Hello again, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Win >I came across some messages on the > Argyll email list from March 2005 concerning Christina and Murdoch CURRIE. > > I am not related to the CURRIEs but Christina CURRIE (MS KENNEDY) was the > sister of my gg grandfather and Murdoch CURRIE was the informant to the death > of my gg grandfather. > > Therefore my interest in Murdoch C is only peripheral. However I was > interested enough to track Murdoch's parents - John Currie and Janet Mackay. I > note from searching IGI that John CURRIE and Janet MACKAY had 4 children born in > Morven - Peggy, Anne, Cirsty and Janet. Where was Murdoch born? I did find > a Murdoch Currie born in Torosay to corretly named parents but I don't know > if this is your Murdoch? Is it? I believe it is the same Murdoch. > You posted recently that Murdoch and Hector were born in Torosay with 6 > additional children born in Morven. Can there be any doubt that the Murdoch > CURRIE who married Christina KENNEDY is your Murdoch C from Torosay? I am > descended from her parents - Neil KENNEDY and Flora M/S MacKAY. Because of the time frames we are researching there can always be doubts. Murdoch, like his father John was born Torosay. I haven't found another Murdoch Currie with the same parents. On all the censuses that I have found him 1851, 1861, 1881 he was born Torosay, lived in Morvern. I did not find him or his father on the 1841 census, although they were both still living. Nor have I found Murdoch on the 1871 census. I have assumed that he was away at sea, or just missed. Do you have some reason to doubt that the Murdoch Currie who married Cirsty/Christina Kennedy is the same Murdoch who was the brother of my great-great grandmother Janet Currie ? It would have been nice if the second marriage record had showed WHO Murdoch had been married to before. > <In your message to the Argyll list 18 months ago you mentioned that you had > no info on Murdoch CURRIE's descendants. I assume you have info now but, > just in case, I have found - again through searching the Morven records of IGI > - 4 children born to Murdoch and Christina: > > Neil CURRIE: b 10 Sep 1830 Morven to Murdoch Currie and Cirsty Kennedy > John CURRIE b 7 Aug 1834 Morven > Archibald CURRIE b 23 Dec 1834 Morven > Flory CURRIE B 11 July 1839 Morven There were more children (taken from census info) Jessie b 1842 (9 in 1851) Mary b 1846 (5 in 1851) Donald b 1849 (3 in 1851) Ketty b 1854 (7 in 1861) Also daughter Christian CURRIE who married James MERRY Torosay 1855. I THINK that this Christina or Christian was with her Grandmother Janet MacKAY CURRIE for the 1841 census, Knock. She was listed as being 8 years old. In 1841 the rest of Murdoch and Christina KENNEDY's family were in Lochaline, which I believe is close to Knock. Other than Christina I have not gone any further in tracing the children of Murdoch and Christina, although I have been looking for them. I did find a reference once that Flory had gone to Australia, but couldn't find that now. > If you have any info you can forward re the birth of Murdoch CURRIE and his > marriage to Christina KENNEDY I'd be very happy. I have info re death of > both and re Murdoch's second marriage. I did take a copy of Murdoch's birth record off the Torosay film, but I cannot find it. I'm sure it was just a one-liner as per the usual OPR entry of that time frame. There is not a record of Murdoch CURRIE and Christina KENNEDY's marriage on the OPR for Morvern. (LDS film 102383) Children listed on this film were Neil, John, Archibald and Flory just as listed in the IGI. Neil and Archibald were born Knock and either John's place of birth was not listed or I did not write it down. Flory was born Lochaline. The other children are not listed. If you can add anything further to this please let me know. Regards, Win MacKenzie