The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.
GOURLAY, Elizabeth
Abt 1840 - 1921 (81 years) Has 10 ancestors and 15 descendants in this family tree.
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Name GOURLAY, Elizabeth [1, 2, 3] Birth Abt 1840 Staffordshire, England, UK 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Female FindaGrave Memorial ID 142526728 Death 4 Mar 1921 Castlehill Cottage, Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland, UK [3] Cause: Heart Disease Address:
Castlehill Cottage
Castlehill Rd.
Lochmaben, Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland, UKAge 81 years Burial Lochmaben Churchyard Cemetery, Lochmaben, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK [5] Address:
Lochmaben Churchyard Cemetery
Lochmaben, Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland, UK- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #142526728.
Person ID I1452 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 23 Aug 2025
Father GOURLAY, James, b. Abt 1799, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK d. 14 Dec 1857, Whitecroft Lodge, Carrutherstown, Dumfries, Scotland, UK (Age 58 years) Mother SHANNON, Agnes, b. Jan 1801, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK d. 13 Nov 1872, Whitecroft Lodge, Carrutherstown, Dumfries, Scotland, UK (Age 71 years) Family ID F600 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family RAE, Archibald, b. 15 May 1824, Dryfesdale, Dumfries, Scotland, UK d. 13 Aug 1903, Castlehill Cottage, Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland, UK (Age 79 years) Marriage 25 Nov 1862 Whitecroft Lodge, Carrutherstown, Dumfries, Scotland, UK [1, 2, 3, 6] Address:
"Whitecroft Lodge"
Rt. A75
Carrutherstown, Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland, UKAge at Marriage She : ~ 22 years and 11 months - He : 38 years and 6 months. Residence 1862-1873 Dalton, Dumfries, Scotland, UK [2, 7] Whitecroft Lodge Residence 1873-1903 Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland, UK [8] Castlehill Cottage Children + 1. 
RAE, James Gourlay, b. 3 Oct 1863, Whitecroft Lodge, Carrutherstown, Dumfries, Scotland, UK d. 14 Nov 1930, Mr. & Mrs. James G. Rae Residence (2), Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years)+ 2. RAE, Mary Jane, b. 30 Nov 1869, Whitecroft Lodge, Carrutherstown, Dumfries, Scotland, UK d. 27 Jan 1934, Castlehill Cottage, Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland, UK (Age 64 years)Family ID F80 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Aug 2025
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Notes - (Research):DOB: Based on image of Marriage Record.
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1840 - Staffordshire, England, UK 
Marriage - Address:
"Whitecroft Lodge"
Rt. A75
Carrutherstown, Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland, UK - 25 Nov 1862 - Whitecroft Lodge, Carrutherstown, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Residence - Whitecroft Lodge - 1862-1873 - Dalton, Dumfries, Scotland, UK 
Residence - Castlehill Cottage - 1873-1903 - Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland, UK 
Death - Cause: Heart Disease,Address:
Castlehill Cottage
Castlehill Rd.
Lochmaben, Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland, UK - 4 Mar 1921 - Castlehill Cottage, Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Burial - Address:
Lochmaben Churchyard Cemetery
Lochmaben, Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland, UK - - Lochmaben Churchyard Cemetery, Lochmaben, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S327] Scotland. Dumfries. Parish of Dalton. General Register Office and National Archives of Scotland, Birth Records - Scotland, Dumfries, Dalton - Statutory (ScotlandsPeople), (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk :n.d.), 15 Dec 2011, 1863, 3, #9, James Gourlay Rae, accessed 12 Dec 2011.
Birth Record, James Gourlay Rae - [S274] Scotland. Dumfries. Parish of Dalton., Marriage Records - Scotland, Dumfries, Dalton - Statutory (ScotlandsPeople), (Digital images. General Register Office and National Archives of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.), 15 Dec 2011, Pg. 2, #3, Rae-Gourlay, 1862; accessed 12 Dec 2011.
Marriage Record - Archibald Rae & Elizabeth Gourlay - [S276] Scotland. Dumfries. District of Lochmaben. General Register Office and National Archives of Scotland, Death Records - Scotland, Dumfries, Lochmaben - Statutory (ScotlandsPeople), (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk :n.d.), 24 Dec 2011, 1921, 4, #12, Elizabeth Rae, accessed 14 Dec 2011.
Death Record - Elizabeth Gourlay Rae - [S283] Scotland. Dumfries., Census - Scotland - 1891 - Dumfries (ScotlandsPeople), (General Register Office and National Archives of Scotland. ScotlandsPeople. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : n.d.), 4 Jan 2012, Parish of Lochmaben, enumeration district (ED) Town of Lochmaben, page 2, schedule no. 8, Archibald Rae(http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 4 Jan 2012).
Census, Scotland, 1891, Dumfries, Lochmaben - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 12 Feb 2015, accessed 12 February 2015<, Memorial #142526728, Elizabeth Gourlay Rae.
- [S276] Scotland. Dumfries. District of Lochmaben. General Register Office and National Archives of Scotland, Death Records - Scotland, Dumfries, Lochmaben - Statutory (ScotlandsPeople), (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk :n.d.), 16 Dec 2011, 1903, 12, #36, Archibald Rae, accessed 14 Dec 2011.
Death Record - Rae, Archibald - [S289] Holland, Hellen, Email - Holland, Helen, 31 Jan 2012, 11 Jan 2012>, "Family History from Helen in Scotland,".
Information from the Scotland census of 1841, 1851, 1871, 1881 and 1891.
Census, Scotland - Holland Emails - [S282] Scotland. Dumfries., Census - Scotland - 1881 - Dumfries (ScotlandsPeople), (General Register Office and National Archives of Scotland. ScotlandsPeople. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : n.d.), 4 Jan 2012, Parish of Lochmaben, enumeration district (ED) Town of Lochmaben, page 21, schedule no. 125, Archibald Rae(http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 4 Jan 2012).
Census, Scotland, Dumfries, Lochmaben
- [S327] Scotland. Dumfries. Parish of Dalton. General Register Office and National Archives of Scotland, Birth Records - Scotland, Dumfries, Dalton - Statutory (ScotlandsPeople), (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk :n.d.), 15 Dec 2011, 1863, 3, #9, James Gourlay Rae, accessed 12 Dec 2011.