Hello Les and List. Thank you very much for the responses to my Culton query. I have the CD set put out by the LDS Church for the 1881 Census. The source is listed as FHL Film 0203679 Volume 644-13 EnumDist 35 Page 11. The family lived at 5 Gloucester ST., Govan, Lanark, Scotland. Robert Fraser is listed as the head, age 49 with his birthplace as Culton, Argyll, Scotland. His occupation is listed as Engine Driver. I hope this information is of help to you Les. I am very thankful for any help or suggestion. It would be wonderful if my Robert Fraser were the same as the one Les referrs to as son of William Fraser and Janet Cameron. What is the source of your information Les? I am sure that Mariam Ross is infact my Marion Robb, the wife of Robert Fraser. I did not know who her parents (namely her father) were but suspected thru correspondence with the Kirkconnel Heritage Society that she was somehow tied to Agnes Turnbull and Marion Laidlaw there. My Great Grandfather was David Fraser, son of Robert Fraser and Marion Robb. David Fraser married Helen Clark. Their first daughter was my grandmother, Janet Gardner Fraser. She came to the USA along with her brother Robert. She worked in New York as a maid for the Rockefellers for awhile, married my grandfather and they settled in southwestern Connecticut. Again, thank you for all your help and information. What you have provided has already solved a few mysteries I had! Best Regards, Melissa Buckley ----- Original Message ----- From: Les HORN To: Doug & Melissa Buckley Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Culton/Fraser Hi Melissa I'm a researcher in North Argyll. Other than the Calton in Kintyre, north of Campbeltown ARL, I can't think of another ~ Culton in ARL. Unfortunately you don't say in which 1881 Parish/ED you found the Census information. However, I've had a dig about for Robert & Marion and have come up with the following; about which you may already be aware. Robert FRASER b17/1/1833 c 18/3/1833 Corpach Kilmallie ARL (near Fort William) - prnts William FRASER + Janet CAMERON m 29/7/1867 Tradeston, Glasgow LNK Mariam ROSS c 4/8/1832 Kirkconnel by Sanquhar DFS - prnts William ROBB + Agnes TURNBULL | David FRASER b 27/1/1868 Tradeston, Glasgow LNK | James FRASER b 19/6/1870 Tradeston, Glasgow LNK | John FRASER b 1/8/1872 Tradeston, Glasgow LNK Which of the FRASERS came out to the US., when & where to ? If you can say which 1881 Census/Parish/ED/Place you got the information from I will, if I can get sight of it, have a see if I can interpret the Culton for you. Best wishes Les ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Melissa Buckley" <dbmeesa@together.net> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:14 AM Subject: [ARGYLL] Culton/Fraser > Hello. I am a new subscriber to the list and am searching for my direct ancestor Robert Fraser according to the 1881 census was born approx. 1832 in Culton, Argyll, Scotland. I have not been able to find a town called Culton. Does anyone know of Culton and/or the Frasers there? I know that my Robert Fraser married Marion Robb of Kirkconnel, Dumfries, Scotland in 1867 in Tradeston Glasgow. > > Many Thanks. > > Melissa Buckley > USA > > ______________________________