Henrietta LATTA b ca 1815 Greenock, m Neil MORISON.....

[AMBLY]

Dear Andy
I was reading your messages to & from Gran, re: James MORRISON et al, and saw this part of one message:

"Niel Morrison born 1814 married Henrietta Latta in 1837 in Greenock they had a son, Malcolm in 1838 who appears in Lancashire in 1871 with wife Mary Cook"

I am interested in this from the LATTA side. My hobby is a Scots LATTO LATTA one-name study after I became interested in the name of a Fifeshire LATTO g-grandmother, and have a database of some 3100 names.

Other researcher information I have found says Malcolm, son of Neil MORISON & Henrietta LATTA married an Elizabeth McFARLANE and emigrated to Australia ca 1860, though I don't know if he married Elizabeth (she was Irish) before of after he emigrated. So I am curious as to the 1871 Census listing you mention with him in Lancashire 1870 with a wife named Mary? Are you able to tell me more about that Listing if you still have the details to hand?

Many Thanks
Anne

[Andy]

Hi Anne,

Neil Morrison's son, Malcolm, did live in Lancashire for a while but he returned to Greenock where he died inthe 1870s

A couple of the brothers did move further afield one died in Canada another in Australia.

I'll have a wee look for the Lattas on Saturday and keep you posted.

[Alcluith]

Hi Ambly

I Live in Latta Street Dumbarton named after one of the prominent councillors in Dumbarton in late 1800's.
The Lattas had a tanning works in Dumbarton and were one of the prominant familes there at the time.

[AMBLY]

Hi Drew
Thanks for your message
The couciller & Tanner must have been John LATTA born 1788, married Janet LANG, and died in 1874? I think he was son of Robert LATTA & Agnes CRUMB and had a sister Jean and possibly one named Ann. His son Robert LATTA seemingly took over the Tannery. This LATTA family belong to "Branch 21" of the LATTA ORG web group :
http://www.latta.org/

Any info you have on them would be most Welcome - now I know the street is named after them - I had seen the street name on my trawls thru the web, and knew it must belong to one of them - there are a lot of DNB LATTA's!

I see you have JOLLY interests in DNB. I have a Janet (Jessie) Kerr JOLLY
born in Ayr btw 1861 -1863 (her age wavered btw C81 & C91) to Hugh JOLLY & Jessie CLARK. She married a John LATTA of Glasgow, in Glasgow 1885. In Census 91, they were in Dumbarton, East Kilpatrick with 4 children. Is she one of you JOLLY's? These LATTA's belong to LATTA ORG "Branch 39"

Cheers
Anne

[AMBLY]

Hi Andy
Thanks for your reply - I look forward to learning more

I had been wondering on these LATTA's - because Henrietta's brother James LATTA married an Elizabeth McFARLANE in 1836 in Dumbarton, marriage also registered in The Barony, LNK. I thought it mildly odd that James' wife was same name as supposedly the wife of Henrietta's son Malcolm. But then, stranger things have happened....!

I see you have McQUILKIN in your tree?
I have an Annie McQUILKIN born 1905 Partick to William McQUILKIN & Ann Jane JOHNSON. She married James RUTHERFORD on unknown date. James was son of James RUTHERFORD and Mary Jane LATTA. Mary Jane was a sister of James LATTA who married Jessie JOLLY (see my reply to Drew) Does Annie belong in your tree?

Cheers
Anne

[Alcluith]

Ambly

Unfortuneatly all my Jollys are from the North East none ventured South of Kincadine.

With respect to Lattas there is a lot of information about them in Dumbarton Library <i>see Library links on this site</i>.
My only interest was on when my house was build and it was then I discovered the Latta Street connection.

I live close to the library if you need anything in particular