Alston & Gilfillan tree

[Russell]

Hi all
I was recently given some WWl correspondence which relates to Kilbarchan families. It was found in a tin box at the back of a garage and is badly damaged by age and water.
As I have not had much access to my computer recently I was able to spend some time trying to rescue as much of the documentation as possible.
Amongst the papers was a family tree which does not appear to link to any of the other material and I wondered whether any of the following names appear in the family tree of some of our members. The tree appears to have been made up sometime around 1930 but the most recent generations have been lost as the edges of the sheets have disintegrated.

Main family names are ALSTON, and GILFILLAN.

JOHN ALSTON b ? in Hamilton. became a Burgess Tailor in Glasgow 1690.
d 1725
Married 1756
CHRISTINA CALDERWOOD b ? , d 1793
son THOMAS ALSTON b 1758, d 1814 Of Cloverbank, Garngad Rd, Glasgow.
married first - Isabella Miller b 1756, d 1790
second marriage 1792 to Annabella Graham b ?, d 1831
Son Thomas b 1799 d 1879
married (no date)Agnes Thomson GILFILLAN b 1802, d 1879
Children
1. Thomas ALSTON of Melbourne b 1822, d 1907 Westermains House.
married Margaret PEACOCK b 1839, d 1905.
children
1. Elizabeth
married Thomas Grant STEWART.
2. Agnes
3. Margaret
4. Edith
5. Mabel
6. Thomas Cauvin
married Alice Seton ANDERSON
7. Harold
married Elizabeth Martin STEWART
Child Thomas Seton ALSTON
2. Michael b 1824, d 1839.
3. William b 1826, d 1875
4. Daughter b 1827, d 1827
5. John G. b 1828, d 1870
6. Mary Bogle b 1830, d ? .
7. Cauvin Spittal b 1833, d 1901
married Elizabeth WILSON b 1852, d 1914.
8. James C. b 1835, d 1835.
9. ? Bogle b 1836, d ? .
10. Agnes b 1835, d 1905
11. Son b 1840, d 1840.
12. Thorburn b 1842, d 1893.
married Janet WALLACE b ? d 1929. Her father was Baillie James Wallace.
Mother Jeanie Miller
13. Robert b 1846, d 1846.

Thorburn ALSTON b 1842, d 1893.
married Janet WALLACE b ? d 1929.
They appeared to have 9 children but only the first 5 have remained on the document.
1. Jeanie M. b 1868, d 1868
2. Thomas W. b 1869, d 1869
3. James Wallace b 1871, d 1904.
4. Thomas b ?, d ?
4 or 5 more children but portion lost from document.

The GILFILLAN line

? GILFILLAN married Mary GALBREATH b ? d 1810.
child Michael b 1779 d 1844.
married Mary BOGLE b 1775, d 1853
children
1. Agnes b 1802, d 1879
2. William Bogle b 1804, d 1836
3. Mary b 1805, d 1888.
4. Esther Cauvin b 1807, d 1837.
married (1827) William SPITTAL of Jamaica, at Westermains.
5. John b 1809, d 1876.
6. Michael b 1811, d 1820
7. Elizabeth b 1813, d 1896
married Dr James MA----AR b ?, d 1850
8. Helen b 1815, d 1894
married [1] Ralph HOBSON b 1806, d 1839
[2] John MUDIE.
9. Andrew b 1818, d 1819?
10. Still born b 1821


The BOGLE line was

? BOGLE b 1733 d 1816
married Mrs ? --------? b 1734, d ------
Children
1. Mary b 1775, d 1853.
2. John b 1764, d 1833.
3. William b 1769, d 1846.
4. Captain Bogle b 1778, d 1845 Lanvett ----
Both----
Unfortunately no place names have been included except Westermains and Cloverbank but there are hints that it is Glasgow/West of Scotland area(s).
If anyone recognises some of these names please PM me with your e-mail address and I can send you a digital copy of the document. It was too fragile to scan into the computer so the digital camera came to the rescue.

Russell

[Currie]

Hello Russell,

There's a tree for part of this family here http://home.st.net.au/~susanp/dat0.html#3

All the best,
Alan

[Russell]

Hi Alan

I spotted that link last night but had not followed it up. She appears to link with Thomas Alston in Melbourne b 1822 who married Margaret Peacock. There seems to be a strong Alston line out there in Oz. There was a strong Alston family series around Lanarkshire in the 1800's. I was hoping to make a Scottish link to find out why this family tree would be in the back of a garage in the neighbouring village.
By the way Alan - your search skills and willingness to give so much time to TalkingScot are fantastic. Thank you

Russell