Hi Alastair,

Thanks so much for that! Brilliant to hear from you.
Jeremiah was certainly a bit of a lad, I think!! He was certainly seldom short of company!
And great to know we are related! I've found quite a few branches of my tree that have left Scotland for Australia. In fact, it's beginning to look like I'm related to most of you!!
Mary also had a couple of other children from a previous marriage. Isabella and Janet Kitchen. They all are listed in the 1861 census as living with Jeremiah - Mary being his housekeeper.
I had no idea however that Benjamin and Margaret were Mary's children though, although I had figured out that Robert probably was. Fascinating!
Do you happen to know if Jeremiah was buried in Durham? If so, I'll try and find the grave, and would be happy to send you a photo of the stone, if there is one and if I can find it.
Thanks again for all the info, Alastair. During my bout of research, a couple of people stand out as being really interesting characters - none more so than Jeremiah.
Cheers for now.
PS. my email address is ken@ken-morrison.com.
Hope to hear from you.

Cheers,

ken