William ELLIOTT¹ = Jean DAVIDSON

Married 1783, Langholm, Dumfrieshire, Scotland²

William ELLIOTT:

Born 1768, Langholm, Dumfrieshire, Scotland³
Died AFT 1797⁴
probably would have known 1st cousin Thomas Telford in Langholm. Telford departed Langholm for London in 1782 when William was 14 years old


Jean DAVIDSON:

Alias Jean ELLIOTT

Margaret ELLIOT⁵

Born 1784, Langholm⁶

Robert ELLIOT⁷

Born 1785, Langholm⁸

John ELLIOT⁹ = Jane ?¹⁰ > Family

Married EST 1817¹¹

John ELLIOT:

Born EST 1786, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland¹²
Died Sunday 22 June 1862, Scotland Place, Blackburn, Lancashire¹³
Buried Blackburn Cem¹⁴
Occupation: poacher, tailor (Journeyman)¹⁵
Lived Langholm, Dumfrieshire as a child. Est that moved to England around 1810 in his early 20's. Possible textile connection between Langholm and Blackburn. family tradition is he was on the run from the law following poaching on the Duke of Bucleuch's estate. Henry Douglas-Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch 1746-1812

married prob in Blackburn and lived on Calender Street, Blackburn with wife and 6 youngest children in 1841

Lived at 55 Eanam, Blackburn, widower with 3 youngest children in 1851

Lived on Scotland Road with daughter Jane and family in 1861


Elliot King plot Blackburn Cemetery NC E 4998/9


detail Elliot King plot Blackburn Cemetery NC E 4998/9


Jane ?:

Alias ? ELLIOTT
Alias Jane ELLIOT (EST 1817)
Born 1796, Lancashire¹⁶
Died BEF 1851, after 1841¹⁷

Matthew ELLIOT¹⁸

Born 1791, Langholm¹⁹

Janet ELLIOT²⁰

Born 1793, Langholm²¹

Jean Beattie ELLIOT

Born 1797, Langholm²²

possibly another son William b 1789 Langholm

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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
known to be father of John Elliot b 1797 Langholm
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OPR Index Marriages, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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age youngest child

there may be a MI at Langholm Cem
transcriptions available Gilchrist
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
9 : ; Primary evidence
Thomas Elliot marr cert 1846 father John Elliot, a tailor.

Thomas appears to have left home before 1841 so no census records connect Thomas to John and relationship to 1841, 1851 and 1861 families assumed from ages and occupation.

Need parish record birth of Thomas c1818 to confirm
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1841 Census HO107/502/7 17 seems to be wife of John Elliott of Scotland
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estimated from birth of Thomas

need marr record. might not be in Blackburn
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a birth found on scotlandspeople.gov.uk 1787 John Elliot in Langholm

1841 Census HO 107/502/7 17- Scotland age 50
1851 Census HO 107/2259 94 p31 - Scotland age 66
1861 Census - RG 9/3097 72 - Lancashire, Langholm (or Longholme) age 74. The county designation is thought to be an error and should be Dumfriesshire, Scotland. There is a Longholme Ward in Rawtenstall but it is thought unlikely to be used as a place of birth name

MI suggests birth year 1783
DCert June 1862 Blackburn 8e 219 age 76

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CEMSEARCH Blackburn Cem age 79
DCert June 1862 Blackburn 8e 219 age 76
cause of death chronic asthma and gradual decay. William King present at death
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CEMSEARCH Blackburn Cem s3 g0799
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before 1800 a poacher? in Scotland, Duke of Buccleuch estate (family oral history)
1834 birth/christening dau Margaret - tailor
1841 Census - no occ listed
1845 marr for son John - tailor
1846 marr cert for son Thomas - tailor
1851 Census - tailor
1862 DCert - tailor
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45 in 1841 Census b Lancashire probably Blackburn
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alive at 1841 Census
John Elliot widower 1851 Census
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland
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OPR Index Births and Christenings, Scotland