Genealife in Lockdown - NFHM Blogging Challenge - Part 9.

                                        FOUND HIM! 

Way back at the start of this month, I mentioned that on my 2x great-grandfather's Monumental Inscription was the line also his g-son GEORGE GALBRAITH.  This has lead me on a very interesting voyage of discovery, with this branch of my tree. One I have enjoyed and plan to continue.

SO WHO WAS GEORGE GALBRAITH and WHERE DID HE FIT?

The only child I haven't told you about has been Samuel and Margaret's second son John b 1840 -d 1919. Searching on  Scotland's People gave me a marriage, in 1872 of John Galbraith and Helen McCulloch. He was 31 and she was 22. I then searched for any children and found five.

Samuel b 1873.

Helen Muirhead b 1874

Robert McCulloch b 1877.

John McCulloch (Register  of Corrected Entries changed to Muirhead.) b 1881.

Margaret Nicol b 1884.

Janet Grace b 1887.

Agnes McNish b 1893, accidently drowned in the River Doon, 1899.

Okay, there isn't a George here, so who does he belong to??????

Now every good genealogist/researcher knows that you should read ALL of the document and not just skim it.  I went back over what I had and there on the marriage certificate were the words John Galbraith, Grocer, WIDOWER.   This sent me back to Scotland's People and with a starting date of 1860, I searched for the first marriage and found a birth, instead, followed 4 days later by a marriage.

Little George Dykes Galbraith arrived 17 March 1866, to John Galbraith and Margaret Dykes. A beautiful Register of Corrected Entries notes that George Dykes has been Legitimated, with the marriage of his parents in 21 March 1866.  FOUND!

George is joined by a sister Marion Dykes Galbraith b 1870, sadly she dies at just 6 days old.

Margaret also dies in 1871 of consumption, leaving John a widower, with a young son, George.

What of George Dykes Galbraith? I can assume that he lives with John, Helen and their family but on 29 November 1884 George dies from cardiac disease, caused by rheumatic fever, he is just 19 years old and rests with his grandparents.

John dies 23 January 1919, aged 78. Resting with him is his daughter Agnes and Helen, his wife.

I hope you have enjoyed my search for George, I know I have. Now to write up all my notes and really make a start on the book, I said I was going to write, four years ago!.

Thank you to Alex Daw, for the encouragement to take part in this challenge, during Family History Month.

Bye for now,

Lilian.