Bonawe is about 12 miles from Oban on the north side of Loch Ettive (over the water from Taynuilt) , Furnace is south of Inveraray and both have quarries. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "proudscot" <proudscot@pgen.net> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] quarries in Argyll > Hi, > > I am trying to complete the family picture and would love to know about the history and localities of any of the above. > > My Marr family at some point were based in Argyllshire. > I have the following information. > > William Marr b. 1838 in Aberdeen, wife Mary Ann Taylor b. 1841 in Aberdeen. > > William Marr was a settmaker/journeyman, so I'm pretty sure he was following the work availbale in the quarries at that time. For a few years the family was based in Kilspindie, Perthshire and William worked at the Pitroddie Quarry. Two of their daughters were born there. > > One of their son's, Alexander Marr b. Ben Aur, Argyll; a daughter; Mary Ann Marr b. Furnace, Argyll and another daughter Ann Marr b. Ben Awe, Argyll. > Daughter Mary Ann may well be the same Mary Ann I have found b. in Culmodden, Argyll in 1873. > > When William Marr and Mary Ann Taylor's son William (b.1861 in Aberdeen) got married in Kilspindie in 1881, the marriage certificate shows an address of Ardchattan, Argyllshire for both him and his parents and that William had followed his father's footsteps and worked as a stone-dresser. > > Can anyone shed some light on these addresses and their histories? Has anyone else got stonedressing ancestors who worked these quarries and may have come across my family members? > > many thanks, > > Karen >