Hi Nigel,its a very long time since i last spoke to you and a lot of research has been done over the past few years.You were so kind and very helpful,i just wanted you to know where i am now.
My Grt Grt Grt Grandfather William Morrison was as far as i know born on The Isle of Lewis,it was he who was banned from Lewis and not his son John.William did marry an Irish Catholic named Mary Pharson,i cant find their marriage record so i think they married in Ireland.Their son John was born in Ireland in 1835,he came back to Scotland and also married an Irish Catholic named Mary Connally on the 1st August 1851 at Prestonkirk Haddington,East Lothian.All their children were born in Haddington including my Grt Grandfather William born 1859 he married Mary Crumlish born 1871 Chapel Street Berwick,daughter of Thomas Crumlish and Mabel Renwick.Their daughter my grandmother Elizabeth Morrison was born in 1901 at Chapel Street Berwick.I am still in a situation with the Crumlish side.I think Thomas Crumlish was the son of William Crumlish a shoemaker born Ireland,his real mother i dont know.His stepmother was named Mary but she was too young to be his mother,so his father must have remarried at some point.Thomas died on the 10th February 1813 at 20 Chapel Street Berwick.I hope to get to the archives soon to get his death certificate that way i will find out who his parents were.I cant find a marriage certificate for Thomas and Mabel Renwick,their first daughter Annie was born 1869,then Mary my Grt Grandmother in 1871 then Nellie in 1874,there was also a daughter Suzannah she died aged 2 in 1901.Mabel Renwick was previously married to Henry Schofield,i dont think she ever married Thomas Crumlish even though they had 4 daughters.Well Nigel,if you can now throw any more info on my elusive Crumlish family i would be very very grateful.Anne.