Hi all, It's time I posted my "brick-wall" again: My GGGGF were Kenneth MATHESON/MATHISON/MATHIESON & GGGGM Christian MUNRO. I have no information on their births or marriage, but they had a lawful son Alexander b 29 Aug 1794 in Balintraid (near Invergordon) in Kilmuir Easter Parish. The next traces are my GGGF William b Glasgow High Parish 25 May 1804, Isabella Rutherford Mathieson b Glasgow High 24 Aug 1807, Mary Ann b Glasgow High 10 Oct 1809 and Robert b Lanark 27 May 1814. There was also a son James b abt 1802-1803 but not registered in Scotland. I suspect Kenneth was in the Army between 1794 and 1804, and was definitely in the Inverness-shire Militia between 1804 and 1810, so perhaps James was born elsewhere in, or outwith, the UK if Kenneth was in fact in the Army pre-1804. His occupations are given as shoemaker (1794 & 1804), militia soldier (1807 & 1809), and by 1814 he was working as a cotton teaser in the mills at New Lanark. I have no firm info on dates or place of death. If anyone has any data on these people I'd love to hear from them. Regards, Ken Mathieson, Uddingston, Lanarkshire

FAO PAUL STRETTON Hi Paul Looking up maps, I don't see how anyone would live at Resolis and work at Balcherry (too far apart?). If you want to see where the places are use www.multimap.com Resolis and Balcherry are marked but Braelangwell (Lodge) is not. To see where it is, search for Wester Gruinards and Braelangwell is just due north across the river on the north side of the road. Presumably your ancestors would be married from the home of the wife's parents. Balcherry is in the middle of farming country so presumably the work would be farm- or estate-based. Hope this helps Ann Cook NW Sutherland

Well, please don't take this as necessarily correct, but it does look suspiciously like the Gaelic spelling of MacLeod on the female side - which I THINK is Nicleoid - I've probably missed an 'h' somewhere, but I'm sure someone out there will know what it should be! KateAt 00:43 19/04/01 +1200, Jan Moon wrote: >Hello All >Just checked my paperwork again and I spelt it wrong - should be Ineleoid - >does this make any difference?? >In anticipation >Jan, Cairns, Australia >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > >==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== >To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > > Kate and David Ferris [email protected]

I was wondering if anyone would be able to do lookups in any of the ROSSKEEN PARISH CENSUS from 1841-71. The village is SALTBURN. I am specifically looking for: 1) the family of DONALD (tailor) and MARGARET MUNRO 1841-1861. Perhaps MARGARET in 1871. I believe there are 2 sons, John and Donald...perhaps more children also. I have been unable to find information on DONALD and MARGARET beyond his profession and that he was dead by 1860. 2) Their son DONALD b1825 with his wife ANN and family in 1861-71 census. Thank you, Susan

Hello All Just checked my paperwork again and I spelt it wrong - should be Ineleoid - does this make any difference?? In anticipation Jan, Cairns, Australia _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Hello everyone! I have copied a message I received today from Ann Urquhart on the Museum at Ullapool. I hope you find it of interest. Kate Ferris Isle of Lewis Fm: Ann Urquhart, Ullapool Museum, Scotland Dt: 18th April 2001 MUSEUM OPENING TIMES AND GENEALOGY INFO Thank you for your e-mail enquiry which we received last week. The museum is open every day, except Sunday, 9.30am to 5.30pm. From the beginning of November we will be on shorter hours and open only on three or four days. We have all the census records for the Parish of Lochbroom from 1841 till 1891. We also have Old Parish Records on microfilm and some of that information is also available on handy index cards. Also, we have the Vaulation Rolls from 1868-1949. We also have the index to the Old Parish Records on microfiche for Sutherland, Caithness and Ross-shire. ...(A little bit followed for me)... .........Although genealogy searches are free, if you wish us to do it on your behalf we do the first half hour free. Thereafter there is a standard charge of £15 for two hours. Kate and David Ferris [email protected]

Dear Listers, Many thanks for your help with ''Inchchro''. The tree my great grandfather and his brothers brought to New Zealand in 1837 was as follows. Duncan ban MacLennan s/o Ewen MacLennan of Inchchro born1717Kintail.dKintail 1809.Duncan married Catherine MacLennan born 1722 Kintail d1813 d/o Roderick MacLennan. They had eight children .EWEN---DONALD---ALEXANDER---RODERICK----JOHN ANN ---MARY----CATHERINE. We are descended from ALEXANDER who married Mary Macrae and had four children Ewen -Duncan-Donald and Janet/Jessie who married Duncan Macrae. Many of these families came to New Zealand however Janet /Jessie remained behind. You ask about the Finlayson connection. ALEXANDER FINLAYSON 78th Reg of foot was born in Lochalsh in 1777 toDonald Finlayson and Catherin? Alexander married Mary Murchison at Balmaccara in 1802. They had 10 children and followed Rev Norman McLeod to Nova Scotia in 1820.Theyoungest son Roderick married Catherine McLean and again emigrated to New Zealand in 1852 this time where they had 10 children.We have just had a Finlayson Reunion and published a book for the family.1200 at the Reunion.As we are in our late 70's we thought we had better do something before it got too late.It was a wonderful success,now I'm trying to master the computer. Bye for now and many thanks for all your help. Maureen Orewa New Zealand.

Hi Do not open any email from me if it has an attachment, I found the virus on my computer today as well. I am trying to rectify this now. I would suggest that everyone check for this virus, go to your win.ini file in your windows folder and if you see this run=C:\WINDOWS\INETD.EXE then you have the virus. I hope I have not infected anyone. Thanks Robin

Does anyone know where I can find information on the 'Monteath" Volunteers or Ross & Cromarty Volunteers? I have checked out the official British Army Site Judy

Does this name (I assume its a place) mean anything to anyone - I have info that Duncan MacKenzie, a weaver of Melvaig and Janet MacDonald, daughter of John MacDonald were married at Ineloid on August 14, 1807. Any info greatly appreciated. regards Jan, Cairns, Australia _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Judy, I have a book, the Queen's own Highlanders, which is the official book on that regiment - ISBN 0 9508986-2-7. Of course, they are now the Highlanders, since the Gordons amalgamated with them. In the book, the only volunteers mentioned are the rifle volunteers and one of these is the Ross-shire Volunteers 1860-61 and consisted of the following companies - 1st Invergordon; 2nd Dingwall, 3rd Avoch ; 4th Knockbain. All of these were formed in 1860 and in 1861 we had the 5th & 6th Alness Company. In 1861, the 6 original companies were incorporated in the 1st Administrative Batallion, Ross-shirs Rifle Volunteers with its headquarters in Dingwall. In 1864 the whole batallion adopted the same uniform of red tunics and blue trousers, except for No 3 company which chose to wear the Mackenzie kilt. In 1866 & 1867 were added the 7th Evanton, 8th Moy and 9th Gairloch companies. In 1873 the Batallion came under the command of 55 Brigade Depot at Fort George. In 1875 the batallion adopted the new uniform of red doublet and Mackenzie tartan trews except for the 3, 7, 8, 9 Companies whic retained the kilt In 1880, the batallion was consolidated as the 1th Ross-shire (Ross Highland Rifle Volunteerswith its headquarters in Dingwall. After the army reforms of 1881, the Batallion became an integral part of the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albanys). I hope that is of some help to you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Meibusch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 3:05 AM Subject: [RossGen] Monteath Volunteers > Does anyone know where I can find information on the 'Monteath" Volunteers or Ross & Cromarty Volunteers? > I have checked out the official British Army Site > Judy > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm >

Hi Everyone Last week I asked if someone could look in the 1851 census of Tain for me, I have come to the conclusion that I have been looking in the wrong town. So if anyone could look in the 1851 Fearn census for me I'd really appreciate it, looking for Donald, Janet, Alexander, Catherine, Marion, Helen, Mary and Joanna Gibson and Margaret[Gibson]Munro , all born in Sutherland. I'm not sure if Donald was born in Sutherland though, it is possible he was born in ROC. I have to thank those who did look in the Tain census for me, that was very helpful to finding my family in Fearn. Thanks Everyone Robin

Have just joined so my apologies for any errors. I am researching the above who came firstly, I think, from Barvas and then Resolois. I have some details of Resolis parish records and census for the following family. Donald married to Isabella Munro in the early 1800. They had in total 14 children. One of the sons was Colin Mckenzie Thomson had a son, Colin Thomson, supposedly by Christina Sutherland. This son eventually became a Pipe Major with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and also Seaforths. Donald's parents are believed to have moved from Barvas. Any help much appreciated. Alastair Ewart

Dear Listers, Can anyone help me find Inchcro near Glenshiel.I believe my family of McLennans originated from their 1700-1800.I would be very grateful of any help please. Maureen Orewa New Zealand.

Dear List Members, I am looking for a family of McKenzies living in the Knockbain area at the turn of the 18th/19th century. Specifically,Donald McKenzie born about 1802 to parents Donald McKenzie and Jessie McIntosh, who were crofters at Knockbain. This information was obtained from death records . There are no entries that I can find in the OPR for the marriage of Donald and Jessie or for the birth of their son Donald. It is believed that there was at least one other child to this family, John, born 1812-13. Donald junior became a seaman working in the "Atalanta",an excise cutter in the Inverness area. He died as an Excise Pensioner in Inverness in 1865. He married Jessie Paterson from Grantown parish,R and C, in 1831. They produced the following family,Donald at Inverness 1831,Johanna at Kilmorack 1834,John at Kilmorack 1837,Peter at Urquhart 1839 and Isobella at Boleskin 1841. Jessie Paterson was the daughter of John Paterson,ship`s pilot, and Isobella McIntosh who had a large family all born in Grantown parish,Knockbain. She was born around 1805. The other son of Donald McKenzie (senior) and Jessie McIntosh was named John and was born 1812-13. His birth is also not listed in OPR`s. John trained as a ship`s carpenter and migrated to Australia in 1838 where he remained. If anyone has any information on the above family would you please contact me. Thank you Ron

Hi Everyone If someone has the 1851 census for the Tain area, could they please look for Donald Gibson and Janet Gibson their children were Catherine, Alexander, Marion, Joanna, Helen and Mary. Janet Gibson was born in Sutherland, also Donald and Janet's would be between 50 and 70 years old at the time. I really appreciate any help I can get. Thank You Robin

Cynthia, I suggest you write and ask permission from: The Factor, Balnagown Estate, Kildary, By Invergordon, Ross-shire. IV18 0NU Scotland UK Good luck as Mr Al Fayed is not known to very often allow people access to the Castle or it's grounds. He is apparently paranoid about kidnap! Regards, Mark Mark Sutherland-Fisher Genealogist: Clan Sutherland Co-Genealogist: Clan Mackenzie Professional Genealogist specialising in the Highlands and 18th century see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 6:27 AM Subject: [RossGen] Address look-up for the Kilmuir Easter: Balngown castle > Greeting to all: > I was hoping that someone on this roots web list could give me the > address of the Balngown castle that Mohammed Al Fayad lives in. > My ancestor Alexander Pyper was the gardener of this estate in the early > 1800s. His son John Pyper was born in the castle in 1835 to whom I descend > from. I will be there, in Scotland, in June, and want to see where my > ancestors lived, gardened and where their children were born. So if possible, > with your help, I wish to write to the owner and see if I can go there and > walk where my ancestors walked before. > Any help on finding how I can write to the owner would be most > appreciative! > > A Kindred Scottish descendent > > Cynthia Pardoe > San Diego, California > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >

Greeting to all: I was hoping that someone on this roots web list could give me the address of the Balngown castle that Mohammed Al Fayad lives in. My ancestor Alexander Pyper was the gardener of this estate in the early 1800s. His son John Pyper was born in the castle in 1835 to whom I descend from. I will be there, in Scotland, in June, and want to see where my ancestors lived, gardened and where their children were born. So if possible, with your help, I wish to write to the owner and see if I can go there and walk where my ancestors walked before. Any help on finding how I can write to the owner would be most appreciative! A Kindred Scottish descendent Cynthia Pardoe San Diego, California

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The name Gustavus became popular in the counties in Northern Scotland after the first Lord Reay, and Munro of Foulis, mustered 2000 men in the area in 1626 and sent them to the continent where they fought with the forces of the King of Denmark and later with the forces of the Swedish King, Gustavus Adolphus. I understand that the Rev Gustavus Aird, a Free Church minister during the second half of the 19th century, had several elders in his congregation called Gustavus so it must have become very popular in that area. Lilian