HI My 5 x g grandfather, George McWattie, was described as being" in Currakennaiken" in his daughter's marriage entry in 1762 at Luss. Is this the name of a house or a property or a village ? I'd be grateful for any assistance. Cathy

Hi Cathy I don't know where Currakennaiken is but it appears to be the name of a farm. Curraken is a variation of the name Corrigan and aik is an old Scots word for oak. These old farm and field names often did not make into the Ordinance maps. Robin Hallam Duncan, British Columbia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Dowie" <cathyppp@xtra.co.nz> To: <dunbartonshire-genweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 6:52 PM Subject: [DUNB] Currakennaiken > HI > My 5 x g grandfather, George McWattie, was described as being" in > Currakennaiken" > in his daughter's marriage entry in 1762 at Luss. > > Is this the name of a house or a property or a village ? > > I'd be grateful for any assistance. > > Cathy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cathy, Likely misspelled or transcribed and it would be a farm. There are several that could fit. Look here http://www.nls.uk/maps/joins/595.html select the top map click on it with your mouse then keep clicking towards the top of the map which is Luss. Btw...which one is she. 01/04/1769 MCWATTIE ALEXANDER GRIZEL GLEN/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0405 VIEW 01/01/1807 MCWATTIE ALEXANDER JANET MCLELLAN/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0020 0252 26/01/1811 MCWATTIE ALEXANDER FANNY STEVENSON/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0020 0257 07/01/1738 MCWATTIE ARCHIBALD JANNET MCNAUGHTIN/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0362 18/08/1781 MCWATTIE ARCHIBALD JEAN MCWATTIE/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0419 11/07/1735 MCWATTIE GEORGE KATHARINE MCGRIGOR/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0359 19/08/1776 MCWATTIE HELEN JAMES LAIRD/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0412 07/01/1721 MCWATTIE HELLEN JOHN MCVORISHT/FR184 F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0341 04/11/1738 MCWATTIE ISOBELL DOUGAL MCFARLANE/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0364 13/11/1720 MCWATTIE JANET DUNCAN FISHER/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0340 25/05/1776 MCWATTIE JEAN DUNCAN MCFARLAN/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0412 18/08/1781 MCWATTIE JEAN ARCHIBALD MCWATTIE/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0419 14/11/1772 MCWATTIE JOHN JANET GUTHRIE/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0408 05/02/1735 MCWATTIE KATHARINE JOHN MCFARLAND/FR60 F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0106 08/05/1736 MCWATTIE MARY JOHN MCHUTCHON/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0360 16/05/1772 MCWATTIE MARY ANDREW MACFARLAN/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0408 27/12/1777 MCWATTIE PATRICK MARGARET TURNER/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0414 03/04/1784 MCWATTIE PENUEL ROBERT COLQUHOUN/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0020 0208 03/10/1818 MCWATTIE PENUEL EDWARD SLOSS/ F Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0020 0282 26/06/1741 MCWATTIE ROBERT KATHRINE JARGON/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0366 18/08/1804 MCWATTIE ROBERT MARY CHAMBERS/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0020 0243 17/06/1786 MCWATTIE WALTER MARJORY RITCHIE/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0020 0212 04/07/1740 MCWATTIE WILLIAM ELIZABETH MCFARLANE/ M Luss /DUNBARTON 499/ 0010 0365 Cheers!!! Don Muirhead Port Dover, ON CA -----Original Message----- From: dunbartonshire-genweb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dunbartonshire-genweb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Dowie Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:52 PM To: dunbartonshire-genweb@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUNB] Currakennaiken HI My 5 x g grandfather, George McWattie, was described as being" in Currakennaiken" in his daughter's marriage entry in 1762 at Luss. Is this the name of a house or a property or a village ? I'd be grateful for any assistance. Cathy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cathy there is nothing in "The Making of Scotland" a comprehensive guide to the growth of Scotland's cities, towns and villages by Robin Smith. Sandy (Tasmania) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Dowie" <cathyppp@xtra.co.nz> To: <dunbartonshire-genweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 11:52 AM Subject: [DUNB] Currakennaiken > HI > My 5 x g grandfather, George McWattie, was described as being" in > Currakennaiken" > in his daughter's marriage entry in 1762 at Luss. > > Is this the name of a house or a property or a village ? > > I'd be grateful for any assistance. > > Cathy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you, Sandy Cathy On 2/05/2009, at 2:04 PM, a.stevenson wrote: > Cathy there is nothing in "The Making of Scotland" a comprehensive > guide to > the growth of Scotland's cities, towns and villages by Robin Smith. > > Sandy (Tasmania) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathy Dowie" <cathyppp@xtra.co.nz> > To: <dunbartonshire-genweb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 11:52 AM > Subject: [DUNB] Currakennaiken > > >> HI >> My 5 x g grandfather, George McWattie, was described as being" in >> Currakennaiken" >> in his daughter's marriage entry in 1762 at Luss. >> >> Is this the name of a house or a property or a village ? >> >> I'd be grateful for any assistance. >> >> Cathy >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-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 > DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message

That's OK Cathy, my father lived at Luss as a young boy and walked on Loch Lomond when it froze over, I'd love to find out when that was as I don't think that would have happened all that often. My grandfather was a chauffeur and then became a bus driver so he travelled around this area quite often. My father was actually born at "Greenhill" Shandon, Rhu but they also lived at Gairloch Head and then seemed to stay in Johnstone, Renfrewshire for quite a while until my father married in 1942 and his father died there in the 1950's, Johnstone that is. Cathy, if you would like some photo's of Luss just let me know as we took a couple back in 2005 on our last trip back. Sandy (Tassie)