This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MacAulay Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/484.1 Message Board Post: I just found your query and was wondering if you ever found anything else ...I think we may be connected. My great Great Grandmother was Sarah MacAulay and I believe her parents were Angus MacAulay and Annie MacPherson. Angus is from Benbecula, South Uist, Scotland. They have 5 children : Archibald b.1838, George, Sarah b. 1842, Cornelius b. 1846, and James b. 1851. Please let me know if any of these sound familiar to you. Thanks, Paula

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/TeC.2ACE/1366 Message Board Post: Im trying to find militry records for a David Anderson born 1842 in Aberdeen him and his wife Alice born 1851 in Ireland there daughter Jane born 1879 in Aberdeen. David then had a second child in Fort George N.B David 1879 then ended up in liverpool England

Hi there Listers. I am trying to trace my Scottish ancestors and am finding it to be somewhat difficult. Would any among you have any info. relating to the family of Alexander and Ann Shaw who were married at Kingussie And Insch Inverness on 3 March 1825.In particular I would like info re their daughter Jane,c16 January 1828 at the same location.Jane later lived at Forres where she had a son Alexander,b 1857 and he and his mother emigrated to Australia a short time later,or so it is said. hope you can help regards Jill Underwood(nee Shaw) ----- Original Message ----- From: <SCT-INVERNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:00 AM Subject: SCT-INVERNESS-D Digest V05 #210

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I am trying to locate any information on Norman URQUHART. He was born about 1750 in Scotland and died about 1840 in Alabama. He first appears in North Carolina in 1774 when he received a land grant of 150 acres in Cumberland County. His wife was Janet/Jannett Bethune/Beaton (various spellings of her name have been found) whom he married about 1774. She died about 1830 in Alabama. Any additional information on this couple will be greatly appreciated. Who were their parents, when and where were they born, when and how did they sail from Scotland to Colonial America? These are only a few unanswered questions that have plagued this family researcher. Thanks for any information. Billy R. Wilson

Looking for Alexander Bailey, who was born 1719. His father may have been Alexander also. I do not know his mother's maiden name. Alexander was born at a Bailey Castle which was supposed to be 14 miles North of Inverness. It is said they were Presbyterian. He went to lreland where he married Jane Brown. There oldest son Matthew was born there in 1749. They came to America in 1751. Does any one have any information or history on the family. lois@pulsenet.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: karen thank you for your kind offer,I shall have a good look this weekend ( a long weekend in Sydney) and will get back to you.Best wishes Ray

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Ray, I will certainly look into joining the groups you mention, so do you think that this is your Isabella? If there is a connection would you like the information I have on Janet/Jessie? Karen.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Karen, there were many many Isabella MacDonalds even at that time there would have been many as isabella was a very popular name with the MacDonalds. Karen why not join the Highland family history society at Inverness,they have many wonderful volunteers working there and will do some research for reasonable fees also at the Inverness library there is the most knowledgable family historian who will also do research for reasonable payment. Highland family history is fraught with complications especially interchangeable names, when one would use their clan name rather that their own. All women were know by their maiden names not their hubands name this kept the clan system of knowing who,s who,s which was of utmost importance to the highland people. Best wishes Ray Gavan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Chris, Yes you could be right, at the moment it seems to be that Isabella married Alexander MacDiarmid. There are a few more possibilities which will have to be look into. Thanks, Karen.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1360.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Chris, Thanks for looking again for me i`ll just have to keep trying! Sophie could be Jessie just the age isnt right! Thanks for your help. Karen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Karen, Is it not likely that Isabella's maiden name was McDonald,and she subsequently married a Fraser (father of Jessie) ? Cheers,Chris.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1360.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Karen, I had another look at the Census entry,but there is no record of Jessie/Janet the mother.Curiously,though,Charle's name should not have been recorded in the Census,as he was not residing there that night. I wonder if the Recorder also made the mistake of leaving out Janet's name,or just got his notes into a bit of a fankle. Incidentally,the name I dentified as Sophie,could well be Jessie or something similiar (you will have a better idea). Cheers,Chris.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365.1.1 Message Board Post: Ray, I do not know anything about Isabella McDonald at all. A relative of mine had a search done years ago and was told about the inscription but was not told of any other names only that of Charles McFadyen. So you can imagine my surprise when I was told about Isabella. I have been told that the maiden name of married women was used, so with that in mind if its your Isabella and she married a MacDiarmid, my Janet or Jessie`s maiden name doesn`t fit as its Fraser unless mother or daughter had remarried! So I hope you can come up with something, this is the full inscription. Erected by Charles McFadyen, engineer and his wife Jessie Fraser, in memory of their son Charles who died 14 October 1861 aged 9 years. Also of Isabella McDonald, mother of the above Jessie Fraser, who died 7 October 1859 aged 54 years.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365.1 Message Board Post: Karen, my greatgrandmother was Isabella McDonald from Lochaber she was the wife of Alexander MacDiarmid and she had five daughters one who was Janet or known as Jessie,however I don,t think she married a Fraser,I may be wrong as there were many deaths and remarraiges in those days. I have been looking for the grave of Isabella for many years and have been to Inverness and I cannot beleive that I missed the grave in the old high church,the date is certainly the "right" time for our Isabella,I think in my big library of genealogy somewhere I have the Mi,s for that cemetery. Please let me know if there is a connection as I have done quite a bit of research on the family from Lochaber. Ray Gavan. Sydney

Karen, that might be her maiden name. People in the Highlands frequently still refer to a woman by her maiden name, whether she's married or not. You might see a monument that reads "Alexander Cameron; his wife, Mary Campbell" -- makes it nice for family historians, at any rate! Sheila in Missouri

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1365 Message Board Post: Would anyone have any information on Isabella McDonald who died 7. 10. 1859 aged 54 yrs. Mother to Jessie or Janet Fraser, information was taken from monumental inscription from the Old High Church, Inverness. If you know the family or can help as to why daughter Janet has different surname to her Mother, please get back to me. Karen.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mcpherson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1364 Message Board Post: hi im looking for any info on maurice mcpherson he was born 1894 i dont know where but from what ive been told he had 13 brothers and sisters, mum only remembers allan frederick born 1900 died rylstone nsw 26 april 1986 he married beris alyn.. maurice mcpherson married hazel florence roberts they had 6 children thelma,stewart,phyllis,brydon,glenda and kenneth alva mcpherson my grand father, kenneth married dawn almeda edwards, please if any one can thank u kylie vidler (my mothers name rhonda mcpherson)

Hullo Listers; Do any among you have particulars of an Alexander Shaw and Ann McIntosh who had a daughter Jane born 25 5 1838 at Kingussie And Insch Inverness.I am trying to trace my Scottish forebears who came to Australia and any info would be appreciated Regards, Jill

Dear Lister I have just found the birth on Scotlandspeople of my great grandfather Alexander Shaw b illegitimately 1857 in Forres, Morayshire. I believe there are bastardy bonds or similar records; could I ask if there would be any records for this period available please, and if so would they be through LDS records. Kind regards Jill Underwood nee Shaw