Welcome to my family genealogy site - I hope you find something of interest. If any of the the people mentioned here are part of your family tree I'd be delighted to hear from you, and we can share more detailed information.

Surnames, (and their place of origin) of particular interest to me are ROBERTSON (Morayshire), FREW (Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, and  USA), GLOVER (Dumfries and Galloway), SKIRVING (Lothians, Fife and Glasgow) and LAWSON (Edinburgh and Fife), but clearly there are lots more besides.

These pages include simple trees of the following family groups:

• Glover, Joseph Johnstone (1853 - 1908), and his wife Agnes Jardine, were my maternal great grandparents. Born in Maxwelltown, Dumfries, the son of James Anderson Glover, a shoemaker, Joseph served as provost of Dumfries from 1896-1908. Other surnames associated with this branch of the family include McNAUGHT, RENWICK, McKIE, SUTHERLAND and probably ANDERSON.

• Robertson, John (ca 1766 - 1831). John, also recorded as Robtson (IGI) and Robinson (MI), was born most probably in the parish of Abernethy. He married Ann Stuart in Dell, in 1795, and the couple had six children. John farmed at Dell, an area close to Nethybridge, where his first two children were born. He then moved to Clachaig, where his remaining four children were born, the last, Anne being born in 1809. John and Anne were my paternal 3rd great grandparents. There are links with the ALLAN family in this area. Through my paternal grandmother, Christina Rose Frew, there are links to the FREW surname.

• Skirving, Robert (b. ca 1764), who married Martha Davidson in 1787, was a merchant in Kirkcaldy in Fife, and my maternal 4th great grandfather. Other surnames of interest here are SCHOOLBRED, WILLOCK, WATSON and PATERSON.

• Skirving, William (ca 1745 - 1796), son of William Skirving of Nether Liberton, near Edinburgh, was one of the 'Scottish Martyrs', who was charged with sedition in 1794 and sentenced to (14 years) transportation to Botany Bay. William left behind him in Fife, a wife (Rachel ABERCROMBIE). and at least two young sons. There are some useful links relating to William, and a short chronology included here.
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  I am desperately trying to find a link between William the Martyr and the family of Robert Skirving from Kirkcaldy, mentioned above.

I've also selected a few notable characters which are of more general interest, in the hope that you may recognise individuals. For some I have detailed information, for others I hope you will be able to help me acquire more !

These pages are in an early stage of creation, and inaccuracies may occur. Should you find errors, or if there details of persons that you find inappropriate, please contact me and I will modify or remove references to such material.

Acknowledgement: Johnny Cope midi file sequenced by Barry Taylor.
Page last updated: 15 Aug  2005