THOMAS DUNLOP MARRIES JEAN WHYTE (CONTINUED): THEIR CHILDREN

It is thought that nine of Thomas and Jean's children survived to maturity.  Nothing, however, is known of the three girls, but something, at least, is known of all the boys.

Thomas (b. 1793)

Thomas, the couple's first son, was born in Paisley on 13 June 1793.  Thomas married Margaret Cowan in New Monkland Parish on 12 March 1815.  He was, at that time, a farmer in Frankfield, and it is assumed that he was farming with his father.  The couple had at least nine children: Thomas, born 11 February 1816, and who it is assumed died in infancy; Alexander, born 22 August 1818, in the Barony parish; Margaret, born 11 February 1821, in the Barony parish; Andrew, born 19 January 1823, in the Barony parish; John, born 29 May 1825, in the Barony parish; James, born 12 June 1829, in the Cadder parish; Margaret (the first Margaret having, presumably, died), born 7 May 1832, in the Cadder parish; David, born 25 May 1835, in the Cadder parish; and Robert, born about 1836. It is obvious from the births of his children that Thomas and family left the Barony parish for the Cadder parish sometime between 1825 and 1829.  In fact, the family have been located on the 1841 census at Hornshill, Cadder, on the upper fringes of Stepps, where Thomas was described as a farmer.  (It is perhaps advisable here to add as a footnote that the ages given on the 1841 census for Thomas's children vary up and down by two years on their known ages, and that Thomas answers 'Yes' to the question, 'were you born in the county', meaning Lanarkshire, whereas Thomas was actually born in Paisley, Renfrewshire.  But this writer is satisfied that he has the correct family at Hornshill, and that the discrepancies observed are typical of those frequently observed on the 1841 census.) From Bunyan and Kidd's, The Story of Stepps, we learn that that part of Stepps, and indeed much of Stepps at that time, was part of the Garnkirk Estate, then owned by the Sprot family.  The farms along the upper fringes of Stepps were, Gateside, Hornshill, Auchengree, Whitehill and Stepps.  It is not known how large Hornshill farm was, nor whether it was chiefly livestock or arable, but from the previous source we learn that in 1881 Whitehill farm was 172 acres, all arable; and that at the same period Stepps farm was of 65 acres, with 55 of them being arable.  Hornshill farm was situated somewhere between those two, so it is thought that Hornshill might, in 1841, have been chiefly arable. The wife of Thomas Dunlop and Margaret Cowan's great-great-great-grandson was able to inform us that Alexander, Thomas and Margaret's son born in 1818, migrated to Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, in 1841 (he was on the census at Hornshill in June 1841), and that he was followed by his parents and siblings in 1843.  The family now, we are informed, have a great many descendants in that part of the world.  (Their descendants, unfortunately, seem to be unusually reluctant to provide us with their family tree; and one can only guess at the possible reasons for that.)   Interested readers will find that there is a section on the Simcoe County Dunlops in the table of contents.  (My thanks to Robert Jack Dunlop [Robbie] of Appin, Maggie Le Mesurier, Louise, and our kinsfolk in Ontario, Canada, for this information.)

Robert (b.1796)

Robert, born in Paisley on 12 September 1796, was Thomas and Jean's second son and fourth child.  Very little is known about him, but it is known that he married Mary Arthur (it is not, however, known when or where he married her), and that the couple had at least one child, George, born in Paisley, on 15 January 1818.

It is not known where Robert died, but it is known that he died on 10 March 1832.  In all official references Robert's son, George, stated that his father had been a farmer when alive.  Since Robert was, like his father and brother Thomas, a farmer, it is thought likely that he farmed either with his father in Frankfield, or with his brother in Hornshill, or possibly with both at different times.  (My thanks again to George Dunlop Brown for much of this information.)

Andrew (b. 1798)

Andrew was born on 15 September 1798.  Oral tradition supplied by Stewart Allison Dunlop of Sandbank (near Dunoon, Argyll) stated that at least three of the Dunlop brothers married three Adam sisters who were dressmakers in Glasgow.  Maggie Le Mesurier, a descendent of Alexander Dunlop (b. 1802), was able to confirm that tradition.  Armed with that information the marriages of Andrew, James and Alexander have been established.  Andrew, a labourer at the time, and living in Provan-hall, married Agnes Adam in the Barony parish on 11 February 1827.  Agnes's parents were John Adam, a farmer of Balfron, Stirlingshire, and Elizabeth Adam.  It is thought that Andrew and Agnes had six children: Elizabeth, born 7 October 1827, in the Barony Parish, Glasgow; Andrew, born about 1829; Thomas, born about 1832; Jane, born about 1833; Elizabeth, born about 1835; and Agnes, born about 1838.  In later years Andrew was a cowfeeder and dairyman in Port Dundas, Glasgow.  (Grant [see sources] defines cowfeeder as a dairy farmer.)  He died on or about 6 November 1849, possibly at 22 Charlotte Street, Port Dundas.  (My thanks to Stewart A Dunlop and to Maggie Le Mesurier.)

James (b. 1801)

James was born on 22 March 1801.  Following upon the information provided by Stewart Dunlop and Maggie Le Mesurier it has been determined that James, whose occupation was given as servant, married Jean Adam on 27 December 1822, in the Barony Parish, Glasgow.   The couple are believed to have had three or more children: Thomas, born 13 July 1823, in the Barony parish; Elizabeth, born about 1826; and James, born about 1828.  It is not known when James (senior) died, but his occupation was given in later years either as dairyman or as farmer.

Alexander (b. 1802)

Alexander was the first of Thomas and Jean's children to be born in Frankfield, and he was born on 22 November 1802.  Alexander, who was then working as a labourer in the Barony parish, married Elisabeth Adam, also of the Barony parish, on 4 April 1828.  It is known that soon after he was married, in 1829, Alexander was employed as a toll keeper in the Drygate, Glasgow; that in 1830 he was working as a farm servant at Brown Hill (but it is not known where that was); and that in 1838 he was a carter in Port Dundas.  (My thanks to Kathleen I. Stringer of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand, for the information about Alexander's employment between1829 and 1838.  Kathleen is descended from Alexander through his daughter Jane, and has contributed a chapter on our kinsfolk in New Zealand--see table of contents.)  Alexander and Elisabeth are known to have had seven children: Elisabeth, born 22 February 1829; Jane, born 23 May 1830; Margaret, born 2 March 1832; Janet, born 25 November 1833; Thomas, born 4 March 1838; Agnes, born 14 February 1840; and Mary, born 21 April 1842.    All the births were in the Barony parish.   Alexander was, in later years, a dairyman in Port Dundas, and died at 3 Germiston Street on 29 August 1869, aged 66 years.  Elisabeth Adam died 22 December 1873, aged 74 years, at 33 Shamrock Street, Blythswood, Glasgow.  (My thanks again to Maggie Le Mesurier.)  It is with much pleasure that I note here that we have very recently learned that not only does Alexander have descendants in New Zealand, he also has descendants in Australia.  We hope that we will soon be able to bring news of them.

William (b. 1810)

William was Thomas and Jean's eleventh and (it is believed) last child.  He was born on 10 April 1810 in Frankfield, Barony Parish, Glasgow.  William, a cowfeeder at the time, married Mary Anne Stirling in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, on 30 May 1830.  The couple had five children: Thomas, born 17 April 1831; Margaret Garret (various spellings), born 31 March 1833; Jean White (sic), born 12 June 1835; Mary Ann, born 12 May 1837, and Hannah Stirling, born 1 May 1839.   Only Thomas, Margaret and Hannah survived infancy.   William exhibited the same entrepreneurial skills as his father, and progressed from cowfeeder, to carter, to grocer, and then to victualler. It is not known when William and Jean died, but it is known that they were both dead by 1841.  (My thanks again to Robbie Dunlop for much of the information in this paragraph.)

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