Brackenridge-origin of name?.....

[joette]

Whilst having a trawl through for my elusive Waddells I came across a connection on another line.
Janet Liddel who was I think the daughter of James Liddel & Janet Brackenridge.She was the 2nd wife of John Veitch marrying him in Temple MDL 1827.That would make her 19 if the IGI is accurate on her birthdate & a step-mum to a 6/9 year old.(My paternal GGGRandmother)
Think I have found a list of children born in Temple to James/Janet Brackenridge & it's various spellings.
It's not a name I recognise & I was wondering if it's origins were Irish?I can't find an OPR marriage & thought maybe James/Janet had married in Ireland.Anybody any ideas please?

[LesleyB]

Hi Joette
This site
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/q ... -crest.htm
says its a Scots name. I'd be tempted to cross-check this with another source as well though... (it's not in "Scottish Surnames" by Donald Whyte, but thats no surprise really, as quite a few other names I've looked up in the past aren't in there either!)

Best wishes
Lesley

[trish1]

Some of my relatives in Australia are Breckenridge (sometimes spelt Brackenridge). The earliest I have traced so far was christened in Carluke, Lanark in 1818.

Trish

[DavidWW]

BR[A/E]ENRIDGE, BREKONRIDGE has a 3 inch entry in Black's "The Surnames of Scotland".

He comments "...drived from the lands of Brackenrig in the old barony of Avondale in the county of Lanark."

You can well imagine some of the "interesting" alternative spellings since the 1400s..................

David

[joette]

Thanks for that I will have a trawl through & see what I can come up with.
Also feel that they are" mine" as although there is no blood tie she brought up Helen Veitch who must have been close to her as she named her eldest child/only surviving daughter Janet Liddel Scott.So I will be tracking this line down too.
Interesting the Lanark link as that is where John Veitch & at least one other sibling was born.

[elmca]

Whilst having a trawl through for my elusive Waddells I came across a connection on another line.
Janet Liddel who was I think the daughter of James Liddel & Janet Brackenridge.She was the 2nd wife of John Veitch marrying him in Temple MDL 1827.That would make her 19 if the IGI is accurate on her birthdate & a step-mum to a 6/9 year old.(My paternal GGGRandmother)
Think I have found a list of children born in Temple to James/Janet Brackenridge & it's various spellings.
It's not a name I recognise & I was wondering if it's origins were Irish?I can't find an OPR marriage & thought maybe James/Janet had married in Ireland.Anybody any ideas please?

Hi Joette - I came across your posting purely by accident but am really interested as James Liddel and Janet Brackenridge figure in my family tree. I think they were my g.g.g.g.grandparents! They had a daughter Mary, born Feb 1803 who was my g.g.g.grandmother, she married James Young (my mother is a Young) Mary had a sister called Janet, do you know any more about her? Thanks!
ps John and Janet were married in Temple in 1796.

[drapadew]

Joette.

Have a look at Campbelltown Mull. A lot of Brakenridge families live and have lived there.
Also quite a lot in the states from Strathaven in Lanarkshire.
The name they say was from DENMARK.Most prominent name in family URSALA.
TDH

[joette]

ps John and Janet were married in Temple in 1796.

Hi Elmca I have PM you with what I know.How exciting a connection on TS .Mary is the child born in South Leith is she not? I couldn't find the parents marriage.Wonder why MARY was born there? My geography of Edinburgh is not very good where is Temple in relation to Leith?I would say that Mary/Janet are sisters.Janet is still alive in 1851 but must have died pre 1855 as I cant find any Death on SP.John is still alive in 1861 where he is described as Widower.He dies in 1863? where he is described as widower of Janet Liddel with John Scott son-in-law reporting the Death.In the 1841,1851,1861 Census the families are either living together/near neighbours.I can find no children for Janet/John but Helen may have a sister Janet who is the child of John & 1st wife Ann Craik.She must have been a good step-mum as the evidence supports this theory.
What of the Young's? John Scott/Helen Veitch's son William married a Young too!He was my Great-Grandfather marrying Christina Young.
Her father was Andrew Young son of Andrew Young/Mary Goodfellow.
Now if they are connected would be double freaky! Andrew was one of about eleven & was born Newbattle.Andrew Young/Ann Taylor married in 1851 & we have their Marriage Proclimation.

[AndrewP]

My geography of Edinburgh is not very good where is Temple in relation to Leith?
...
... & was born Newbattle

Temple is about 10 miles south of Edinburgh city centre, in Midlothian [the county of Edinburgh(shire)]. Leith, now part of Edinburgh, is two miles or so north of Edinburgh city centre. Newbattle is not so far from Temple, maybe about 8 miles south of Edinburgh city centre.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

[joette]

Thanks for that Glasgow I can screen a virtual map in my head but within the Edinburgh area I start to get muddled.
I am not too bad on directions usually take me to a place once & I can almost always find it again(on foot) Driving is another story especially in one way systems!