill, parish of Stoneykirk, on the 8th inst., after a few days illness, Anthony Galloway, aged 18 years. At Whirlpool, parish of Stoneykirk, on the 8th inst., Francis, son of Mr Francis Cassidy, farmer. At Baltersan, near Newton-Stewart, on 8th inst., after a brief illness, Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Hewetson, farmer, Baltersan, - much regretted. At Clahannan, on the 6th instant, the infant son of Mr John Martin. On the 1st current, Mary Russell Walker, niece of Mrs Grierson, Kirkbean Manse, and youngest daughter of Richard Graham Walker, Esq. London. At Scotsbrig, near Ecclefechan, on Christmas Day, Mrs Margaret Aitken Carlyle, aged 84 years. At Kirkcudbright on the 2d instant, Mrs Melville, the widow of Captain Dun of the Galloway Militia. The deceased was the last survivor of a large family, which settled in Kirkcudbright in 1791. At Church Hill, Morningside, on the 2d instant, Helen Chalmers, widow of the Rev. John M’Clellan, minister of Kelton Kirkcudbrightshire. At New Bridge Street, Truro, on the 6th inst., James, the infant son of Mr John M’Fadzean, draper and tea dealer, aged two years and nine months. At Leskennerk Terrace, Penzance, on the 6th inst., Mr Samuel M’Donald, draper and tea dealer, aged 36 years. His friends at Ardwell and Kirkmaiden will please receive this intimation. 19th January 1854 (Week 3) BIRTHS Here, at M'Culloch Place, London Road, on the 5th instant, Mrs John Mackie, of a daughter. At Garleffen, Ballantrae, on the 14th instant, Mrs Daniel Owen, of a son. At Kilsaintninian, on the 12th instant, Mrs John M’Millon, of a daughter. At Colmonell, on the 15th instant, the wife of Mr John M’William, inspector of the poor, of a son. At 7, Ainslie Place, Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, the lady of Sir David Dundas of Beechwood, Bart., of a daughter. At Adelaide Place, Glasgow, on the 10th instant, the lady of Alex. Hastie, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. At Downing Street, London, on the 7th instant, the lady of W. E. Gladstone, Esq., Chancellor of the Exchequer of a son. At 35 Moray Place, Edinburgh, on the 13th instant, the Countess of Kintore, of a son. At the Free Church Manse, Castle-Douglas, on the 10th instant, Mrs Brown, of a daughter. At Fenwick Manse, on the 2d instant, the wife of the Rev. David Dickie, of a daughter. MARRIAGES At Dunskey, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. A. Urquhart, Mr James M'William, Larbrax, to Miss Joanne Bone, Dunskey. At Girvan, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Willliam Corson, Mr John Paterson, wright, to Grace, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas Robertson, Girvan. At St. Mary's Church, Renfield Street, Glasgow, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. John Boyle, LL.B., incumbent of Portobello, the Rev. John Thomson Boyle, (Chaplain to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway) to Sophia, youngest daughter of the late John James Esq., of Glasgow. At St. James's Church, Dover, on the 13th instant, Andrew Gillon Esq., of Wallhouse, West Lothian, N.B., to Anna Maria, only daughter of the late Captain Henry Paget Gill and of Lady Maxell, of Calderwood Castle, Lanarkshire. DEATHS At Little Galdenoch, Leswalt, on the 13th instant, Mr James M’Crea, farmer aged 86 years. Here, on the 15th instant, aged 21 years, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr John M’Crae, farmer, Clachanhill, parish of Kirkcolm. At Minniwick, parish of Minnigaff, on the 8th instant, after a lingering illness, Mr Edward Hyslop, aged 69 years. At Howford, in the parish of Tongland, on the 2d inst., Mr James Hughan, aged 87 years. Mr Hughan was landlord of the Rev. Lion Inn, in the village of Ringford, for 35 years. He was of a most obliging disposition, and was esteemed and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. At Cally, on the 11th instant, Mary Pitts, aged 72, for many years the attached servant to the Hon. Montgomerie Stewart. At Gatehouse of Fleet, on the 12th instant, Mr John Hyslop, grocer and general dealer there. At the Manse, parish of Fenwick, on the 7th instant, Sarah Anne M’Naught, wife of the Rev. David Dickie - deeply regretted. At Dundee, on the 15th instant, Sheriff L’Amy. 26th January 1854 (Week 4) BIRTHS At Glengyre, parish of Kirkcolm, on the 21st instant Mrs Auld, of a son. At Glenluce, on the 19th inst., the wife of Mr Robert Main, police officer, of a daughter. At Glenluce, on the 22d inst., the wife of Mr Hugh Morrison, of a son. At Kirkcudbright, on the 22d instant, Mrs David Craig, of a daughter. MARRIAGES At Mye, parish of Stoneykirk, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Mr Campbell, Mr James Blain, miller, Kirkmagill, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr Cruickshanks, farmer, Mye. At St. Martin's Church, on the 17th ult., by the Rev. Busford Harris, Mr Peter Aitken, draper, Birmingham, to Miss Elizabeth M'Ateen, of Tamworth. At Barholm House Gardens, on the 10th inst., by the Rev. John Muir, Kirkmabreck, B.D. John Irving, of the Royal Artillery, to Miss Jane, daughter of Mr John Paul, gardener there. At the British Consulate in Cologne, on the 17th inst., and afterwards, on the same day, at Bonn, John Erskine Douglas Stewart, second son of Rear Admiral Houston Stewart, C.B.