George Gallpen of Dirleton .....

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Dennis
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George Gallpen of Dirleton .....

Post by Dennis » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:33 am

Hi,

According to the transcript of the marriage of George Gallpen & Sarah Perkins:

Dirleton (Ref 705/4)
"George Gallpen in this Parish and Sarah Perkins in the Parish of Haddington gave in their names for Proclamation 5th May 1849, and were regularly proclaimed, and married".

I can find no other Gallpens in this area, or how long he was residing there or where there. He was born in England but who knows where? Census of 1851 has him as an innkeeper.

dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)
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CatrionaL
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Post by CatrionaL » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:30 am

Hullo Dennis

Have you been able to find the Gallpens on SP? There are so few of them that it may be well worth your while having a look at all the entries:

Census 1861 2; Statuary Death Register 2 ; OPRs 2

Wonder where the name originates from. There aren't many around in the British Isles on the IGI, in fact there are very few worldwide it seems.

All the best
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Dennis
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Post by Dennis » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:15 am

Hi Catriona,


It seems that the Gallpen name is quite common on the Isle of Wight, but I have nothing to connect him to there in terms of a paper trail.

dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)
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Dennis
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George Gallpen Innkeeper

Post by Dennis » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:12 am

According to the archives of The Scotsman Mr. Gallpen became the proprietor of the Black Bull Inn in Haddington shortly after marrying Sarah Perkins in 1849. Interestingly, Sarah's mom was an Innkeeper.


dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)
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Thrall
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Post by Thrall » Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:30 pm

Sometimes spelt "Galpin" as in the great musical instrument collector and researcher, Canon Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945). I presume it was once the same name.

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Dennis
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Post by Dennis » Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:54 pm

Greetings Thrall,

Yes, it seems that the 2nd 'l' is sometimes added, and sometimes dropped :)


dennis

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Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)
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