This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: scotdane1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5836.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi my name is gebbie before marriage my father was john gebbie of harthill lanarkshire scotland married to jean mcdowell of salsburgh lanarkshire they had two children girls myself and my sister kay , my fathers has 1 brother 1 sister his brother was thomas who also resides in harthill , if you have anymore info i should be obliged do you know any history of where the name gebbie origionated 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: scotdane1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5836.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi my name is gebbie before marriage my father was john gebbie of harthill lanarkshire scotland married to jean mcdowell of salsburgh lanarkshire they had two children girls myself and my sister kay , my fathers has 1 brother 1 sister his brother was thomas who also resides in harthill , if you have anymore info i should be obliged do you know any history of where the name gebbie origionated 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: warren943 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13921/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have traced my ggg grandfathers family in Australia and am trying to find his family in England.All that I know for sure is that he was convicted in Middlesex on 3 July 1834 and landed in Tasmania per Waterloo on 2 March 1835.His convict record says he was a native of Bethnal Green.His death certificate is no help as to his parents names and I have 3 possible years of birth 1802, 1809 and 1815.Any info or suggestions to help further my search would be greatly appreciated. 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: jeni190 Surnames: Hazle Riggs Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5604.4.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jim, I would very much appreciate any further info you could give me. I am sorry, I am afraid I am rather new to Ancestry and haven't ever attached a file. Thank you very much for everything, Jeni. 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: gwing_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13916.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Good to hear from you. I am working on this family tree for my husband's first cousin - Diane Murray. She is married to Guy Murry. We all live in a small community near Ishpeming, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. I am working on four different family trees right now so I haven't been able to get any further than Gordon Murray married to Ann Dempster. Guy is related to Gordon through his son John. Originally I was given a hand written sheet by some family member that listed Ann MacCrae as the wife but Guy remembered someone talking about Ann Dempster. I never did find out where the MacCrae name came from. Please email me directly at gwing@chartermi.net with any specific questions and I will try to help. The majority of my knowledge is from John's line however. I will talk to Guy. I am sure he would love to hear from you! Kim Wing 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: awhitefo1 Surnames: MORTON, WYLLIE, WOTHERSPOON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13919/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi all I have an interest in Mortons married at Craigie by Kilmarnock. My ggg grandmother Jean Morton daughter of George Morton and possibly Jean Wotherspoon/Wedderspoon/Witherspoon was married to Thomas Wyllie in April 1806 at Craigie by Kilmarncok. I was browsing the IGI batch numbers (M115842)and see there are 20 or 30 Mortons who married there. I'd be interested in making connections with anybody with Morton connections who married at Criagie by Kilmarnock. Anne (from very warm 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: awhitefo1 Surnames: MORTON / WYLLIE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/3740.3748.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Mavis - have just seen your post. We share relatives. My gg grandparents were Thomas Wyllie and Jean Morton. Their daughter Jean Wyllie born Stewarton 1821??? married James Whiteford and emigrated to Australia in 1852. I have Thomas's inventory which I sourced from ScotslandsPeople and found the first mention of George as the oldest son. If you ever read this given the timeframe between your post and mine, I would be really extremely pleased to hear back from you. I can be contacted on **fhistory4me@gmail.com (remove **). Cheers Anne PS you can see my family tree on Ancestry also. 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: JanetDishon Surnames: Gibson, Russell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13913.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: William Guthrie Gibson may have been William Gibson. I don't know for sure that his middle name was Guthrie. I believe now that his parents may have been William and Janet Russell Gibson. Both William Gibsons were born in Muirkirk, Aryshire. Janet Russell Gibson was born in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland 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: JanetDishon Surnames: McKinlay Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13913.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe Robert Weir's wife was Ann McKinlay not Ann McKindlay. 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: JanetDishon Surnames: McKindlay Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13917.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe Ann's name was McKinlay not McKindlay. 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: barbara15 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13916.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kim, Are you related to Mary Agnes Yost Kuhns? I replied to someone down the thread, but don't know if you will get a notification of this reply. If you don't, please look at it and see if we are related. Barbara McDonald 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: barbara15 Surnames: Murray, Dempster, McLean Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13916.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well, this is just too good to be true. I had just started researching this family and got stuck on Gordon Murray, used a new search engine and found this thread! My husband's ancestors are Gordon Murray and Ann Dempster through their daughter Janet who married John McClain. I had found a Gordon in the 1851 census, but wasn't sure it was the right one since Janet was not in the household. I did find a Janet Murray of the approximate age working as a servant and also one as a scholar in the home of her grandparents, but have not established if one of these is the correct Janet. Also didn't find anything in 1841, but now I know why. Is the information you posted from your family or someone else's database? I would love to find out more about this family. I haven't entered what I have found yet in my database so what I can give you is in a more informal form. Janet (sometimes called Jane)Murray married John McLean in Dalmellington Parish, Ayr 21 Jan 1855. He was 25, a miner, born in Longhill? (his subsequent records say Ireland), residence Craigmark, Dalmellington. His parents Francis McLean, farmer, deceased and Mary McGarry McLean. Janet was 19, residence Dalmellington and a servant. Her parents listed as Gordon Murray, miner and Ann Dempster Murray. They were married by a Roman Catholic clergyman. Janet and John McLean's daughter Grace was born 18 May 1875 in Clippens Square, Parish of Kilbarchen, Renfrew. I found this family in the 1861 and 1881 census records, but not in the 1871 census. In 1861 the family is in Whitburn, West Lothian and John is an ironstone miner. In 1881 they are back in Kilbarchen where John is a coal miner. In 1882 John McLean, Janet, children Ann, John, Jennie, May and Grace emigrated to Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. Older children Alexander and Francis emigrated on a different ship the same year. Grace McLean, whose name had become McClain, married John J. McDonald, also an emigrant, from Shotts Iron Works, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in Westmoreland County PA. These two people are my husband's great-grandparents. Hope to hear from you as I would like to know more about his family. Thanks for posting all that information. Barbara McDonald 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.

Hi Listers... In my NIVEN branch, Baillie William Niven 1762-1844, a first cousin 5 times removed to me, was said to be a close friend of Burns...follows is an exerpt from an ASAFHS Journal - Spring 1999 write up: "William Niven was a close friend of Burns while they attended Hugh Rodger's School in Kirkoswald in 1776. In fact the three earliest recorded letters of Burns were written to him ..." Regards, Judy in BC Can. -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nuala Cockburn Sent: January-25-10 8:47 AM To: AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com; AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AYR] Happy Burns-day! According to a note written in the 19th century my husband's ggg uncle David HUTCHISON was "Wee Davock" in The Inventory. I would love to find proof of this but it is not likely to be found. In other connections, my father in law was minister of St. Michael's Dumfries where Burns is buried and his (and my Mother in law's) grave is the only 20th century one there. Nuala ----- Original Message ----- From: <ScotsCotNM@aol.com> To: <AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com>; <AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:30 PM Subject: [AYR] Happy Burns-day! > Hi All, > > I'm curious what families have "connections" to Robbie Burns? He > mentions > one of the ministers at Kilmaurs who baptized some of my > 4xg-grandparents' > children, and the troubled Rev. Boyd of Fenwick as well, who others of my > kin had their dealings with.... > > Ken Cuthbertson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cadastre28 Surnames: Riggs, Hazle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5604.4.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jeni We are definitely talking about the same couple. I have found my notes from the Dailly OPR film and agree that it does refer to Carsfairn but I have assumed that meant the Parish she then resided in. Jacobina's birth is there too, daughter lawful to John Riggs born March 11th baptised 13th 1764. There are some references to Hazle children in my transcriptions so if you are interested just say and I will get them to you. (I see there is provision for attachments on this list; have you ever tried it? I have the information in a Word file.) It's a pity I didn't take the extra time to get a few photocopies whilst I had the film, but I was in a hurry. Jacobina's death in 1807 is also there. Regards Jim 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: jeni190 Surnames: Riggs Hazle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5604.4.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Jim, Thanks for your message. It certainly looks like a match, can't be too many people with the name Jacobina Riggs. I have downloaded the OPR record from Scotland's People Ref:585/0010 0499 and it states "William Hazle in this parish and Jacobina Riggs in parish of Carsfairn gave in their names in order to marriage Feb 28th were thrice proclaimed and married March 18th." However the page is headed up Marriages 1789, but the Scotland's People header is for 13.03.1789. As for the birth, the info I had was from a match on Genes reunited and it is unconfirmed, so I would say that your's would be correct. I have also been given details from a Death Certificate, but I don't have the original ref no. " Jacobina Riggs, wife of William Hazle died May 6th, aged about 50 years. Dropsy" Regards, Jeni. 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: cadastre28 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5604.4.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Jeni It certainly looks like we have a match. I have Jacobina as the sister of Jean Riggs (b1753-d1838)and daughter of John Riggs and Sara McTire. And I also have her as marrying William Hazle on 18 March 1789. (I will check my sources about the day. It could be a typo.) The big difference I have is my records show her as being born in Dailly in 1764, not Carsfairn 1757. I am sure we are talking about the same Jacobina but I will have to do a lot of checking; it's quite a while since I worked on that line. Somewhere there is a pair of wires crossed. Jean Riggs married Andrew McCrindle then my line descends through Wallace, Withers and Gray. Regards Jim 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.

According to a note written in the 19th century my husband's ggg uncle David HUTCHISON was "Wee Davock" in The Inventory. I would love to find proof of this but it is not likely to be found. In other connections, my father in law was minister of St. Michael's Dumfries where Burns is buried and his (and my Mother in law's) grave is the only 20th century one there. Nuala ----- Original Message ----- From: <ScotsCotNM@aol.com> To: <AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com>; <AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:30 PM Subject: [AYR] Happy Burns-day! > Hi All, > > I'm curious what families have "connections" to Robbie Burns? He > mentions > one of the ministers at Kilmaurs who baptized some of my > 4xg-grandparents' > children, and the troubled Rev. Boyd of Fenwick as well, who others of my > kin had their dealings with.... > > Ken Cuthbertson

Hi there is a John Mackie baptised 1766 Irvine, father John , mother Jean Carnochie. Is there anyone out there who has these people in their family tree ? Thanks Margaret NZ

Write if either is yours, these are the last 2 I have that seem to be lost [don't quote me on that....]. Meg Greenwood Application made 1924 - William MILROY, homeless, 55y born County Down, Ireland a widower, disabled. Wife was MAria HALLIDAY who died 7y previously. More information on page. Application made 1924 - John DUNLOP, unemployed Foundry Labourer, 24y born Byrehill Row, Kilwinning to Wm DUNLOOP and Jane MUNRO. Married to Margaret BOTTOMLEY, 24y born Kilwinning. More information on page. --------------------------------

Have found 3 BOYD entries in the Poor Rolls film for possibly St. Quivox, yet I've got a lot of films for Kirkmichael, that may be this parish. I have these names : Agnes BOYD, John BOYD and Gordon BOYD. Write if these sound familiar and you never heard back from me about them. Meg Greenwood ===============================