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     Her married name was Kerr. Reference: 10479. Margaret Barrie was born circa 1827.
Margaret Barrie married James Kerr on 28 November 1848.

     Reference: 10479.
James Kerr married Margaret Barrie, daughter of William Barrie and Margaret Dumbreck, on 28 November 1848.

     Reference: 2540. Peter Dumbreck was born circa 1790.
Peter Dumbreck married Margaret Donal on 26 October 1811 at Eastwood, Renfrew, Glasgow.

     Reference: 2540. Her married name was Dumbreck.
Margaret Donal married Peter Dumbreck on 26 October 1811 at Eastwood, Renfrew, Glasgow.

     Robert Noble Dumbreck was christened on 26 December 1792. He was born on 26 December 1792 at Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London.

     John Stewart Dumbreck was (an unknown value) at Engine Fitter. Reference: 10513. He was born circa 1905.
John Stewart Dumbreck married Annie Grace McAllister on 29 April 1925.

     Reference: 10513. Her married name was Dumbreck.
Annie Grace McAllister married John Stewart Dumbreck on 29 April 1925.

     Reference: 10285. Alexander Dumbreck was born in 1822 at Ayr.
Alexander Dumbreck married Mary Pirie on 16 January 1841 at Newtyle, Coupar, Angus, Scotland. Alexander Dumbreck was (an unknown value) in 1881 at Fireman. He lived in 1881 at 13 Derby Str, Dundee.

     Reference: 10285. Mary Pirie was Type: Spelling of Surname at Also listed as Pyrie. Her married name was Dumbreck. She was born in 1818 at Newtyle, Forfar.
Mary Pirie married Alexander Dumbreck on 16 January 1841 at Newtyle, Coupar, Angus, Scotland.

     Reference: 10292. Alexander Dumbreck was born circa 1849.
Alexander Dumbreck married Ellen Mackie circa 1870.

     Reference: 10292. Her married name was Dumbreck.
Ellen Mackie married Alexander Dumbreck circa 1870.

     Reference: 10536. John Dumbreck was born circa 1796 at Of Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanark.
John Dumbreck married Margaret Stevenson circa 1827 at Airdrie, Lanark.

     Reference: 10536. Her married name was Dumbreck.
Margaret Stevenson married John Dumbreck circa 1827 at Airdrie, Lanark.

     Reference: 10547. (?) Dumbreck was born circa 1693.
(?) Dumbreck married Wife ? circa 1714.

     Reference: 10547. Her married name was Dumbreck.
Wife ? married (?) Dumbreck circa 1714.

     Reference: 10566. Alexander Dumbreck was born circa 1790.
Alexander Dumbreck married Ann Pirrel on 1 December 1811.

     Reference: 10566. Her married name was Dumbreck.
Ann Pirrel married Alexander Dumbreck on 1 December 1811.

     Margaret Dumbreck was also known as Maggie. She was born in 1880 at Lanark.

     Reference: 10567. Her married name was Dumbreck. Susan McDonald was born in 1833.
Susan McDonald married Alexander Dumbreck on 31 December 1860 at High Church, Paisley. Susan McDonald lived in 1881 at 298 Nuneaton St, Barony, Lanark.

     James Dumbreck was Type: Spelling of Surname at Drumbreck on 1881 census. Reference: 10573. He was born in 1843 at Rothes, Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
James Dumbreck married Janet Gray on 26 November 1868 at Edinburgh, Parish. James Dumbreck lived in 1881 at Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. He was (an unknown value) in 1881 at Mason.

     Reference: 10573. Her married name was Dumbreck. Janet Gray was born in 1841 at Kirknewton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Janet Gray married James Dumbreck on 26 November 1868 at Edinburgh, Parish.

     John Dumbreck was born on 2 November 1768.

     Reference: 10586. William Dumbreck was born before 1570 at Of Dumbreck, Stirling.

     Reference: 10586.

     Reference: 10589. Katherine Dumbreck was born circa 1522 at Of Dumbreck, Stirling.

     Reference: 10589. Alexander Buchan was born circa 1518.
Alexander Buchan died circa 1555.

     Kathrine Dumbreck was born on 28 April 1771 at Liinlithgow.

     Reference: 1909. William Dumbreck was born circa 1808.
William Dumbreck married Mary Pitcairn on 22 May 1827 at Kirkwall, Orkney.

     Reference: 1909. Her married name was Dumbreck.
Mary Pitcairn married William Dumbreck on 22 May 1827 at Kirkwall, Orkney.

     John A Honey Jr was the Minister of Clova Parish in 1881. Elizabeth Sutherland Dumbreck was born on 20 April 1830 at DRYMEN, Stirling, date of Christening. She lived in 1881 at The Manse, Clova, Forfarshire, Angus, Scotland. She was (an unknown value) in 1881 at Domestic Servant to John A Honey Jr.

     Thomas Robertson was born at Walls, Shetland. Reference: 10375.
Thomas Robertson married Christina Dumbreck, daughter of Charles Dumbreck and Mary Cromar, on 8 August 1837 at Walls, Shetland.

     E-mail from Hugh Thomson 29.3.2000 email hugh@@thrl.demon.co.uk
Ufort I lost all my email with Ruben Robertson I help him to trace is ancestors most came from Shetland I got a letter and here is the text:
2614 31st Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20008 (202) 965-2614 (home) (202) 232-1015 (work) (202) 232-4757 (fax) rbr3@@essential.org (email) Note: this email address is no longer valid
Mrs. J A Dumbreck 2/9 Grandville Craighall Road Edinburgh, EH6 4TH
Dear Mrs. Dumbreck,
I understand you recently had a call from Hugh Thomson of Dunfermline, and I am writing to follow up on his enquiry. Hugh has kindly been helping me with some long-distance family research. Although my great-great grandmother was a Dumbreck, I have very little information about her or her forebears, as she died at a young age, and I am hoping that you might be able to provide more information or see a connection to your Dumbrecks.
Christina Dumbreck, born 31 March 1812, married Thomas Robertson of Walls, Shetland, on 8 August 1837. She was 25 years old, and said to be quite pretty. My great-grandfather Charles Dumbreck Robertson was their only child, born 6 March 1839 also in Walls, and his mother died at their home a few days later. Charles left Shetland as a young man and, after working in India for 5 years, he arrived in New York in September 1863. He ultimately settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a well-repected lawyer (barrister) and judge. Charles of course never knew his mother Christina but treasured a few keepsakes and an Episcopal prayer-book that had been hers and were given to him.
This past weekend I went to Asheville, North Carolina, where my Robertson grandparents lived, and searched through some ancient family memorabilia and scrapbooks kept by my cousin there. In that search we found a letter dated 11 September 1916 from great-grandfather Charles to his daughter-in-law Hope Thomson Robertson, passing on what he remembered of his Dumbreck roots:
Text of Charles Dumbreck Robertson's letter:
' My mother died three days after my birth. My father made her acquaintance in Shetland, where she was visiting at the Rectory of an Episcopal Church ministry. Her home was then in or near Edinburgh. She had a sister who visited her in Shetland after her marriage. -- The Town of 'Dumbreck' near Edinburgh I was told was named after my mother's father; all I ever heard of my mother's family came to me through my step-mother. My mother's family or ancestors were said to have been among those followers and admirers of 'Mary' and migrated with her from France to Scotland.
'About 20 years ago I tried to track the Dumbreck family and found one who was a barrister in Edinburgh and one lady who was a cousin of mine -- my mother's sister's daughter; she was a teacher in Edinburgh. She painted for me a very pretty picture of what she called 'Lover's Lane', but it got ruined in the transit to America and about a month ago, I got, sent to me from New Zealand, a clipping showing her death in Edinburgh. I got the impression that the family had been influential and highly regarded. That's about all I know of my ancestry on my mother's side -- not much is it?'
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We are thrilled to find this new information, sparse as it may be. Does anything here sound familiar? Since my great-grandfather was named Charles Dumbreck Robertson, and Charles was not a name used previously in our Robertson family, it is not unlikely that his maternal grandfather (Christina's father) was a Charles Dumbreck, or that her mother was a Charlotte -- a name later given to Charles Robertson's younger half-sister.
Have you ever heard of a place in Scotland named Dumbreck? Hugh has found a housing estate so named in SW Glasgow, adjacent to Bellahouston Park. Charles's letter speaks of the town near Edinburgh called Dumbreck, but that was third-hand information, at best, which he was recalling almost 60 years after he left Scotland, so he could have the location wrong. What about the Episcopalian connection -- does that ring a bell, so to speak? And were your Dumbrecks linked somehow with 'Mary' -- I assume that's Mary, Queen of Scots -- in coming over from France?
Any information you may have about the Dumbrecks would be most interesting to me. If you know of any person or organization who is familiar with the Dumbreck family tree, I would like to get in touch with them.
I hope to hear from you when you get a chance.
Sincerely,
Reuben Robertson. Charles Dumbreck Robertson was born on 6 March 1839 at Walls, Shetland.