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From: "Annie Lockie" <>
Subject: FW: [WIG LIST] SHANNON
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:48:35 +0000

Hi Cher, I found the following on a Robert Shannon and Margaret Johnson,
they had a son Robert:

SHANNON, RobertChristening
Gender:Male
Birth Date:11 Dec 1832
Christening Date:10 Jan 1833Recorded in:Cummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Father:Robert SHANNON
Mother:Margaret JOHNSTON
Source:FHL Film 1067957Dates:1758 - 1855

unfortunately this is the only child I have listed on the BVRII.

And this was the only Robert Shannon born 1832 on the 1881 census:

Dwelling:Kelhead
Census Place:Cummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Source:FHL Film 0224046 GRO Ref Volume 817 EnumDist 5 Page 2
MarrAgeSexBirthplace
Robert SHANNANM46 MCummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Head
Occ:Lab
Mary SHANNANM39 FDalton, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Wife
Occ:Lab Wife
George SHANNANU19 MCummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Son
Occ:Lab

and this one could be his parents:

Dwelling:Clayhouses
Census Place:Cummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Source:FHL Film 0224046 GRO Ref Volume 817 EnumDist 3 Page 3
MarrAgeSexBirthplace
Robert SHANNONM72 MCummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Head
Occ:Labourer In Limestone Quarry
Margaret SHANNONM72 FCummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Wife
John SHANNONU42 MRuthwell, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Son
Occ:Labourer In Limestone Quarry
Elizabeth SHANNONU39 FCummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Daughter
Occ:Limestone Quarriers Daughter
James SHANNONU34 MCummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Son
Occ:Labourer In Limestone Quarry
Robert SHANNON 11 MCummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Grandson
Occ:Scholar
Elizabeth CARRUTHERS 3 FLochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel:Grand Daughter

Hope this is helpful Annie

>From: "Cher" <>
>To:
>Subject: [WIG LIST] SHANNON
>Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 23:29:55 +0100
>
>Hi all, not sure if you can help but I'll list what I have and see what
>happens. I am trying to go back from
>
>Robert SHANNON m Elizabeth JARDINE
>I have a copy for the marriage entry, which says 10th MAY 1904 Robert
>SHANNON aged 17 parents James SHANNON Quarryman and Agnes McGINLAY mar
>Elizabeth JARDINE aged 24 parents Thomas JARDINE ag lab and Elizabeth
>JARDINE Wit Margaret SHANNON ( we believe Elizabeth JARDINE was nee
>JOHNSTON(E)
>
>searching for a birth cert only produced one, and it doesn't fit exactly.
>
>Robert SHANNON 03 JUN 1807 parents James SHANNON gen Lab and Mary SHANNON
>
>A death entry for the said Robert SHANNON 1941 aged 62 parents James and
>Agnes informant son Richard SHANNON 3 hotel cottages Thornbury.
>
>so I have searched for James SHANNON on the 1851 and 1881 cens which gives
>me a family at Cummertrees which is where we believed this person to live
>all of them Quarry workers. the 1881 cens of Dumfries dwelling at
>Clayhouses Cummertrees would suggest I have maybe the James SHANNON
>resident as a grandson with g/parents Robert and Margaret SHANNON
>
>Anyone researching this family could help me find out more info.
>
>I am not new to genealogy just this family and the area's
>
>many thnx Cher in Wiltshire
>
>
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