John HERRON\Mary ALEXANDER
John HERRON, son of Samuel HERON and Martha Ann REID , was born 1824 in Ireland. He married Mary ALEXANDER May 02, 1843 in Inch, Wigtown, Scotland. He died December 08, 1895 in Sandhead, Stoneykirk, Wigtown, Scotland. Mary ALEXANDER, daughter of David ALEXANDER and Elizabeth THOMSON , was born 1820 in , Ireland. She died September 13, 1886 in Caldon Hills, Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.


Children of John HERRON and Mary ALEXANDER are:

1. James HERON, b. 1844 See James HERON & Elizabeth MCMASTER
2. John HERON, b. May 20, 1858 See John HERON & Mary CALDERWOOD
3. Janet HERON, b. January 26, 1857
4. David HERON, b. 1848
5. Samuel HERON, b. 1851 See Samuel HERON & Sarah MORROW
6. Mary HERON, b. 1853 See John CLANNY & Mary HERON
7. Martha HERON, b. abt. 1854 See Robert MURRAY? & Martha HERON OR Matthew CAMPBELL & Martha HERON
8. Jane (Jeannie) HERON, b. August 10, 1862 See Robert NELSON & Jane (Jeannie) HERON

Notes for John HERRON:

1841: at South Knockglass #3, Portpatrick Parish; aged 18; male servant;born Ireland. He spelled his name HERRON at this time.
1843: believed to be at Auchentibbert.
1851: at Ervie, Kirkcolm; aged 28; head; house servant; married; bornIreland.
1861: at Knocknam cot house, Leswalt; ploughman; aged 39 years old;married.
1871: at Meikle Mark cot house, Leswalt with wife and some children;Head; aged 48 years old. Last name spelled HERRON
1881: at West Kirkbride, Kirkcolm, Wigtown, Scotland; head; married; aged58; born Ireland; farm servant. Also there with him and his wife was hisdaughter Jane; aged 18 years old; unmarried; general servant. Also therewas his grandaughter, Lydia Alexander HERON; aged 5 years old; bornLeswalt. Lydia was the illegitimate daughter of his daughter Martha and. Also there was Matthew CAMPBELL; married aged 23 yearsold; born Leswalt; a blacksmith. Also there was Martha CAMPBELL (neeHERON?); married; aged 24 years old; born Leswalt; lodger. Also therewas John CAMPBELL; aged 6 months; born Kirkcolm; lodger.
1891: John HERON was at High Caldons farm cottage, Stoneykirk; widower;agricultural worker; aged 68 years old. Also there was his grandaughter,Lydia HERON; unmarried; scholar; aged 15 years old; born Leswalt.
1895: According to his death registration, he died 8 December 1895 at11:58 p.m.; of senile decay and paralytic seizure lasting two days; aged71 years old; at Sandhead; ploughman; widower of Mary HERON (m.s.ALEXANDER). He was the son of Samuel HERON (linen weaver, deceased) andMartha Ann HERON (m.s. REID, deceased). The informant was Robert NELSON(son-in-law; present). According to his grandaughter, Annie NELSON, JohnHERON and Mary ALEXANDER were buried in Leswalt. (Interview 1976)
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Sources for John HERRON:

  1. Source: 1881 Census, Scotland,
  2. Source: Register of Deaths 1861-1965 (Scotland), Extract 44502,

Notes for Mary ALEXANDER:

1841: Mary ALEXANDER was at the Crailloch; aged 20 years old; servant;unmarried; daughter of David ALEXANDER there.
1851: At Ervie, Kirkcolm; aged 30 years old; born Ireland; wife of JohnHERON there.
1861: At Knocknam; aged 41 years old; wife of John Heron there.
1871: at Meikle Mark cot house, Leswalt with husband and some children;aged 51 years old.
1881: at West Kirkbride, Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire; farm servant's wife;aged 61; born Ireland.
1886: Buried with husband in Leswalt, according to Annie NELSON theirgranddaughter.
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Sources for Mary ALEXANDER:

  1. Source: Interview. Annie Nelson, Sandhead. 1976,

Notes for Janet HERON:

Sources for Janet HERON:

  1. IGI: C118911,

Notes for David HERON:

1851: at Ervie, Kirkcolm; son; unmarried; aged 3 years old; bornPortpatrick
1861: at The Crailloch with David ALEXANDER; aged 12 years old
1881: cannot locate

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