HI all-Happy New Year As the start of a new year begins I am tackling my brick wall. I am unable to find his death. I do have a time frame of between 1841-1851. He had a daughter born 24/10/1841 so presuming he is the father he would've been alive in January 1841. Information on the census of 1851 his wife Margaret (nee Russel) is a widow. At the time of death he was a farmer at Auchmithie, Fordyce, Banff, Scotland, this information was listed in his wife's will. John married Margaret on 27/06/1918 at Deskford, Banff, Scotland. I am asking for some kind soul to help me try & find this elusive information. Thank you Jo in Australia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bramden3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/6171.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lawrence my name is Bruce Dennison ,and Tom Dennison is my late father. please contact me at [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. <br>

Joy There is an Frank Beattie who writes for the local Kilmarnock paper on Genealogical matters. I first meet him in 2004. The Burns Centre should be able to give you his contact details or pass a message onto him for you. Mike Boyd Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: joy conroy Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 6:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AYR] Stewart of Prestwick Ayrshire I have been for sometime researching the family of my Great Great Grandfather William Stewart believed to be born at Prestwick abt 1800, his Christening took place on 9 Nov 1800, Monkton. William arrived in New South Wales in 1841 and later married Mary Osborne Beattie who came from Kilmarnock. William's father was James Stewart a farmer and Marrion Blair or Baird. His brothers and sisters were also born at Prestwick and may have been Robert Reid b 1794 Elizabeth b 1796 Helen b 1798 James b1805 Marrion b 1807 Jean b 1809 I would like to make contact with any people that may be information of William's family that may still be Scotland, any assistance would be appreciated. Regards Joy Conroy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Joy Have you contact both the Burns Centre in Kilmarnock - the East Ayrshire Councils Local Studies Library - and the Local Studies Library at the Carnegie Library in Ayr (town) for the South Ayrshire Council area. You should be able to get their Email address from the Council's website. Did David get any "land grant" when he came to NSW? From his medals he appears to have fought in Spain. My Ancestor, Thomas Boyd of County Kerry, Ireland, fought with the South Gloucestershire Regiment - 61st Regt of Foot - in Spain. In 1826, he came to Sydney with the Royal NSW Veterans Corps and after 7 years service was given a grant of land. However, I am not sure if this system might have applied to individuals who came by themselves or not. Mike Boyd Brisbane. -----Original Message----- From: joy conroy Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AYR] David Wilson Beattie and Margaret Spencer I am researching the family of David Wilson Beattie born bet 1792-1795 I think at Ayrstown, his parents were James Miller Beattie and Ellen Lenrick or Leurich. Also his wife Margaret Spencer born 1796 in Newmilns, her parents were Samuel Spence and Mary Osburn. David and Margaret married 1818 at Dreghorn.All of David and Margaret 8 children were born at Kilmarnock. David, Margaret and many of their children settled in New South Wales in the mid 1850s. David appeared to have spent many years as a private in the 95th Rifles Regiment Alias: Rifle Brigade , and was awarded the following Campaign Medals: Military General Service Medal Clasps Awarded: Roleia Vimiera Fuentes d'Onor Ciudad Rodrigo Badajoz Salamanca Vittoria Pyrenees Toulouse I am interested in making contact with anyone who may be reseaching the Bettie and Spencer families. Any assistance would be appreciated. Regards Joy Conroy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am researching the family of David Wilson Beattie born bet 1792-1795 I think at Ayrstown, his parents were James Miller Beattie and Ellen Lenrick or Leurich. Also his wife Margaret Spencer born 1796 in Newmilns, her parents were Samuel Spence and Mary Osburn. David and Margaret married 1818 at Dreghorn.All of David and Margaret 8 children were born at Kilmarnock. David, Margaret and many of their children settled in New South Wales in the mid 1850s. David appeared to have spent many years as a private in the 95th Rifles Regiment Alias: Rifle Brigade , and was awarded the following Campaign Medals: Military General Service Medal Clasps Awarded: Roleia Vimiera Fuentes d'Onor Ciudad Rodrigo Badajoz Salamanca Vittoria Pyrenees Toulouse I am interested in making contact with anyone who may be reseaching the Bettie and Spencer families. Any assistance would be appreciated. Regards Joy Conroy

I have been for sometime researching the family of my Great Great Grandfather William Stewart believed to be born at Prestwick abt 1800, his Christening took place on 9 Nov 1800, Monkton. William arrived in New South Wales in 1841 and later married Mary Osborne Beattie who came from Kilmarnock. William's father was James Stewart a farmer and Marrion Blair or Baird. His brothers and sisters were also born at Prestwick and may have been Robert Reid b 1794 Elizabeth b 1796 Helen b 1798 James b1805 Marrion b 1807 Jean b 1809 I would like to make contact with any people that may be information of William's family that may still be Scotland, any assistance would be appreciated. Regards Joy Conroy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: puddleford Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/1719.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Annie See below 1851 census return for sailor John Irvine. Piece: SCT1851/595 Place: Ayr -Ayrshire Enumeration District: 2 Civil Parish: Irvine Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Irvine Folio: 0 Page: 20 Schedule: 100 Address: Hill Street Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks IRVINE John Head M M 61 Hair Dresser Overseas - British - Island Of Antigua IRVINE Janet Wife M F 46 Ayrshire - Irvine IRVINE Elizebeth Dau U F 24 Sewer Of Muslin Ayrshire - Irvine IRVINE John Son U M 21 Sailor Ayrshire - Irvine IRVINE Shaw Mcfee Son U M 16 Porter Ayrshire - Irvine IRVINE James Son U M 14 Porter Ayrshire - Irvine Page: 0/21 IRVINE Janet Dau U F 9 Ayrshire - Irvine IRVINE Andrew Son U M 7 Ayrshire - Irvine WALLACE Agnes Reltiv W F 65 (Wife's Aunt) Rec. Par. Relief Ayrshire - Irvine I know this will sound bizarre, but I have information that strongly implies that his father John Irvine (Hairdresser) was likely to have been a black slave at one time. Regards.......Billy 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: puddleford Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/13850.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Gretchen John White is buried in Irvine Old Parish churchyard. His gravestone records that he died 23-Mar-1896 aged 89. His wife Grace Welsh died 21-Mar-1885; son William Hood died 24-Jul-1857; daughter Jessie died 30-Sep-1862; his mother (record omits her name, but possibly on stone ) died 27-May-1863. Seems he was a bit of a whizz kid at the maths. Regards......Billy 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ChristinaHeins04 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/1897.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ilene, Further to my previous message on this board: I've just checked my Father's Date of Birth and my Uncle's Date of Birth: They match what you have said: Edward Keenan Boyce - Born 1915 and my Uncle - Francis Keenan Boyce born 1913. My Father (Edward Keenan Boyce) married Margaret Murray. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ChristinaHeins04 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/1897.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, maybe it is just coincidence and I hope you do not mind me replying: My maiden name is Boyce. My Mother and Father were from Glasgow Scotland. My Father's name was Edward Keenan Boyce. My Father's Brother was Frank(Francis) Keenan Boyce. I am aware that my Father's Father married twice - I understand his first wife died in childbirth. My Father and Mother have now died. They moved from Scotland to Hereford. I only ever met my Father's Brother - Francis Keenan Boyce - I never met Andrew Smith Boyce. My own Brother was named after Francis Keenan Boyce. I was named Christina after my Grandmother - Christina Keenan. Happy New Year from Wales, UK. Christina 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. <br>

James Ferguson b, abt 1890 Kilwinning, Ayr. Father James James Ferguson b. abt 1857 b. Kilwinning, father Robert Mother Jean Dunlop Irene

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: annlynn9 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14445.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The variances in spelling of the surname is no sign that they were illiterate. Especially in the English-speaking world, there was a general lack of consistency in the spelling of names (both personal and place names) even among the educated and even during the 19th century. I have (from the National Archives of Scotland) extracts of documents for a landed Ayrshire family in which the surname was written different ways even for the same individual. Also, you can look at Scottish maps drawn by various 16th-19th century cartographers and often see different spellings for the same place. If you ever get back another couple of generations, I have two 17th-18th century generations of Fergusons in Craig and Millanerdaill [Millenderdale], Ayrshire: First, an Ayrshire sasine [deed] was registered on 1 May 1648 for John Fergussoune/Fergusson of Craig, Ayrshire and his spouse, Janet Lin/Lyne, daughter of Fergus Lin/Lyne of Larg, Wigtownshire. John died 1 October 1667 aged 55; Janet, on 1 October 1689. They left at least two sons: (1) James Ferguson of Craig held lands of Myllanderdill [Millenderdale] in 1698 (presumably since his father's passing in 1667). James married Marion Gemmel and died 1 September 1701 aged 49. (2) Robert Fergusson survived his older brother by at least 13 years, but I'm sorry to say I do not know who, if anyone, he married. In 1714, he was described in a discharge as "Robert Fergusson, brother of deceased James Fergusson of Craig". 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: madferguson05 Surnames: Ferguson/Fergusson, Miller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14445/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello all Fergie researchers! I am trying to trace my father's family back to Scotland, and have so far done well, but now I am utterly stuck. I figured that my ancestors were probably an illiterate bunch and so the name Ferguson changed per generation. I know for certain that my ancestors did not go to America, but may have made a trip to Ireland at some time. This is what I have so far; John Ferguson 1781-?, Stewarton, Ayrshire Nancy Miller, 1791, Scotland > John Fergusson 1815 - 1892, Ayr, Ayrshire Cecilia Coleman, 1832 - 1928, Brede, Sussex >> James Ferguson Kathleen B Melville >>> Hubert Ferguson Elsie M Batty >>>> Theo M Ferguson Eileen M Foley (my grandparents) >>>>> Ian G Ferguson Jillian M Fuller (my parents) I'm not including dates and places for James & Kathleen down, because that's not what I need help with. I know that John Ferguson and Nancy Miller had three sons; John, Donald and Neil Fergusson. Any info at all would be fantastic! Thanks, Cheers Erin Ferguson 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: onpawsfamily Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5348.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I am connected to this family via John's sister Agnes bn 1863. Helen 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DonGillies61 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14443.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What were your requests ? 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. <br>

Hello List, Does anyone know where Poshill would be in the 18th and 19th centuries? Somewhere near Cumnock or New Cumnock I think. Thanks and Happy New Year! Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: D_Keahl Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14444/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking parents of John BODAN who married Joan MCTAGERT in Kirkoswald 11 May 1723. He may lived in Knockbrae. 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. <br>

I too have had a dormant year and expect to get back to researching 'mine' in 2014. Spent 2 days in Vancouver with my grandkids and their parents...I'm very lucky! Happy New Year to us all, Sincerely, Judy in BC Canada. (southern west coast where it's marine-mild, and we rarely get snow or serious freezing) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alexander Hughes Sent: December-24-13 7:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AYR] Seasons Greetings Hi Folks As 2013 draws to a close, I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to all our listers for making 2013 such an enjoyable year. I have not been as active on the list although I do read all the posts but I hope to have more time to get back to genealogy next year! For those in the UK - keep safe with the weather out there! Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year! Alex Ayrshire List & Board Admin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Merry Christmas George Are you on the Caig boards and connected to the Caig website? I am also a Caig..... Gatehouse of Fleet and surrounding areas. Cheers Hugh J Preacher 214.334.4881 USA CST [email protected] Grandson of David Campbell Preacher and Janet Donaldson Yule Grieve and Friðfinnur Eymundsson and Elizabeth Liebnitz   Researching (alpha by country or state): England in Northumberland, Durham, Gloucestershire, London, Hertfordshire Hawkins, Pember, Preacher, Turner (NBL) Germany /Poland Liebnitz, Dalitz (sic) Mahlsdorf/Brandenburg, Pohl/Pole, Laboker (sic) Wreschen/Chlebowo Iceland Friðfinner Eymundsson, Eymundur Guðbrandsson, Guðbjorg Torfadottir and many predecessors Scotland (SE) in Roxburghshire and the Lothian's Aitchison, Bell, Brown, Bunyan, Campbell, Claperton, Creek, Edmond, Herkuise, Low, MacKay, Preacher, Smibert, Thompson,Trotter, Wilson Scotland (SW) in Dumfries, Wigtown, Ayrshire Brown, Caig, Campbell, Clark, Connell, Cook, Duncan, Farquharson, Farrow, Gordon, Grieve, Halliday, Ireland, McEwen, McFadzean, Preacher, Steed, Tait, Thomson Scotland in Fife Black, Cunningham, Currier, Donaldson, Dishart, Gillespie, Grieve, Kilgour, Ramsay, Robertson,  Smith, Thomson, Youl (many spellings) Scotland in Lanarkshire Brown, Grieve, Steed Scotland in The Highlands, Angus, Argyll & Butte Campbell, Grieve, MacKay USA Florida in Hollywood, Pine Island, Bokeelia Baltakis, Bowden, Guidice, Preacher USA New Jersey in Perth Amboy, New Brunswick, Fords, Metuchen Eymundsson, Grieve, Liebnitz,Pohl, Pole, Preacher, Stalker, Steed USA other states Baltakis (Michigan), Bowden, Walter (Maine, Florida- Hollywood), Johnson, Ole Daniel (Pennsylvannia), Ponian, Ann (Pennsylvannia-Newcastle), Preacher (Alabama, Carolinas, Texas) World War I and II records – U.S. Army, Navy, Merchant Marine and Kings Own Scottish Borderers Baltakis, Johnson, Ole D, Preacher As of 9 May 2013 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George McCaig Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 8:52 AM To: Alexander Hughes Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AYR] Seasons Greetings And the warmest of Seasons Greetings from one of the "old timers". My activity is also somewhat reduced, but I do enjoy reading about everyone's success's. George M. McCaig, Burlington, Ontario. (formerly Dwight, Ontario) Sent from my iPad > On Dec 24, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Alexander Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Folks > > As 2013 draws to a close, I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to > all our listers for making 2013 such an enjoyable year. I have not > been as active on the list although I do read all the posts but I hope > to have more time to get back to genealogy next year! > > For those in the UK - keep safe with the weather out there! > > Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year! > > Alex > > Ayrshire List & Board Admin > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And the warmest of Seasons Greetings from one of the "old timers". My activity is also somewhat reduced, but I do enjoy reading about everyone's success's. George M. McCaig, Burlington, Ontario. (formerly Dwight, Ontario) Sent from my iPad > On Dec 24, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Alexander Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Folks > > As 2013 draws to a close, I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to all > our listers for making 2013 such an enjoyable year. I have not been as > active on the list although I do read all the posts but I hope to have > more time to get back to genealogy next year! > > For those in the UK - keep safe with the weather out there! > > Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year! > > Alex > > Ayrshire List & Board Admin > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message