Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=380 Surname: ROBERTSON ------------------------- I would be grateful for any information concerning Angus Robertson; his eldest daughter, Florence Reid Robertson (born Rothesay 1895) and any other of his children (possibly Davina and Alistair) All were resident in Rothesay at the close of the 19th century. Where and to whom was Angus married? Thanks David Legg

During my family research, I have "come across" a reference that Sir Richard BURTON was "of Rothesay". Further research amongst my family members, suggests that he was a Minister at Rothesay. His son John married at Canterbury Kent in 1829. I need to ascertain just what is correct for Sir? &/or Rev? Richard BURTON! Perhaps someone is able to check the Clergy lists in Rothesay, or have other lists which may show him as "Sir". Anyway, I would be very grateful for any assistance. Don highbrae@iprimus.com.au Australia

Hello Linda, I have Cook ancestors from the Kildonnan general area on the Isle of Arran - Little Mill Cottage more precisely. Kevin Herring Bowral NSW Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Cook <belencook@aol.com> To: <ButeshireGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 5:41 AM Subject: ancestors > Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=379 > > Surname: COOK > ------------------------- > > Would love to hear from anyone with info on any COOK family. Possibly can > make some kind of connection. I do not have a whole lot of info, but would > like to hear from others who have COOK info. > Thanks >

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=379 Surname: COOK ------------------------- Would love to hear from anyone with info on any COOK family. Possibly can make some kind of connection. I do not have a whole lot of info, but would like to hear from others who have COOK info. Thanks

Hi everyone, The web site idea has proved popular, so I have started making the pages. I would love for anyone to forward to me any material they are willing to share. I will add it to the pages with credit to the researcher. If you need my postal or fax number to send anything send to: Sharon Hawkins, Unit 4, 18 Discovery Drive, Helensvale, Queensland, Australia 4212. Fax is +61 7 5574 3399 Cheers, Sharon

No new members to welcome this week, but welcome back to Ruth Broad. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** Continuing from where I left off last week, here is the index for the first six months of this year ... #40 Present practice Past times - travel / record access #41 Present practice Past times - communications #42 Archive address / Sailors from Bute #43 Strays / time period covered by the list #44 Oops - seems to have evaporated into cyberspace #45 Admin reminders : viruses / change of e-mail address #46 For RootsWeb members - "Password central" #47 How to set up your e-mail to keep the message on screen #48 Online sources for Gedcoms etc {plus midweek correction} #49 re Clearances newsgroup #50 National Archives website / RootsWeb WorldConnect #51 Re Buteshire Query board messages being "gatewayed" to list #52 Surnames in messages Vs PML / site for Bute & Arran pics #53 "Genealogy Pox" #54 Welcomes only {due other commitments} #55 CoA for Scottish lists index direct link to sign on/off page for Bute #56 Status of "grandchildren" in Census with no identifiable parents #57 Changing seasons #58 Variation in content of OPR's #59 Proceedings of the Buteshire Natural History Society as a source #60 E-mail Etiquette (Netiquette) #61 Naming tradition after first three boys / girls #62 On line tutorial : RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees #63 Rules for SKS requests ****** ****** ****** 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. List owner of the SCT-RENFREW and SCT-ARGYLL mailing lists.

I think a Bute page would be a great idea, especially with the info. you plan on posting. I would offer the info. I have on my family from Bute, my maternal line of MacLennan's from Rothesay. -- Diane MacKenzie Researching MACKENZIE, MACLENNAN, MACLEOD, et al and Aurillo and Facciolo. Home Page URL "http://members.home.net/dianemackenzie/index.htm" Email "mailto:dianemackenzie@home.com" Host for Surname Web MacKenzie URL: "http://members.xoom.com/diane_mack/mackenzie/index.htm" or "http://www.1freespace.com/mackenzie/" "mailto:mackenzie@surnameweb.org" Host for Surname Web MacLennan, URL: "http://members.xoom.com/diane_mack/maclennan/index.htm" or "http://www.1freespace.com/maclennan/"

Hi all, I am considering making a Bute web page to post all my census notes, parish register transcripts, cemetery photos, etc. But before I go to the effort I am wondering if it would actually be of interest to anyone. Plus would others offer their notes to include on the page. Opinions please? Cheers, Sharon Hawkins

Hello Listers Anyone researching the DAVIE name might like to check http://genforum.genealogy.com/davie/ Although when you check IGI there are literally "millions" of DAVIE names listed, it appears there is a very small number of people researching this name. Why? Contact me if you have any ideas and since DAVIE is not Davey/Davies/ etc perhaps a One Name Society could be initiated? I would be interested to hear views of other Listers. Regards Janelle Canberra, Australia aurora@dynamite.com.au Researching Davie, Halliday, Barr, Taylor, Menzies

Welcome to Carol Childs who has joined this week. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** Sunday morning musings : Index part 1 1999 Look ups (#1 but not numbered in subject) 2 Places covered by Bute 1851 Census : Bute 3 request for vote on inclusion of list name in header 4 Places covered by Bute 1851 Census : Arran 5 RFV result : McKirdy Index - address of compiler 6 ED descriptions Bute 1851 Census : Cumbrae, Rothesay (non Burgh area), North Bute 7 ED descriptions Bute 1851 Census : Kilbride (Arran) 8 Census Dates ED descriptions Bute 1851 Census : Rothesay Burgh (part 1) 9 ED descriptions Bute 1851 Census : Kilmory (Arran), Kingarth (Bute) 10 ED descriptions Bute 1851 Census : Rothesay Burgh (part 2) 11 West German download site details and source for ARJ software First details of LDS Family History site 12 News & Notes from RootsWeb 13 How to find a mailing list (at April '99 - now probably out of date) 14 Subscribers vs Participants 15 RootsWeb Acceptable Use Policy for mailing lists 16 McPhun 1835 Tour 15 17 re PAF4; McPhun Appendix - List of routes / vessels 18 Steamer list 1900 19 Hoax check sites : McPhun Tour 3 20 basically a repeat of #14 21 request for feedback re McPhun's Tours 22 McPhun Tour 1 23 New SCT-ARGYLL list : new RootsWeb search engine announced 24 Surnames in the 5% Bute 1851 census sample (from site in #11) 25 McPhun Tour 4 26 Father's Day 1999 27 Comments on McKirdy Index 28 Sail vs Steam times for Glasgow Bute journey 29 "Owed Two A Spelling Chequer" 30 Clans of Shiskine part 1 31 Clans of Shiskine part 2 32 Clans of Shiskine part 3 33 Clans of Shiskine part 4 34 Archive searches : list membership 35 RootsWeb's owner response re RootsWeb downtime 36 Global travelling : weddings and problems for future researchers 37 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project 38 Announcement re completion of the McPhun 1835 Guide Site http://cookfmly.rootsweb.com/mcphun1835/index.html 39 Christmas 1999 ****** ****** ****** 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. List owner of the SCT-RENFREW and SCT-ARGYLL mailing lists.

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=378 Surname: Fleming, Harrison ------------------------- After my father died I found out that he had been adopted,his natural mother being one Elizabeth Jane Fleming,nee Harrison,who according to my fathers birth certificate was a widow. I have a letter from her to my "grandmother" dated the 11th of November 1920, the address is Kensington,Mount Pleasant,Rothesay where she was living with her(other)sons and mother. We also know that she was still at that address on the 29th of January 1923 and sailed from Liverpool for Boston(USA)the 17th of March.With her went her son's,mother and sister. Several brothers are mentioned in the letters and she had at least one sister. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction. Peter Fleming

John wrote > >The URL you gave doesn't respond. Is there a problem with the address?? > I went in to see for myself before posting, and have just checked it now >> 1005 GMT (+8) - no problems. >> This is a restricted, but possibly useful service passed on from the >> Dunbartonshire list maintainer ... >> >http://strathclyde.theshoppe.com/ Peter Cook Rossmoyne Western Australia cookfmly@bigpond.com http://users.bigpond.com/cookfmly/ or http://cookfmly.rootsweb.com/ for research names List owner of the ButeshireGenWeb, SCT-RENFREW & SCT-ARGYLL mailing lists.

Peter, The URL you gave doesn't respond. Is there a problem with the address?? John Ballantyne ButeshireGenWeb-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ButeshireGenWeb-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 148 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Fw: Need help with researching ? ["Peter Cook" <cookfmly@bigpond.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ButeshireGenWeb-D, send a message to > > ButeshireGenWeb-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Fw: Need help with researching ? > Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:23:34 +0800 > From: "Peter Cook" <cookfmly@bigpond.com> > To: ButeshireGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a restricted, but possibly useful service passed on from the > Dunbartonshire list maintainer ... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Lewis <lewisb@webpipe.net> > To: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > <DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, 11 July 2000 4:12 > Subject: Need help with researching > > >Just passing on the address of a new web site for research help? > >http://strathclyde.theshoppe.com/ > >

This is a restricted, but possibly useful service passed on from the Dunbartonshire list maintainer ... -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Lewis <lewisb@webpipe.net> To: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, 11 July 2000 4:12 Subject: Need help with researching >Just passing on the address of a new web site for research help? >http://strathclyde.theshoppe.com/ >

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=377 Surname: Cameron Family ------------------------- John, My great grandmother's maiden name is Agnes Cameron. My dad said he was named after her brother John Cameron. Agnes married Thomas Jackson, and had my grandfather Matthew Jackson 7/4/1889. I know my grandfather was from Greenock, Scotland. I would love it if you had information that could help me. Thanks

I have recentlylearned that James HOGARTH, a distant relative of mine, was a Glasgow trade union leader in (I think) the 1930s, and was sufficiently prominent by the time he died to receive obituary notices in the UK national press. Before moving to Glasgow the family was in North Bute and before that (pre-1840s) it was in West Kilbride, Ayrshire. I would be happy to share my information about this family, going back to the 18th century, and would be particularly interested to hear from anyone who can point me to further information about this James HOGARTH in particular. Martyn

Thanks for the welcome. Sorry I got the address of my first message wrong, the system is easy once you know how!! My grandmother's brother was Arthur Dykes and he lived in Rothesay around 1920. I believe he was a gardener and a member of the Rothesay Horticultural Society. He was born at Seaton Carew, Middlesbrough and the family moved to Boston Spa, Yks when he was quite young. In WW1 he served in the Royal Garrison Artillery - 4th Brigade - Highland Division. I would like to know if anyone knows of the family. I believe Arthur married and there were 2 daughters and a son. Irene

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=376 Surname: LUSK, CAMERON, CUNNINGHAM, McKIRDY ------------------------- I have a Millport LUSK who may be relevant – my great grandmother. Dan CAMERON [B:1826, D:1908, M:3 Dec 1852 Millport] married Barbara LUSK [B:1830, D:1912]. Children: my grandmother Barbara CAMERON [B:1862, D:1941, M: c.1896] married John CUNNINGHAM [B:1849 Millport, D:1922 Millport] - baker. This was his second marriage; the first being to Mary STEWART who died in 1889. There were three children of that marriage. Siblings of Barbara CAMERON were Hugh CAMERON, John CAMERON, Agnes CAMERON, Dan CAMERON [M: ?, ch Dan, Janette], Alec CAMERON [M: Margaret CRAWFORD, ch Barbara, Margaret, Alec, Jenny], Archie CAMERON [M: ? STEWART, ch Jessie (M: Jack McKIRDY), Barbara (M: Ian KERR), Ian, Molly]. Children of John CUNNINGHAM and Barbara CAMERON were: my father John CUNNINGHAM [B:13 Jul 1898 Millport, D:27 Aug 1987 Canterbury, Kent, M: 1932] radio officer and BBC engineer. He married Mary CASSELS [B:26 Jan 1900 Brodick, D:14 Mar 1978 Ramsgate, Kent]. I, another John CUNNINGHAM [B: 9 Oct 1933], was their only child. My career was in the Royal Navy [1951-1987], but unfortunately I never reached NZ! My father’s siblings were Daniel CUNNINGHAM [B:1900 Millport, D:1978 Stirling, M: May THOMSON] – master baker, Alec CUNNINGHAM [B:1902 Millport, D:1979 Stirling, M: Jenny BARBOUR ch Cameron] – baker, Robert CUNNINGHAM [B:1905 Millport, D:1989 Millport, M: Agnes SHIELDS [B:1911 Millport, D:1994 Millport] ch Sheila, John] – baker, joiner. Many of the above names and dates came from my father and haven’t been checked against other sources. I don’t yet know where Barbara LUSK came from but there’s a good chance that she provided the LUSK presence in Millport that drew Marion to retire there. I’m new to this genealogy game but hope this is understandable and of interest. John

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=375 Surname: BELL, DUNCAN, CASSELS, CUNNINGHAM ------------------------- Duncan BELL and Mary DUNCAN are my great-grandparents. Trying to recollect long-ago chats with my grandmother I think they lived at Piperhall and that there were ‘below stairs’ links with the big house, Mountstuart. Amongst their children was my grandmother, Euphemia BELL [B:1879 Kingarth, D:1975 Rothesay]. She married John CASSELS [B:18** Black Isle, D:1943 Millport], a policeman in Brodick, Arran and then the police sergeant in Millport. They had six children, the eldest of which was my mother Mary CASSELS [B:26 Jan 1900 Brodick, D:14 Mar 1978 Ramsgate, Kent]. In 1932 she married my father John CUNNINGHAM [B:13 Jul 1898 Millport, Cumbrae D:27 Aug 1987 Canterbury, Kent]. He was a seagoing Marconi Company radio officer [1916-1936] and then a BBC engineer [1936-1961]. I (another John CUNNINGHAM) was their only child [B:9 Oct 1933, Millport] and on 12 Oct 1963 married Margaret Dunn Fleming GOODWIN [B:29 Oct 1936 Glasgow]. I was a weapons engineer in the Royal Navy [1951-1988], but unfortunately never visited NZ! We have two children: yet another John CUNNINGHAM and Christine Airlie CUNNINGHAM. The other children of John CASSELS and Euphemia BELL were Bill [1902-1965] - policeman, Duncan [190*-c.1980] – merchant seaman, John [190*-c.1935], Colin [191*-1976] – hardware store, Anne [1918-1991] – nursing matron. I have limited information on their marriages, careers and children. The dates mainly came from my father and are approximate. I’m new to this genealogy game but hope this is understandable and of interest. John

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute?read=374 Surname: CUNNINGHAM, ROBERTSON, GILKISON ------------------------- I am one of the Cumbrae Cunninghams. I have my grandfather John CUNNINGHAM [B:1949; D:1922] – baker. Siblings: James CUNNINGHAM (children Jessie, Jean, Robert, John), Robert CUNNINGHAM (children Mary, Robert, Jean), Mary CUNNINGHAM, Jean CUNNINGHAM. First marriage to Mary STEWART [D:1889] Children: Thomas CUNNINGHAM (M: Alice LITTLE ch James, John), John CUNNINGHAM, James CUNNINGHAM (M: Wilhelmina GILKERSON ch John [Jack]). Second marriage to Barbara CAMERON [B:1862, D:1941]. Children: my father John CUNNINGHAM [B:13 Jul 1898 Millport, D:27 Aug 1987 Canterbury, Kent] – seagoing radio operator [1916-1936] and BBC engineer [1936-1961]. Siblings: Daniel CUNNINGHAM [B:1900, D:1978] – master baker, Alec CUNNINGHAM [B:1902, D:1979, M: Jenny BARBOUR ch Cameron] – baker, Robert CUNNINGHAM [B:1905, D:1989, M: Agnes SHIELDS [B:1911, D:1994] ch Sheila, John] – baker, joiner. In 1932 my father married Mary CASSELS [B:26 Jan 1900 Brodick, D:14 Mar 1978 Ramsgate, Kent]. I (another John CUNNINGHAM) was their only child [B:9 Oct 1933, Millport] and on 12 Oct 1963 married Margaret Dunn Fleming GOODWIN [B:29 Oct 1936 Glasgow]. I was a weapons engineer in the Royal Navy [1951-1988]. We have two children: yet another John CUNNINGHAM and Christine Airlie CUNNINGHAM. My parents were at school in Millport with several of the ROBERTSONs of Portrye – a farm in the north of Cumbrae. In the 1930s depression that generation moved to the south of England to lease and run farms in Kent and the New Forest. I visited them in about 1942 at Clobb, near Beaulieu. In 1959, when I was at Chatham, I re-established contact with the five ROBERTSONs who were farming in East Kent: Robert, Alec, John, Betty and Gordon. Only Gordon survives, living in Birchington, Kent. Much of the above information came from my father and hasn’t been checked against other sources. I wonder if the GILKERSON in the above list is a misspelling by my father of GILKISON? The ship name ‘Iolaire’ rings a faint but tantalisingly elusive bell – unfortunately there’s nobody left that I can check with. I’m new to this genealogy game but hope this is understandable and of interest. John