Hi Trish. My Hugh REID married an Elizabeth BOYD 17 Nov 1776. The IGI suggests that she might be the daughter of John & Agnes BOYD and possibly born in Kilmarnock 22 Feb 1754. I have the will of Hugh which names all 11 of their children some spouses and some grandchildren. The will also suggests they had connections to the Kennedy bunch. (not necessarily by blood) There home was named Cultzeoun, and is just outside Maybole. Family legend has it that Elizabeth was partner to the heir of the Earldom at his 21st birthday ball. I can't recall the name of the heir as around then it skipped a generation, but probably c1773. I think that was before the Earl became a Marquis. Any ideas for me to help prove her identity. Murray Reid Auckland NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish Lawrence" <charli2008@bigpond.com> To: <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 12:46 PM Subject: [AYR] Impromptu roll call > > Hi there ~ an impromptu roll call, what a great idea, I noticed all sorts > of things coming thru the feed. I have dug up half of Ayrshire over the > years. Here are the main families > > Stevensons ~ Kilwinning/Irvine/Dundonald > Lusk ~ Kilwinning/Baidlands (Dalry area) > Goolyland ~ Kilwinning > Young ~ Dundonald/Sorn > Johnstone ~ Dundonald/Sorn > Ritchie ~ Monkton/Dundonald/Glasgow areas/Lancashire > McMillan ~ Ayr/Monkton/Barony/Lancashire > Stewart ~ Coylton/Irvine/Kilmarnock/Canada/USA > Carnegie ~ Dundee/Sitrling/Irvine/ USA/England/Australia > McKerrow ~ myriad of places > Bruce ~ Irvine/Peebleshire > Easton ~ Irvine/Edinburgh > Mitchell ~ Irvine/Dundonald/Kilmarnock/Kilmaurs > Gibb ~ Kilmarnock/Ochiltree/Mauchline/Coupar > Frazer ~ Kilmarnock > Reid ~ Stevenston/Monkton/Auchenharvie/Hillhouse > Cunningham ~ Kilwinning/Auchenharvie > Boyd ~ Kilmarnock/Pitcon > MacReadie ~ Percieton/Stranraer > Campbell ~ Treesbank > Boswell ~ Ochiltree > Montgomerie ~ Eglinton/Lainshaw/Coilsfield > Cochrane ~ Dundonald/Ochiltree > Bruce ~ Kincardine/Ochiltree > > Cheers > Trish > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I am researching the names: Laidlaw, Eaglesham and Hillhouse. Any fellow researchers? Regards Betty Candy

On 10/31/2010 7:52 AM, Harrison McKnight wrote: > Hi All, > > My searching usually involves these surnames, primarily in Ayrshire and > bordering areas of Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire: > Algeo > Austin > Begg > Campbell > Copeland > Cowan > Crawford > Crichton > Ferguson > Gerrand > Graham > Hair > Hyslop > Kerr > Laidlaw > Lees > McKnight/McNaught > McMichael > Mitchell (from Armagh) > Nivison > Ramage > Ritchie > Slimmon > Sloan > Stoddart > Thomson > Torbet > > Harrison McKnight > Michigan, USA > > > Interested in the Crawfords you have. All mine came from Beith originally and then spread to Glasgow etc Sheila > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email toAYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

On 10/31/2010 8:38 AM, jollikkala@netscape.com wrote: > Judy Caldow Ollikkala > Researching Caldow, Ramage, Cruickshanks, Aitken, Terrell/Turrell > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > Judy I'm interested in your AITKENS as I have a few of those myself mainly in Glasgow. Sheila

Judy and others It will always "pay" to join the "named" Net list of both the family your are searching and their spouse's name as well. You are advertising to more people than just the Ayrshire list. It sounds like that "your Campbells" migrated to Northern Ireland at some stage after the Plantation of Ireland. So your Campbell's could come from either Loudon or Argyll. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Minchinton" <grannym2@dccnet.com> To: "'Mary Paton'" <em.paton86@iinet.net.au>; <TwoSides22@aol.com> Cc: <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [AYR] Campbells in Ayrshire >I am Campbell too with most of mine coming from WIG and KKD; my grandfather > Campbell made the move to Canada sometime after 1900 and before 1913 when > he > married in Vancouver. The only way I got through the huge numbers of > Campbells was by joining the Clan Campbell Society (North America) and > sending them the little I knew (could prove) of my family. Later, and for > the price of his costs only I had a volunteer CCSNA researcher who lives > in > Scotland find my great grandfather's family. > > He found my gt. grandfather, George Campbell born Gatehouse of Fleet KKD > had > two wives and 11 children and the ambition to become a Master Mariner. > George and his family moved to various places in Scotland and England as > he > 'chased the dollar'. My grandfather and his siblings were born 'all over > the > place'. George's father John was a Blacksmith and in early years moved > around often finally settling at Galloway House in WIG for some 45 years. > John's father William, an Ulsterman from County Down, an Ag-Lab seasonal > worker in WIG farms and his children b. in various parishes also. > > I'm as sure as I can be that I never would have found the above > information > without the help of a zealous hobbyist researcher who went to Edinburgh to > search the records there. > > My suggestion is to see if there's a Clan Campbell Society in your country > and see if they could be helpful. I found just reading the website of the > CCSNA informative. For example it is Argyll that is thought of as > Campbell > Country.... > > All the best, Judy in BC Can >

Mary and Jean Have you asked the "Robert Burns Centre" at Kilmarnock to look at George Robertson's and James Paterson's books of the 1800's on Ayrshire families - to see if your families may connect to any that they have published? Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Paton" <em.paton86@iinet.net.au> To: <TwoSides22@aol.com> Cc: <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:17 AM Subject: [AYR] Campbells in Ayrshire > >>Thanks for the welcome Mary. I've only been researching my Scottish >>line for a few months so please fill me in on these pesky >>Campbells. Why are they so difficult? My 2nd great grandmother was >>a CAMPBELL and I've been able to go back 3 more generations. I >>guess I should consider myself lucky. > > Hi Jeanne, > > I think it is probably because there are such a LOT of Campbells but > really I'm not sure. I suppose that as long as you know which line > you are going along they may be fairly easy - but connecting one line > to another is, as far as I have found, difficult. > > My ggg-grandfather John Campbell married Hannah Sloan in 1795. Her > siblings were Janet 1795, William 1798, Andrew 1800 and Margaret 1806. > > Their daughter Hannah was born in Ochiltree 1802 married > gg-grandfather John Templeton in 1834 in Cumnock and Auchinleck. > > I think my ggg-grandfather John Campbell's parents were William > Campbell (born 1727) and Janet Hannah who were not married. I also > think he did marry someone else. I really don't know how to go any > further with this line. > > Best regards, > Mary > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi List I'm looking for George PATON born either about either 1755 or 1773 most likely the Kilmarnock area. This would make him either the father or the brother of my ancestor. George joined the Royal Artillery and was in until at least 1797. He married Elizabeth LILFORD, GILFORD, or RAMSAY depending on your source (second wife ?). The children I know of seem to have settled in Glasgow so he may have retired there. As I said, this might be two similar Georges mixed up. Any information to help me narrow this fuzzy wall down greatly appreciated. I'm also looking for the CLARKSON family in or near Kilmarnock around 1777. there was John CLARKSON, Mary BARR and a daughter, possibly two. Looking for connections between the PATON and GAMMEL ( verious spellings) families around Kilmarnock and Fenwick. I'm also looking for living descendants of Michael MURPHY Born abt 1887 in Stevenston to Michael MURPHY and Margaret KELLY. He married Margaret Douglas PATON b1887 in Paisley m1919 and lived in Androssan and Saltcoats area. Michael was a Coal Miner (explosives process) like his father. Michael MURPHY and Margaret PATON had at least one child b abt 1920 a male named M. MURPHY (Michael ?). He was alive in 1955 at the death of his mother and living at 5 Mayfield Place, Saltcoats. Thanks for looking Michael

Hi All, Researching James Hutchison Born 1702 Muirkirk Ayrshire Scotland Died 1764 Woodside house Barony Lanark Scotland and his wife Mary Blackwood born 7 Feb 1696 Glasgow Lanark Scotland Died 10 Jan 1788 Woodside House Barony Lanark Scotland. I have quite a lot of information about the family just wondering if anyone out there was related in any way ??? And would like any info. Regards Jenni from Australia the land down under.

In  1881  census, at  31  High  St  Stewarton,  lived  William  DUNLOP , b  1830,  carpetweaver, son  of  John  DUNLOP  and  Barbara  LEES , widower  of  Isabella  Watson  CURRIE. Children  were  William ( m Jane  MUIR),  Thomas,  Margaret  ( m Henry  LOGAN), Barbara ( m Alex  DONALDSON and  came  to  NZ), Alexander , and  James  Currie  ( d  young) . What happened  to him?  The  only  vital  gap  I have,  and  I'd  be  overjoyed  by  any  reply!..Heather  

AIRD ALEXANDER ALLAN ALLISON ARBUCKLE ARCHIBALD ARMOUR ARMSTRONG AULD BAILLIE BAIRD BANKS BANNATYNE BANNERMAN BARR BASTICK BENNETT BEVERIDGE BIGHAM BLACK BLACKADDER BLACKWOOD BOWIE BOWMAN BOYLE BRIDGES BRITTIAN BROADBECK BROWN BUCKLEY CAIRNS CAMPBELL CARSWELL DALE DAVIDSON DOCHERTY DORNAY DOUDS DOWDS DOWNIE DUNCAN DUNKLEY DUNN EVANS FAGAN FAIRLIE FATHER FERGUSON FISHER FITZPATRICK FRAZER FREW GILLION GOOD GORDON GRANTHAM GRAY HALE HALL HALLIDAY HAMILTON HUGHES HUNTER HYND JOHNSTONE KEADIE KERR KEY KIDD KIRBY KIRKWOOD LAGADU LAWSON LIDDLE LINDSAY LOVE LONG MACKIE MAIN MANSE MAR MARCER MARR MASTERS MCALPINE MCCABE MCCLEAN MCCLUCKIE MCCLUSKY MCDONALD MCFAYDEN MCGEACHIE MCGECHIE MCGOWAN MCGRATH MCINNIES MCKAY MCKECHNIE MCKENNA MCKILLOP MCLAREN MCMILLAN MCMILLIN MCVIE MERRY MITCHELL MONTGOMERIE MONTGOMERY MORRISON MORTON MOUNCE MUIR MULLEN MURRAY NEIL OSBORNE PATERSON PATTERSON POLLOCK QUEEN RAESIDE RALSTON RAMSAY RANKINE RIGGINS ROBERTSON SCHOLICH SCOLLICK SHAW SKELLY SMILIE SMITH SPOWAGE ST.CLAIRE STEVENSON STEWART STORRIE SUTTER SWAN TAYLOR THOMPSON THOMSON TWADDLE WADDELL WALKER WALLACE WARDROPE WATSON WHITE WHITFIELD WILLIAMSON WILSON WYLLIE

Mike et al: Both books are available on Google Books full view--search Ayrshire Genealogy ecunningham@att.net

Michelle Could or might your Urie's be part of Nancy Urie and John (?) Boyd's family of Shippensburg, PA. She was killed in an Indian raid of 1756 along with her baby? She had brother's - names unknown to me - who were famous indian fighters. There is an researcher from about 1900 who put a lot of Boyd's entries in the IGI named "URIE". Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee, House of Boyd Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Craig" <mircraig@yahoo.com> To: "Rootsweb Ayrshire" <AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com>; "E Sharp" <bellemarco@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 3:06 AM Subject: Re: [AYR] Anyone here? Hello, Living in Houston Texas researching the Urie's of Dregorn, Irvine. Michelle Craig ------------------------------- 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

A  William  BROWN  of  Kilwinning  m  Jean  NAIRN  of  Stewarton  in Kilwinning  12 March  1819.  I  am  vitally  interested  in  them, including  occupations,   and  their  family  connections....Heather

PLEASE - INSERT your family names into the subject line - thanks Ruth

What  happened  to  Robert  ALEXANDER ....52  in  1871  census  as  shoemaker  49  Lainshaw  St  Stewarton... still alive  30 / 12 / 1873  when  wife  Margaret  MERRILEES / MIRRLEES  died  ..chn  ....Robert,  Helen/Ellen, William,   Elizabeth Cuthbertson (  WHO  WAS  SHE  NAMED  FOR?),  James ( an  earlier  James  had  died)?...Heather

also roll-calling  .....BROWN,  MACFARLANE,  ALEXANDER,  CUTHBERTSON ,   GEBBIE,  WRIGHT,  DUNLOP,  MUIR,  PATTERSON, BROUGH,  MEIKLE...mostly  Dunlop / Stewarton  area  but  also  Fenwick,  Galston , Sorn, Riccarton connections .....   Heather  ..need ancestors  of  these  couples....James BROWN  m  Elizabeth  MACFARLAN / MCFARLANE 

I am trying to trace the family of John Stinson/Stevenson who married Agnes Carsell/Carswell on 10th August 1761 in Stewarton, Ayr. Their scanned parish register entry for the marriage is of poor quality but they are listed on Scotland's People and the IGI as John Stinson and Agnes Carsell. John is listed as being of Whit... They are both listed as being "of this parish". The IGI lists them as John Stevenson and Agness Carswell for the baptisms of their children: - Thomas Stevenson, Christening: 15 JUL 1762 Stewarton, Ayr - John Stevenson, Christening: 15 JUN 1764 Stewarton, Ayr - Robert Stevenson, Christening: 15 NOV 1767 Stewarton, Ayr - Margaret Stevenson, Born C1762 Stewarton, Ayr (1851 census); Christening: 11 FEB 1770 Stewarton, Ayr; married John Dunlop 10 May 1808 Stewarton, Ayr - Agness Stevenson, Christening: 12 JUL 1771 Stewarton, Ayr - Agness Stevenson, Christening: 12 JUL 1772 Stewarton, Ayr - Mary Stevenson, born 1774 Stewarton Ayr (1841 census); Christening: 27 MAR 1774 Stewarton, Ayr; died 1841 - 1851; married William Aitchison 10 Mar 1797 Glasgow Lanark. I was able to find the baptisms of Margaret & Mary on Scotland's People. The image of the baptism entry reads "John Stnison of Wit[lie?] and Agness Carsell.." and Mary's entry reads "John Stinson portioner in Whit[lie?] [half cut off word ending in d] Agness Carsell." Would love to hear from anyone connected with this family or who might be able to help me to pinpoint the parents of John & Agnes Cheers, Andrea Fitzgerald

In the Newmilns, Galston, Darvel, Auchinleck, Kilmarnock area are CURRIE, DONACHIE, LISTER, MEECHAN. The Gaelic names DONACHIE and MEECHAN have numerous spelling variations. The CARROLS are clustered in St. Quivox where they settled after immigrating from Ireland. I believe I have living Currie and Donachie relatives in the Newmilns/Darvel area. My branch emigrated to Illinois in the US to work at the lace mill along with several other Newmilns families (CONNELL, DOLAN, MCcLEARY, MORTON, MURPHY, POLLOCK). Would be glad to hear from anyone on any of these family lines. Nancy

Hi John, Can you give me a little more information regarding your Muir's please. Christian name and parents? Best regards Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnatw@aol.com Date: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:13 am Subject: [AYR] Roll Call To: ayrshire@rootsweb.com > Researching Muir from Riccarton who came to the Western Maryland > coal > fields about 1851 > John > > ------------------------------- > 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 >