>From Perthshire Digest - Vol 6 - issue 4 Glen Banchor was home to a lot of Kennedys who often migrated to lowland Perthshire. What was the record that provided the link back there, a census entry or matching OPR entry? I'd be interested to hear when you think they came, occupations, any other surnames that accompanied them etc. Iain Kennedy http://www.kennedydna.com The information I have for the family is given below - working backwards in time. Jane MacRae DOCTOR (only has middle name on one single piece of proof so middle name may be dubious) b 1/12/1844 in Lawton, Cargill, Perthshire, d 14/5/1937 in Dundee, m 27/11/1868 in Lawton Cargill, Perthshire to James LOWDEN. James was a ploughman, carter, coal carter and stone breaker at various stages of his adult life. Her parents were James DOCTOR and Cecilia HENDERSON. James was born 3/2/1808 in Cargill, Perthshire, d 12/7/1893 at Lawton Cottages, Cargill. They married 23/11/1828 in Cargill, Perthshire. Cecilia HENDERSON was born 11/7/1802 in Buttergask, Cargill and died 1/12/1876 in Lawton, Cargill. James was a gardener and land steward. Cecilia HENDERSON'S parents were Peter HENDERSON and Isabella SMITH who both died before 1876, but this is all I know about them other than Peter was a wood sawyer. James DOCTOR'S (b 3/2/1808) parents were John DOCTOR and Jane MACRAE. John was b bef 1792 (based on being 16 at birth of fist child I know of) and died before 1851. He was a weaver and pendicler. He married Jane probably before 1808. I have found 2 children so far - James (listed above) and George DOCTOR, b 6/1/1817 in Milrig, Cargill, Perthshire. I have him listed on his wife's death certificate (1876) and also his son James's death certificate (1893). His wife was Jane MACRAE, worked out as b Abt 1784 in Glenbanachar, Kingussie, and died 28/1/1876 in Burrletown, Cargill, Perthshire. I have not yet found her 1841 census. I have her listed as living alone (but next door to ohers in the family) in the 1851 census aged 66, widowed, an outdoor ag labourer, born Glenbanachar and head of house at 43 North of ??? (could be Firth or Forth of) Lawton, Cargill. Her name is spelt MCRAW (DOB would be abt 1785) In 1861 she lives again alone at 24 Lawton Cottages, Cargill. She is listed as head, widowed, 75 years old, an outdoor labourer and b in Kingussie. Her name is spelt MCCRAW. (DOB would be abt 1786) In 1871 she is listed as a boarder at 13 Lawton Cottages, Cargill living with a family of James SMALL and his daughter Marjory SMALL. She is 87 years old, no occupation and b Kingussie. The spelling is again MCCRAW. (DOB would be abt 1784) On her death certificate, 28/1/1876 in Burrleton, Cargill aged 92 her father is listed as Donald MACRAE, pendicler and mother is not listed. (DOB would be abt 1784) On her son's death certificate (1893) she is listed as Jane DOCTOR (MS MACRAE) Names given to children were James and George as chidren of John Doctor (b 1792) and Jane MacRae. James Doctor (1808) and Cecilia Henderson (1802) called their children Cecilia Henderson D, Ann Whittet D, and Jane MacRae D. The Cecilia is from the mother and the Jane is from the grandmother but I have not yet linked anyone to the Ann Whittet name although I have a link on her death certificate that a Margaret Whittet was the informant for her death certificate and is listed as second cousin. These Whittets seem to have stayed in Burrleton and Ann acted as a witness for one of the childrens weddings in Burrleton. There also seems to be a family called LINDSAY who visited during one of the census returns and a son probably (also LINDSAY) who witnessed Jane DOCTOR'S and James LOWDEN'S wedding. This is about all of the information I have going back to link Cargill, Perthshire with Glen Banachar, Kingussie. My guess is she moved south before 1808 and the birth of her first known child at about 24 years old. She may have been back in Glenbanachar in 1841 but I can't seem to find any links in the census. If her family was still staying there she may have been visiting. Still plenty of hunting areas for me to work with.