My Scottish ancestors came from Argyll to Elgin Co (which is where Aldborough Twp. is) a little later than yours. One of the really helpful sites is abstracts of Surrogate Court records--estate settlements. They are not searchable, but I have found so much helpful information about my family. I go back to them periodically and scroll through them again. I don't see any direct connection to your family although I have some peripheral connections to Black, McKillop, McLean, and Campbell families. My primary line is Munro. The URL is below. Good luck. http://www.library.elgin-county.on.ca/history/estate.html D. Lou Ritter, Kalamazoo, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Reynolds" <dreynolds@internet.look.ca> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] McApine(McAplin, MacAlpine) > Researching the McAlpine family from North Knapdale. Donald McAlpine b. 1787 in Oile Campbell d. 1 Mar 1859 in Aldborough married Betty(Betsy) Black b. 1788 d. BEF 1871.This family emigrated to Aldborough Twp. Ontario, Canada in 1818 .

Researching the McAlpine family from North Knapdale. Donald McAlpine b. 1787 in Oile Campbell d. 1 Mar 1859 in Aldborough married Betty(Betsy) Black b. 1788 d. BEF 1871.This family emigrated to Aldborough Twp. Ontario, Canada in 1818 . Donald was the son of Alexander McAlpine(MacAlpin or MacAlpine) and Katherine McInterand. Family history states that they left for religious reasons, on the "Mars" from Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Donald had one brother: Malcolm b. 1798 d. 1860 married Marion Black and two sisters; Mary b. 1792 who married Donald McGugan 29 Mar 1813 Flora b. 1784 who married Donald Campbell. All siblings also emigrated to Canada between 1818 AND 1820. Donald and Betsy's children were as follows: Nancy McAlpine b. 1808 d. 1880 married Duncan Leitch Flora McAlpine b. 1809 married Archibald Murray 1 Mar 1836 Mary McAlpine b. 1811 never married Alexander McAlpine b. 25 Apr 183 in Oile Campbell married Christena Brown 9 Feb. 1837 Catherine McAlpine b. 1818 in Aldborough never married Christy Mcalpine b. 1819 married John McKillop Betsy McAlpine b. 1820 married Donald McArthur Sarah McAlpine b. 1822 married Donald McLean Elizabeth McAlpine b. 1823 never married Rebecca McAlpine b. 1831 never married Mary McAlpine b. 1832 married Duncan Campbell Donald McAlpine b. 1833 married Catherine McAlpine Rachel McAlpine b. 1835 never married Any information about the following people would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Anne Reynolds Mt. Albert, Ontario, Canada

Forwarded by listadmin - please reply directly to "Ron Harris" <rharris@interhop.net> -----Original Message----- From: Ron Harris <rharris@interhop.net> To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 11, 2002 5:22 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Mostly Johnston(e)s >Hello from Canada! >I'm already on a few mailing lists, so I'm only visiting this one. So please, if you have some info. or questions for me, e-mail me directly. I hope I'm not breaking any rules here! > >I am from Argyll originally myself & therefore have quite a few families that I am connected to. (I may end up on this list yet!) Today I am looking for Johnston(e) folks who lived at Crear farm, in the parish of Kilberry & Kilcalmonell, during the 1800s. Tom Johnston was married to Margaret Hamilton. >They had Tom, Margaret, Catherine & maybe more. When Tom Jr. married he had John, George, Archie, Tom, Catherine, Margaret & "Dolly". It is John & Dolly that I seek. > >John Johnston, a railway engine driver, born 1880s/90s, at Crear, went to London, Ontario, Canada. Would love to get any info. on him - birth, marriage etc. - which would be good clues to find his descendants here. > >Dolly Johnston, real given name unknown, born 1880/90s at Crear Farm too, married a New Zealand soldier who was said to be a Maori. They went to NZ to live. Would love to have a birth, but especially a marriage for her. My guesses as to her first name would be Mary, Elizabeth or Flora?? > >Thankyou all! >Mary >

Hi List My great-grandfather Ewen or Hugh CAMERON was said on his death certificate to be born at Swanhurst in 1827. Does anyone know if this is a house or farm name as I haven't been able to find it on multimap? regards Marilyn

My parents both trained as Registered Mental Nurses in the Argyll & Bute Asylum in the 1950s. I asked my father about burials, and this was his reply:: "There was a Poors House associated with the hospital which accommodated paupers and no doubt most of them would be elderly. It was situated at Aros House which, when I was there in the late fifties, was the nurses' home. As for burials, I expect most would be to Achnabreac, but if there were relatives arranging the funeral they would probably have the burial in their own local area, funds permitting. As the name suggests the catchment area was Argyll and Bute - quite a large area to cover." Achnabreac is the cemetery for the area, about a mile or two out of Lochgilphead, and still in use. Incidentally my paternal gt.gt. grandfather was a nurse and the Bandmaster at the A & B at the turn of the century, at the same time my maternal gt. grandmother was a patient there, after the loss of a child from which she never recovered. Hope this helps. Chris in Caithness, Scotland

I think you will find that if they had family they will be buried in the family graveyard. Remember, in those days people were incarcerated for very trivial reasons (illegitimate babies etc.) My great great grandfather died in another asylum in Scotland - there because of his alcoholism but he was still buried in the family village. . 'Lochgilphead' as it was and still is colloquially called is the mental hospital for the whole of Argyll so people may have come from some distance away. I hope this of some help Jean Reynolds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Streetman" <marcias@execpc.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:14 AM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Argyll & bute District Asylum, Lochgilphead > This institution still exists in Lochgilphead. I had an ancestor there > in the 1870s - I found the list of inmates (mostly insane, but also > could be deaf and dumb, blind, idiot, or imbecile) in the 1971 > Lochgilphead census. I have asked 2 different friends I know in the area > about this subject, and I was told that information is difficult to get > as people do not want to talk about it! Please let me know if you find > out where they would bury people who died there. Good luck! > Marcia Streetman > > Mary Breer wrote: > > > > Does anyone have information about this Institution? > > What type of patients did they accommodate there? > > Where are their Records held? Are they available? > > Was there an area where they just kept old folks? > > I would greatly appreciate any information that anyone has. Mary > > > > Researching: > > GALBRAITH, WOTHERSPOON of Gigha > > CAMPBELL, MCKELLAR, MCCALLUM of South Knapdale > > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > > ******************************************************************** > > http://members.aol.com/theweeharp/argyll.htm is the Argyll GenWeb site >

Hi Listers, Does anyone have any suggestions how I can get beyond the marriage of William SMITH in 1764? I remember that when I searched the OPR for Kilmartin, Glassary parish many years back, I could not find William's baptism as the Register began 1746. My SMITH ancestors lived in Kilmartin, Ardrissaig and Lochgilphead for many generations and a great great aunt of mine, Sarah MCPHAIL knew of the line back to the William below. She said that Roderick was the first SMITH but I do not know how to go about tracing this fact so far back beyond Registers. Do any of the more experienced among you know what I should do next, please? Name: William SMITH, GGGG Grandfather ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ Birth Date: abt 1740 Death Date: 1789 Occupation: possibly wright ? Father: ? SMITH Mother: ? Spouses ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ 1: Rachel CURRY/CURRIE, GGGG Grandmother Birth Date: abt 1740 Marriage Date: 2 Feb 1764 Marriage Place: Kilmartin, Argyllshire Children: John (1765-) Neil (1767-) Peter (Died as Child) (1769-<1773) Sarah (1771-) Peter (1773-1817) Donald (Died as Child) (1775-<1780) Mary (1776-) Catherine (1778-) Donald (1780-) Colin (1782-) Kind regards, Penuel Ellis-Brown ( Mrs ) Bolney, W.Sussex, England Web-site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penuel/index.htm ****************************** NDFHS Member #10463 ****************************** Researching at present England Northumberland HERDMAN / ALMOND / BURNS / GOODMAN / GRAHAM / FLOCKER / CHARLTON Durham BURDON / HUNTER Lancashire- Liverpool / West Derby ELLIS / BROWN / GUNN Warwickshire- Kenilworth , Balsall, Radford Semele BROWN / LEATHERLAND Northamptonshire- Welford and surrounds KNIGHT / BILLING Yorkshire- ALMOND Scotland Ayrshire JOHNSTON(E) / ROSS / MCMILLAN Lanarkshire and Ayrshire BAILLIE / DUNSMORE Argyll SMITH / MCPHAIL / DEWAR Worldwide PENUEL / PENIEL/ PENWELL and variants as a forename or surname.

Hello Mary Muckairn Parish Church is located in the village of Taynuilt, near the shore of Loch Awe & at the Oban end of the Pass of Brander, in the shadow of Ben Cruachan. A beautiful village in a beautiful part of Scotland. My maiden name was MAC NIVEN and aside from my father who was born in Cameron parish, Fife, all of my Mac Niven forbears came from the parish of Muckairn. My ggg grandfather married a CAMPBELL: Duncan MAC NIVEN, a woodcutter, b c1791 Muckairn, d between 1851-54, m 14 Dec 1811 at Aird, Muckairn Parish Ann CAMPBELL of Jerachan, b c 1794 Muckairn, d 15 July 1870 [aged 77] Aird, Muckairn Ann CAMPBELL's parents were John CAMPBELL, weaver of Jerachan, and Ann MC GREGOR. Unfortunately I don't know where Jerachan is/was but maybe someone on the list could assist me please. I have a 56 page book called Taynuilt; Our History that has no publication date but I think that it probably came out in the late 1960s. It gives an interesting background on the village & its history but unfortunately it doesn't have an index so I can't immediately spot whether or not there is any reference to Colquhouns in it. I have a photo of a gravestone that I took in the Muckairn church yard in 1978. Quite a few of the letters are covered with lichen but with the aid of a magnifying glass I can read the following inscription but don't quote me on it: "Sacred to the memory of Archibald CAMPBELL born at Balindore 1809?? died 10th? December 1899? also his wife Mary MC CALL? [MC CAILL?] ? died 12?th July 1899? after 82? years" Balindore is a few miles to the SW of Taynuilt. My gg grandfather John MAC NIVEN b c 1791 Muckairn, the son of Duncan MAC NIVEN as above, m 5 February 1848 at Muckairn Parish Church Mary MC COLL, b c 1828 'Balindore', Muckairn, d 14 Nov 1902, 'Coillendarroch', Glencruitten [just out of Oban]. I see that you have a New Zealand e-mail address. Our place, on the outskirts of Palmerston North, is called 'Balindore' and the dairy farm that my late parents had near Edgecumbe, in the Bay of Plenty, was called 'Balindore'. My brother did "reverse migration" in 1990 and lives just out of Cupar in Fife - his house is also called 'Balindore'. So that name from Muckairn parish has been carried on in another part of the world. Please contact me off list if I can be of any further help. Slainte. Elizabeth Shearer [nee Mac Niven] Palmerston North, New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Hamilton To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] COLQUHOUNs at Taynuilt Duncan COLQUHOUN was born in the parish of Muckairn 1 June 1764. He married Anabella CAMPBELL about 1783 in Muckairn. Malcolm COLQUHOUN b. Muckairn 12 June 1788. Married Ann McCRONE 7 May 1809 in Barony Parish, Glasgow. Does Muckairn church still exist and does anyone know whether COLQUHOUN graves may be found there? Any help much appreciated. I will be in Scotland briefly in May and would like to check there if they do. Mary Hamilton ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Hamilton To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] COLQUHOUNs at Taynuilt Duncan COLQUHOUN was born in the parish of Muckairn 1 June 1764. He married Anabella CAMPBELL about 1783 in Muckairn. Malcolm COLQUHOUN b. Muckairn 12 June 1788. Married Ann McCRONE 7 May 1809 in Barony Parish, Glasgow. Does Muckairn church still exist and does anyone know whether COLQUHOUN graves may be found there? Any help much appreciated. I will be in Scotland briefly in May and would like to check there if they do. Mary Hamilton ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== ********************************************************************* GenUKI Argyll home page http://www.roe.ac.uk/genuki/argyll/index.html

Thank you to all those who have contributed info on the floating church. Even though it has no immediate connection to my research in Morvern these snippets are fascinating additions to our overall attempts to recreate something of the lives of our forebears. Anne Maye researching MCLACHLAN & CAMPBELL in Lochaline area Morvern ARL.

Duncan COLQUHOUN was born in the parish of Muckairn 1 June 1764. He married Anabella CAMPBELL about 1783 in Muckairn. Malcolm COLQUHOUN b. Muckairn 12 June 1788. Married Ann McCRONE 7 May 1809 in Barony Parish, Glasgow. Does Muckairn church still exist and does anyone know whether COLQUHOUN graves may be found there? Any help much appreciated. I will be in Scotland briefly in May and would like to check there if they do. Mary Hamilton

Family Names: Brown, Adamson, Mein, May, Henderson, Watson, Johnston I am looking for any information on the Browns My GGGGrandfather James Brown b. abt. 1791 married Elizabeth Adamson b. abt. 1796 Their children were: 1. Adam b. Sept. 10, 1818 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2. Margaret b. may 14, 1826 Dysart, Fife 3. William b. Sept. 14, 1828 Kinghorn, Fife 4. Isabella b. March 30, 1833 5. Peter Adamson b. June 7, 1835 S.Ronaldsay,Orkney 6. Jemima Hope Brown b. Nov. 21, 1838 South Ronaldsay, Orkney 7. Andrew Brown b. Aug. 7, 1824 8. Thomas Adamson b. Dec. 16, 1836 S.Ronaldsay,Orkney (myGGrandfather-) married: Suzie Margaret Mein b. 1839 Edinburgh Parish Thomas Adamson Brown lived and worked as the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse from 1862-1866 Children on Thomas: 1. Susan b. Glasgow 2. Jack b. 1858 in Edinburgh 3. James b. 1864, Southend, Argylee married May 4. Mary Bruce Polly b. 1865 Southend, Argyll married Henderson 5. Maggie Mein Margaret b. 1867 in Edingurg married Adamson 6. Helen b. 1870 in Leith married George Watson 7. Thomas b. 1875 8. William b. Glasgow married Maggie Johnston 9. George Mein Brown I b. 1872 Dalkeith, Schotland married Mary Agnes Johnston b. 1871 Antrim, Ulster Providence Ireland Here is my web site: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/o/Cynthia-E-Brown/GENE12-0001.html

Hi List, Thank you to all that replied to my querry about Glen Garr. I think that it may have been the name of a property. I have a Walter Whiteman of Glen Garr, Argyleshire, this entry was made in a book written by his son in law in 1909. Walter had a son also named Walter who emigrated to New Zealand in the 1860's, he had a property in NZ that he also named Glen Garr. Walter senior was in business in Glasgow in 1820's, and his marriage and the birth of his children are all registered at Barony, Lanarkshire. But they are not on the census for Barony 1851. I have just got hold of this book and think that the mention of Glen Garr should be acurate as the author knew them personally at the time. I have heard mention of an ancestral home in Scotland and have been searching for some time now, this is the closest I've got to narrowing it down. Brenda Aus _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Dear Martyn, Thank you that is the name I was hoping for. I now have a new lead Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "martyntaylor" <martyntaylor@msn.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] MCGLASHAN > Marilyn > > According to Black's "The Surnames of Scotland", "several Macglashans who > settled in the Lowlands are said to have Anglicized their name into Gray". > > Martyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Cameron" <mazza@austarnet.com.au> > To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 2:06 PM > Subject: [ARGYLL] MCGLASHAN > > > > Hello, > > I have come across this name as a possible ancestor but the surname is > different to what I expected. Can anyone tell me what would be an anglicised > version of McGlashan? > > Any help much appreciated > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > Need an LDS film number to order a film at your local LDS library? Try > http://geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/1311/13300-scottishreference.htm >

Many thanks to all those who replied to my question about the floating church. How wonderful is this list??! I'd hunted on the web several times, but looking for 'Iron Church' & not finding anything. Now there's all this fascinating information. How indeed did people 'do' family history before the web?? (That's a rhetorical question - I don't really want to be told about the hours/ weeks/ years of sending letters, waiting for answers.... it's too big a job to contemplate!). But many thanks for your help. jo ===== Joanna Broad __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

Hello, I have come across this name as a possible ancestor but the surname is different to what I expected. Can anyone tell me what would be an anglicised version of McGlashan? Any help much appreciated Marilyn Cameron

>From the Orlando Sentinel 2002 Jean F. Kollinger. 92, San Antonio Street. Deland,Fl. died Friday Feb 1. Mrs. Kollinger was a housekeeper. Born in Scotland, she moved to Central Florida in 1943, She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survivors: sons, Glenn, Deland, Bruce, Athens, Ga,; daughters Janet K. Byard, Willo, both of Deland; five grandchildren. Allen-Summerhill Funeral Home,Deland. Edd Sinnett Longwood,Fl./USA

Hi List, I have family coming from Glen Garr, Argyleshire. Does anyone know where this is. Brenda Aus _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "stuart.gardner" <stuart.gardner@btinternet.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Glen Garr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "brenda whiteman" <bb_works@hotmail.com> > To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday Hi Brenda, Sorry, just made a fool of myself, when you asked about Glen Garr my mind went right to Loch na Garr,.... Glen Garr is about 7 miles north of Perth just outside Bankfoot. Stuart > Stuart

----- Original Message ----- From: "brenda whiteman" <bb_works@hotmail.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: [ARGYLL] Glen Garr Hi Brenda, 'Shades of the dead, have I not heard your voices, rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale, surly the soul of the hero rejoices, and rides on the wind o`er his own highland vale, round Loch na Garr, while the stormy mist gather, winter presides in his cold icy car, clouds there encircle the forms of my father, they dwell in the tempists of dark Loch na Garr' Loch na Garr ( or the gaelic Lachin y Gair ) forms part of the mountain ranges known as the Caingorms. Stuart

Marilyn According to Black's "The Surnames of Scotland", "several Macglashans who settled in the Lowlands are said to have Anglicized their name into Gray". Martyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Cameron" <mazza@austarnet.com.au> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 2:06 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] MCGLASHAN > Hello, > I have come across this name as a possible ancestor but the surname is different to what I expected. Can anyone tell me what would be an anglicised version of McGlashan? > Any help much appreciated