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HOME, George of Broadhaugh, Minister at Chirnside, Reverend Mr
(About 1678-1755)
HOME, Katharine
(1678-1745)
GILLILAND, James Minister at Greenlaw, Reverend Mr
(About 1695-Before 1743)
PURVES, Marjory
(About 1695-)
HOME, George Baxter, Burgess of Edinburgh
(1716-1763)
GILLILAND, Helen
(1720-)
HOME, George Baxter in Edinburgh
(1745-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. WIGHT, Janet

HOME, George Baxter in Edinburgh 2 3 4

  • Born: 26 November 1745, Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 5
  • Baptised: 1 December 1745, Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 3
  • Marriage (1): WIGHT, Janet on 5 August 1764 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2

  General Notes:

George Home was a baxter, or baker, in the Canongate, Edinburgh:

"Name: George Home
Dates: 1776-1800, 1751-1760, 1761-1770
Location: Town: Edinburgh Edinburgh
Occupation(s): baxter
Gender: Male
Address(es): at the Tron Church; Town: Edinburgh
Source Date: 1778
Source Info: Listed in, [Edinburgh, 1778] Williamson's Directory for the City of Edinburgh, Canongate, Leith, and Suburbs; From June 1778, to June 1779. [Price One Shilling.], [1778], WILLIAMSON, Peter, Edinburgh. Printed by P. Williamson, and Sold at his Penny-Post Office, Luckenbooths"

from Directories 4


George married Janet WIGHT on 5 August 1764 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Janet WIGHT was born about 1745.)


Sources


1 ancestry.co.uk, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland, Extracted Parish Records.

2 ancestry.co.uk, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

4 ancestry.co.uk, U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830.

5 ancestry.co.uk, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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