TORRIE

Family Group (main line)

	WILLIAM TORRIE Shepherd in Corsbie in 1812, also Grocer in Lauder.	m. 7 Jul 1789 Channelkirk, Berwick	AGNES WILSON
	b. abt. 1763 d. 10 Nov 1834, aged 71 , portioner in Lauder, buried in Lauder Churchyard		b. 8 Aug 1764, Overhoudon, Channelkirk d. 25 Nov 1812, aged 49, buried Legerwood
		Father Mother	JOHN WILSON JANET HANDYSIDE	Parents

John and Agnes settled at Brownshall in Westruther Parish, where they had most of their children.

	Child	Marriage	Spouse	Spouse's Parents

1	Robert, Burgess of Lauder	m. 24 Oct 1807 Langton, Berwick	Isabella Mack	John Mack Margaret Maben
	b. 19 Nov 1791, Westruther, New Brunshall d. 26 Jan 1856, age 65, Lauder, as certified by son Peter, buried in Lauder Churchyard		b. 05 Jun 1794, Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland d. 31 Oct 1840, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland Children:- Agnes, 8 Jan 1811, Channelkirk Peter, 17 Apr 1816 Comfortlee, Longformacus, Berwick William, b. 27 Jul 1814, Wedderlie, Westruther

2	Andrew, Innkeeper at Clickhiminn (north of Lauder)	m	Beatrice Wright
	b. 27 Jun 1794, Westruther, New Brunshall d. 2 Oct 1828, buried Lauder Churchyard		Son Andrew born 13 May 1826 , Lauder

3	James
	b. 2 Jan 1797, Westruther, New Brunshall

4	William*
	b. 4 Jun 1799, Westruther, New Brunshall

5	Appalina	m	Alexander Bain, mason
	b. 10 Jun 1801, Westruther, New Brunshall d. 2 Jan 1861, Lauder		living with son David G. Bain, High St Lauder in 1881, age 78 see more info below

6	JANET	m 1826	JOHN COWAN	Parents
	b. abt 1804, Legerwood or NewBrunshall d. 21 June 1868, age 64, Netherhowden	Children	b 1797, Crumside, Stow

References:

1 Extract of an Entry in the Register of Deaths, 1868, Parish of Channelkirk , Berwick, Entry 9 - Janet Cowan (ms.Torrie)

NAME and Surname Rank or Profession and whether Single, Married or Widowed	When and Where Died	Sex	Age	Name, Surname and Rank or Profession of Father Name and Maiden Surname of Mother	Cause of Death, Duration of Disease, and Medical Attendant by whom certified	Signature and Qualification of Informant, and residence, if out of the house when the death occurred
Janet	1868	M	64	William Torrie	Cardiac Dropsy	(Signed)
Cowan	June		yrs	Shepherd	for unknown time	William Cowan
	Twenty First			(deceased)		Son
	2h p.m.					present
Wife of				Agnes Torrie	certified by
John Cowan	Netherhowden			M.S. Wilson	M. B. Robertson
Ploughman	Parish of			(deceased)		Registrar
	Channelkirk

Connections

William* is an ancestor of Sheila Ward who provide most of the information above
Chris Bain left the following info on the web about Alexander Bain and Appalina Torrie
1. Alexander, b. 13 Jul 1831 Lauder, m. 7 Mar 1852 Lauder, Mary Henderson.
Their known children, all born Lauder, were Agnes, b. 10 Feb 1853, Barbara
Charlton, b. 2 Jun 1856, and Elizabeth, b. 24 Oct 1859
2. Agnes, b. 2 Sep 1833 Lauder
3. Christian, b.28 May 1835 Lauder, m. 13 Jul 1860 Lauder Thomas Watherston.
Their children Appolina Torrie, b. 11 Nov 1862 Glasgow, James McDonald, b. 3
Feb 1865 Glasgow, and Margaret McDonald, b. 21 Mar 1867 Glasgow.
4. William, b. 1 Dec 1836 Lauder
5. John, b. 3 Nov 1838 Lauder
6. Andrew Torrie, b. 1 Nov 1842 Lauder
7. David George, b. 19 Aug 1845 Lauder, m. 16 Mar 1871 Westruther Berwick
Jane Fair Renton, b. 17 Jun 1851 Langdon Berwick dau of Daid and Mary
(Watson) Renton. One known son, Alexander b. 1 Jan 1872 Lauder.

Tom Paterson
(last updated 2nd Jan 2021)