Hello listers Having had no luck with any information re Archibald McCALLUM thought I'd try his wife Anne GILLIES. They were married in Kilmodan on 8th August 1776 and I am assuming that Anne was of that parish - the wedding being from the brides home as is usual nowadays - but perhaps that was not the case in the 18th century. Someone more knowledgeable than me can perhaps let the list know. How far would people travel in that era for work? - perhaps I've been wrong to imagine Archibald came from Kilmodan too. In an newspaper article printed in 1895, Archibald and Anne's grandson (also Archibald McCALLUM b 1816) states his "grandfather lived until 99 years and 9 months old, and remembers him dilating upon herding cattle on Loch Lomondside in the time of Prince Charlie, protecting them from being taken or stolen by either of the rebel forces." I'm no historian but I thought Prince Charlie was about 1745 and these dates don't really tally with me. True story or the ramblings of an elderly gentleman?? So - anybody researching GILLIES? any history scholars who could tell us what life was like for working folk in the second half of the 18th century? Eagerly await your replies Kay