Hi Laurie, Just a reminder for others that I was told several years ago that the CORKILL / CORKHILL names on the Isle of Man are variations on the McCORKELL (many spellings) surname. My Evan CORKILL's family seem to have arrived on the Isle of Man around 1700. He was born there in 1827. Another FYI to others is that 5 out of 7 children of Evan and Elizabeth (QUAYLE) CORKILL were "sent to Canada" as "British Home Children." Evan lost his wife around 1871 and he has a Master Mariner, so the younger children went to live with an uncle, but he had too many children of his own to feed. Betty (near Lowell, MA) For more information on the BHC, please visit this web site and then check out all the "internet links." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Thompson" <lt030329@bigpond.net.au> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 6:54 PM Subject: My Ayrshire and Ancestors > AULD ( Aull) My William Auld was married in Tullyvallin Newtownhamilton c > 1825 to Margaret Unknown who died and he Married Sarah Jane Wilson of > Mullaghbane ,near Glaslough , c1837 .Sarah and half the children came to > Melbourne Australia and george --Margaret and Eliza remained , I assume > with the father , who could have died 1888 in Ballminetragh with Eliza . > I know the first record of Aulds is the proving of the will of Reverend > James Auld 1683 from Killinchy Co. Down . I think somehow My william is > connected for they use the same given names . > WILSON .My earliest is George ,1768--1854 , married Mary Holland > ,1772--1851 and lived in Mullaghbane House , near Glaslough , Family > stories have it two generations were living there before George and widow > Nan Wilson is living there now . > Both families were from Ayrshire . > McCORKELL . John McCorkell born in the parish of Templemore 1803 which was > then in Co. Donegal and Derry . I think the Co. Donegal part for Jane > McCorkell came to Melbourne Australia with them in1842 from Co. Donegal > John McCorkell married Elizabeth Holmes in 1837 at the Donaghmore > Presbyterian Church , near Killygordon Co. Donegal . Family stories are > that his ancestor rowed a boat with his two brothers from Scotland in the > late 1600`s . One brother went to America--one`s son formed the shipping > company and the third brother went up country . I think I am descendant > from him , so I am claiming Loch Awe Argyllshire as my ancestral home . > > I am coming to the Ulster Historical Foundation`s conference in September > at Belfast and it would be nice to say Hello Cousin . Laurie from > Australia >