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From: "Darren Shannan" <>
Subject: [BLACK-L] WILLIAM BLACK / JANE MAXWELL
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 01:29:22 +1000

Dear List-members

I am trying to trace details of my BLACK family and thought this would be
an excellent place to start. My BLACK connection is as follows:

* William BLACK born abt 1809 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland (?). He died
on November 29, 1887 in Caldwell Cottage, Lanark. I have yet to obtain
this certificate which hopefully will take me back another
generation. He married on November 7
1830 in Lanark,
* Jane MAXWELL born abt 1809 in Lanark, died September 16, 1864 in Lanark.

They have six known children, all born in Lanark,

* William BLACK born abt 1835, died April 29, 1862 in Lanark
* Alexander BLACK born abt 1837, died December 28, 1911 in New Lanark
(He married Jane DUNLOP on October 22, 1858 in Lanark, they had 10
known children, which I will list below)
* David Maxwell BLACK born August 11, 1839 in Lanark
* Adam BLACK born abt 1844, died January 29, 1886 in Moore Cottage,
Carluke, Lanarkshire
* Charles BLACK born abt 1846, died August 25, 1881 in Lanark
&
* a daughter who married William MYERS, they had a child named William born
about 1855, and died May 3, 1871 in Lanark.

*Most of this data has recently been obtained from a Monumental Inscription
and many certificates, and much more detail will probably follow, but I
wanted to see if anyone else may relate to these BLACKS.

Children of Alexander BLACK / Jane DUNLOP are as follows:
* Jane BLACK born November 2, 1858 in Lanark
* Mary BLACK born June 16, 1860 in Lanark
* William BLACK born September 13, 1862 in Lanark
* John BLACK born February 4, 1866 in Lanark died April 26, 1928 in Lanark
(He married Judith Margaret PATERSON who was born abt 1872 and died
December 8, 1948 in Lanark)
* Margaret BLACK (my Great-Granny) born August 22, 1867 in Lanark
(She married Ninian SHANNAN on April 19, 1894 in Lanark)
* Thomas BLACK born May 16, 1869 in Lanark
* Alexander BLACK born December 23, 1870 in Lanark
* Robert BLACK born March 6, 1872 in New Lanark
* Jessie BLACK born 1876 in New Lanark
(She emigrated to South Africa)
* Alexandra BLACK born 1880 in New Lanark

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who feels they may have a link to my
Black family and can be contacted direct at .

Fond regards
Darren Shannan
Yackandandah, Australia

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