This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chriswillis1958 Surnames: Valentine/Naughton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/1910.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can you help? I am researching a family tree for descendents of John Valentine and Isabel(?) Naughton both born Scotland. Children John, William, Samuel and Euphemia (I think). I can't confirm this info. John supposedly born 1794 and Isabel b. 1801. Son John b. 1829. Can you help me to confirm this and find parents, marriage and emmigration info? Chris Waikerie South Australia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: funky321 Surnames: Riddell, Callaghan, Taggart, Farrell, Bradley,Cahoon, Hull, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13596.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hello my Mary Tagerty b.1864 d.1871. her father Francis Tagerty b.1826 her mother Mary Mckee b.1831 both born in County Down Ireland according to the 1871 scottich Census were Mary is 9 years old. Mary's mother has alternative surname McGhee as stated on Mary b.1864 & John Riddell b.1862 my gg granfather's Marriage certificate 1881 at Hamilton. If you are accessing my family tree The Muir Family Tree check the names John Riddell, Francis Tagerty,these are were the records are for Mary b.1864 I have attached the birth certificate of Mary Tagerty. If you click on a record in a tree, then click on view original this will open the original,once opened, right click to get a pop up menu and click on "Save as Picture" this process will allow you to save original documents on your personal computer, and allow you to have a closer look at records for comparisons. Note; name changes due to either accents and register transcriping. Cheers Happy Searching . Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jimmair1953 Surnames: Mair Fisher Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14353/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for any info on James Mair, husband of Margaret Fisher, as, so far, all I know is the following. He had a son George Mair born Sept 29, 1870 at 102 1/2 High Street, Ayr. This George Mair married Grace Mackie. I'm not sure if George was buried in Scotland or in Montreal. I suspect Montreal. George Mair had a son James Mair born Nov 24th, 1899 in Glasgow and died in Montreal. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: funky321 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13596.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello I do have a Mary Tagerty b1864 married to John Riddell 1862 John was born in Ireland. she is my great granmother. Mary died 5 days after childbirth 1891 aged 28. her fathers name Francis Tagerty was born in Ireland. The year you are looking for is different so I don't think there is a connection but you should be able to view my tree and check all of the records that I have on Tagerty. I might add that there is several different spellings of the name in a lot of the records I am putting this down to the heavy Irish accent that Francis would have had arriving from Ireland to Scotland, and the register recieving the information at the time events were recorded. I hope that this helps Cheers Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hughgemmell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14347.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Like you I have been unable to locate the David Dorans and Jean Duffy in question. Perhaps one lead to follow is through the maternal grandparents of Lizzie Dorans in the 1911 Census. What are their names and ages at that date? I have discovered that the children of David Dorans in the Kilmarnock Census of 1881 apparently emigrated to America, and he may have gone with them, as I have found no death record for him. Their names were Agnes b 1852, Patrick b 1856, and twin brothers John and Thomas b 1863 and at least 3 of them can be found on the FamilySearch.org website to be in the USA (I am not sure about Thomas who may have remained in Scotland). Where are you located yourself, i.e which continent? I am to be found in Toronto, Canada. Hugh Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wtaggart1965 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13596.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HI, Do you know where Mary was born or who her parents were, I have a Mary Jane Taggart in my tree born Ireland 1845. Is there a connection?? Regards William Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Alexina_Reid Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/926.2467.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry but I forgot to change my email address. It's "[email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Those members of this list that saw the film Braveheart will remember at the start about this incident. So do any members of the “old” families of Ayrshire and “western” Scotland know if their “Head of clan” changed in this year or not? With the Boyd family, there is some dispute on the date when third Sir Robert Boyd died. So if your family tree had a member died in this year, it may mean that they were killed in this incident by Edward I of England. Thank you Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jcarrz Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14347.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank hugh. Yes David Dorans and his father patrick Dorans (all different spellings). I have a mystery about David though. His daughter Lizzie Dorans is my great grandmother. in the 1911 census she is 3 years old and living with her maternal grandparents. David dorans and his wife jean duffy are no where to be seen, and as thats the last census, i dont know what happened to them. Im having trouble finding out when they died, or other kids etc. Do you know anything? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jyeeamily Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/3713.3719.3735/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robert is my great grandfather. I would love this information that you have on the Peden's from Galston, Scotland. My mother is a Peden, she remembers Robert living in Torry. Look forward to hearing from you. Jim Yee. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lmmacdonald1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14351.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Some of my family are here, for sure. Thank you very much for your help, Linda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

On 03/06/2013 05:45 PM, Mike Boyd wrote: > Those members of this list that saw the film Braveheart will remember at the start about this incident. > > So do any members of the “old” families of Ayrshire and “western” Scotland know if their “Head of clan” changed in this year or not? > > With the Boyd family, there is some dispute on the date when third Sir Robert Boyd died. > > So if your family tree had a member died in this year, it may mean that they were killed in this incident by Edward I of England. > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane, Aust If it will help jog some memories, Mike, this incident is also known as the Black Parliament of Ayr. If the date on the sign beside Mill Vennel, just off the High Street in Ayr, is accurate, this treachery happened on 18 June 1297. The event itself is described as the English killing somewhere between a dozen and 360 Scots. The larger the number here, the more likely it is that Scots going to the meeting called by the English came from well beyond Ayrshire. If it was the intent of the English to catch William Wallace, they failed miserably. He was late to their party! Given the number of clans connected with Ayrshire, there may well have been a number of Scots removed by the English on that fateful day. Regards, Bob Wallace Dayton, Nevada, wintering in Phoenix, Arizona

>From the book Scottish Trade with Colonial Charleston, 1683 to 1783, David Dobson, 2009, page 179-180 there is this information:- “Marketing in South Carolina The South Carolina Gazette, started in 1732, was the only newspaper published in Charleston, and its columns provide an insight into how the Scottish merchants there promoted and distributed their imported wares and also give an indication how they obtained the raw materials they exported to Europe. Established shopkeepers would advertise a wide range of commodities imported from the British Isles and ports visited by vessels en route, such as Madeira. Issue Number Seventy-nine of this newspaper announced that the brigantine Betty, master Robert Boyd had arrived from Glasgow on 14 July 1733: ‘To be sold at Captain R Austin’s on the Bay, choice claret imported on the Betty from Glasgow, Scotch coal at 4 pound per chaldron on board the said brigantine lying at the wharf, and good Madeira wine, by Alexander Nisbet.’ “ This “master Robert Boyd”, I believe is the same person as Captain Robert Boyd of Irvine, Ayrshire whose son Alexander came to Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA in the early 1760’s and married in May 1766 Ann Dandridge Swepson. Alexander and Ann have a large number of descendants and they run the Tavern at Boydton in which they lived. Captain Robert Boyd married on 14 February 1724, Elizabeth Anderson, the daughter of James Anderson and Elizabeth Galt. This Robert died in 1766 and is buried in the Old Parish Church at Irvine. His tombstone is still there and has his wife and daughter Mary Wood is buried with him. However there is debate as to his date of birth. The gravestone says he was born in 1688, but some members of this family think he was actually born in 1699. So this debate will go on until further information is found to prove his birth. I have been told that Robert was Ship Master of Bettie of Irvine, while the above source calls the ship “Betty”, so I am not sure if this will make any difference in trying to search for the history of this ship in either the USA or the United Kingdom. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee House of Boyd Society PS This description of the route via Madeira, would suggest that Scots and Irish ship masters went south down the Irish Sea rather than going west from Ulster to meet the the Gulf Stream. So this may help to find “a migration route” from Scotland to America, where other ports in Europe may be import – such as Lisbon or some of the NW Ports in Spain.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 1_nettie13 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/6250.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Kay Many thanks for your information, its very helpful. I work on the tree which we have on Geni when I have time. I've been using census and BDM data from Scotland's People and Family Search. My brother who lives in Darwin focuses on the Australian side as we were early convicts & settlers in New South Wales & Western Australia on my fathers side from Ireland, Scotland and England. We are on Geni because my mothers father was Estonian and Geni is also in Estonian so we have matched with many relatives from there. Because of the language barrier I some years ago paid for a search by the Estonian biographical Centre which has proved very accurate. Again thanks for your assistance Regards Annette Collins Perth Western Australia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jkwilliams186 Surnames: Eccles Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/6250.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: First of all I would take a look at all the Eccles in Ayrshire in the 1841 Census using FreeCEN and get an idea of who is in what household (there are only about 50 Eccles). The main groupings are at farms and smallholdings near Ayr (Content, Corton, Burnton and Masonhill). There were three Eccles brothers: John, Alexander and Gilbert. From baptism records, Gilbert was born 28 January 1762 to Alexander Eccles and Marion McIlmorrow [OPR Colmonell]. They also had a daughter baptised Margaret in 1764. You need to look at wills and testaments to get the real detail. Neither John nor Alexander seems to have had surviving children and it appears they feued portions of property. John Eccles of Content died 6th Jan 1824 [SC6/44/1 Ayr Sheriff Court]. Alexander Eccles died in September 1842; he drew up a settlement on 3rd July 1833 and added a codicil on 27th October 1837 [1846 SC6/44/14 Ayr Sheriff Court]. These documents mention many Eccles nephews and nieces (and helpfully spouses of nieces). I will leave you to unravel these. Gilbert Eccles did not leave a will as far as I can see, but his youngest son Robert did [1867 SC6/46/5 Ayr Sheriff Court]. Happy hunting, Kay (Edinburgh). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PatriciaDicks60 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14350.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for that I will certainly look into . Maria was his second wife, His marriage certificate states he was a widower. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: paisleyjack1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14350.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Patricia, The birthplace in the 1878 Poor Law record is quite clear as West Ferry, Ayrshire. There was a West Ferry (also an East Ferry) in the Parish of Erskine, Renfrewshire. So I'm wondering if James (snr) the father of James (b.1841) just had a wee memory lapse? Perhaps it's James (snr) that was born in Ayrshire (his 1891 census says so). And there is this 1841 census that may be of interest. If James (jun) had been born 10 Feby 1841 you'd expect him to been on it (census date 6/7 June). So maybe February wrong and his birth month was later? Or even just missed off it for some reason. The wife of James (snr) is as Margaret though, not Maria - but she is as born England. The 1841 census has Mary (2) and the 1851 census of James & Maria has a Mary (11). James, as a railway worker, could've travelled all over the country (platelayer in 1871). Daur Mary as born Scotland in the English censuses. --- 1841 Census. 563. ED 4. p 4. Erskine, Renfrewshire. Address: East Bank Offices. James DICK, 25, Railway Labourer, b Outside Census County Margt. DICK, 20, --------------- b England Mary DICK, 2, ------------------b Outside Census County Sarah DICK, 20, Female Servant, b Outside Census County Elisabeth DICK, 60, ------------- b Outside Census County James DICK, 15, Railway Labourer, b Outside Census County Hector DICK, 20, Railway Labourer, b Outside Census County STEVENSON Agnes, 1, ------------- b Outside Census County CHRISTIE Alex, M, Unknown, Railway Labourer, b Renfrewshire NISBET Hugh, M, 25, Railway Labourer, b Outside Census County --- 1851 Census. South Mimms: Potters Bar St John. Middlesex. Addesss: Railway Square. James DICK, Head, 39, Watchman, Police, b Scotland Maria DICK, wife, 36, ------------------b England Mary DICK, dau, 11, --------------------b Scotland James DICK, son, 10, -------------------b Scotland William DICK, son, 4, -------------------b England Marion DICK, son, 2, -------------------b England Henry DICK, son, 3mos, ---------------b England Emma BARNETT, servt, 14, House Srvt, b England --- I thought Maria might've been a 2nd wife because of the age gap between James & William. But James (snr) on the P. Law record does say he and Maria were married 1838. It's not conclusive that the family in 1841 is yours, but no harm in knowing about it. Plenty Dick names to look at! Jack Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: daviedempster1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14352.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: on both counts Martha is listed as place of birth CANADA, in 1901 they seem to be living with James' brothers. Can't find them yet in 1881. Davie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: daviedempster1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14352.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1891 census Name: James S Templeton Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Martha M Templeton Gender: Male Where born: Mauchline, Ayrshire Registration number: 604 Registration district: Mauchline Civil parish: Mauchline Town: Mauchline County: Ayrshire Address: Sorn Rd Occupation: Grain & Manure Agent ED: 6 Household schedule number: 8 Line: 5 Roll: CSSCT1891_211 Household Members: Name Age James S Templeton 42 Martha M Templeton 34 1901 census Name: James Templeton Age: 52 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Relationship: Brother Gender: Male Where born: Stair, Ayrshire Registration number: 577/1 Registration district: Auchinleck Civil parish: Auchinleck County: Ayrshire Address: Knowe Farm Occupation: Manure Agent ED: 1 Household schedule number: 141 Line: 10 Roll: CSSCT1901_216 Household Members: Name Age George Templeton 47 John Templeton 50 William Templeton 63 James Templeton 52 Martha Templeton 43 Elizabeth Templeton 60 Jane Murchie 22 Annie Tait 20 Daniel Templeton 20 davie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thefivewilsons1 Surnames: Templeton and Connor Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14352/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am seeking assistance in confirming the following couple: James Scott Templeton and Martha Matilda Templeton (maiden name is Connor). James was born in Scotland in 1848, but moved to Canada, where he met and married Martha 22 Oct 1877. Martha was born in Canada in 1858. She is of Irish ancestry. The couple moved back to Scotland, where they are listed on 1891 Scottish Census for Ayrshire. I do not have unlimited access on Ancestry, only access to Canadian records. I am hoping that someone sees my post and is able to confirm where James and Martha were living in 1891, and maybe could find their location in 1901 Scottish Census, if still alive. A possible confirmation that they were in Scotland in 1881 would also be appreciated. Thanks, Paul W. Fonthill, Ontario Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.