Ebenezer Turnbull
1821–83
Scottish wool framework knitter and stocking maker. Lived in Denholm, Cavers, Hawick. Brother of John Scott’s mother, Helen. John Scott’s sister, Agnes, was brought up in Ebenezer’s family after the death of her parents.
Sources
Census returns of Scotland 1841 (The National Archives of Scotland: Cavers 1/2), 1851 (Cavers 1/2), 1861 (Cavers 1/8), 1871 (Cavers 1/32), 1881 (Cavers 1/17)
ODNB s.v. Scott, John (1836–80)
Scotland old parish registers births 785 30/46 Cavers (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 22 February 2021)
Scotland statutory deaths 810/40 Wilton (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 22 February 2021)
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
