It's in Roseneath Parish, Dumbartonshire. Nestled between Long Loch and Gare Loch on Barons Point (south west). At one time a quoad sacra parish which included Cove and Kilcreegan. You can see it on Sheet 29 of the 1898-1904 Ordnance Survey, look for Craigrownie Church. Cheers!!! Don Muirhead Port Dover, ON CA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: February 2, 2007 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [DUNB] John CAMPBELL b 1863 and Jeanie SHAW b 1867--at Craigrownie? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CAMPBELL SHAW GIBSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/2618/mb .ashx Message Board Post: John Campbell was born in Dalrymple Ayrshire, but he was living at Craigrownie at the time of his marriage in 1892. Where is Craigrownie? I'm not sure how to look for it in the census of 1901. I am looking for any children this pair may have had in Dunbartonshire. John Campbell's mother was Agnes Gibson of Coylton, Ayrshire. Jane Hunter Shaw's father was John Neilson Shaw of Maybole, Ayrshire. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sharon's taking the trip. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:53 PM Subject: [DUNB] cotton weavers > Janet > > Have a happy trip to Dunbarton in Dumbartonshie! > > Try these sites for weavers: > > good - > http://inkleweaving.com/resources.html > > worse - > http://www.scotchirish.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=157 > > > This is "kind of" silly: but - - - > http://www.globalbeer.com/body_pages/pages-beer/ScotchSilly/ScotchSilly.html > > > Wish I were going to Dunbarton, > Jim/Jackie Miller (Sinclair) > London, Ontario, Ca. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Strange coincidences. I have a DUNN ancestry. You will find them in Glasgow, on the Borders, Dundee and Montrose. They were once DON and DUN. The name is associated with the place Dun, in Angus. You will find the name changes to DUNNE for those more associated or with associations in Ireland. I have a long line of them in Montrose back to 1754. You will find a DUN website www.dun.org. Don't be discouraged by the spelling of the name because it was spelled that way back in the 1500s. Check out the website. Leave a message with the website owner - you could tell him I referred you because he will recognise my identity. Good Luck. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Howell" <[email protected]> > My names are Agnes Martin and Robert James Brown, both painfully common > surnames. Agnes's parents were Andrew Dunn and Margaret Martin, and I've > been told recently that Dunn is not as common a Scottish name as I had > assumed. Thanks for the URL, and I'll check it out to see if it might yield > anything. > > Sharon

Hi Sharon, You dont mention the name you are associating with cotton weavers; it might help. Having post registration records, the occupation of folk is often given. You never know, you might find an association with the same name in this group. I can associate cotton weavers with Kirkintilloch so I did a Google search in case it turned up anything. ;-) The whole results are just too numerous not to pass them on to you. Hope it helps. http://tinyurl.com/2kkxrb Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Howell" <[email protected]> > In beginning preparations for a trip to the Dunbartonshire area this summer, > I've been reviewing some long-neglected research from 5-6 years ago about my > 2 x and 3 x great grandparents who grew up in the area but migrated to the > U.S. around 1874. I suspect that other relatives were left behind when this > migration happened, as I know is often the case. I also was reminded that > they were cotton weavers. Can anyone give me any information about this, or > about sites where I might learn more about that industry as it existed > around the 1860 time frame? > > Sharon Erickson Howell

Janet Have a happy trip to Dunbarton in Dumbartonshie! Try these sites for weavers: good - http://inkleweaving.com/resources.html worse - http://www.scotchirish.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=157 This is "kind of" silly: but - - - http://www.globalbeer.com/body_pages/pages-beer/ScotchSilly/ScotchSilly.html Wish I were going to Dunbarton, Jim/Jackie Miller (Sinclair) London, Ontario, Ca.

Thanks so much, Janet! Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [DUNB] cotton weavers > Strange coincidences. I have a DUNN ancestry. You will find them in > Glasgow, on the Borders, Dundee and Montrose. They were once DON and DUN. > The name is associated with the place Dun, in Angus. > You will find the name changes to DUNNE for those more associated or with > associations in Ireland. I have a long line of them in Montrose back to > 1754. > You will find a DUN website www.dun.org. Don't be discouraged by the > spelling of the name because it was spelled that way back in the 1500s. > Check out the website. Leave a message with the website owner - you could > tell him I referred you because he will recognise my identity. Good Luck. > > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Howell" <[email protected]> > >> My names are Agnes Martin and Robert James Brown, both painfully common >> surnames. Agnes's parents were Andrew Dunn and Margaret Martin, and I've >> been told recently that Dunn is not as common a Scottish name as I had >> assumed. Thanks for the URL, and I'll check it out to see if it might >> yield >> anything. >> >> Sharon > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

My names are Agnes Martin and Robert James Brown, both painfully common surnames. Agnes's parents were Andrew Dunn and Margaret Martin, and I've been told recently that Dunn is not as common a Scottish name as I had assumed. Thanks for the URL, and I'll check it out to see if it might yield anything. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [DUNB] cotton weavers > Hi Sharon, > > You dont mention the name you are associating with cotton weavers; it > might help. Having post registration records, the occupation of folk is > often given. You never know, you might find an association with the same > name in this group. I can associate cotton weavers with Kirkintilloch so > I did a Google search in case it turned up anything. ;-) The whole > results are just too numerous not to pass them on to you. Hope it helps. > http://tinyurl.com/2kkxrb > > > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Howell" <[email protected]> > >> In beginning preparations for a trip to the Dunbartonshire area this >> summer, >> I've been reviewing some long-neglected research from 5-6 years ago about >> my >> 2 x and 3 x great grandparents who grew up in the area but migrated to >> the >> U.S. around 1874. I suspect that other relatives were left behind when >> this >> migration happened, as I know is often the case. I also was reminded that >> they were cotton weavers. Can anyone give me any information about this, >> or >> about sites where I might learn more about that industry as it existed >> around the 1860 time frame? >> >> Sharon Erickson Howell > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

In beginning preparations for a trip to the Dunbartonshire area this summer, I've been reviewing some long-neglected research from 5-6 years ago about my 2 x and 3 x great grandparents who grew up in the area but migrated to the U.S. around 1874. I suspect that other relatives were left behind when this migration happened, as I know is often the case. I also was reminded that they were cotton weavers. Can anyone give me any information about this, or about sites where I might learn more about that industry as it existed around the 1860 time frame? Sharon Erickson Howell

Sharon, Try doing a search at google for "Glasgow Weavers". Enclose in quotes. A lot of info out there. Noreen Corley McKee (researching Maitland, Mitchell, Buchanan, McNeill) Sharon Howell <[email protected]> wrote: In beginning preparations for a trip to the Dunbartonshire area this summer, I've been reviewing some long-neglected research from 5-6 years ago about my 2 x and 3 x great grandparents who grew up in the area but migrated to the U.S. around 1874. I suspect that other relatives were left behind when this migration happened, as I know is often the case. I also was reminded that they were cotton weavers. Can anyone give me any information about this, or about sites where I might learn more about that industry as it existed around the 1860 time frame? Sharon Erickson Howell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/994.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Elinor My email is [email protected] I would be very grateful for anything and I'll let you know the bits I know too Gill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/994.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Gill, Send me your email address and I will give you some info. on the Canadian McRaes. I have a picture of the funeral of John McRae in 1917, his casket being drawn by horses on a military gun carriage. My address [email protected] Thanks, Elinor.

G'day Barbara, Since the "move" I appear to get TWO copies of each message. I assume that I must be subscribed twice. There should be only one subscription viz: [email protected] I suspect there could be an old "optushome" Thanks... Mike. Mike CALDER http://members.optusnet.com.au/cgfh/ Researching: CALDER, DIXON, TUSON, GRACIE D&GFHS #2979, SAG 05794

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mcrae colquhoun Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/994.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi My gran was Mary Mcrae's daughter but wouldn't talk about her side of the family and according to my dad destroyed family documents. I have a "tree" that my dad was given with lots of names and some dates but not much more. I realise from your message that I have got the wrong birth date for the younger John Mcrae so will change it to match yours. I've got the marriage dates for the two generations before that you mention from copies of marriage certificates etc. What I would really like is to fill in some stories to the people. For instance I had no idea that John went to Cananda or that he got married. Can you tell me more or about his family? Where there any children? Would you like to contact me direct? Gill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/994.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Gill, Yes, I have a family connection, John McRae was my uncle. He married my aunt Margaret McLeish Rennie. What info. do you need? I have John McRae B. 1806 Bonhill and Janet Fraser B. 1806, Helensburgh, married 20-21 Feb. 1821, Bonhill. Best wishes,] Elinor Rennie Hickey.

Hi Gill, If you could send me your email address, I will give you some info. on John McRae. Elinor.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/994.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I know it's a long time since you posted your message, but I have just found it and realised these are family members. My great gran was Mary Mcrae. The older john Mcrae you mentioned was her brother. He married Margaret colquhoun in 1884 and they had 10 children. The family did come from Bonhill. I have that the younger john and his brothers jack and william died in world war 1 but didn't have a birth date for him or any other info. I didn't know they had gone to canada although several other family members did. Thanks for that. Where did you get your info? Do you have a family connection? Gill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: bell mcrae gordon ferguson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/2615.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I've looked through the names you gave but can't find a direct link as yet. My great grandfather was James Bell who married Mary Mcrae in 1897. His father was robert bell who married agnes ferguson in 1853 in bonhill. I checked for your names in what I know of my tree but couldn't find them. However I am still finding out about this part of my tree. I checked for the name Gordon as I was sure one of my anscesters had this for a middle name. Mary Mcrae had a sister called Anne Gordon Mcrae born 1875 in bonhill. their parents however are John Mcrae and Mary cunningham so perhaps the name Gordon comes from the generation before. I will keep searching. Gill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brodie, Reynolds;Bell, Gordon;Goldie; Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/2615.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, my husbands family are from that area, Alexandria, Renton and Bonhill.. also his grandmother was Catherine Gordon Bell, who married Joseph Reynolds.She was the daughter of Samuel Bell and Margaret Gordon. Margaret Gordon was the daughter of John Gordon and Mary Churchill/Churchell Gordon. His mother is Margaret Reynolds Brodie and moved with her husband James Brodie to the U.S. when my husband was a young boy about two years old... Thank you, Barbara Wright Brodie [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/2615.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks that is just what I wanted. It actually looks much better in the pics than I was imagining - I think I was picturing a slum type area. three of my anscestors lived in main street - the bells, mcraes and fergusons. It is a shame that when I eventually get to go there it doesn't sound like there will be much old stuff left. My anscestors moved to derbyshire to continuye working in the calico industy and bonhill actually reminds me of whaley bridge where my gran went to live and my dad was born thanks again gill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.dnb.general/2615.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm no expert on today's Bonhill but it has lost a lot of its former character. You might try to get a copy of "Records and Reminscences of Bonhill Parish" by John Neill. You'll find pictures of Bonhill from the turn of the century at http://www.loch-lomond.net/images/edwardian_vol/index.html