I can't answer your question, Yvette, but think you are on the right track. If the brother-in-law only heard the name, with local pronunciation, he would have heard "MacSherra" or "MacJerra" which are quite close in sound, and probably put down what he thought it was, since spelling was still relatively chancy in those days. So it could well be MacJarrow or MacIorish or MacIarraigh, all of which are right close in sound. Good luck, Muff in Iceland On Saturday, November 27, 2004, at 08:00 PM, DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: "Yvette MUIR" <ymuir1706@rogers.com> > Date: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:53:34 AM Atlantic/Reykjavik > To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: MacSherrar, real name oran error > > > My ggrandfather, Andrew M. MUIR, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia 1832, > emigrated to Australia 1852/53, died there in 1871. The death > certificate > info given by a brother-in-law has the 2nd forename as "MacSherrar". > > Is "MacSherrar" a known Scottish name? Have not been able to find > it. We > feel that his name was more likely to have been "McJerrow", his > mother's > maiden name. The parents, Andrew & Jane, were from KKD & Ayrshire . > 2nd forenames given to siblings: McJarrow to one sister, Gordon, > maternal > grandmother's maiden name to both a brother & a sister. Also used were > Abercrombie & Fraser; have not as yet found a possible source for > those, > maybe names from the paternal side. > > Yvette, Canada > Muff Worden Ranargata 3 710 Seydisfjordur Iceland Phone: +354-472-1775 Mobile/Cell/GSM: +354-849-2744 Web: www.geocities.com/mworden.geo/
The son of one of my ancestors is named William Greig Black. His father was Eric Johnstone Black. Guess what. Eric Johnstone Black had married Annie Mclaughlin Grieg. Eric Johnstone Black happened to be the son of James Black and Janet Johnstone. It is a foregone conclusion that the middle name is either the mother's maiden name, or the first name of the mother's father. As in my own case my father's father was named Clayton Thomas Black. His mother's name was Elizabeth Wren, and her father was Thomas Wren. Follow the patterns, it does make things very easy for those in pursuit of this important piece of information. -----Original Message----- From: Muff Worden [mailto:muff@eldhorn.is] Sent: November 27, 2004 4:47 PM To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [D-G LIST] Re: MacSherrar ... I can't answer your question, Yvette, but think you are on the right track. If the brother-in-law only heard the name, with local pronunciation, he would have heard "MacSherra" or "MacJerra" which are quite close in sound, and probably put down what he thought it was, since spelling was still relatively chancy in those days. So it could well be MacJarrow or MacIorish or MacIarraigh, all of which are right close in sound. Good luck, Muff in Iceland On Saturday, November 27, 2004, at 08:00 PM, DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: "Yvette MUIR" <ymuir1706@rogers.com> > Date: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:53:34 AM Atlantic/Reykjavik > To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: MacSherrar, real name oran error > > > My ggrandfather, Andrew M. MUIR, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia 1832, > emigrated to Australia 1852/53, died there in 1871. The death > certificate > info given by a brother-in-law has the 2nd forename as "MacSherrar". > > Is "MacSherrar" a known Scottish name? Have not been able to find > it. We > feel that his name was more likely to have been "McJerrow", his > mother's > maiden name. The parents, Andrew & Jane, were from KKD & Ayrshire . > 2nd forenames given to siblings: McJarrow to one sister, Gordon, > maternal > grandmother's maiden name to both a brother & a sister. Also used were > Abercrombie & Fraser; have not as yet found a possible source for > those, > maybe names from the paternal side. > > Yvette, Canada > Muff Worden Ranargata 3 710 Seydisfjordur Iceland Phone: +354-472-1775 Mobile/Cell/GSM: +354-849-2744 Web: www.geocities.com/mworden.geo/ ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== ********************************** YOU HAVE ENTERED A FLAME FREE ZONE **********************************