[S699] Myrna J. Coubrough, "E-Mail from Myrna J. Coubrough," e-mail message from email address (Kingston, Ontario, Canada.) to Brian Turnbull, Feb. 2006. Hereinafter cited as "E-Mail - Myrna J. Coubrough." Source comments: Dear Mr. Turnbull, Great site! You have done an awful lot of work to have so many people in your tree. My name is Myrna Coubrough, and I live in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In my never-ending search for Coubroughs, I have just come across your web site, where I found a William Coubrough [#6990] who was married to Stella C.J. Hillaire [#6979]. I was pleased to see the names of Stella's parents there, as I did not have them in my file. I have been researching Coubroughs for quite a while, and I have several generations of William's ancestors, if you should happen to be interested. I also thought you might like to know that William and Stella's child Kevin [#7010] is a man, not a woman, and that they also had a son James. I have another generation of descendants for the sons, too, if you're interested. Happy hunting, Myrna J. Coubrough www.coubrough.com Hi Brian, Here is what I have about the family of Eliza Turnbull Cowburgh, dau Wm. C & Agnes Turnbull. The information is from Claude Smith, who I think is a descendant of Eliza Jane's second daughter, Rosiena. Mr. Smith lived in Cambrige, Ontario, at the time he sent the information, but as it was a few years ago, I have no idea if he is still there. I also have four generations of ancestors for William, if anyone is interested. Agnes Turnbull's father-in-law, another William Cowburgh, was at one time fairly well off. He owned land near Loch Ellrig, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, as well as land in a couple of other places. In the early 1800s, he became a shareholder in the ill-fated Falkirk Union Bank. When the bank crashed, he lost everything, except a few family heirlooms which his sister was able to rescue by claiming that they were hers and thus not subject to the bankruptcy valuation. Agnes's husband would have been substantially less well off than his father had been. Eliza Jane's husband was, I think, the manager of a woolen mill at Rockwood, but I'm not sure. Descendants of Eliza Jane Cowburgh 1 Eliza Jane Cowburgh b: August 9, 1856 Ladhope, Roxburgh, Scotland d: 1935 Rockwood, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada .. +James Bertram b: May 25, 1856 Symington, Lanark, Scotland m: October 28, 1881 New Edinburgh, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada d: 1932 Rockwood, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Father: James Robert Bertram Mother: Marion Bradfute [Broadfoot?] ........ 2 Robert Bertram ........ 2 James Bertram ........ 2 Agnes Turnbull Bertram b: abt. November 1883 Galashiels, Galashiels, Selkirk, Scotlandd: January 31, 1907 Rockwood, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ............+James H. Royce b: 1890 m: Rockwood, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada d: 1970 ........ 2 Rosiena Frobert Bertram b: May 10, 1888 Galashiels, Ladhope, Selkirk, Scotland d: October 30, 1967 Lucan, Ontario, Canada ............ +Albert Ernest Smith b: January 28, 1879 Walsingham, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada m: April 16, 1908 Rockwood, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada d: July 6, 1941 Grand Valley, Ontario, Canada ................... 3 Bertram Ernest Smith b: May 19, 1911 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada d: 1987 Erin, Ontario, Canada ....................... +Flora Donalda Swinton m: 1942 ................... 3 Donald Byron Smith b: March 17, 1914 Bright, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario .......................+Flora Annie Whitton b: June 26, 1922 Tilney, Saskatchewan, Canada m: August 2, 1947 St. Alban's Church, Grand Valley, Ontario ................... 3 James William Smith b: July 5, 1921 Waterdown, Ontario, Canada .......................+Constance Loraine King b: 1921 m: June 22, 1944 ........ *2nd Husband of Rosiena Frobert Bertram: ............+Alexander Macfarlane b: March 9, 1873 m: abt. 1948 Toronto, Ontario, Canada ........ 2 Nellie Bertram b: March 1891 d: July 25, 1898 Rockwood, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ........ 2 Jane Bertram b: October 12, 1884 Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada
The dates I have for this family are from the NSW vital statistics web site, which is why they are years only. I haven't got around to actually buying all the certificates yet. I have five generations of ancestors for James W. m. Grace Selby, if anyone wants them. Anthony Park Coubrough, older brother of James's great-grandfather, owned the Strathblane Calico Printworks, in Strathblane, Stirling, Scotland. That branch of the family is still quite well off. John Anthony Coubrough, son of Stella's younest son, Ronald Macdonald C, is a building contractor, I think. He lived in Sydney, in 1999, when I spoke to him, but I don't know if he is still there. He's the one who told me that we couldn't be related because I'm Canadian and he's Australian. James W. went to Australia, as a boy, with his parents, in 1883: "Directory of Scots in Australasia 1788 - 1900," (Dobson, David, 1998), part 3, page 8: Conbrough, James, his wife and four children, Glasgow, emigrated from Dundee on the clipper ship "Duntrune," master John Rollo, 1.9.1883, landed Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Queensland, 12.1883. [DPL.MS.405]Fr 5973; Ba # C119673; So # 102922, 102923, 9" Descendants of James W. Coubrough 1 James W. Coubrough b: abt. 1876 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland .. +Grace Selby m: 1900 Granville, New South Wales, Australia ........ 2William H. Coubrough b: 1898 Granville, New South Wales, Australia ............ +Stella C. J. Hilaire m: 1925 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia (NSW Marriage record # 15372/1925) Father: James H. Hillaire Mother: Caroline Amelia Cooper ................... 3Ronald Coubrough ............................. 4Neil Coubrough ........................................ 5Scott Coubrough ........................................ 5Joel Coubrough ............................. 4Mark Coubrough ................................. +Karen --?-- ........................................ 5Ben Coubrough ........................................ 5Mitchell Coubrough ................... 3James Coubrough ............................. 4Keith Coubrough ................... 3William Coubrough ............................. 4Glen Coubrough ............................. 4Greg Coubrough ................... 3Kevin Coubrough ....................... +May --?-- ............................. 4Scott Coubrough ........................................ 5Grace Coubrough ............................. 4Brett Coubrough ........................................ 5Zach Coubrough ........................................ 5India Coubrough ........ 2James W. Coubrough b: 1900 Granville, New South Wales, Australia ........ 2Mary A. Coubrough b: 1902 Granville, New South Wales, Australia ............ +Thomas G. Taylor m: 1923 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ........ 2John H. P. Coubrough b: 1904 Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia ........ 2Thomas Coubrough b: abt. 1906 ........ 2Ronald Macdonald Coubrough b: abt. 1908 Australia d: 1994 Australia ............ +Johanna Mavis --?-- b: abt. 1915 d: August 21, 2005 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ................... 3John Anthony Coubrough ....................... +Carol Louise Sheridan ............................. 4John Coubrough ............................. 4Daughter Coubrough ............................. 4Travis Anthony Coubrough ................... 3Brian D. Coubrough ............................. 4Chanel Coubrough ........ 2Alice Coubrough I don't know anything else about the Turnbulls in this family, but I have seven generations of James' ancestors. He is actually a distant cousin of the William C who married Agnes Turnbull, parents of Eliza Jane, above. (Wm & James are 3rd cousins twice removed.) I don't know if James and Agnes Cruickshank had any other kids. The dates are extracts from the civil registers, in Edinburgh. Descendants of James Coubrough 1James Coubrough b: April 6, 1875 Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland .. +Agnes Cruickshank b: abt. 1880 m: April 15, 1904 Charing Cross Hall, Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Father: William Cruickshank Mother: Agnes Turnbull ........ 2Archibald Clacher Coubrough b: October 24, 1918 7 Balmoral Drive, Carmyle, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland d: April 6, 1943 Killed in Action in Southern Tunisia Hope you find something of interest in here. I am happy to share with any descendants who are interested in the Coubrough ancestors, and I would be grateful for anything about the parents of either of "my" Agnes Turnbulls. Happy hunting, Myrna J. Coubrough