Hi Sandy & Lesley There seems to be an excess of Alexanders! Some info which might help separate the sheep from the goats (so to speak) is the Highland naming pattern. In my own case I have found Argyll McPhersons stuck fairly closely. 1st son named after paternal grandfather 1st dau after maternal grandmother 2nd son after maternal grandfather 2nd dau after paternal grandmother 3rd son after father 3rd daughter after mother Additional childrn free choice. As you can see, it can be possible (no gaurantee) to identify both sets of grandparents, assuming there were at least 2 sons & daughters. Hope this is helpful Rod Victoria, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "a.stevenson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Name Change Query McILOHOIM - McILAHOIMBIE-McIHERVIEToLAMONT ? > Thank you for replying, I'll try Scotland's People as that's where I found > their names on Janet's wedding certificate. Sandy (Wagga x 2) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "david and lesley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 10:04 AM > Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Name Change Query McILOHOIM - > McILAHOIMBIE -McIHERVIEToLAMONT ? > > >> Hi Sandy, >> >> the couple I originally queried about certainly had a son named Alexander >> bap 7 April 1787 in North Knapdale parish Argyll. In fact my Sarah named >> one >> of her sons Alexander in 1826. HOWEVER, Alexander is a fairly common >> name, >> and I'm sure there would be hundreds of Alexander McNeills in the >> appropriate time frame all over Scotland. >> If Alexander and Helen were still alive at the time of Janet's wedding, >> there is an extremely good chance that their deaths will be included in >> the >> Statutory Records (ie:Death certificates issued), which are available >> online >> with scotlandspeople. This is a fantastic site, and the information >> included >> on them is much better than the English ones. If your Alexander is on >> there, >> it will include his both his parents names. This site also has the >> Scottish >> census's so if you can find Alexander on any of these (and Janet >> certainly >> would be on the 1851 census) it will give you a good indication of where >> he >> was born. >> >> Hope this is of some help >> >> Regards >> >> Lesley >> Melbourne, Australia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Rod, I'm an Alexandra from the Wagga area. My g.grandfather was Alexander Boyd and my father was David Alexander Wilson, taking both grandfather's first names. Sandy (Wagga x 2) ----- Original Message ----- From: "roderick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Name Change Query McILOHOIM -McILAHOIMBIE-McIHERVIEToLAMONT ? > Hi Sandy & Lesley > There seems to be an excess of Alexanders! Some info which might help > separate the sheep from the goats (so to speak) is the Highland naming > pattern. In my own case I have found Argyll McPhersons stuck fairly > closely. > 1st son named after paternal grandfather 1st dau after maternal > grandmother > 2nd son after maternal grandfather 2nd dau after > paternal grandmother > 3rd son after father 3rd > daughter > after mother > Additional childrn free choice. > As you can see, it can be possible (no gaurantee) to identify both sets of > grandparents, assuming there were at least 2 sons & daughters. Hope this > is > helpful > > Rod > Victoria, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "a.stevenson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Name Change Query McILOHOIM - > McILAHOIMBIE-McIHERVIEToLAMONT ? > > >> Thank you for replying, I'll try Scotland's People as that's where I >> found >> their names on Janet's wedding certificate. Sandy (Wagga x 2) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "david and lesley" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 10:04 AM >> Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Name Change Query McILOHOIM - >> McILAHOIMBIE -McIHERVIEToLAMONT ? >> >> >>> Hi Sandy, >>> >>> the couple I originally queried about certainly had a son named >>> Alexander >>> bap 7 April 1787 in North Knapdale parish Argyll. In fact my Sarah named >>> one >>> of her sons Alexander in 1826. HOWEVER, Alexander is a fairly common >>> name, >>> and I'm sure there would be hundreds of Alexander McNeills in the >>> appropriate time frame all over Scotland. >>> If Alexander and Helen were still alive at the time of Janet's wedding, >>> there is an extremely good chance that their deaths will be included in >>> the >>> Statutory Records (ie:Death certificates issued), which are available >>> online >>> with scotlandspeople. This is a fantastic site, and the information >>> included >>> on them is much better than the English ones. If your Alexander is on >>> there, >>> it will include his both his parents names. This site also has the >>> Scottish >>> census's so if you can find Alexander on any of these (and Janet >>> certainly >>> would be on the 1851 census) it will give you a good indication of where >>> he >>> was born. >>> >>> Hope this is of some help >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Lesley >>> Melbourne, Australia >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Rod, my family do not appear to have strictly followed the naming pattern. Sarah and Archibald had 8 children - 7 sons and 1 daughter. We do know that the first child was named John. This was the name of the maternal grandfather. (As we do not know the paternal grandfather's name, it is possible that he was also named John, which would throw the thing out!!) But son #3 was Malcom, #4 was Alexander, # 5 Hugh, # 6 Archibald, after the father. I am beginning to think that my family don't WANT to be found!!! Regards Lesley

Dear David and Lesley et al.: Join the crowd. Kathleen VH, looking for the Grahams of Kirn/Dunoon, Argyll On Nov 25, 2006, at 5:36 PM, david and lesley wrote: > I am beginning to think that my family don't WANT to be found!!!

Hi Kathleen, It can be done tho'....on my name line, after 25 years, I finally found our missing link through a younger brothers second marrige. On this one he put the REAL place he was from. SUCCESS......the bad news...the family didn't come there originally. so I have one generation further back, and the same brick wall...hmmmmmmm<lol> Lesley

Please hang on I have been waiting for ages to find any of my YOUNG family from Loch Nell and suddenly I have found one, or rather she found me and another large jigsaw piece is in place. Chris in Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Van Heuit" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Name Change Query Dear David and Lesley et al.: Join the crowd. Kathleen VH, looking for the Grahams of Kirn/Dunoon, Argyll On Nov 25, 2006, at 5:36 PM, david and lesley wrote: > I am beginning to think that my family don't WANT to be found!!! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message