Hmmmm...... agreed re the possibility of CaudanburnAnneM wrote:I would agree with mb that it reads Candanburn or even at a pinch Caudanburn, though Candanburn is more likely. It might be clearer on the original.
Anne
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Place Name in Letter
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I'm leaning towards CADDON BURN http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2163865
Had a root through my research and I have Sandilands OPR entries for families living at Caddonhead - unforuntately I can't tie them in with my own.
Also, a cautioner for the bride at the marriage of Julianne Sandilands and Richard Robertson in 1798 (recorded in the OPRs at Selkirk & Bowden) was a John Nicol of Caddon Mill.
I think that Julianne/Julian Sandilands was the sister of my 5 x great grandfather Alexander who suddenly appears in the OPRs at Selkirk in 1794 when he marries Helen Thorburn (of Bowden) daughter of William Thorburn, Laird of Midholmeburn. Alexander was a Tenant at Oakwood Mill, Selkirk at the time of his marriage. I have never been able to find out anything else about him before or since. No children are recorded in the OPRs from this marriage although I suspect they had at least two, one being my 4 x great grandfather, Andrew Sandilands. Helen Thorburn is later recorded in the Selkirk OPR Burials of 1835 as "relict of Alexander Sandilands."
There are no OPR entries for baptisms of Julianne or Alexander Sandilands. Julianne was widowed early, appears on the 1841 Census in Selkirk and died in London in 1852 aged 85 (b.c.1767). Julianne's descendants emigrated to Australia.
The next Sandilands marriage entry in the Selkirkshire OPRs is that of my ancestor Andrew in 1820, his cautioner was a William Sandilands. Both the bride and groom were of Selkirk parish.
The letter in question was written by William Sandilands born c.1800. On the 1861 census he gives his place of birth as Oakwood Mill. There is no OPR baptism entry for William and his parents are blank on his statutory death certificate. William was a road contractor as well as a grocer and spirit dealer. I have copies of estimates he wrote for work in selkirkshire. My 4 x great grandfather Andrew Sandilands b.1800 Selkirkshire (no baptism entry in the OPRs) also quoted for exactly the same work at exactly the same time together with his "business partner" who was born at Oakwood Mill. Unfortunately Andrew died before 1855 so there was no statutory death certificate which might have given details of his parents. Like William, Andrew also ended his days as a grocer.
I think I have enough to connect Andrew and William with Alexander and Helen although I sometimes doubt if I do. Either way, I have no idea about the origins of Alexander and Julianne other than "Scotland" on Julianne's 1841 Census entry.
That ladies and gentlemen is my brickwall.
Had a root through my research and I have Sandilands OPR entries for families living at Caddonhead - unforuntately I can't tie them in with my own.
Also, a cautioner for the bride at the marriage of Julianne Sandilands and Richard Robertson in 1798 (recorded in the OPRs at Selkirk & Bowden) was a John Nicol of Caddon Mill.
I think that Julianne/Julian Sandilands was the sister of my 5 x great grandfather Alexander who suddenly appears in the OPRs at Selkirk in 1794 when he marries Helen Thorburn (of Bowden) daughter of William Thorburn, Laird of Midholmeburn. Alexander was a Tenant at Oakwood Mill, Selkirk at the time of his marriage. I have never been able to find out anything else about him before or since. No children are recorded in the OPRs from this marriage although I suspect they had at least two, one being my 4 x great grandfather, Andrew Sandilands. Helen Thorburn is later recorded in the Selkirk OPR Burials of 1835 as "relict of Alexander Sandilands."
There are no OPR entries for baptisms of Julianne or Alexander Sandilands. Julianne was widowed early, appears on the 1841 Census in Selkirk and died in London in 1852 aged 85 (b.c.1767). Julianne's descendants emigrated to Australia.
The next Sandilands marriage entry in the Selkirkshire OPRs is that of my ancestor Andrew in 1820, his cautioner was a William Sandilands. Both the bride and groom were of Selkirk parish.
The letter in question was written by William Sandilands born c.1800. On the 1861 census he gives his place of birth as Oakwood Mill. There is no OPR baptism entry for William and his parents are blank on his statutory death certificate. William was a road contractor as well as a grocer and spirit dealer. I have copies of estimates he wrote for work in selkirkshire. My 4 x great grandfather Andrew Sandilands b.1800 Selkirkshire (no baptism entry in the OPRs) also quoted for exactly the same work at exactly the same time together with his "business partner" who was born at Oakwood Mill. Unfortunately Andrew died before 1855 so there was no statutory death certificate which might have given details of his parents. Like William, Andrew also ended his days as a grocer.
I think I have enough to connect Andrew and William with Alexander and Helen although I sometimes doubt if I do. Either way, I have no idea about the origins of Alexander and Julianne other than "Scotland" on Julianne's 1841 Census entry.
That ladies and gentlemen is my brickwall.