James HERON\Margaret TELFORD
James HERON, son of John HERON and Mary MCCORMICK , was born 1796 in Mochrum. He married Margaret TELFORD . He died February 17, 1864 in Eldrig Village, Mochrum. Margaret TELFORD was born 1800 in Glenluce, Wigtownshire. She died September 06, 1879 in Faldarroch.


Children of James HERON and Margaret TELFORD are:

1. James HERON, b. September 13, 1833 See James HERON & Elizabeth MUIR
2. Mary HERON, b. April 04, 1825 See Andrew? FOSTER & Mary HERON
3. Andrew HERON, b. February 15, 1831
4. Margaret HERON, b. 1837
5. John HERON, b. August 09, 1822 See John HERON & Mary COURT

Notes for James HERON:

1822: at Lane of Elrig; labourer.
1825 at Lane of Elrig, Mochrum, labourer.
1831 at Lane of Elrig, Mochrum, labourer.
1851 at Eldrig Village, aged 56, head, married, thatcher, spelled nameHERRON.
1861 at Eldrig Village?, aged 61, horsetrainer.
1891-92: at Elrig, Mochrum; horsebreaker.
1894-95: at Elrig, Mochrum; tenant.
Died aged 68 years. Surname also occasionally spelled HERRON

Sources for James HERON:

  1. Source: District 889, entry 8 (William HERON) Death registered by son Andrew Wigtown Free Press reports he died Feb 19,,

Notes for Margaret TELFORD:

1851 at Elrig Village, Mochrum, married to James HERON, aged 50.
1861 at Elrig Village, married, aged 60 years old.
Name also spelled Margaret TELFOUR. Died aged 79 years.


Notes for Andrew HERON:

!1851: at Baillard, Blacksmith's House, Kirkinner; aged 20; blacksmithapprentice.
1861, living with father, unmarried, blacksmith, aged 31 years old.
Informant on his father's death certificate
1881, at Barrachan Smithy House, Mochrum, Wigtown; unmarried; aged 49years old; born Mochrum, Wigtown; head; master blacksmith.
1894-95 at Faldarrock and Brown's Croft; tenant
1907: died at Elrig Village; retired Innkeeper; unmarried. Died aged 77years

Sources for Andrew HERON:

  1. LDS: FN456834,
  2. Source: District 892, entry 22 (William HERON),

Notes for Margaret HERON:

1851 at Elrig Village, Mochrum, dau., unmarried, aged 15 years old;seamstress.
1861 at Elrig Village, daughter, unmarried, aged 25, housemaid, livingwith father.
1894-95, believed to be tenant at Faldarrock and Brown's croft with herbrother Andrew HERON.
1881, at Barrachan Smithy House, Mochrum, Wigtown; unmarried; aged 42years old; born Mochrum, Wigtown; housekeeper; sister to Andrew HERONalso there.