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Todd generations
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Generation 1: George Todd and Elizabeth Paulin
George Todd (bd. ~1775) is my earliest Todd ancestor in this tree. Three possible fathers have been identified by Adrienne Todd, however none with certainty. My best guess is a George Todd (bd. 1726 in Witsome & Hilton, Berwickshire), although he would have been ~49 at the time of birth, so there may even have been an additional generation between. We know George married Elizabeth Paulin (bd ~ 1777, Ladykirk) in 1796 in Coldstream, Berwickshire (see locations). With Elizabeth we can trace back a further two generations in Ladykirk, making the Eastern Scottish Borders, and central Berwickshire in particular, the 'ancestral home' of this Todd family tree for at least 300 years. Like many of his descendants to follow, George was a Farm Labourer. George and Elizabeth had six known children: |
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Of George Todd and Elizabeth Paulin Generation 2: George Todd and Jean Tully George Todd (bd. 1797) was born in Skaithmuir, a farm near Coldstream. This starts a long association of the Todd family at Skaithmuir that extends more than 150 years. George married Jane/Jean Tully (or Tullie) in Stichill in 1828, and together they had five known children: Christian Todd (bd. 1830, St. Boswells, ROX female) Elizabeth Todd (bd. 1832), Helen Todd (bd. 1834, Stichill, ROX), James Todd (bd. 1838,Stichill, ROX) Peter Todd (bd. ~1853, Stichill, ROX). George, Jane and family appeared in the 1841 census in Runningburn, a farm in the parish of Stichill. George died back where he was born, at Skaithmuir, Coldstream in 1872 at the age of 74. Generation 2: Elizabeth Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 2: Thomas Todd and Ann Waters Thomas Todd was born near Coldstream to George Todd (note like other children in this family, his mother's name is not given in the parish record on Scotland's People but assumed to be Elizabeth Paulin). Thomas was also an Agricultural Labourer. He married Ann Waters in 1826, and together they had seven known children: Margaret Todd (bd. ~1829) Elizabeth Todd (bd. ~1831) James Todd(bd. ~1833) Isabella Todd (bd. ~1836) Helen Todd (bd. ~1839) William Todd (bd. ~1840) Thomas Todd (bd. ~1850) Thomas, Ann and family appeared in the 1841 census in Langrigg, a farm in the parish of Eccles. Generation 2: John Todd and Janet Graden John Todd (born at Butterlaw, Swinton) is my direct-line ancestor. John was a Farm Servant, who at time of marriage lived at Bartle Hill (a farm in Berwickshire, SE of Eccles on the road to Brigham and the English border). He married Janet Graden (born in Ancroft, just over the border in Northumberland) in Eccles in 1826. (Janet's ancestors are reported from a Graydon family tree to have come from around Ladykirk in Scotland, despite a brief foray into England!). John and Janet had eight known children: George Todd (bd.1826, Eccles, BEW) John Todd (bd. ~1829, St. Boswells, ROX) Andrew Todd (bd. ~1829, Stichill, ROX) Ann Todd (bd. ~1831) Elizabeth Todd (bd. ~1833) Mary Todd (bd. ~1839) Janet Todd (bd. ~1844) James Todd (bd. ~1846, Stichill, ROX) John, Janet and family appear in the 1841 census at the East End of Hume. I cannot find them in the Scottish census of 1851, so they may have moved across the border at this time. They reappear in 1861 (with son James) in a private house linked to the Free Church in Langton parish, in the village of Gavinton, near Duns. John (now 56) is listed as a labourer. The Free Church Minister in 1861 was William Logan. The Free Church was formed after a breakaway from the Established Church of Scotland in 1843. This was known as the 'Disruption' associated with Thomas Chalmers and led over 400 ministers to resign from the Church of Scotland. There followed a series of unions. In 1900 the Free Church united with the United Presbyterian Church to become the United Free Church. A minority did not go into that union and continue today as the Free Church of Scotland. In 1929 the United Free Church united with the Established Church (the Church of Scotland). A minority didn't go into that union and continue today as the United Free Church. The village of Gavinton was a 'model village' planned and built by David Gavin. Gavin bought Langton Estate in 1758 and immediately set about its reorganisation. Gavin was an improving landlord and one of the pioneers of the Agricultural Revolution in the Borders. He demolished the settlement of Langton, incorporated the site into the grounds of his house, and removed the population to a new planned village, which he named "Gavintown". Generation 2: Robert Todd - no known marriage or record of death. Generation 2: James Todd - no known marriage or record of death. |
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Of George Todd and Jean Tully Generation 3: Christian Todd - no known marriage or record of death. Generation 3: Elizabeth Todd and George Paulin Elizabeth married George Paulin in Duns (BEW) in 1864. Children not known. Generation 3: Helen Todd and Thomas Hardie Helen married Thomas (date unknown) and died in 1898 (age 64) in Winfield, Whitsome & Hilton. Children not known. There is a gravestone in Whitsome churchyard that reads:"Erected by Thomas Hardie in loving memory of Helen Tod his wife who died at Winfield 17 November 1898 age 64 years. Also the above Thomas Hardie who died at Oldcastles 6 January 1914 age 76 years". Generation 3: James Todd and Helen Lothian James married Helen in 1864 in Westruther (BEW). He was a ploughman. Together they had eight children: James Todd (bd. 1865, Duns, BEW) Thomas Todd (bd. 1867, Westruther, BEW) William Todd (bd. 1869, Westruther, BEW) Adam Todd (bd. 1871, Earlston, BEW) Helen Todd (bd. 1873) Peter Todd (bd. ~1876, Hutton, BEW) Jane Todd (bd. ~1878, Hutton, BEW) Walter Todd (bd. ~1880, Westruther, BEW) If Helen's birth date is correct then she had children at a late age, with Walter born when Helen was ~49 years old! James died in Duns in 1909, age 71, two years after Helen. Generation 3: Peter Todd and Mary Crombie Peter was also a ploughman, who married Mary (a domestic servant) in 1877 at West Fishwick, Hutton (BEW). They had three known children: Elizabeth Linin Todd (bd. ~1878, Ladykirk, BEW) George Todd (bd. ~1879, Edrom, BEW) Isabella Todd (bd. 1884, Langton, BEW) Elizabeth was named after Mary's mother, Elizabeth Linin. |
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Of Thomas Todd and Ann Waters Generation 3: Margaret Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 3: Elizabeth Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 3: James Todd and Helen Honliston James was a farm servant, who married Helen. They had four known children, all boys: James Todd (bd. ~1868, Ledgerwood, BEW) William Todd (bd. ~1871) George Todd (bd. 1873, Melrose, ROX) Thomas Todd (bd. 1877, Smailholm, BEW) James died of TB age 61 at Roxburgh Barns, Roxburgh. Generation 3: Isabella Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 3: Helen Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 3: William Todd and Esther Mather William was a groom and later a gardener, who married Esther (an agricultural labourer) in Maxton in 1859. They had six known children: Janet Todd (bd. ~1861, Maxton, ROX) Thomas Todd (bd. 1863, Maxton, ROX) William Todd (bd. ~1866) Mary Ann Todd (bd. 1868, Maxton, ROX) Isabella Todd (bd. 1871, Maxton, ROX) Margaret Todd (bd. 1876, Maxton, ROX) William and family appeared in the 1881 census in Sprouston, Roxburgh. Generation 3: Thomas Todd and Margaret Mather Thomas was an agricultural labourer and later a stud groom, who married Margaret (an agricultural labourer and dressmaker) in Maxton in 1876. The relationship between Margaret and Thomas' sister-in-law Esther is not known. They had four known children: Isabella Todd (bd. ~1881, St. Boswell's, ROX) Anna Todd (bd. 1886, Kelso, ROX) John C. Todd (bd. ~1889, Eccles, BEW) George Todd (bd. 1893, Kelso, ROX) |
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Of John Todd and Janet Graden Generation 3: George Todd and Ann Brodie Renton George Todd (my Great Great Grandfather) married his first wife Ann Renton in 1858 in Langton. Seven months later(!) their first daughter Sarah was born. George had various agricultural jobs including labourer, cattleman and ploughman. With Ann he had eight known children, including twin girls: Sarah Todd (bd. 1858, Langton, BEW) Janet Todd (bd. 1860, Langton, BEW) John Todd (bd. 1861, Greenlaw, BEW) George Todd (bd. 1863 Greenlaw, BEW) Margaret Todd (bd. 1864, Greenlaw, BEW) Mary-Ann Todd (bd. 1864, Greenlaw, BEW) Helen Todd (bd. 1867, Greenlaw, BEW) Alexander Todd (bd. 1869, Hume, BEW) Ann died of stomach cancer, age 34, at Hume Orchard a week after the birth of Alexander. This left George with 8 children under 11. Generation 3: George Todd and Mary Wood In 1870, a year after Ann's death, George (age 43) married Mary Wood (age 28) (my Great Great Grandmother). Mary was an agricultural labourer. Her father is not known, however her mother married her stepfather when she was eight. For Mary to marry a man 15 years older, and with 8 kids seems a big step - however the birth of George and Mary's first child six months later perhaps explains part of the reason! George and Mary went on to have eight known children (giving George a total of 16!). James Todd (bd. 1871, Hume, BEW) Andrew Todd (bd. 1872, Hume, BEW) Agnes Todd (bd. 1873, Hume, BEW) Elizabeth Todd (bd. 1875 Hume, BEW) William Wilson Todd (bd. 1877, Makerston, ROX) Robert Todd (bd. 1879, Makerston, ROX) Elspeth Todd (bd. 1881, Channelkirk, BEW) Peter Todd (bd. ~1884, Channelkirk, BEW) George died at Skaithmuir in 1899, age 72. Mary survived until 1913, where she died (age 71) at her daughter Elizabeth's home at the suitably-named Todhillrig, a neighbouring farm to Skaithmuir. Generation 3: John Todd and Margaret Darling No record of John and Margaret's marriage, about 1850. John and children appear at Auchencrow Mains Farm, Coldingham in the 1861 census, with Margaret's sister-in-law Janet Darling. The family moved, with the older children to Northumberland and appear in Shipley & Stead, Eglingham in 1871, at Lesbury, Nr. Alnwick in 1881, at Hadston(e), Morpeth in 1891 and East Chevington, Bedlington, Morpeth in 1901. John and Margaret had eight known children: Janet Todd (bd. ~1853, Dunse, BEW) Isabella Todd (bd. 1854, Coldingham, BEW) Ann Todd (bd. 1858, Coldingham, BEW) Sarah Todd (bd. ~1860, Coldingham, BEW) Margaret Todd (bd. ~1865, Glanton, NLD) Elizabeth Todd (bd. 1867, Glanton, NLD) John William Todd (bd. 1869, Glanton, NLD) Peter Todd (bd. 1872, Glanton, NLD) Generation 3: Andrew Todd and Eleanor Weatherston Andrew's occupations are variously listed as Stonebreaker, Shepherd and Farm Servant. His first wife was Eleanor, and together they had five known children: Mary-Ann Todd (bd. 1857) John Todd (bd. 1860, Coldingham, BEW) Alison Todd (bd. 1861) Elizabeth Todd (bd. 1864) Thomasina Todd (bd. 1866) Eleanor died in 1866 (age ~34), possibly during/after childbirth. Generation 3: Andrew Todd and Elizabeth Litster Andrew married his second wife, Elizabeth in 1867 in Coldingham. They had seven children together: James Todd (bd. 1870) George Todd (bd. 1876) Agnes Todd (bd. ~1878, Longformacus, BEW) Robina Todd (bd. 1879, Duns, BEW) George Paulin Todd (bd. 1881, Eccles, BEW) Charles Todd (bd. ~1887, Sprouston, ROX) Alexander Todd (bd. ~1889, Sprouston, ROX) Their second son, George, died very young hence the later named George Paulin Todd. Generation 3: Ann Todd and David Foster Ann married David in 1831. He was an agricultural labourer. They had two children, John and Sarah Foster. Generation 3: Elizabeth Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 3: Mary Todd and William Carter Mary married William in 1862 in Gavinton. He was a labourer. They had two children, Andrew and John Carter. Generation 3: Janet Todd and Joseph Forrest Janet, a domestic servant, married Joseph in 1863 in Gavinton. They had six children, Janet, William, John, Robert, George Graden, and Janet Ann Forrest. Generation 3: James Todd and Eliza Thompson McLean James was a sawmiller/joiner. His first wife is not known and must have died young. He married Eliza, a dressmaker from North Berwick, in 1873. She and James had six children. John Todd (bd. 1874, Whitekirk, E. Lothian) Andrew McLean Todd (bd. 1876, Canty Bay, E. Lothian) Elizabeth Mary Knox Todd (bd. ~1878, Gifford, E. Lothian) Janet Ann Todd (bd. 1880, Gifford, E. Lothian) James Todd (bd. 1882, Gifford, E. Lothian) William McLean Todd (bd. ~1884, Gifford, E. Lothian) James died in Gifford, age 60. Eliza lived to the great age of 102 and died in 1942. |
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Of James Todd and Helen Lothian Generation 4: James Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Thomas Todd and Marion Mercer Thomas was a garden labourer and sawmiller. He married Marion, a woollen mill worker, in 1898 in Duns. Marion must have died between then and 1908, and no childern are known from their marriage. Generation 4: Thomas Todd and Helen Thomson Thomas, now a widower (age 40), married Helen in 1908, again in Duns. No children are known. Generation 4: William Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Adam Todd and Ellen Landells Adam married Ellen Landells (probable) and they had one known child. Sarah Todd (bd. ~1897) Generation 4: Helen Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Peter Todd and Isabella S. Anderson Peter married Elizabeth in Hutton, BEW in 1899. No children are known. Generation 4: Jane Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Walter Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. |
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Of Peter Todd and Mary Crombie Generation 4: Elizabeth Linen Todd and George Larmond Renton Elizabeth was a farm servant, who married George in 1902, sometime after the birth of her (illigitimate) son George. George Todd (bd. ~1900, Gordon, BEW) Generation 4: George Todd and Janet Scott George married Janet (an outworker) in 1906 in Eccles, BEW. He was a ploughman who later enlisted as a Private in the army. He died in WW1 in 1917, probably at Passchendaele, age 38. No children are known. Generation 4: Isabella Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. |
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Of James Todd and Helen Honliston Generation 4: James Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: William Todd and Margaret Scott William was a railway porter who married Margaret in 1899 in Kelso. No children are known. Generation 4: George Todd and Mary Taylor-Hume George was a gardener who married Mary in 1913 in Gordon. Generation 4: Thomas Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. |
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Of William Todd and Esther Mather Generation 4: Janet Todd - an agricultural labourer; no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Thomas Todd and Jane Heatley Thomas was a groom who married Jane in 1889 in Ednam, Roxburgh. They had one known child: William Todd (bd. 1891, Kelso, ROX) Generation 4: William Todd and Jane Spence William was an agriculatural labourer, then a coachman, who married Jane in 1892 in St. Boswells. Presumably Jane died not long after. No children are known. Generation 4: William Todd and Ann Bell William married Ann in 1905 in Kelso. No children are known. Generation 4: Mary Ann Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Isabella Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Margaret Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. |
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Of Thomas Todd and Margaret Mather Generation 4: Isabella Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Anna Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: John C. Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: George Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. |
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Of George Todd and Ann Brodie Renton Generation 4: Sarah Todd and James Welsh Sarah was a domestic servant. She married James, a ploughman, in 1883 in Coldingham. No children are known. Generation 4: Janet Todd - a field worker, Janet died in Jedburgh in 1888, age 28, of leukemia. Generation 4: John Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: George Renton Todd and Mary Burton George was a ploughman then a master hind. He married Mary (also known as Mary Halliburton), an outworker, in 1892 in Wideopen, Yetholm. They had two known children: George Todd (bd. ~1892, Yetholm, ROX) William Halliburton Todd (bd. 1894) Generation 4: Margaret Todd - at some point ran a boarding-house in Melrose. No known marriage, however George Todd Simpson is described as son on her death certificate. This is likely to be the same George Simpson listed as son of her sister Mary-Ann. Hence he was either her Nephew, or was her son brought up by Mary-Ann and John Simpson? Margaret died in 1934 in Melrose. Generation 4: Mary-Ann Todd and John Simpson Mary-Ann (twin of Margaret) married John (a shepherd) in 1896 in Hawick. They had one known son, George Simpson. Mary-Ann died in 1939 in Otterburn. Generation 4: Helen Todd - a farm outworker who died, age 20, in Jedburgh. Generation 4: Alexander Renton Todd - died at birth, or before his first birthday. Of George Todd and Mary Wood Generation 4: James Todd and Jane Robertson James, my Great Uncle, was a ploughman. He married Jane, a house-servant, in Hume on St. Valentine's Day 1902. At the time Jane was an unmarried mother, with one child, which she had at 17-18 (Maggie Robertson). They had two known children together: George Todd (bd. ~1905, Cherrytrees, Yetholm, ROX) John Todd (bd.>1905) Jane's brother, William, later married James' sister Elspeth. James died (age 72) in 1943 in Easter Muirdean, Kelso. Jane died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in 1951, with her usual address Grizelfield Earlston (with son John). Generation 4: Andrew Todd and Elizabeth Johnstone Andrew, my Great Grandfather, was variously a garden labourer, a farm steward and a haulage contractor. He married Elizabeth Johnston(e), a domestic servant, in 1905 in Bowden. They were married by the United Free Church of Scotland. At this time Andrew was a garden labourer living at Skaithmuir, Coldstream. They had four known children: George Todd (bd. 1906, Cherrytrees, Yetholm, ROX) Helen Johnstone Todd (bd. 1907, Yetholm, ROX) James Johnstone Todd (bd. 1909, Melrose, ROX) Mary Todd (bd. ~1911, Melrose, ROX) Andrew's son George and brother James' son George were both born at Cherrytrees. Ilene Todd reports that James was born two days after the family moved to Chain Bridge Farm, Melrose. Andrew died in 1945 of heart failure, age 72, at Mill Cottage, Melrose, where his occupation was listed as a haulage contractor. Informant was son James, who was then living at Spittal, Northumberland. Elizabeth lived until 1958 (age ~82). Generation 4: Agnes Wood Todd and Andrew Wilson Agnes was a farm servant, who married James Wilson, a ploughman, in 1901 at Skaithmuir near Coldstream. They had four known children, George Todd Wilson, Violet, May and James Wilson. Agnes (known by Ilene Todd as Aunt Aggy) died of heart failure in Wester Wooden, Eckford in 1950 (age 76). Generation 4: Elizabeth Todd and John Hunter Elizabeth married John Hunter, a shepherd, at her home in Skaithmuir, near Coldstream in 1904. John was the son of a farmer at Todhillrig, a neighbouring farm. Later Elizabeth's mother Mary was to move from Skaithmuir to Todhillrig to live with the couple. Elizabeth died aged 64 at Todhillrig in 1940 of cancer. No children are known. Generation 4: William Wilson Todd and Barbara McArthur Cairney William was a ploughman at Yetholm Mains when he married Barbara in Sprouston in 1906. He died aged 79 in 1956 in Kelso, where he was described as a retired boilerman. Generation 4: Robert Todd and Catherine Cairns Robert was a ploughman/farm servant, who married Catherine at her home at Whitsome Hill in 1902. They had appeared on the 1901 census at Skaithmuir in neigbouring houses, so Robert did marry the 'girl-next-door'. Catherine who was born in Darnick, near Melrose, was an outworker at Whitsome Hill. They had two known children, Mary Wood Todd (bd. 1906, Coldstream, BEW). John C(airns?) Todd (bd. n/k) Catherine died aged 68 back at Skaithmuir in 1949 of a cerebral haemorrage. The informant was her son, (listed as living at Simprin, Coldstream). Robert died in 1956, also at Skaithmuir. Generation 4: Elspeth Todd and William Robertson Elspeth, a farm outworker at Yetholm Mains, married William, a ploughman from Cherrytrees, Yetholm in 1906. Less than two years later she died of scepticemia and a pulmonary embolism, aged only 26. They had no known children. Generation 4: Peter Todd and Margaret Storie/Elizabeth Mitchell Peter was a ploughman/general labourer, who married his first wife Margaret in 1914. Margaret died some time later and he married again in 1925 (age 41) at the United Free Church Manse, Crailing, Roxburgh to Elizabeth, a farm worker from Upper Nisbet, Crailing. One child is known, probably to Margaret. Mary Todd (bd. n/k) Peter died age 62 in an ambulance near Ancrum bridge from an intestinal obstruction, cause unknown. |
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Of Andrew Todd and Eleanor Weatherston Generation 4: Mary Ann Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: John Todd and Isabella Laidlaw John was an agricultural labourer/ploughman at Borthwickshiels, Roberton when he married Isabella Laidlaw, also an agricultural labourer, at her home in Butchercote, Mertoun. Although Elizabeth Lizester (Litster) is listed as mother at marriage, John's real mother was probably Eleanor Weatherston who died when John was ~6 years of age. John's father, Andrew married Elizabeth when John was ~7 years of age. Isabella had an illegitimate son, John, who was 7 when she married, who took the surname Todd. The family later moved to Airhouse, Channelkirk, Berwickshire, and by 1901 the family was at Garvald, near Haddington in East Lothian. They had a further six children together: John Barns Todd (bd. 1877) Andrew Todd (bd. ~1888, Channelkirk, BEW) James Todd (bd. ~1889, Channelkirk, BEW) Elizabeth (Betsy) Todd (bd. 1891, Channelkirk, BEW) George Todd (bd. 1894) Thomas Todd (bd. ~1896, Channelkirk, BEW) John Todd (bd. ~1898, Glasdmuir, E. LOTHIAN) There is a death certificate for a John Todd, married to Isabella Laidlaw, dated 1927, at Kirknewton, West Lothian. However this lists John's mother as Helen Todd (m.s. Brown), so it may be a different couple, or his mother's name was wrongly recorded. Generation 4: Alison Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Elizabeth Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Thomasina Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Of Andrew Todd and Elizabeth Litster Generation 4: James Todd and Sophia Kennedy James was a farm servant who married Sophia Kennedy in Eccles in 1897. No known children or record of death. Generation 4: George Todd George died in Dunse (now Duns) in 1877, aged only 11 months. Generation 4: Agnes Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Robina Todd and James Whelan Robina appeared on the 1901 census as a farm worker at Crosshall Cottages, Eccles. Later married James Whelan. No children are known. Generation 4: George Paulin Todd and Mary Ann Stewart In what looks to be a tragic story, George and Mary had their first child, Andrew, before marriage. However Andrew died five days before their marriage, aged only four months. Both George and Mary Ann were agricultural labourers, and they married in Ednam in 1906. No other children are known. Generation 4: Charles Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. Generation 4: Alexander Todd - no known marriage, or record of death. |