Interested in any information about the following individuals and their families. Angus MacQuilkan, son of Alexander McQuilkan, meal miller, and Isabella MacLean, was a widower when he married Jane MacKellar on October 23, 1866. Jane's parents were John MacKellar, a general laborer, and Isabella Currie. The witnesses to their marriage were Duncan MacKellar and Duncan Smith. Angus and Jane's daughter, Jane, married Christopher William Sutherland in 1891 and shortly thereafter immigrated to Canada. As of October 1866 John MacKellar was deceased, the other parents were still living. The only other marriage I found for Angus MacQuilkan was to Mary Smith, daughter of John Smith and Margaret McFarlane. This wedding took place in August 1857 in Tarbert. The only problem is Angus stated his mother's name was Effy Johnston, not Isabella MacLean as noted above. However, three of the children [John, Archibald and Isabella] recorded as being the children of Mary and Angus, appear with Angus and Jane in the 1881 census for Kilcalmonell. Any ideas? Also, an Isabella Wilkie [Wilkie being a name interchangeably used with MacQuilkan], was a witness at Jane MacQuilkan and Christopher Sutherland's wedding. Does anyone have any connection to this family? I have information and pictures to share about Jane and Christopher's family. They were my great grandparents. Karen Sutherland-Pahia Kahaluu, Oahu, Hawaii

Neil McIssac, widower, meal miller, [son of Duncan McIssac, meal miller, and Ann Danoch], age 39, married on October 25, 1866 at Carsaig, North Knapdale, Flora McGugan, spinster, [daughter of John McGugan, famer, deceased, and Sarah Smith, deceased], age 42. Witnesses Allan Campbell and Malcolm McGugan. Duncan Carmichaell, bachelor, [son of Archibald Carmichaell, fisherman, and Violet (?) Morrison, deceased], age 41, married on Sept 1, 1857 at Tarbert in the Parish of Kilcalmonell Catherine Campbell, spinster, servant maid [daughter of Archibald Campbell, farm servant and Margaret MacFarlane], age 28. Witnesses John McLean and Archibald McFarlane. Hope these help someone. Karen

Hello, I am a newbie to this list and would like any information on the following ;- Annie McNeil McLullach born 1895 Argyle, died 1945 Balmore, Stirlingshire. father was Duncan McLullach a carriage hirer. She married a Drew Pickford, who was a blacksmith in Balmore. they had one son (my late uncle) Robert Drew Pickford born 1932. Ken Parker

Hi list I have just recieved a death certificate for Dorothy Montrose who died in campletown in 1907 1 week after birth. The parents names on the certificate were David Montrose and Flora Montrose (ms Morrison). I also have a death certificate for Flora Montrose (ms Morrison) who died in campletown in 1903, wife of David Montrose. I got these certificates from scots-origins, how reliable are they? I am now confused, can anyone help? Frances

Hello Again, My ancestor emigrated to Australia in 1854 on the "Derry Castle" with his wife Christy. He was said to have come from Corran Ferry before departing When I crossed on this ferry there were a small number of houses both sides of the Loch . Which side of Loch Linnhe is called Corran, that on the Fort William side or on the Strontian side? What would be the most likely occupation of someone living there? They were married in 1853 so would there be any way of knowing where exactly they lived? Thank you Marilyn Cameron

On June 15 David Wykes wrote: >My surname interests in Scotland are Wykes / Coupland . Wykes from UK and Coupland from Scotland . No Coupland connections, but far out on the edges of my MacKillop tree is a Percy Wykes, born Coventry about 1891, parents William Wykes and Mary Seeney. Percy married Catherine McKillop Campbell in Greenock, Scotland in 1917. Any connections? Donald Maclean.

I am new to this list Do any of these names ring any bells? Because I'm not sure exactly where to look I am posting this on the Inverness, Argyll and Lanark mailing list. My gr-gr-gr-grandmother, Margaret ROSS married Hugh MUIR (b @ 1803, Scotland). She was buried in Caledonia, Columbia Co. Wisconsin, USA. Members of the family living in the Wisconsin area visited her gravestone in the 1950's, transcribed the insciption and sent it to my mother and father. The Gravestone transcription says that she died 17 Mar 1878 and was born in 1812, Isle of Skye. Her first surviving child, Mary MUIR was born @ 1838 in Scotland. [Parents Margaret ROSS and Hugh MUIR named on her 10 July 1857 marriage Registration in Columbia Co. WI] Margaret ROSS's husband Hugh MUIR bought land in Kane Co., Illinois, USA on July 26, 1842. [GLO records] Her next surviving child, Margaret Muir was born in Kane Co. IL 6 Feb 1845. [Birth registered in Columbia Co WI in 1875] They bought land in /moved to Caledonia, Columbia Co. WI in 1847/8. Twins, Agnes and Andrew were born there 14 Mar 1849. Andrew died young. His grave is next to that of Margaret (ROSS) MUIR. [Agnes MUIR birth registered in Columbia Co WI in 1875] The family of Hugh & Margaret, children Mary, Margaret, Agnes and Andrew in Caledonia, Columbia Co WI 1850 census. In the 1850 Census James ALLAN (who imigrated to the US in April, 1848, probably from Lanarkshire Scotland) was living with the MUIR family, and in 1857 the daughter Mary MUIR married John ALLAN (from Lanarkshire Scotland- imigrated with James). The farm Hugh MUIR bought stayed in the ALLAN family until the 1990's. A Margaret ROSS married a Hugh MUIR 22 Jan 1833 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland. Could this be the same couple? Does anyone have any information on the descendants of this (Argyll) couple? Any ROSS or MUIR families in Skye, Argyll or Lanark that they might be connected to? Any insights would be appreciated!

Hi Norma. Thanks for the mail, I am going to unsubscribe for a couple of weeks, as we are going on holiday,but I hope to be in touch later. regards John

Hi Norma. Thanks for the information you sent, I haven't come across those names at the moment, but, I haven't got that far back yet. What I have is; Margaret ( or Maggie ) Barbour, born about 1860. She married Alexander Coffield in 1880 in Campbeltown. Her parents were, Peter Barbour and Isabella Lyle. Thats all the info I have at present. Thanks again John.

Hi listers. I'm new to this list, and my interests are; Coffield, Barbour, Dempsey, and Lyle. Most appear to have been born in or around Campbeltown. Cheers, John.

Hi I'm Lynda Have just joined today. I am trying to find information on my GGrandfather a Malcolm Carmichael, he was born in Tarbet around I would guess 1848-1851 He married in 1871 to a Mary Morrison a local of Stornaway, they lived there until about 1874, when they moved to Portree Skye. He was a Master Mariner & skippered a boat called the SS Ferrret, I am not sure if he had this connection whilst on Tarbet or later. I would be grateful for any information Lynda

I am trying to discover where the Porter family lived before the Kintyre Plantation by the Duke of Argyll. The Porter family first appeared in Kintyre in the Church records between 1660 and 1668. About this same time William Ralston was establishing his tack for the Duke of Argyll Saddell. James Drummond appears to be the early possor of the lease of Crossibeg Farm. Later William Montgomery and Robert Templeton are believed to have acquired the lease of Crossibeg around 1687. When the first "modern" leases were let in 1729, the Crossibeg lease was given 1/3rd to William Montgomery, 1/3rd to Robert Templeton and 1/3rd tp John and Robert Porter. The Porters had also lived for a time at Smerby and in the late 1700's and early 1800's part of them lived at Baraskomill Farm. My question is this: Ralston, Montgomery, Templeton,McNair,Drummond, Armour, Greenlees and others all seem to have "appeared " in Kintyre about the same time as a result of the "Plantation". CAN ANYONE HAZZARD A GUESS WHERE IN EXACTLY IN AYR OR RENFREW they came from??? All help appreciated. Carl S Porter

Hi All!! If anyone has access to the 1841 census for Skipness (on Kintyre) Argyll, and is prepared to do a look up, I'd really appreciate a check for McINTYRE, Archibald, schoolteacher and his family. They would be living (I believe) at Creggan, Clonaig. Thanks, Lesley Melbourne, Australia

Another definition for Clachan might be Townland which is in more common usage in Ireland but to a lesser extent in Scotland,a small cluster of houses round a farm. Jim McPherson ################################################################# One more thing that has been puzzling me - Glendaruel is referred to as the Clachan of Glendaruel - Is a Clachan smaller than a village? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>< From my reading of the old >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>accounts, a clachan is a small cluster of homes generally associated with a farm. It appears that, at least in some parishes, one individual would rent a farm for a period of time and others would join him in working it. Many times they were part of an extended family. One source said that there might be as many as 50 people living in a clachan. A Scottish Gaelic dictionary says that it comes from the Irish Gaelic word for a group of monastic stone cells. >==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Thanks to all on the list who responded to my request - no breakthrough yet but plenty 'food for thought' Kay Trewartha

In a message dated 6/20/02 6:07:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SCT-ARGYLL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > One more thing that has been puzzling me - Glendaruel is referred to > as the Clachan of Glendaruel - Is a Clachan smaller than a village? > > >From my reading of the old accounts, a clachan is a small cluster of homes generally associated with a farm. It appears that, at least in some parishes, one individual would rent a farm for a period of time and others would join him in working it. Many times they were part of an extended family. One source said that there might be as many as 50 people living in a clachan. A Scottish Gaelic dictionary says that it comes from the Irish Gaelic word for a group of monastic stone cells.

Hi to all on the list. I am seeking information about a Hospital, home or other facility that my Grandfather may have been born in on 4 May 1876 . I don't know if he was legitimate or not. His name is John Smith Craig. I have been told he was born John Smith and then was given his adoptive father's name of Craig. I was told that his Mother was an organist at the church, her name may have been Maggie Copland, and the Father was a prominent church goer.his name was either Mullan or McMullan. Would anyone have any information about anything mentioned here? Cheerio! Isobel Craig Cavolo in Sunny Arizona (110 degrees today)

Lorraine I have read a copy of the book that you want at the Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, Washington, USA. It is in the Genealogy Center here and you might be able to get an interlibrary loan from our research department to your local library for use there in the library. It is an old book and I doubt if they would let you check it out. There is also another book that he wrote entitled Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the US and that one has a lot of entries in it of people who came from Scotland to the US and then went on to Canada so you might want to get a loan on that as well. If you need the publisher's name etc please write me off list and I will go down to the library sometime next week and get all that info for you. Judi McRae You wrote to the list. Recently I saw a book recommended on which I would like more information. It was titled A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation. It was written by Donald Whyte and published in 1986, if I am correct. I contacted my local library and they don't have it. Can anyone tell me where it might be available and add any other information such as publisher that is available. Thank you, Lorraine Ontario, Canada To Buy or Sell AVON Contact me at Free2beJudi@cs.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Judi ~~ a Proud Canadian living in Lakewood/Tacoma WA, USA Researching CAMPBELL, LITTLE, STIMSON & WALLBRIDGE & others, mostly in Canada and the British Isles. Cha dhuine duine na h'onar (Man on his own is no man) (Free2beJudi@cs.com)

Greetings list! I am looking for any Weirs from the above places. The ones from Dunoon still had strong ties with Glendaruel and were baptised in both places. There is also the possiblity they may have originally come from Lochgilphead, but Very Early in the piece. My earliest person is a Hugh Weir (McNuair) whose son WEIR - Dunoon,Kilmodan, Strachur, Stralachlan, Glendaruel David/Dugald/Donald depending where you look - scream) married Catherine Fletcher at Kilmodan in 1792. All their children were born in Dunoon & Kilmun. Their son Dugald (b.1794) married Margaret Mclean from Inverchaolain. They also had a Hugh born in 1796 and Catherine b.1792. No trace of Hugh yet so if anyone has some ideas....? Catherine may have married and an Alex McPhee and moved to Ardnarmuchan/Strontian and her children to Aharacle. Ardnarmurchan seems a fair distance so I presume they would have gone by boat, but to you who know - does it seem too far to be connected? Another query is with the place names. Would they have lived in Dunoon or was that the registration centre for Kilmodan. And when people are born in Strachur and baptised in Stralachlan - it seems awfully close - to Kilmodan to be another parish - and how do I discover which villages are in which parishes - ie Ardnamurchan and Strontian? One more thing that has been puzzling me - Glendaruel is referred to as the Clachan of Glendaruel - Is a Clachan smaller than a village? Thank you all very much Anthea Lowe Ceduna, South Australia _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

I had many replies to my request for further information about the book named in the subject line. Someone contacted me and asked me to share the information. This is what I learned. There are three volumes. The third one has just recently been published. Author - Donald Whyte. Vol 1 published 1986 by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto ISBN #0920036090 443 pages Vol 2. published 1995 by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto ISBN #0777909199 435 pages Vol 3. - I don't have any other information except to say that it has been published. One person who responded said that he had seen the volumes listed for sale at Global Genealogy in Milton, Ontario. He had ordered on-line from them and found the company to be "reliable and efficient". Their website is http://www.globalgenealogy.com I hope that this information will help. Lorraine Ontario, Canada