John HERON\Mary Jessie Campbell SMITH
John HERON, son of William HERON and Janet HERON , was born December 28,1854 in Glasserton, Wigtown. He married Mary Jessie Campbell SMITH . He died December 28, 1885. Mary Jessie Campbell SMITH, daughter of Robert Hay Wilson SMITH and Elizabeth Ramage FORBES , was born July 24, 1861 in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland.


Children of John HERON and Mary Jessie Campbell SMITH are:

1. Robert T. HERON, b. abt. 1880
2. Lynn HERON, b. abt. 1883
3. Frederick Roy Lewis HERON, b. abt. 1885
4. Leonard Louis HERON, b. abt. 1883 See Leonard Louis HERON & Isabella DUNDAS
5. William HERON, b. abt. 1886

Notes for John HERON:

1861 at Clerksberg, Glasserton, aged 5 years old,son, of William HERON(1824-).
Believed to have married Mary SMITH in Perth, Perth, Scotland, 22 Nov1867, but name recorded as James HERON
1881: believed to be married to Mary SMITH and living at Victria Pl,Kirriemuir, Forfar, Scotland; son-in-law; gardener; married; aged 25;born Monreith, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Sources for John HERON:

  1. IGI: C118854; FR210,

Notes for Mary Jessie Campbell SMITH:

Stated by Wesley David HERON to have married a John HERON, the son ofHERON from Wigtownshire and his cousin wife.
1881: at Victoria Pl., Kirriemuir, Forfar, Scotland; daughter; Gardener'swife; married; born Kirriemuir, Forfar, Scotland; aged 20
1891: at Heriot's Row; Widow; Head; aged 29 years old; Power Loom LinenWeaver; born Kerrimuir.
1901: at 8 Glamis Road, Kirriemuir.

Sources for Mary Jessie Campbell SMITH:

  1. IGI,

Notes for Robert T. HERON:

1881: at Victoria Pl., Kirriemuir, Forfar, Scotland; Grandson; bornGanvel, Wigtownshire, Scotland; aged 11 months old.
1891: at Heriot's Row; Son; aged 10 years old; Scholar; born Glenluce,Wigtownshire.


Notes for Lynn HERON:


Notes for Frederick Roy Lewis HERON:

Youngest son.
Born 1885; birth registered 1886
1891: at Heriot's Row; Son; aged 5 years old; Scholar; born Kerriemuir,Angus.
1901: at 8 Glamis Road, Kirriemuir; Gardener; aged 13 (more likely 16)
Emigrated to the United States from Kirriemuir, Scotland. Robert and Lynnpreceded him.


Notes for William HERON:

1891: at Heriot's Row; Son; aged 7 years old; Scholar; bornPortsburghshire, Newholme.
1901: at 8 Glamis Road, Kirriemuir; aged 17; Painter.