searching CUTHBERTSON, STRACHAN, GRAHAM, MCLEAN, KENNEDY, MCDOUGAL, COLQUHOUN, SHAW, BEEBE Heather, Only a Janet and Margaret so far among my CUTHBERTSON'S so far. Did you see my email to the group showing what I have in my CUTHBERTSON family so far? There is a gap in my CUTHBERTSON family between John's marriage to Anne GRAHAM in 1811 and the Janet b. between 1814 and 1818, then the next child Margaret is b. 1824, so other children were b. between 1811 and 1824. There may be an Elizabeth among them. John and Anne were m. in Irvine, Ardrossan but the children from Margaret on down were b. in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire. Janet CUTHBERTSON m. James STRACHAN and lived mostly in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, although two of their children were b. in Paisley, Renfrew and one in Denny, Sterlingshire. He was a Calico Printer and a Paisley Printer so I imagine he went where the work was to be found. Janet's b. is recorded in 1841 as not being in Renton, but simply in the British Isles, although all the other census record her a being b. in Renton as her younger siblings were and most of her children were. I feel she probably was b. in Ayr as were the other children down to Margaret but I have not been able to find them. Janet and the STRACHAN family came to America in 1872 and John CUTHBERTSON died before then but his wife Ann continued to live in Renton until at least 1871 but I do not know what happened to them after that. Walter COLQUHOUN m. Margaret CUTHBERTSON and their son Walter, Jr. came to America with the STRACHANS. Janet In a message dated 10/31/2010 3:57:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz writes: My aunt was named Elizabeth Cuthbertson Alexander BROWN after her paternal grandmother Elizabeth Cuthbertson ALEXANDER. The latter was from family of Robert ALEXANDER a journeyman shoemaker ( there was another shoemaker)and Margaret MERRILEES / MIRRLEES in Stewarton. Their children were Robert 1844, Helen / Ellen 1846, William c1849, Elizabeth C. (uthbertson) , c 1853, James c 1858 My uncle was named John Alexander BROWN as was HIS uncle, son of James BROWN and Elizabeth Cuthbertson ALEXANDER.. My quandary is where did the "Elizabeth Cuthbertson come from? ...from naming patterns I think the Cuthbertson comes from the ALEXANDER side because Ellen and James are for Margaret's side. a Robert ALEXANDER whom I believe mine above, was born in Stewarton to a William ALEXANDER weaver and Janet NAIRN 6 Nov 1818 as Robert above gave his age as 32, 42, 52 and b in Stewarton at census's. For decades I've thought Janet NAIRN b 28 Nov 1798 to have been daughter of Cuthbert NAIRN weaver and later cottonspinner and Elizabeth CUTHBERTSON, which makes sense. However I recently found her death at Lainshaw St 25 Jan 1867 as widow of David McFARLANE weaver, he b 19 May 1797, which blew me for a while, but it is feasible that it was a second m for her. Janet NAIRN and William ALEXANDER had only two children recorded......Elizabeth b 2 Aug 1817 and Robert 2 Aug 1818. Janet NAIRN and David MCFARLANE m 14 May 1819. i.e. William could have died and Janet m again. have you any more Elizabeth's? I do wish my James BROWN belonged to the Gabrochill /Lainshaw BROWNS who DID have an E.C. in their ancestry! --- On Sun, 31/10/10, Wstjs@aol.com <Wstjs@aol.com> wrote: From: Wstjs@aol.com <Wstjs@aol.com> Subject: Re: [AYR] roll call To: heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz, ayrshire@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, 31, October, 2010, 10:44 AM Hi Heather, Tell me about your CUTHBERTSONS. Janet In a message dated 10/30/2010 4:32:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz writes: 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

searching CUTHBERTSON, STRACHAN, GRAHAM, MCLEAN, KENNEDY, MCDOUGAL, COLQUHOUN, SHAW, BEEBE Heather, Only a Janet and Margaret so far among my CUTHBERTSON'S so far. Did you see my email to the group showing what I have in my CUTHBERTSON family so far? There is a gap in my CUTHBERTSON family between John's marriage to Anne GRAHAM in 1811 and the Janet b. between 1814 and 1818, then the next child Margaret is b. 1824, so other children were b. between 1811 and 1824. There may be an Elizabeth among them. John and Anne were m. in Irvine, Ardrossan but the children from Margaret on down were b. in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire. Janet CUTHBERTSON m. James STRACHAN and lived mostly in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, although two of their children were b. in Paisley, Renfrew and one in Denny, Sterlingshire. He was a Calico Printer and a Paisley Printer so I imagine he went where the work was to be found. Janet's b. is recorded in 1841 as not being in Renton, but simply in the British Isles, although all the other census record her a being b. in Renton as her younger siblings were and most of her children were. I feel she probably was b. in Ayr as were the other children down to Margaret but I have not been able to find them. Janet and the STRACHAN family came to America in 1872 and John CUTHBERTSON died before then but his wife Ann continued to live in Renton until at least 1871 but I do not know what happened to them after that. Walter COLQUHOUN m. Margaret CUTHBERTSON and their son Walter, Jr. came to America with the STRACHANS. In a message dated 10/31/2010 3:57:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz writes: My aunt was named Elizabeth Cuthbertson Alexander BROWN after her paternal grandmother Elizabeth Cuthbertson ALEXANDER. The latter was from family of Robert ALEXANDER a journeyman shoemaker ( there was another shoemaker)and Margaret MERRILEES / MIRRLEES in Stewarton. Their children were Robert 1844, Helen / Ellen 1846, William c1849, Elizabeth C. (uthbertson) , c 1853, James c 1858 My uncle was named John Alexander BROWN as was HIS uncle, son of James BROWN and Elizabeth Cuthbertson ALEXANDER.. My quandary is where did the "Elizabeth Cuthbertson come from? ...from naming patterns I think the Cuthbertson comes from the ALEXANDER side because Ellen and James are for Margaret's side. a Robert ALEXANDER whom I believe mine above, was born in Stewarton to a William ALEXANDER weaver and Janet NAIRN 6 Nov 1818 as Robert above gave his age as 32, 42, 52 and b in Stewarton at census's. For decades I've thought Janet NAIRN b 28 Nov 1798 to have been daughter of Cuthbert NAIRN weaver and later cottonspinner and Elizabeth CUTHBERTSON, which makes sense. However I recently found her death at Lainshaw St 25 Jan 1867 as widow of David McFARLANE weaver, he b 19 May 1797, which blew me for a while, but it is feasible that it was a second m for her. Janet NAIRN and William ALEXANDER had only two children recorded......Elizabeth b 2 Aug 1817 and Robert 2 Aug 1818. Janet NAIRN and David MCFARLANE m 14 May 1819. i.e. William could have died and Janet m again. have you any more Elizabeth's? I do wish my James BROWN belonged to the Gabrochill /Lainshaw BROWNS who DID have an E.C. in their ancestry! --- On Sun, 31/10/10, Wstjs@aol.com <Wstjs@aol.com> wrote: From: Wstjs@aol.com <Wstjs@aol.com> Subject: Re: [AYR] roll call To: heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz, ayrshire@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, 31, October, 2010, 10:44 AM Hi Heather, Tell me about your CUTHBERTSONS. Janet In a message dated 10/30/2010 4:32:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, heather.grimwood@xtra.co.nz writes: 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

Hi Marc, Is there a Gaelic rendering of McQueen - I feel sure there is - and that may be the key. Or of Davidson for that matter? And all the many spellings and variations of all names? For years I was sure I couldn't find a marriage for my Sarah Mcneill to Andrew McEwan/McEwing until someone mentioned the name McEown and there it was - Andrew McEown and Mayzie McNeill 1824. Cheers, Mary

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? Thanks Mike. I've never heard of the center or the books. Can you tell me a little bit about them? Jeanne

Jeanne. I have the following Cleland: 4 Dec 1600 - banns were proclaimed in Prestonpans, East Lothian, for William Lyne and Janet Kleland Thanks I'll keep this in mind in case I'm ever lucky enough to ever get back that far! Jeanne

Hi will start the ball rolling with my list of names in a roll call. Mackie, Ayr Kilmarnock, Why[i]te Stewarton, Wyl[l]ie Stewarton, Gemmell all spellings Fenwick, Dickie Fenwick, Murchland Fenwick, Torrance Galston Kilmarnock, Young Lochwinnoch Renfrewshire, Brown Irvine and Stewarton, Ra[e]side Stewarton. Margaret NZ

Hi Charli, My mother is McKissock daughter of James McCurdy McKissock b.1872 and Margaret McCosh Craig b.1872 both of AYR. My grandfather's sister, Margaret Crawford McKissock b.1867 married Andrew Muir c.1867 on 30 Jul 1891 Ayr AYR. Andrew's occupation according to the marriage reg. is Manager of Light House works, The Pund Fair Isis, (?sp) Shetland. I have Andrew's parents as Thomas Muir wine merchant and Jeannie Crawford. Might this connect with your Muir? I don't have any of the other surnames on your list. Regards, Judy in BC Can -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of charlotte shields Sent: October-31-10 1:36 AM To: Ayrshire-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AYR] shields, mckissock hi i'm here to and am researching Shields, Mckissock, Muir, Walker, Stokes and Peebles mostly from Ayrshire Charli C . J. Shields ------------------------------- 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

Researching Muir from Riccarton who came to the Western Maryland coal fields about 1851 John

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

Hi John, My ancestor, William REID, married a Mary MARR in Mauchline on Christmas day 1746. They lived in Maybole. No other info on Mary. Murray Reid Auckland NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gibb" <johnmgibb@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "'Pat Carson'" <patcarsonp@hotmail.com>; <Wstjs@aol.com>; <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 5:30 AM Subject: Re: [AYR] Anyone here? > Yes, I'm here too. Researching Gibb, Marr & Clark from Kingendcluech, > Stair, > Mauchline & Kilmarnock. > > John Gibb > > -----Original Message----- > From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Pat Carson > Sent: 30 October 2010 16:41 > To: Wstjs@aol.com; ayrshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AYR] Anyone here? > > Yes! I'm here! So you must be on the list. > > But I notice that there hasn't been much activity over the last couple of > weeks on this board. > > > > Pat > > > "Here's tae us! Wha's like us? Damn few! - an' they're a' deid!" Old Scots > Toast > > > Check out my websites www.angusancestry.co.uk > <http://www.angusancestry.co.uk/> and www.genesontheweb.co.uk > <http://www.genesontheweb.co.uk/> > > > > > _____ > > From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Wstjs@aol.com > Sent: 30 October 2010 16:23 > To: ayrshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AYR] Anyone here? > > > > Is this a working list? I never get email from this list so I don't know > if I am still on this list. There was a time when these lists were busy > with people helping each other. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Me too, far away in New Zealand. Looking for REID, CRAWFORD, BOYD, MARR in and around Maybole. Murray Hugh Hamilton REID Auckland NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Preacher" <hughjpreacher@aol.com> To: <Wstjs@aol.com>; <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [AYR] Anyone here? PREACHER CAIG (and variants) BROWN others inbody also KILDONAN The activity on this list has slowed a bit. Searching for many names see my full list and areas below. Barrhill and the Kildonan estate are among my interests in Aryshire. Hugh Grandson of David Campbell Preacher and Janet Donaldson Yule Grieve and Friðfinnur Eymundsson and Florence Liebnitz (sic) Researching: SE Scotland in Roxburghshire and the Lothian's Aitchison, Bell, Brown, Bunyan, Campbell, Claperton, Creek, Edmond, Herkuise,Low, MacKay, Preacher, Smibert, Thompson,Trotter, Wilson SW Scotland 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 England in Northumberland, Durham, Gloucestershire, London, Hertfordshire Hawkins, Pember, Preacher, Turner (NBL) USA Florida in Hollywood, Pine Island, Bokeelia Baltakis, Guidice, Preacher USA New Jersey in Perth Amboy, New Brunswick, Fords, Metuchen Eymundson, Grieve, Liebnitz, Preacher, Stalker, Steed Iceland Friðfinner Eymundsson, Eymundur Guðbrandsson, Guðbjorg Torfadottir and predecessors -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wstjs@aol.com Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 10:23 AM To: ayrshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [AYR] Anyone here? Is this a working list? I never get email from this list so I don't know if I am still on this list. There was a time when these lists were busy with people helping each other. ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 Caldow Ollikkala Researching Caldow, Ramage, Cruickshanks, Aitken, Terrell/Turrell _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need.

I am here as well and researching the name ROBB. Anyone have any ROBB connections? Shona ----- Original Message ----- From: "nerreman" <nerreman@yahoo.com> To: ayrshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 6:47:34 PM Subject: [AYR] roll call Hi List, Roll call, searching for Arnot Russell Mclean Murdoch Kerr Also, any connections to these names that I might not be aware of as yet. Need to go backwards from Agnes Parker Russell All known to be in Ayrshire, but could also be from other places as well. have hardly any information on these lines. Cheers Liz ------------------------------- 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 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

hi i'm here to and am researching Shields, Mckissock, Muir, Walker, Stokes and Peebles mostly from Ayrshire Charli C . J. Shields

Well, maybe I should have included my folk too! So here they are James CONWAY (1837-1923) born Ireland, probably Co Down, arrived in Ayrshire about 1845 - a little 8 year old boy, fleeing the potato famine and certain disease and probable death, he wore only a petticoat and had no shoes. His father John CONWAY was in his middle 40s, his mother - Jane WAUGH - ten years younger. Their other four children ranged from 12-year-old Jane to toddler Agnes. James' auntie Janet had already arrived in Ayrshire a couple of years previously with her husband James McCLENAGHAN and their 3 sons. They lived much of their life in Monkton, as did John and Jane until Jane died in 1873 at one of their elder sons' home at Beith Railway station. Young James married his love Agnes McKenzie FISHER (1842-1938) in 1861 at Troon, where James had been living with his elder brother Hugh and his wife, Marion RALSTON(E). Shortly before she married, Agnes was working as a kitchen maid for the collector of taxes, George Oswald, in Prestwick at Orangefield House (which, in 1943, became the control tower for the fledgling Prestwick airport). James and Agnes lived long lives, producing 5 sons, 3 of whom became churchmen, and six daughters. Seven of their children married and they produced 24 known grandchildren for the couple. James and Agnes moved to Dundee about 1870 and celebrated their Golden (50 years) and Diamond (60) wedding anniversaries there before retiring to Blebo Craigs near Cupar in Fife. James died in 1923 at the age of 86; Agnes lived until she was nearly 97. Today, their family (many of whom are equally long-lived) is spread across the world and embraces many different vocations and professions. Agnes was of Irish stock too, but her folks had returned to Scotland some 40 or so years earlier than James'. Agnes' brother, although he worked as a shipwright or joiner, was a published poet in the latter part of the 19th century. Anyone with an interest can probably find (Robert) MacKenzie FISHER (1840-1910) and his work 'Poetical Sparks' via one of the many search engines. Do you connect to this line? Several cousins have been discovered, but I'm sure there are more of you out there! Pat "Here's tae us! Wha's like us? Damn few! - an' they're a' deid!" Old Scots Toast Check out my websites www.angusancestry.co.uk <http://www.angusancestry.co.uk/> and www.genesontheweb.co.uk <http://www.genesontheweb.co.uk/>

Loretta, I do not have a Jane Rankin in my tree...yet :D I do have an Alexander who was born in 1836....could be related???? Thanks for the info, I will store and should I find a connection, I will contact you Joanne -----Original Message----- From: Loretta Layman [mailto:lynneage@h-o-l.com] Sent: October 30, 2010 8:49 PM To: 'Joanne Noble'; AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [AYR] Impromptu roll call Hi Joanne. Are you interested in a Jane Rankin who married James Lynn in Wigtownshire in 1834? I also have baptisms for some of their children, but of course they would be Lynns. Loretta -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joanne Noble Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 8:21 PM To: AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AYR] Impromptu roll call Hi List, I am researching: WILSON/WHITAKER/WHITTAKER/GEDDES/COCHRANE/REID/AGNEW/RANKIN/WALLACE/NEITHERC UT/MCSEVENEY/HERRALL and related families mainly in Kilmarnock/Riccarton area Joanne -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Trish Lawrence Sent: October 30, 2010 7:47 PM To: ayrshire@rootsweb.com 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 ------------------------------- 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

Try the national archives in Ottawa and the ontario archives. Or ontario genealogical society. Ww 1 records and 1911 census available. Happy hunting Janet Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -----Original Message----- From: Sheila Byrne <silebyrne@peoplepc.com> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:43:33 To: <Ayrshire-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [AYR] Roll Call Most of the ancestors came from Beith: John Crawford m. Martha Fulton 1745; John Crawford m. Margaret Smith1784; John Crawford m Elizabeth Stewart 1803; John Crawford m. Janet Rodger 1824;  William Crawford m Jane Smith 1858; Robert Radger m. Agnes Anderson 1800;  Thomas Smith m. Rachell Hamilton Wilson 1837;  Thomas Smith m. Jean Alison 1797;  William Wilson m. Jean Banks 1802; Nathan Banks m. Jean Wilson 1775;  Adam Wilson m Elizabeth Wood 1775. I also have a William Crawford b. 1891  who married Nan (?)- they had 2 children Irene Crawford who died as a young woman in Canada (probably Ontario) from the photo of her she appears to be in her 20's , and William 'Bill' Crawford Jr. There are photos of the family on holiday at 'Georgian Bay and at the 'Italian Gardens' Niagara Falls.  There is also a photo of 'Nan' with her son 'Bill' in uniform (looks like an airman'. I don't know exactly when they emigrated to Canada but obviously before the outbreak of WW2.  I have absolutely no other information. Any help with this family or pointers on where to go - much appreciated Sheila   ------------------------------- 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

Anyone on this list related to Alexander Picken(s) who married Margaret Stevenson 1862 in Stewarton? Family lived in USA, Illinois and Nebraska. Thanks. Elaine Sacramento CA

>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