Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/435 Surname: Mcmillan, Kerr ------------------------- My ggg grandparents were Neil Mcmillan and Catherine Kerr. They had a farm in South Sannox, but were cleared off the land in 1829 and came to Inverness Quebec. I am seeking info about their families that they left behind. Thanks, Heather

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/433 Surname: Miller, Millar, Linden, Toole, Murray, McRury ------------------------- My g.g. grandfather William Millar (b: abt 1840) married Alice McRury. My g. grandfather William Miller (b: abt 1865) married Isabella Murray. My grandfather William Millar (b: 1886) married Helen (Nellie) Linden and resided in Rothesay. William and Nellie with their family came to Canada in April 1925. Looking for more information.

looking for Donald Macalister of Kilpatrick farm Arran parish of Kilmory ,born c.1728 janice

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Scotland/Bute/431 Surname: Jones, Creighton ------------------------- Hi My name is Ida Ubl( nee Creighton ) I was born in Greenock Scotland to a Mary Ogilvie Beaton Jones , Who gave up for adoption to my wonderfull parents Ida and Jimmy ( James ) Creighton , I am looking for some family medical history and any siblings I may have by Mary Beaton Jones she had a son ,Leslie Anthony Lloyd Jones born on nov 3rd 1943, I was born on may 13th 1948, and Mary later married a man from Glasgow , Gordon Sanderson was his name ,I believe they had at least one child , I am very interested in finding my siblings and other members of the family .

Welcome to Walter Galica who has joined this week. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** Last evening, I chanced on a program on the "box" (on the Aussie national broadcaster ABC) entitled "Scotland the Brave" - 90 minutes of traditional music, song and dance performed at the Opera House in Sydney - including just one reference to Arran in the "Song of the Clyde". Begs the question were there any songs considered to be local to any of our three areas - Bute, Arran or the Cumbraes? Chapter 13 in volume 2 of the Book of Arran contains fifteen Gaelic songs of local origin (12 translated). Anyone know of any other sources? ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List owner and Co-host with Barbara < babrown@fast.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Scotland/Bute/430 Surname: Templeton ------------------------- Dear Laurie I've got OPR and 1851 census films for Cumbrae on loan at LDS. Your freeserve address bounces. William Templeton b 1799 in Kilmarnock, acc to census. Irene

in 1881 Census Dwelling 52 Union St Census Hamilton FHL 020369 GRO 647 Dist 9 page 6 John Taylor age 31 ( I have him b 1843) b Arran Buteshire tinsmith and gasfitter Isabella (wife) b Arran Buteshire d Lochranza Isle of Aaran age 33 ( I have her b 1848) Children name age b town John 14 Ardrossan Ayr Neil 11 Ardrossan Ayr Robert 10 Ardrossan Ayr Daniel 8 Paisley Renfrew Alexander 5 Hamilton Lanarkshire Elizabeth 3 Hamilton Lanarkshire Thomas 1 Hamilton Lanarkshire I would like to find more info on the above families especially spouses and their children the family had 4 more children I think in order of birth Margaret b Edward b 1888 Marie or Mary ( my grandmother) husband Charles Frederick Hodge b 1890 Charles b I would like to find these families on the 1891 Census probbaly all living in Hamilton near Glasgow Thanks Audrey Bowne Seattle WashingtonUSA gbowne@email.msn.com TAYLOR-L@rootsweb.com HODGE-L@rootsweb.com CLARK-L@rootsweb.com BOWNE-L@rootsweb.com BERG-L@rootsweb.com

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Scotland/Bute/429 Surname: william templeton, ann walker ------------------------- william templeton married ann walker 1819 lived all their married life at millport cumbrae is any one researching the same names

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/428 Surname: Rippie, Farmer ------------------------- Looking for ancestors of Agnes Rippie,my Mother. She left Rothesay Isle of Bute Scotland for U.S. around 1916 Her father was John Rippie, her mother was Jean Farmer Rippie. Any information will be appreciated. She had sisters: Sarah and Jean, brothers were Harold,William,and Jock

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Scotland/Bute/427 Surname: amos ------------------------- Hello, I am trying to find the birth place of my g grandfather john amos, born in 1931 and died in montreal canada in 1941. Anyone with information would be greatly appreciated. Regards Pearl amos

Thought the following info might be a help to other Buteshire researchers. Cheers Bill McK. Rothesay Census 1891 Craigmare Road No Name Status age Occupation Born 22 Craigmare Cot. Robt Galbraith Head Unmar 46 Metal Merchant Glasgow, Lanarkshire Marion " Sister " 32 " Lizzie " " " 29 " Agnes Gilchrist Servant Married 37 Laundress " 23 Wellpark House Neil Brodie Head " 78 Retired Free Church Minister Campbelton,Argyll Maggie " Wife " 33 ? Renfrewshire Mary Newall Servant Unmar 17 General Serv. Glasgow, Lanarkshire 24 Wellpark House, Back entrance Eliz. Wallace Head Widow 64 Private means " Florence A Hinsh??? G.daught 8 Scholar " Wallace " G. son 6 " " 25 Bryculla Sarah Hughes Head Wife 33 Wine Merchant’s wife " Mary " Daughter 12 Scholar " George Son 7 " " Andrew " 3 " Agnes Daughter 1 " Susan Friels Servant 35 General Servant Ireland Bridget McDaid " 20 Nurse " 26 Tay Villa Annie Ewing Head Widow ?3 Private means Dundee Mary Gardiner Servant Unmar. 28 General servant Rothesay 27 Ardwell Alex M Bannatyne Head Mar 73 Retired Free Church Minister North? Mid Lothian Ann " Wife " 68 Rothesay Marg’t Anderson Servant Unmar. 67 Cook, Domestic Aberdeenshire Lizzie Percy " " 23 Housemaid " Northern Central England

I was going to welcome to June Blackhall who joined this week, but she left almost immediately without posting anything. Que sera sera. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** Finally found time to visit the old maps site http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ I was initially puzzled by not finding a direct link under the B counties for BUTE, but on looking wider found the right entry at "ARGYLL & BUTE" in the A counties box. This links to http://www.old-maps.co.uk/10argyl551/HTML/index.htm which is effectively the 'A' places Index page - if you know the starting letter of your place name just add it as in the following examples : Brodick, Arran http://www.old-maps.co.uk/10argyl551/HTML/indexB.htm Millport, Cumbrae http://www.old-maps.co.uk/10argyl551/HTML/indexM.htm Rothesay, Bute http://www.old-maps.co.uk/10argyl551/HTML/indexR.htm I liked the way the links from the place index opened a separate window, so that when finished with one area, it was easy to return to the index simply by closing the map window. Note also that some of the larger towns do not always appear centrally on the maps from these links - for both Millport and Rothesay, one needs to move to the next map South to display the centre of the town. I also found it useful to work out the grid : m n o p i j k l e f g h a b c d in order to move diagonally when following roads out of my places of interest, simply by changing the address line and clicking enter. The next thing was to work out the major grid. For ARGYLL & BUTE it appears to be 5 wide, so for Arran, Brodick which happens to be at the bottom right of a main page at http://www.old-maps.co.uk/10argyl551/HTML/fs_55244001d.htm , the next south is ...55249001p, east is ...55245001a and south east is ...55250001m If you haven't tried this site, I recommend that you do, however keep an eye on the clock, as it can be addictive as one follows around the various places that ones ancestors lived ! ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List owner and Co-host with Barbara < babrown@fast.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.

The 1837 Directory of Rothesay and Port Bannatyne lists a firm of fish curers - Baxter & Carwell, Port Bannatyne. If anyone knows anything more about this firm I would be glad to hear from them. My BAXTERs were all settled around Port Bannatyne and both Archibald b. 1783 and Duncan b.1797 were fishermen. I wonder if they were connected to the curers. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mary H. in NZ

Janet SPENCE b. 1738 married Archibald BAXTER in 1762. Her parents were Robert SPENCE and Mary FROW, who were married at Rothesay on 6th April 1727. They had 6 children, Janet,James 1740, Hugh 1743, Mary 1744, Hugh 1747, Florence 1751. I think Mary FROW was born in Rothesay 1697 and her parents were John FROW and Isabel MCCONACHY, but have not so far traced Robert SPENCE's parents. Any information on connections would be much appreciated. Mary H. in NZ

Mary, I have these folks in my family tree also, Archibald Baxter, 1736, being my 4th great grandfather. Janet Spences' parents are Robert Spence and Mary Frow, which you have. For Robert's parents I have listed Ninian Spence and Christian McNeil, but no birth dates for them. This was taken from the listing of Robert Spence's birth record at the LDS....LDS Batch C115582. Unfortunately, I was able to get no further back as of yet. For Mary Frow, you have her parents already. The father John Frow, b. 1675 parents I have listed as John Frow and Agnes Ronald, no birth dates, but marriage date of 21 Nov 1674 in Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland. They all are the end points for the Baxter/Spence line that I have, but I have loads of stuff to the present. If you would like to have the information I have, personally email me and we can exchange the info. You can also glance at it at my web site at the family tree section. Eventually a Baxter girl (my g-grandmother) married a MacLennan. They had my grandmother (of course). Anyway, let me know and I'd love to exchange information with you. Take care. **************************************************************************** **************** Diane MacKenzie Personal Home Page - - "http://members.home.net/dianemackenzie/index.htm" Mirrored Site - "http://clik.to/dianemackenzie" Abbreviated Site -- "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mackenzie/" MacKenzie Resource Center - "http://www.1freespace.com/mackenzie/" MacLennan Resource Center - "http://www.1freespace.com/maclennan/" Email - "dianemackenzie@home.com" OR "mackenzie@surnameweb.org" ----- Join the mailing list to receive posts when the web site is updated and post messages to others in the list...send an email in the subject heading to "dianemackenzie-subscribe@listbot.com". **************************************************************************** *****************

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Scotland/Bute/426 Surname: McLeish, McAlpine, Weir, Ployart, Barton ------------------------- Researching the family of John McLeish and Isabella Morrison m Kilfinan Argyll 1802 where their first son Donald was born in 1803 Mary 1805, John 1807, and James 1808 were born in Rothesay Bute. James b 1808 went to Charleston South Carolina before 1836 returned to Govan in 1840 to marry Agnes McAlpine. The couple then returned to Charleston. In 1860 the family returned to Govan LNK.

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Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/425 Surname: ------------------------- Great list! Again, I must thank you.

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/424 Surname: MacDougall, McVean, McKechnie ------------------------- Unfortunately these are before my McVean/McDougall family. The earliest date I have MacDougal on Bute is 1885, and not sure about McVean (whether they were there before, or if she came to Bute with him).

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