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All surnames that appear in my tree are on the left menu.
As I'm only mentioning people who have passed away, I've made my grandparents generation 1, my great-grandparents generation 2 etc. So in the menu, for example, where it says gen 5, that means the link with the surname starts at my great-great-great-great-grandparent...
means I have a certificate (or a copy) for the data provided

My maternal line is Beresford - I've traced it back to Leicestershire in 1770s so far

Thanks to Rebecca Gurney, John and Myra Beresford, John Ramsey, Judith French, Gordon Caulfield, Freya Aldridge, Eric Garrett, Karen Proudler, the very kind people on Rootschat.com and the people who input their research on familysearch.org!

ARTHUR - Direct Descendancy Celtic/Scottish origin - it's been tracked back to 1740s so far.

Arthur Family - relevant links: Clann Arthur - British site Wikipedia entry for (Mac)Arthurs (includes links to other related sites) Search for the Distribution of surname Arthur in 1881 Dartford Archive CityArk project (Medway - covers Greenhithe) - church records on-line www.workhouses.org.uk East Renfrewshire Website - Heritage Collection: Community Life Wikipedia entry for Catrine, Ayr History of Catrine - local person's website

Starting with my grandfather and working backwards:

JOSEPH (POWELL) MACFARLANE ARTHUR b. 30/04/1910 Alexandria, Dumbarton, Scotland m. Emma Wilson 03/10/1933 Register Office, Dartford, Kent dd. 10/03/1997 Bramber, West Sussex Children: 5

Employment:
Merchant Navy - Seaman on MacAndrews Line, P&O to Antwerp
WW2: Royal Navy - Sick Bay Petty Officer, stationed at RNAH Bombay.
Blue Circle Cement Factory Dartford - Canteen and First Aid Manager
1933: Ships Steward | 1936: Labourer, Cement Works | 1946: First Aid Attendant | 1965: Canteen Manager
1997: Caterer - retired

Addresses:
1910: 180 Middleton Street, Alexandria, Dumbarton, Scotland
www.loch-lomond.net - pictures of this and other roads in area
1920: 17 Park Terrace, Greenhithe, Kent
1923: 94 High Street, Greenhithe, Kent
later info excluded as addresses include past addresses of living persons

GEORGE ARTHUR

	b. 20/07/1890 Busby, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire
	m. Annie MacFarlane 06/05/1910 Bonhill, Dumbarton, Scotland. Split up c1915
	m. Susannah Jane Helena Green (signed Helena Green) 19/05/1933 Register Office, Dartford
	d. 22/08/1962 Dartford, Kent

Children: 2 with Annie MacFarlane
Joseph (Powell) MacFarlane b. 30/04/1910 Alexandria, Dumbarton, Scotland
Hugh Campbell MacFarlane b. 06/12/1911 Alexandria, Dumbarton, Scotland d. 1980s Australia
m. Violet Elizabeth Frost 16/03/1935 Register Office, Dartford, Kent | m. Violet R. M. Townsend 1964

Children: 5 with Susannah Green including:
George Arthur. b. 09/03/1919
m. Phillis Clarke 08/03/1947 Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, Kent.
Jean Helena b. 27/11/1920 chr. 15/12/1920 d. 30/08/1990
m. Edwin Henry Foreman 27/09/1941 Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, Kent
Catherine McCorquodale b. 10/01/1927 chr 02/03/1927 d. 18/04/1994
m. Herbert Murfitt 04/06/1949 Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, Kent
All christened at St. Mary's Church, Greenhithe, Kent

Employment:
1910: Yarn worker
Business card, (1920-23?), says Consultant Engineer - Petrol Engines a Speciality, 17 Park Terrace, Knockhall
1920, 1923, 1927: Engineer (on christening certs)
1927: Mechanical and Electrical Engineer (Master)
1927,1933: Commercial/Trade Wireless + Accessories Dlr. 94 High Street, Greenhithe, Kent
1928-1933: Engineer In Charge, HMS Worcester | 1933: General Engineer | 1935: Mechanical Engineer
1941: Examiner of Munitions | 1947: Munition Viewer | 1949: Viewer
Worked on farm in later years

Addresses:
1891: Durham Terrace, Busby, Carmunnock, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
These houses have since been demolished for projects including widening of Busby Road Bridge over the river Cart.
1901: 325 Main Street, Bonhill, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
(MacFarlane family living at 303 Main Street at this time)
www.loch-lomond.net - pictures of this and other roads in area
1910: 202 Middleton Street, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire (on Wedding Cert)
www.loch-lomond.net - pictures of this and other roads in area
c1915: Coventry
1920: 17 Park Terrace, Greenhithe, Kent
1923,1927,1933: 94 High Street, Greenhithe, Kent
1962: 25 Blackmans Close, Dartford

JOSEPH ARTHUR b. 09/07/1870 Busby, Renfrewshire, Scotland m. Susan Hart 12/07/1889 Busby, Renfrewshire d. 28/05/1936 Renton, Scotland

Children: 8 George Arthur Archibald Arthur Catherine Arthur John Arthur James Arthur (1) Thomas Arthur Joseph Arthur James Arthur (2) George b. 20/07/1890 Busby Catherine McCorquodale b. 22/10/1892 Busby d. 13/06/1974 m. Peter Robertson MacDougall 30/06/1915 19 Howard Street, Glasgow, Scotland James Hart b. 17/11/1894 Busby d. 04/05/1967 Greenhithe m. Constance Victoria Frances Rawlings 02/08/1926 All Saints Swanscombe Joseph Powell b. 27/11/1896 Busby m. Annie McKale 01/08/1919 Our Lady & St. Marks Chapel, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire Archibald Hart b. 30/08/1899 Alexandria d. 24/09/1970 Vale of Leven m. Sarah McKinlay 04/04/1930 The Manse, Alexandria, Scotland John b. 27/12/1901 Alexandria m. Jeanie Hepburn 22/12/1922 Free Church House, Bonhill Road, Dumbarton. Divorced 1943 and Mary Devine 19/07/1948 Register Office, Shettleston, Glasgow Thomas Hart b. 14/06/1903 Alexandria d. 08/05/1983 m. Bethia Jameson (Duffy) McMillian 23/09/1931 in 3 Haldine Terrace, Balloch, Scotland James Henry Powell b. 23/04/1908 d. c12/1985 m. Ida Mary Smith 24/12/1931 St. Marys Church Greenhithe

Employment
1889: Machine Tenter | 1890/1/2: Tenter | 1901: Printfield Worker | 1910: Labourer | 1926: Gardener | 1931: Smith
1933: General Labourer

Addresses:
1871: Durham Terrace, Busby, Carmunnock, East Kilbride, S. Lanarkshire
1881: Carswells Land, Mearns, Renfrew, Scotland (with mum's parents)
1890,1891: Durham Terrace, Busby, Carmunnock, East Kilbride, S. Lanarkshire
1901: 325 Main Street, Bonhill, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire
(MacFarlane family living at 303 Main Street at this time)
www.loch-lomond.net - pictures of this and other roads in area

GEORGE ARTHUR

	b. 12/02/1834 (varies in censuses from 1834-1841) Sorn/Catrine, Ayrshire chr. 02/03/1834 Sorn, Ayrshire
	m. Elizabeth Powell 17/07/1868 Broomstone, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
	d. 21/11/1874 Busby, East Kilbride

Children: 3
James b. 07/10/1868 Busby d. 16/02/1874 | Joseph b. 09/07/1870 Busby | Elizabeth b. 10/10/1872 d. 31/08/1875

Employment:
1851: Cotton Spinning Piecer | 1868: Cotton Spinner | 1871: Labourer | 1889: Printfield Labourer

Addresses:
1841: Age 7: Cook Street/East Street?, Gorbals, Lanarkshire
1851: Age 17: Upper Mill Buildings, Busby, Renfrewshire
1868: Age 27: Busby, Mearns (on marriage cert)
1871: Age 32: Durham Terrace, Busby, East Kilbride (workers cottages)

GEORGE ARTHUR
b. 29/07/1787 (from census, c1791) Auckinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
chr. 04/08/1787 Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
m. Christina Campbell 28/05/1813 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
d. before 1851 Scotland

Children: 8
John chr. 26/06/1814 Auchinleck m. Hannah Moore 23/02/1838 Catrine, Murkirk, Ayr
in 1861 - living at 5 St. Cuthbert Street, Sorn, Ayr with Hannah + 4 kids - Working as a Freestone Quarry-Man
Govan chr. 17/10/1819 Auchinleck - entry 1881 age 62, as widow at City Poorhouse, Parliamentary Rd, Barony
Entry for a Govan Arthur b. c1821 Auchinleck living in Barrhead with wife Catherine - unemployed Cotton Mill Worker
Elizabeth b. 1826 Auchinleck poss m. Felix McAllister 18/03/1845 Gorbals, Lanark, Scotland
Christian/Christine b. 14/05/1826 chr. 18/05/1826 Auchinleck
Stewart b. 01/04/1829 chr. 17/05/1829 Sorn, Ayr
Jean/Jane b. 04/09/1831 chr. 25/09/1831 Sorn, Ayr m. James Elliott 13/07/1866 Mearns, Renfrew, Scotland
George b. 12/02/1834 chr. 02/03/1834 Sorn, Ayr
Walter b. 28/09/1836 chr. 23/10/1836 Sorn, Ayr poss m. Margaret McAllister 14/07/1857 Central Glasgow, Lanark

Employment:
1813: Carter | 1841: Hawker
1868: Draper (on son's marriage cert. Deceased at this time)

Addresses:
1820s-30s: Auchinleck/Catrine/Sorn, Ayr (children born there)
1841: Cook Street/East Street?, Gorbals, Scotland

A lot of people left Auchinleck at the beginning of C19th - some, because of the new Cotton Mill in Catrine. This was officially noted as partly responsible for the decline in numbers of residents in Auchinleck as written in a parish report around that time. Other people left to work at the Muirkirk Iron and Coal Tar Works. However, by the mid 1830s, the population had more than doubled with people working in the collieries nearby. Population end of C18th was down to 775; by 1830s it was 1662. Read the Auchinleck parish report on the Statistical Accounts of Scotland website.

GEORGE ARTHUR
chr. 03/06/1744 Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland
m. Mary Lambie About 1770, Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland
Mary b. c1745 Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland
d. Scotland

Children: 8
Jean chr. 17/02/1771 Auchinleck m. James Gibb 03/02/1792 Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland
John chr. 25/07/1773 Auchinleck m. Janet Steel c 1797 Auchinleck
Mary chr. 18/08/1776 Auchinleck poss m. John Weir 12/06/1795 Old Cumnock, Ayr, Scotland
James chr. 07/11/1779 Auchinleck d. b/f 02/1785
Margaret chr. 03/01/1781 Auchinleck poss m. William Rodger 31/03/1801 Straiton, Ayr, Scotland
George b. 7/02/1784 chr. 19/02/1784 Auchinleck d. 24/02//1784
James b.23/02/1785 chr. 13/03/1785 Auchinleck
George b. 29/07/1787 chr. 04/08/1787 Auchinleck

Possible match not confirmed (but matches names of first born children)
JOHN ARTHUR
b. c1703 Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland
m. Jean Richmont 18/08/1726 Sorn, Ayr
Jean chr. poss 22/06/1707 Sorn, Ayr - parents William Richmont and Jean Farquhar

Children: 5

William chr. 10 AUG 1729 Auchinleck, Ayr | John chr. 09 MAY 1731 Auchinleck, Ayr
David chr. 02 SEP 1733 Auchinleck, Ayr | George chr. 18 MAR 1739 Auchinleck, Ayr
George chr. 03 JUN 1744 Auchinleck, Ayr

or could be George Arthur and Agnes Murdoch if George born in Muirfoot c 1747