14 Sep 2023                   
                Wife: Helen Brown    
        Married name: Helen Blyth 
                Born: 1790                 in Lauder, Berwickshire  1,2
          Christened:  9 May 1790          in Lauder, Berwickshire  3
              Census: 1841                 in Blanerne, Berwickshire  
              Census: 1851                 in Blanerne, Berwickshire  
              Census: 1861                 in Edrom, Berwickshire  
                Died:  3 Aug 1869          in Duns, Berwickshire  4
              Buried:                      in Preston, Berwickshire  5
              Father: George Brown   (1765 -     ) 
              Mother: Alison Grieve   (1769 -     ) 
             Husband: James Blyth     
             Married: 28 Oct 1814          in Bunkle & Preston, Berwickshire  6
                Born: 1782                 in Markinch, Fifeshire  7,1,2
          Christened: 29 Sep 1782          in Markinch, Fifeshire  8
              Census: 1841                 in Blanerne, Berwickshire  
          Occupation:                      Land Steward/farmer  9,10,11
              Census: 1851                 in Blanerne, Berwickshire  
              Census: 1861                 at Edrom, Berwickshire  
                Died:  9 Nov 1865          in Bridge-end, Duns, Berwickshire  9
              Buried:                      in Preston, Berwickshire  7
             Probate: 19 Apr 1867          in Duns Sheriff Court  12
              Father: James Blyth 
              Mother: Alison Wilkie 
 1  F  Janet Blyth                                              |   Born: ABT 1815  
                                                                |   Died:   
                                                                |  Buried   
 2  F  Alison Blyth                                             |   Born: ABT 1817 Bunkle, Berwickshire 13
                                                                |   Died: 18 Oct 1890 Nisbet, Roxburghshire 5
                                                                |  Buried  Preston, Berwickshire 5
 3  M  James Blyth                                              |   Born: ABT 1820 Bunkle, Berwickshire 13
   sp. Mary Gardner                                             |Married:  9 Jan 1863 Glasgow, Lanarkshire 14
       Born: ABT 1838 Died: BEF 1902                            |   Died:   
                                                                |  Buried   
 4  F  Jacobena Blyth                                           |   Born: ABT 1822 Blanerne, Berwickshire 15
   sp. Peter Munro                                              |Married: 25 Jun 1858 Edrom, Berwickshire 6
       Born: ABT 1830 Died:                                     |   Died:   
                                                                |  Buried   
 5  F  Mary Ann Blyth                                           |   Born: 1824 Bunkle, Berwickshire 2,16
   sp. George Johnston                                          |Married: 24 Dec 1847 Blanerne, Berwickshire 6
       Born: 1816 Died:  2 Aug 1881                             |   Died: 1913 Lancashire 17
                                                                |  Buried   
 6  F  Helen Blyth                                              |   Born: ABT 1828 Bunkle, Berwickshire 13
   sp. James Cairns                                             |Married: 1859 Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian 18
       Born: ABT 1821 Died:                                     |   Died: 1907 Leith (South), Midlothian 19
                                                                |  Buried   

Sources:
(1) Age at death. 
(2) 1861 Census. 
(3) Scots Origins Website, GRO code 748//2. 
(4) Nils Blyth pers. com. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) IGI. 
(7) Papers in possession of Richard C Unwin. 
(8) Scots Origins Website. 
(9) Death Certificate. 
(10) 1851 Census. 
(11) 1841 Census. 
(12) ScotlandsPeople website. 
(13) 1881 Census. 
(14) Ann Avery Hunter pers. com. 
(15) 1871 Census. 
(16) 1911 Census. 
(17) FreeBMD Website. 
(18) Scots Origins Website, GRO code 685/5/12. 
(19) Scots Origins Website, GRO code 692/2/210. 

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Updated 14 Sep 2023

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