Canongate Edinburgh Connections
~ The Royal Mile ~

~ Canongate Looking West ~
(towards Holyrood Palace)
(Painting by Thomas H Shepherd)

Alexander AIRTH was christened Dec 12 1700 in South Leith Midlothian.
He married Anna GILCHRIST in Canongate Edinburgh on Feb 11 1721.


Their son Hendry (Henry) AIRTH was christened Apr 11 1721 in Canongate.
He married Isobell ALEXANDER in Canongate Edinburgh on Nov 24 1750.


They had several children, all christened in Canongate--
(possiblyAgnes AIRTH chr Sep 22 1751)
Jean AIRTH chr May 1753
*Adam AIRTH chr Sep 7 1755*
Marion AIRTH chr Jun 1758
Christian AIRTH chr 1760
Henry AIRTH chr Mar 6 1763
John AIRTH chr Dec 1764
Janet AIRTH chr Jul 1767

I am descended from Hendry (Henry) & Isobell's son Adam AIRTH, chr Sep 7 1755.

Canongate Kirk ~ Front ~

Corner of Canongate Kirk Yard next to the Toll Booth

Adam married Elizabeth GARDNER on March 12 1786 in Glasgow Lanark Scotland.


Their eldest son, my ancestor Sgt Henry AIRTH & his wife Marion PARK
emigrated to Canada in the early 1820s
and raised their family at a home they named Rutherglen in Renfrew County Ontario.

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