Site started 14/12/2021. Last updated 12/1/2022
The Teddies have completed all their research, but still much detail on parents and grandparents to be provided by Bill
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Map showing where 75% of these ancestors lived: the other 25% were born mainly around London
Most of Bill's ancestors came from around Glasgow : Lanarkshire or Renfrewshie; down in Kirkcudbrightshire & over to Stirlingshire, West Lothian & Dundee & Forfarshire
The earliest Russell, John Russell cerca 1780, came from Cardross, Dumbartonshire and Mattthew Crawford Russell was born there in 1921. But in between they had lived in Cathcart, 1850s, & Linlithglow 1853( Bathgate on map) before being back in Cardross by 1857
The Crawfords were in Erskine in the 1790s and still in Renfrewshire- Inchinnan, Paisley, Neilston - until the 1890s when they movednorth to Bonhill, Dunbartonshire & facilated a Russell-Crawford marriage
The Smiths originated from Mouswald in Dumfries shire, William 1839 being born there, illegitimately. He married in Dalbeattie in.1862, was living nearby in Palnackie( 6 k S of Dalbeattie) in 1863 but was in Springburn, Glasgow by 1868 & Dennistoun, just 3k to the S, by 1871. William 1868 was bornuntil 1891, whereafter Matthew 1848 moved to Bonhill wih Glasgow but moved east to Denny \\\\\\\\& Bathgate
The Hendersons likely came from Stirlingshire in the early 1800s but soon moved west to Cardross & Bonhill, where Jane Henderson, who married into the Russell line, was born in 1850. .Janet Mackie also came from there
The Telfers were weavers in Paisley in the 1820s & Janet Patison also came from there
The first Morrisons originated in New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire in 1828 , then Cadder & Cumbernauld, where Annie Rattray Morrison was born
The Pennys & the Rattrays originated in Forfarshie around 1815
The Phillis family were well installed in Shepton Mallet, Somerset by the 1790s. James Phillis 1824, a baker, likely joined the army for 21 years , reappearing in Pancras, London, in 1871. His son, James hHenry Phillis 1871, moved his family to Norwich after 1901.
There were Butts in Calne, Wiltshire in the 1730s , then in London from the 1820s . Annie Maria Butt 1870 married into the Phillis family in 1895 in Islington
Great great grandmother, Ann Golding, came from county MAYO
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Paternal Side
William Robert Russell 1952 . . . . Matthew Crawford Russell electrical draughtsman /company director 1921-2002 . . . . . John Watt Russell 1886-1958 engineer turner . . John Russell stone mason 1853-1931 . . John Russell calico block cutter 1818-1900 . . . .. John Russell builder 1780s-<1841
Children of John Watt Russell & Mary Crawford . . .John Watt Russell 1918 . . . Thomas Telfer Russell 1924
Children of John Russell 1853 & Jane Henderson . Thomas Russell 1888-1966 blacksmith . . . Martha Telfer Russell 1892
Daniel Campbell Russell 1856->1930
Mary Crawford wife of John Watt Russell 1884-1945 . . Matthew Crawford 1848-1919 calico machine printer. . .William Crawford 1795-1867 quarry man . . Mathew Crawford farmer 1760s
Jane/Jeanie Henderson wife of John Russell 1853 1850- 1928.. . .Finlay Henderson 1808-1874 shoemaker. . Duncan Henderson coachman.1780s-<1841
Janet/ Jeannie Telfer wife of John Russell 1823-1873 . . Thomas Telfer 1792->1823 weaver
Janet Mackie wife of John Russell 1790s - >1851
Mary McLucas illegitimate, wife of Matthew Crawford 1852-1888 ... James McLucas reputed father polisher & grinder 1823 - 1869 . .William McClucus cotton spinner/ labourer 1799-1876
Mary Donnelly cotton worker , mother of Mary McLucas 1828-1901 . . Peter Donnelly ~1800
Isabella Gilmour wife of William McLucas 1800- >1861
Alicia Hamilton wife of William Crawford 1811->1851
Elizabeth Pattison wife of Matthew Crawford snr 1760s-
Jane Scott wife of Finlay Henderson 1814-1894 . . John Scott weaver 1790s
Susan Sinclair wife of Duncan Henderson 1780s-<1841
Janet Paterson wife of Thomas Telfer 1793->1823 . . Gabriel Pateron
Jane Gardiner wife of John Scott 1790s
Mary Spence wife of Peter Donnelly ~1800
Maternal Side
Anne Morrison Smith 1930-1983 . . William Dickson Smith 1895-1964 . . William Smith 1868 .- .1903 grocer's assistant. William Smith 1839 - 1916 shoe maker & iron driller.. James Smith mason journeyman
Ethel Phillis Smith 1923 -2021
Anne Beatrice Phillis wife of William Dixon Smith 1895- 1979 . . James Henry Phillis 1871-1935 sawyer . James Phillis 1824- 1894. baker . .John Phillis weaver 1791 - 1837 . . James Phillis
interesting alternatives considered as the father of James Henry Phillis .
James Phillis 1832- 1894 & James Phillis rogue 1825
Ann Rattray Morrison wife of William Smith 1874 - 1952. . .John Morrison quarryman 1851- 1935. . Daniel Morrison lock keeper 1828- 1906 . . John Morrison shoemaker
Alice Dickson wife of William Smith 1838-1875. . . Andrew Dickson plasterer 1800-1859 . . John Dickson
Agnes Waters mother of William Smith 1839 but not married to James Smith
Annie Maria Butt wife of James Henry Phillis 1870-1926 . . William Butt 1833 - 1894 porter/labourer. . Joseph Butt ~1807 - maybe 1881 porter . . Earlier Butt maybe in Calne in 1600s
Elizabeth Welland wife of James Phillis 1840-1907 . . George Welland map engraver 1808-1873 . . George Welland her majesty's customs 1781-1849
Mary Lambert wife of John Phillis 1791-1849
Elizabeth Gobert wife of George Welland 1812-1851 . . Peter Gobert
Jane Penny wife of John Morrison . . . 1850- 1928 . . . David Penny weave r/ general labourer 1817- 1893 . . James Penny
Margaret Smith wife of Daniel Morrison 1831- > 1881
Elizabeth Grierson 1799-1858 . . Peter Grierson
Ann Rattray wife of David Penny 1815-1901
Catherine Ann Golding wife of William Butt 1840->1891 . . .William Golding
Eliza Karney wife of Joseph Butt 1808 - > 1861 . . John Karney
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