Jane Macgillivray: Hi, Jane, it is I who am interested in all Walker families. Jean Manning musicmjm@bellsouth.net SCT-INVERNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > SCT-INVERNESS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 241 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [SCT-INV-L] Connon House/Moray [Toolelips@aol.com] > #2 Re: [SCT-INV-L] Conon Bridge [ScotHeritage@aol.com] > #3 [SCT-INV-L] Walker ["Jane Macgillivray" <jane@providen] > #4 [SCT-INV-L] Re: The Name Cannon/Ca [ScotHeritage@aol.com] > #5 Re: [SCT-INV-L] The Black Isle [ScotHeritage@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SCT-INVERNESS-D, send a message to > > SCT-INVERNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Connon House/Moray > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:03:14 EDT > From: Toolelips@aol.com > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > George, > Thank you for your historical information. I am quite interested. Where is > Connon House? Where could I find out more about the information you > supplied? Where is Moray? I have a map AND an atlas and could'nt find Moray > on there. I appreciate your help as a novice American genealogist very > unfamiliar with Scotland. > Margaret > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [SCT-INV-L] Conon Bridge > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:09:46 EDT > From: ScotHeritage@aol.com > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > In a message dated 13/08/00 12:39:53 PM Central Daylight Time, > mark@highland-family-heritage.co.uk writes: > > << Hi there, I don't want to be a party pooper, but Conon Bridge is a village > 2 > miles outside Dingwall in the neighbouring county of Ross-shire and it lies > in the Parish of Ferintosh. >> > > With the new bridge and all would it not be considered a bedroom community of > Inverness now? Much like Beuly and those areas. Man I remember when Dingwall > was a good long run in the car. > Dave > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Walker > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:00:46 +0100 > From: "Jane Macgillivray" <jane@providence2000.freeserve.co.uk> > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > I wonder if the person who was interested in all Walker families could > kindly contact me again. I seem to have lost the posting. Thank you very > much. Jane > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Re: The Name Cannon/Cannan > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:33:42 EDT > From: ScotHeritage@aol.com > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > In a message dated 14/08/00 2:25:16 PM Central Daylight Time, > george@kinmylie.demon.co.uk writes: > > << > Hi Margaret > Just to get my penny's worth in, according to some old > documents from the thirteenth century there was a castle. It was near or > at what is now Connon House and was called David's or Connon Castle. > There was also about the same time a chap given land in the lands of > Moray (which could have taken in that area at the time) for helping > quell some uprising in the area. His name was Connon, Duke of Brittany, > he also had to do with lands in Northumbria. He was King William the > Lions brother- in - law. Sorry it's the wrong period, there certainly > seems to be plenty of Connons' in Aberdeen-shire. > -- > George D. Christie >> > > Cannan / Cannon, probably from Irland. decendent of Canan (diminutive of > Cano, a wolf cub) This surname is found in Kirkcudbrightshire and in part of > Dunfriesshire, ( UPNEAR GLASGOW AREA) Fergus Acannane has sasine of lands in > the parish of Balmaklellane, 1562, and John Acannane was restored heir in > lands in the same parish 1574. James Arcannane of Killochie and James Acanne > in Dumfriesshire were charged with tumult in church 1607 and Gilbert > Achannane of Murdochat was one of a number charged with abiding from the > raid of the Isle 1611. David Cannan was retoured heir of lands of Slawigdau > alias cocatus the Fell , 1642 and James Cannane was recorded heir of James > Cannan of Killochie 1643. John Cannan of Guffockland 1684. George Cannon > (1805 at Kirriemuir) General in the Turkish Service was mainly instrumental > in producing the Russian discomforture at Gingevo in 1854. > > There is no mention of a Castle or property in the Highlands. HOWEVER there > is a Cananaich which is a sept of MacPherson in Skye and are know under this > name and MacChananaich (Mac-Canon-ach) Now this would at least put your > people in the Highlands and in Inverness County/shire and it could be the > name was shortened to Cannon or Cannan. > Sorry I could not get more information. > DaveM. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [SCT-INV-L] The Black Isle > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:39:40 EDT > From: ScotHeritage@aol.com > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > In a message dated 14/08/00 3:51:14 PM Central Daylight Time, > mmrbm@ameritech.net writes: > > << I had never heard of the Black Isle until last week. > Where is it? Might there have been any MacLeans there that would have a > connection to Skye? > > Marion Markham > >> > The Black Isle is just across the water from Inverness and the area has a lot > of MacLeans. It is in Ross and that is loaded with MacLeans. That is whwere > my people are from, well Ross that is.and a few spent time in the Black Isle. > The north of Skye is also loaded with Macleans to the point where you are > tripping over the buggers with each step. Old Sorley MacLean spent many years > up on Skye, where he is known as amongst the Greatest poets of Scotland. Once > you get out of Inverness and start to head north you will meet tons of > MacLeans all the way from Beuly up to Caithness where that nasty lot of > Sutherlands hang out. > Dave M.