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Samuel Smiles

Male 1812 - 1904  (91 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Samuel Smiles was born on 23 Dec 1812 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (son of Samuel Smiles and Janet Wilson); died on 16 Apr 1904 in Kensington Brompton, London, England.

    Samuel married Sarah Ann Holmes Dixon on 7 Dec 1843 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lilian Smiles was born in 1854; died in UNKNOWN.
    2. Samuel Smiles was born in 1852; died in 1892.
    3. Edith Smiles was born in 1847.
    4. William Holmes Smiles was born in 1846 in Woodhouse (near Sheffield), Yorkshire, England; died on 9 Jan 1904 in Kilkeel, Down, Northern Ireland.
    5. Janet Smiles was born in 1844; died in 1899.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Smiles was born in UNKNOWN; died in Jan 1832.

    Samuel married Janet Wilson on 22 Sep 1809 in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland. Janet (daughter of Robert WILSON and Elizabeth YELLOWLEES) was born in 1789; died on 19 Jun 1874 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Janet Wilson was born in 1789 (daughter of Robert WILSON and Elizabeth YELLOWLEES); died on 19 Jun 1874 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. George Thompson Smiles was born on 17 Oct 1825.
    2. Janet Smiles was born on 3 Aug 1823.
    3. Robert Smiles was born on 5 May 1816; died in UNKNOWN.
    4. Elizabeth Smiles was born on 26 Feb 1815; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. 1. Samuel Smiles was born on 23 Dec 1812 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland; died on 16 Apr 1904 in Kensington Brompton, London, England.
    6. Christian Wilson Smiles was born on 7 Mar 1831.
    7. James Smith Smiles was born on 25 Oct 1829.
    8. Mary Smiles was born on 18 Jun 1827; died in UNKNOWN.
    9. William Smiles was born on 10 Oct 1824; died in UNKNOWN.
    10. George Smiles was born in 1821; died in 1821.
    11. Thomas Smiles was born on 16 Jan 1820; died in UNKNOWN.
    12. Thomas Smiles was born on 18 Apr 1818; died in UNKNOWN.
    13. Elizabeth Smiles was born on 11 Sep 1811; died in 1811.
    14. John Smiles was born in 1810; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Robert WILSON was born in 1746 in Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland (son of Thomas WILSON); died on 5 Dec 1790 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 8 Dec 1790 in St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Stonemason

    Notes:

    Robert Wilson was a stonemason, and worked on Mellerstain under Robert Adam Robert and Elizabeth Yellowlees are buried in the graveyard at St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, also many of their children. He had a tenancy in a house called Firbrae. A modern house sits on the same site at Mellerstain.

    Robert married Elizabeth YELLOWLEES in 1770. Elizabeth (daughter of John YELLOWLEES and Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN) was born on 4 Dec 1749 in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 27 Sep 1812 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 1 Oct 1812 in St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Elizabeth YELLOWLEES was born on 4 Dec 1749 in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland (daughter of John YELLOWLEES and Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN); died on 27 Sep 1812 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 1 Oct 1812 in St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Notes:

    Buried St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith
    About this time a family of the name of Yellowlees, evidently of the Mellerstain stock, lived at Cowdenknowes, near Earlston. A daughter of this household, Elizabeth Yellowlees, was married to Robert Wilson, who was descended from a major of the foot, who had settled at Smailholm in the reign of Queen Anne. She (Elizabeth Yellowlees), was grandmother of Samuel Smiles, the eminent author of several standard works.

    Children:
    1. John WILSON was born before 9 Feb 1777 in Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 30 Sep 1869 in Parkley, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried on 2 Oct 1869 in St Michaels, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.
    2. Robert Wilson was born on 16 Apr 1779; died on 15 Aug 1857.
    3. William Wilson was born on 20 May 1781; died on 3 Sep 1823.
    4. Agnes Wilson was born on 12 Jul 1783; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. George Wilson was born in 1787; died on 30 Jan 1819.
    6. 3. Janet Wilson was born in 1789; died on 19 Jun 1874 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Thomas WILSON

    Notes:

    Major of Foot in the reign of Queen Anne

    Children:
    1. 6. Robert WILSON was born in 1746 in Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 5 Dec 1790 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 8 Dec 1790 in St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

  2. 14.  John YELLOWLEES was born on 2 Nov 1701 in Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland (son of Thomas YELLOWLEES and Janet YOUL); died on 12 May 1773 in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Wright in timber trade
    • Baptism: 2 Nov 1701, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland

    Notes:

    Ordained as church elder, Earlston Church 1755

    John married Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN on 6 Jan 1737 in Stichill, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward FAIRBAIRN and Margaret HOPE) was born on 24 Jun 1713 in Stichill, Roxburghshire, Scotland; died in DEAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN was born on 24 Jun 1713 in Stichill, Roxburghshire, Scotland (daughter of Edward FAIRBAIRN and Margaret HOPE); died in DEAD.
    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth YELLOWLEES was born on 4 Dec 1749 in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 27 Sep 1812 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 1 Oct 1812 in St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.
    2. John Yellowlees was born before 17 Nov 1747 in Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland.


 

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