[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 06 Sep 1823 - BMD (1)

[Petra Mitchinson]

Thank you, Bruce, very interesting.

 

I had assumed that Fergus GRAHAM belonged to the GRAHAMs of Netherby – they had a few Ferguses in the family. Do you know whether this Fergus belonged to the Netherby clan?

 

Petra

 

From: list-cumbria [mailto:list-cumbria-bounces at list.cumbriafhs.com] On Behalf Of Bruce McDowall via list-cumbria
Sent: 07 January 2024 02:13
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Subject: Re: [list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 06 Sep 1823 - BMD (1)

 

 

On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 11:56 PM Petra Mitchinson via list-cumbria <list-cumbria at list.cumbriafhs.com <mailto:list-cumbria at list.cumbriafhs.com> > wrote:

Saturday 06 Sep 1823   (p. 4, col. 6)

 

BIRTH. 

 

At Crosby Lodge, near Carlisle, on Monday last, the Lady of Fergus GRAHAM, Esq. of a Son.

<snip>

 

 I figure that these items from FamilySearch reveal the identity of both the lady and her son.

 

Name                                   Fergus James Graham

Sex                                        Male

Spouse's Name                 Alethea James

Spouse's Sex                      Female

Event Type                         Marriage

Event Date                          18 May 1818

Event Place                         Hesket in the Forest, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original)      Hesket-In-The-Forest, Cumberland, England

 

Name                                   Fergus James Graham

Sex                                        Male

Father's Name                  Fergus Graham

Father's Sex                       Male

Mother's Name                Alithea James

Mother's Sex                     Female

Event Type                         Christening

Event Date                          28 Oct 1823

Event Place                         Crosby Upon Eden, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original)      Crosby Eden, Cumberland, England

 

Crosby Lodge was built by David KENNEDY, heir to the Craig estate in Ayrshire. He died in 1819, following a fall from his horse, so he didn't get to inherit Craig. His widow was left with large debts and needed to sell Crosby Lodge. It seems that Fergus James GRAHAM was the buyer.

GRAHAM researchers may know more about this. 

If anyone is interested enough in this, there is a document in the Carlisle Archives which is likely to have further detail of this GRAHAM family:

D KEN/1. Graham family of Kirklinton

This is one of a large set of documents from David KENNEDY's business and personal correspondence. A few years ago, I was able to use the Archive Centre services to have images of a few of them emailed to me in Australia. The modest fee proved well worth it. My interest at the time was David KENNEDY's close friend, Col Andrew McDOUALL.

 

Bruce

 

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