Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Janet Callander[1]

Female 1738 - 1819  (81 years)


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  • Name Janet Callander 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Born 10 May 1738  [2
    Baptism 11 May 1738  Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Died 17 Jul 1819  Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Siblings 5 Siblings 
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2019 

    Father Alexander Callander
              b. 25 Dec 1710
              d. Apr 1742, Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Margaret Ramsay
              b. Abt 1710
              d. 1767  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 31 Oct 1734  Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6

    Husband John Higgins, of Higgins Neuck
              b. Abt 1725
              d. Abt 1791  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 29 Apr 1756  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age at Marriage She was 17, he was 31  
    Children 
     1. Margaret Higgins
              b. 15 May 1757
     2. Marion "Mary" Higgins
              b. 14 Apr 1759
              d. 10 Jan 1804  (Age 44 years)
     3. Helen Higgins
              b. 19 May 1762
              d. Abt Jul 1824  (Age 62 years)
     4. Janet Higgins
              b. 22 Jun 1763, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 1873  (Age < 109 years)
     5. John Alexander Higgins, of Neuck
              b. Sep 1764
              d. 1822  (Age ~ 57 years)
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2019 

  • Notes 
    • "Of Westerton"

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 11 May 1738 - Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Apr 1756 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Jul 1819 - Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0068] Burke's Landed Gentry, 1st Edition Reprint, John Burke and John Bernard Burke, (1849), Burn-Murdoch of Gartincaber; Volume 3, page 240, 1849.

    2. [S0199] Baronetage of England, The, Rev. William Betham, (London, 1801-1804), Callander of Westertown; Volume 4, pages 398-400.

    3. [S0149] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Janet Callander; FHL Film Number1041972, 1738.

    4. [S0258] Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Janet Callender; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X128-86V, 11 May 1738.

    5. [S0268] Old Parish Registers - Deaths, National Records of Scotland, (scotlandspeople.gov.uk), Janet Higgins; 479/ 90 274 Falkirk; Page 274 of 276 (Reliability: 0), 17 Jul 1819.

    6. [S0186] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Margaret Ramsay & Alexander Callander; FHL Film Number: 1041944, 0102111, 31 Oct 1734.