James Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire c.1797, son of Robert Weir and Margaret McKinlay.
James was previously married to Jemima Ferguson; they were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Auchinleck on 23 April 1824.
James and Jemima had two children:
Robert Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire on 4 March 1825.
Alexander Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire on 20 July 1827.
Jemima died on 9 January 1829.
Jane Dickie, born in Galston, Ayrshire on 12 December 1805, daughter of Francis Dickie and Margaret Campbell.
James and Jane were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Auchinleck on 1 December 1837.
James and Jane are at Welltrees Farm, Auchinleck on the 1851 Census and at Blackside Farm, Sorn, Ayrshire on the 1861 and 1871 Census.
Jane, now widowed, is in Ynyscynhaiarn, Caernarvonshire on the 1881 Census.
CHILDREN
Margaret Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire and baptised on 13 October 1839.
Margaret is at Welltrees Farm, Auchinleck on the 1851 Census and at Blackside Farm, Sorn on the 1861 Census.
Margaret married James Dickie (b. East Kilbride, Lanarkshire c.1836), son of William Dickie and Jean Watt, at Blackside Farm on 25 November 1870.
Margaret and James are at Rutheran Farm, Glassford, Lanarkshire on the 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 Census and at Ardlamy Farm, Gigha, Argyll on the 1911 Census.
James died at Allan Cottage, Strathaven, Lanarkshire on 23 October 1912, age 76.
Margaret died at Townhill Farm, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on 27 February 1933, age 93.
Francis Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire and baptised on 7 November 1841.
Francis is at Welltrees Farm, Auchinleck on the 1851 Census and at Blackside Farm, Sorn on the 1861 Census.
Francis married Christina Smith Park (b. Sorn, Ayrshire c.1837), daughter of William Park and Christina Murdoch, at West Auchenlongford Farm, Sorn on 3 August 1865.
Francis and Christina are at Springhill Farm, Sorn on the 1871 Census, at Blackside Farm, Sorn on the 1881 and 1891 Census and at Kells, Colvend, Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire on the 1901 Census.
Francis died at Shawfoot, Southwick on 13 July 1921, age 79.
Christina died in Southwick on 23 December 1921, age 84.
Jane Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire on 30 June 1844.
Jane died in Auchinleck on 9 February 1848, age 3.
James Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire on 30 June 1844.
James died in Auchinleck on 18 February 1848, age 3.
Jane Weir, born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire c. August 1850.
Jane is at Welltrees Farm, Auchinleck on the 1851 Census and at Blackside Farm, Sorn on the 1861 and 1871 Census.
Jane married James Kennedy McKerrow (b. Auchinleck, Ayrshire c.1848), Linen and Woollen Draper, son of James McKerrow and Elizabeth Kennedy, at Blackside Farm on 12 February 1878.
Jane and James are at 7 Bank Place, Portmadoc, Ynyscynhaiarn, Caernarvonshire on the 1881 Census, at Tŷ Nanney, Tremadog, Ynyscynhaiarn on the 1891 and 1901 Census and at Belcarlo, Criccieth, Gwynedd on the 1911 Census.
James died at Belcarlo on 8 March 1932, age 84.
Jane died in Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire on 28 June 1943, age 92.
DEATHS
James died at Blackside Farm on 15 March 1878, age 81.
Jane died at Blackside Farm on 10 March 1886, age 79.