Family History Research

My gggggrandfather James Binnie is buried in the Eckford churchyard.  I am researching the Binnie and Veitch family from the area.  I would be grateful to hear from anyone else doing the same

Three of my 3greats grandfathers brothers are recorded in the Gateshaw Session of Morebattle records as having been born in the Parish of Eckford.
My 3 greats is Walter son of Archibald Fairbairn and Alison Crosser.
The siblings concerned were:
James (1794, baptised at Haughead, Archibald and Alison in Grahamslaw)
John (1797, baptised Morebattle, Archibald and Alison of Grahamslaw)
David (1800, Archibald and Alison shown as being of ?Cavers?, Parish of Eckford).

Hello

I am currently researching my family

Name Quarry (Quarrie)

I have managed to find a John Quarry

Father to James Quarry ( born 18 March 1720)

James married Agnes Shiel ( babtised 25 Feb 1720) on 11 May 1745

I would love to find out more about John Quarry and his wife etc or anything else about my family around this period.

Can anyone help?

Kind regards

Linda

My name is Christopher Woods. I can be reached at the following email address: christopher.woods.2006@anderson.ucla.edu. My great-great grandfather, William Wood was born 5 Feb 1828 in Eckford (William’s son, John Lee Roy ‘Jack’ Woods, my great grandfather, added an ‘s’ to the family name). William immigrated to the United States with a brother. William Wood died in Columbia, Wisconsin, USA on 20 Sep 1897. William Wood’s father, my great-great-great grandfather, is also named William Wood (christened in Eckford on 15 Dec 1794; died in Eckford on 22 June 1862).

From what I can understand, my maternal Grandfather, John Barron Neilson was born at Haughhead, Eckford on 20 February 1871. His father, James Neilson was born around 1834 in Marykirk, Kincardinshire. It seems that at least part of the family moved to the Leeds area, probably around 1880. If anyone has any information about John Barron Neilson I would be very interested. John Taylor

The Rev Joseph Yair was my gggrandfather and he was minister of the church in Eckford for many years.  His eldest son, the Rev David William Yair, who served as a minister in Orkney, was my ggrandfather.  Joseph Yair in particular had 8 surviving children through his marriage to Helen Blair McDougall on 12 December 1836.

I'd be very interested in getting in touch with any other Yair descendants.   I live in Gloucester and my email address is robin.buchanan@blueyonder.co.uk

I was delighted to find your very well organised website.

I AM LOOKING FOR ANY RELATION OF MY MUM'S MOTHER MARGARET ECKFORD BORN  16TH DECEMBER 1896  NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. SHE MARRIED 20 YRS HER SENIOR WILLIAM FOSTER OF KIRK LANGLEY DARBYSHIRE A WIDOWER WITH A SON ALF FOSTER . HER MUM DIED IN 1978 AGED 82. MY MOTHER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RELATION STILL LIVING IN HAWICK. I AM MARGARET ECKFORDS GRANDDAUGHTER. PLEASE WRITE TO MY E-MAIL ADDRESS . THANK YOU J

JOANNA REINLO

Hello

My first post to this forum.  Reading the history of Eckford mention is made of tailor, hook dresser & joiner as trades available in Eckford.  Three of my Tait family were engaged in those enterprises.

Thomas TAIT b. abt. 1791 d. Eckford 1869 was a Tailor (his father William having been a Weaver who had at least 10 children that I know of)

John TAIT b. abt. 1787 d. Eckford 1860 - Thomas' brother - was a Joiner who took Thomas' son