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George Little 1796–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Mar 1796

Birth Location: Canonbie, Dumfries

Death Date: 17 May 1882

Death Location: Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Little

Mother: Margaret Irving

Spouse(s): Helen Reid, Mary Irvine, Helen Balfour

Children(s): Thomas Little, Mary Little, James Little, Janet Little, Thomas Little, George Little, John Little, Wilhelmina Little, William Little, Elizabeth Little, Charles Hastie

George Little was born in 1796 in Canonbie, Dumfries, the child of Thomas Little And Margaret Armstrong Irving. George Little married Helen Balfour, Helen Reid, Mary Irvine, and had children including Charles Little Hastie, Elizabeth Little, George Little, James Little, Janet Little, John Little, Mary Little, Thomas Little, Wilhelmina Little, William Little. George Little passed away in 1882 in Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • George Little was born in 1796 in Canonbie, Dumfries, the child of Thomas Little And Margaret Armstrong Irving.
  • George Little married Helen Balfour, Helen Reid, Mary Irvine, and had children including Charles Little Hastie, Elizabeth Little, George Little, James Little, Janet Little, John Little, Mary Little, Thomas Little, Wilhelmina Little, William Little.
  • George Little passed away in 1882 in Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Little
1771–
Birth Location: Canonbie, Dumfriesshire
TL
Margaret Irving
1775–1831
Birth Location: Canonbie, Dumfriesshire
MI

Spouses(s)

Helen Reid
1802–1864
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
HR
Mary Irvine
1794–1820
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfriesshire
MI
Helen Balfour
1803–
Birth Location: Patrickholm, Middlebie, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
HB

Children(s)

Thomas Little
1825–1829
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
TL
Mary Little
1836–1895
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfriesshire
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James Little
1829–1903
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
JL
Janet Little
1827–1903
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
JL
Thomas Little
1830–1905
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
TL
George Little
1832–1913
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
GL
John Little
1834–1913
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
JL
Wilhelmina Little
1839–1907
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
WL
William Little
1841–1852
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
WL
Elizabeth Little
1819–1820
Birth Location: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
EL
Charles Hastie
1834–1916
Birth Location: Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
CH

George Little's Ancestors

Self
George Little
1796–1882
Birth Place: Canonbie, Dumfries
Parents
Thomas Little
1771–
Canonbie, Dumfriesshire
Margaret (Armstrong) Irving
1775–1831
Canonbie, Dumfriesshire
Grandparents
John Little
1732–1793
Tanla Hill, Eskdalemiur, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Mary Johnstone
1732–1820
Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Francis Armstrong
1743–
Harelawhole, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Elizabeth Elliott
1745–
Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Little
1709–1763
Margaret Kenwick
1700–1737
John Johnstoun
1715–
Janet Mathison
1717–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Little
1682–1754
Janet Brown
1685–1750

George Little's Descendants

1.
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George Little (22 Mar 1796–17 May 1882) m. Helen Reid (21 Nov 1802–8 Mar 1864) m. Mary Irvine (22 Sep 1794–8 Oct 1820) m. Helen Balfour (14 March 1803–)
  1. 1. Thomas Little 1825–1829
  2. 2. Mary Little 1836–1895 m. John Cowan 1831–1916
    1. 1. Thomas Cowan 1870–
    2. 2. Janet Cowan 1871–1930 m. Joseph (Bell) 2nd 1867–1948
      1. 1. Janet Bell 1908–1964 m. David (Archibald Armstrong Bell) 8th 1901–1994
        1. 1. William (Park) Bell 1935–2020 m. Carol (Fisher) Leckie 1940–2004
        2. 2. Helen Bell 1943–2018 m. Arthur (Wylie) Irving 1943–2021
      2. 2. Mary (Little) Bell 1893–1983 m. John (Pryce (Jack)) Randell 1903–1980
      3. 3. Catherine ((Kitty) Irving) Bell 1896–1990
      4. 4. Thomas Bell 1896–1957 m. Mary (Ferguson) Nelson –1980
        1. 1. Margaret (Moffat (Peggy)) Bell 1920–1998 m. Jeffrey Sunderland 1923–1994
      5. 5. Minnie (Cowan) Bell 1898–1967 m. Wilfred (Edwin) Rothwell 1880–1955
      6. 6. Ella (Cowan) Bell 1902–1984 m. Willmott ((Bill)) Rawlings 1900–1966
    3. 3. Ellen (Reid) Cowan 1864–1947 m. Matthew Borthwick 1855–1929
      1. 1. Mary (Hope) Borthwick 1904–1978 m. Frederik (Peter) Harms 1901–
      2. 2. James Borthwick 1903–1939
      3. 3. John (W) Borthwick 1908–1928
    4. 4. John Cowan 1860–1862
    5. 5. George Cowan 1863–1914 m. Janet Miller 1863–1947
      1. 1. John Cowan 1891–
      2. 2. George (Orr) Cowan 1892–1961 m. Dorothy Grace 1903–1991
      3. 3. Thomas (Miller Cowan) OBE 1896–1973 m. Margaret (Allardyce (Pearl) Johnstone) Hunter 1898–1986
    6. 6. Robert Cowan 1868–1960 m. Elizabeth Johnstone 1869–1945
      1. 1. Robert Cowan 1906–1982
      2. 2. John (W) Cowan 1897–1981 m. Isabella Roddick 1897–1977
        1. 1. Elizabeth ((Betty)) Cowan 1920–2007
        2. 2. Charles ((Chay) Roddick) Cowan 1924–2005
      3. 3. David (I) Cowan 1900–
    7. 7. Wilhelminna ((Minnie) Little) Cowan 1875–1963 m. William Rowell 1878–
      1. 1. Mary (Wilhelmina) Rowell 1913–2003 m. John (A) Cooper 1905–
      2. 2. Nora (Holroyd) Rowell 1906– m. Eric (Arnold Mackworth) Gee 1905–1989
    8. 8. John (Cowan) 2nd 1861–1938 m. Mary (Helen) Tait 1871–1939
      1. 1. Agnes (I) Cowan 1898–1972 m. William Beattie 1897–1958
        1. 1. Alexander (Ogilvie) Beattie 1926–2008 m. Joan (Sutherland) Nicol 1932–1998
        2. 2. Ian Beattie 1929–2008
      2. 2. Andrew Cowan 1899–
    9. 9. William Cowan 1869–1870
  3. 3. James Little 1829–1903 m. Margaret Morrison 1828–
    1. 1. Ann Little 1850–
    2. 2. George Little 1856– m. Johnstone Little 1852–
      1. 1. James (M) Little 1888–
      2. 2. Lizzie Renwick 1882–
      3. 3. Esther Renwick 1884–
    3. 3. Janet Little 1852–
    4. 4. Helen Little 1854–
  4. 4. Janet Little 1827–1903 m. Francis (Currie) Lorrain 1815–1887
    1. 1. John Lorrain 1862–1912 m. Sarah (Jane Dickin) Bullock 1860–1941
      1. 1. Dorothy (Janet) Lorrain 1901–1973
      2. 2. Francis (John Allen) Lorrain 1897–1965
    2. 2. George (Bagot) Lorrain 1860–1946
    3. 3. Agnes (Allen) Lorrain 1867–1906
  5. 5. Thomas Little 1830–1905 m. Agnes Hounam 1834–1913
    1. 1. Joseph Hounam 1860–
  6. 6. George Little 1832–1913 m. Elisabeth Nichol 1837–1907
    1. 1. Thomas (Nichol) Little 1858–
  7. 7. John Little 1834–1913 m. Janet Ekron 1834–1900
    1. 1. George Little 1869–1957
    2. 2. Margaret Little 1866–1941
    3. 3. Helen (Reid) Little 1871–1953
    4. 4. Thomas Little 1876–1878
    5. 5. James (Ekron) Little 1874–1963
  8. 8. Wilhelmina Little 1839–1907 m. Andrew (Brown) Stewart 1844–1923
    1. 1. John (Mackenzie) Stewart 1873–
    2. 2. Helen (Reid) Stewart 1876–
    3. 3. George (R) Stewart 1877–1968 m. Eliza (Grange) Easton 1879–1968
      1. 1. Ruby Stewart 1922–1968
      2. 2. George (Ronald) Stewart 1921–1944
      3. 3. Andrew (Ruthven) Stewart 1913–1989 m. Marion Hartley 1917–1983
        1. 1. Jill Stewart 1943–2009
        2. 2. Neil Stewart 1951–2003
    4. 4. Charles (Wm) Stewart 1881–
  9. 9. William Little 1841–1852
  10. 10. Elizabeth Little 1819–1820
  11. 11. Charles (Little) Hastie 1834–1916 m. Magdalene (Mary) Hastie 1872–1912
    1. 1. Walter (Little) Hastie 1869–1934
    2. 2. John (Little) Hastie 1864–1933

George Little's Timeline

10 Records

1682
26 Mar 1682
George Little was baptized in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
1796
22 Mar 1796
Birth of George Little in Canonbie, Dumfries
Canonbie, Dumfries
1796
27 Mar 1796
George Little was baptized in , Canonbie, Dumfries, Scotland
, Canonbie, Dumfries, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 45
George Little resided here in Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 55
George Little resided here in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 55
George Little resided here in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 65
George Little resided here in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 75
George Little resided here in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 85
George Little resided here in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1882
17 May 1882
Age 86
Death of George Little in Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1796
    Event Place: Canonbie, Dumfries
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census
    [2] 1841 Scotland Census
    [3] 1881 Scotland Census
    [4] 1861 Scotland Census
    [5] 1871 Scotland Census
    [6] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1682
    Event Place: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
    Record Source: England & Wales Christening Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1796
    Event Place: , Canonbie, Dumfries, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 May 1882
    Event Place: Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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