Hello listers, I am new to this list. This week I finaly comfirmed that my Campbell was from Islay. So today I was checking the past messages for this list and last year there were others working on the same familys. Here is my lot.... George Campbell b. 1809 - Islay, Sct.. d. 1891 - Chinguacousy, Ont., Parents: John Campbell & Catherine Sinclair Married: Margaret (Mary) Graham abt. 1844 They had eight children: John, Archibald, Alexander (my line), Colin, Neil, Martha, David, and George. I am still working on the children, filling in the blanks, so far I have Archibalds marriage and children as well. Leslie

There are certain Islay surnames that I would encourage to participate in the DNA projects going on. These are McKane, Johnston, Johnson, McLea, McArthur, McThomas, McComish, McAmish. I am a director with several successful DNA projects that are working with known Islay, Bute and Arran families. We recently found an Islay family, a Johnston family that is an Ardnamurchan Mac Eain in origin. Anyone of Islay descent with anyone of these surnames should contact me should they want to explore their history via DNA testing. The advantage is you can get around stone walls in family genealogy and history by finding your paternal cousins. I think one of the neater aspects of working with these projects is, we have put several families in touch with their distant cousins, some after 285 years of separation. Barra McCain http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ulsterdna/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mccaindna

Thank you all for your help in placing where some of our Ileachs went. I might just have caused some confusion about who was living where & when. One of our family problems is the surname – variously transcribed and adopted. I’m a Heads (as are the ones still on Islay). Others have become Ead (pronounced EED), Eads, Head, Heed and even Hood. Lets start with Archie, born an Eads, but becomes an Ead Born illeg at Persabus in 1813 to John Eads and Mary Ferguson To Sue, thanks for the old 1851 data, not seen that before, starts to give me a date of when they went – I believe the enumerator HAS got it badly wrong, perhaps Archie’s English wasn’t so good. Names, well there were a lot of children lost in infancy (see below) He was married for the first time to Flora McDonald in Paisley 3 Jan 1837, second time in Owen Sound (this is what I got from the list before – transcription from Annan cemetery) 3. Archibald Ead d. Feb. 24 1900 aged 87 yr., native of Argyleshire, Scot. In memory of Margaret Cameron, beloved wife of Archibald Ead. Born in Ferintoshroshire, Scot., died in Owen Sound Apr. 25 1894 aged 57 yr. 6 mos. In memory of Flora McDonald, beloved wife of Archibald Ead d. Dec. 7 1859 aged 44 yrs. 7 mos., native of Thelsland, Islay, Argyleshire, Scot. Also their children John d. Aug. 17 1868 aged 21 yrs 4 mos., Archibald d. Jan. 22 1882 aged 32 yrs, also seven infants. Three sons died in Paisley, Scot. He farmed lot 22 con 5 - lots of sources of this This from the gazetteer of 1865-6 , can’t remember which page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/greypref.htm Fewer than half the names on the Assessment Roll of 1864, are marked as "Freeholders;" and as we find some of the heaviest assessments against persons who are set down merely as "Householders,"we have omitted a distinction that would in many cases be invidious. (edited by AJ Heads 2006 for relevant entry only) Campbell, Walter 5 22 Campbell, Hugh 5 22 Ead, Arch. 5 22 So the farm was shared ,maybe the Campbells were Irish, have not investigated them. Possibly NOT coincidentally, Archie’s daughter Catherine married an Archibald Campbell. Gord – the other possibility I can think of is Archie came via Ireland and so got lumped in with their lot? Hence the 1851 census enumerator thinking them Irish too.(Q – where did you come from? A – Ireland) I now believe John Ead who farmed lot 21 Con1 SCR (thanks a lot Lorne for explaining the system) to be the nephew of Archie and the son of George b Persabus 1815). John arrives at Quebec Canada in 1872 according to the Toronto assisted immigration records, with onward transport to Collingwood. This John I believe to be the father of the John Malcom Ead buried in Leith Cemetry – which was what I found recently that started me off, since I believed old Archie never had any surviving males after his 2 sons __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Thanks Johan I will see what I can find from that site. Does anyone know of Riddocks/ Ruddocks in Scotland? Thanks Vilma ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

Hi Carolyn, The lot and concession cannot be determined from the 1881 Canadian census. The lot and concession are recorded in Schedule 2 of the 1901 census and usually on Schedule 1 in the 1911 Canadian census. Lorne ----- Original Message ----- From: "CAROLYN HARMON" <charm59@sbcglobal.net> To: <sct-islay-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 7:31 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Canadian census > This discussion has been interesting. If you have the 1881 census > location, can you determine lot, concession? I tried finding this out > before. John & Catherine McNabb were in Eldon: Victoria North Film: > C13243, Dist 130, sub Dist A, pg2, #18 and their daughter Martha Currie > was in Mariposa: Film C13242, Dist 129, Sub Dist C, p 31 #132. I still > haven't found out what happened to John & Catherine. Arch & Martha moved > to Chicago near her brother John McNabb (John & Catherine's son- my > gr-grandfather) abt 1891. My guess is that was after Catherine died. > There are cemeteries with John & Catherine McNabbs- but not mine. > > > Thanks! > Carolyn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Hi Sue - thanks for the links. I checked Greenwood Cemetery with no Ead listing. It is the main large cemetery in Owen Sound. There are Eads buried in Leith cemetery: EAD, John Malcolm 1904-1980 his wife Margaret Anne GRAHAM 1906-1988 That is a few miles north of the residence location. There are 2 other cemeteries that are about the same distance away. The interesting part is that L22 C5 would locate the family in the 'Irish Block' part of Sydenham Twp. Directly north on Conc 5 is St Michael's Catholic cemetery. There was a church t here many years ago but there are transcripts for the cemetery. I could look if you would like. Regards Gord Calder

Hello Vilma, Here is a link to Glen Isla in Angus which may be a possiblility. http://www.angusanddundee.co.uk/alpha/area/glens/glenisla.htm Good luck in your search Johan Lochridge

This discussion has been interesting. If you have the 1881 census location, can you determine lot, concession? I tried finding this out before. John & Catherine McNabb were in Eldon: Victoria North Film: C13243, Dist 130, sub Dist A, pg2, #18 and their daughter Martha Currie was in Mariposa: Film C13242, Dist 129, Sub Dist C, p 31 #132. I still haven't found out what happened to John & Catherine. Arch & Martha moved to Chicago near her brother John McNabb (John & Catherine's son- my gr-grandfather) abt 1891. My guess is that was after Catherine died. There are cemeteries with John & Catherine McNabbs- but not mine. Thanks! Carolyn

Hi Ashley, I'd say that it is quite possible that your grandfather adopted the name "St. Clair", if he was raised by his aunt Elizabeth McEwan and uncle Alexander Sinclair for a great part of his life. As you found his sister's birth registration showing her to be illegitimate, and suspect that he was as well, it would be a fair reason to adopt the name of the family who cared for him. However, the spelling on Islay was never "St. Clair". If your theory is correct, why not also adopt a new spelling for himself? I believe there is also another connection between the McEwans and the Sinclairs > Ann (Agnes)McEwan from Cruach married Archibald Sinclair from nearby Mullindry in 1835. I have a note that she was the daughter of Hugh McEwan and Sarah Kennedy, and sister of John McEwan. Unfortunately, I didn't note the source, but it might have come from Iain Sinclair. That would make your Elizabeth the niece of Ann. Ann and Archibald went to Glasgow and started a printing business called the Celtic Press. I believe Alexander Sinclair also went to Glasgow and was in the printing occupation. I was wondering if your grandfather also went into this type of work? Also, were there other children named in the 1901 census in the Sinclair household? Toni Sinclair tracing all Islay Sinclairs >From: <ashley@rosslynhealth.co.uk> >Reply-To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com >To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McEwan St Clair Name Change >Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:19:58 +0100 > >Hi Everyone > >Having lurked on the list for some time I would like to ask for your >opinion >on a weak link in my family research. > >I suspect that my forebears come from Islay, partly from vague family >tradition and partly from a tentative conclusion drawn from the following >initial research. > >My grandfather was John McEwan St. Clair. His death certificate and >marriage >certificate both suggest he was born around 1883-1884 and had parents >Alexander St. Clair and Elizabeth St. Clair nee McEwan. Although he was a >proud Scot I can find no record of his birth in Scotland, even allowing for >a few years leeway and the very many spellings of St. Clair and Sinclair. >Nor can I find him in England & Wales (GRO), or anywhere easily searchable >on the Internet. > >But I have found, in the 1901 census, Alexander Sinclair and his wife >Elizabeth McEwan living in Cathcart, Glasgow, along with their nephew John >McEwan (17) and niece Annie McEwan (23). This would make John McEwan the >same age as my grandfather, and living with, if not adopted by, a couple >with remarkably similar names to the people my grandfather claimed were his >parents. The 1891 census shows the same (presumably) John McEwan (7) and >Anne McEwan (13) living in Cruach, a rented croft near Bowmore, with their >grandfather John McEwan as head of the family, his son Malcolm McEwan, >Malcolm’s wife Marion and three other grandchildren. It looks as if John >and >Annie were Malcolm’s illegitimate children, whereas the other three were >born to Malcolm’s wife Marion. > >The two men of the family died in 1893 (Malcolm) and 1896 (Grandfather >John) >and there are no McEwans in Cruach after this date – presumably the tenancy >lapsed with no male older than 13 in the family. The other three >grandchildren went with their mother Marion who remarried in 1896 but John >and Annie turn up, as a mentioned earlier, with their aunt Elizabeth who >was >Malcolm’s older sister. > >Is it reasonable to assume from this somewhat circumstantial evidence that >John McEwan, having lost his father, been abandoned at age 10 to 13 by the >woman who probably brought him up as a mother, and then looked after by a >family of Sinclairs, might have changed his name to John McEwan St. Clair? >Or is it more likely that my grandfather was born a St. Clair but the birth >was never recorded or remains for me to find? > >Finally, I know that changes of name were rarely recorded in Scotland at >that time, but can any list members think of any other way to refute or >verify my theory? > >Many thanks > >Ashley > > > >Ashley St. Clair > >"It ain't so much the things we don't know that gets us in trouble. It's >the >things that we know that ain't so." - Artemis Ward > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006 > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Buy what you want when you want it on Sympatico / MSN Shopping http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca/content/shp/?ctId=2,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=081805

I started to answer your query as you will see below and then checked the index for 1851 census and have added a fly to your soup so to speak. Sue Visser How to find L21 C1 SCR I've been thankful many times that I'm a 'saver' and keep things (although it was impossible when we downsized to keep all I had - but I did keep maps!!) Anyway I have a series of Ontario Atlases which have certainly come in handy with all the amalgamations that have taken place in the past 10 years. You can see the 1871 Sydenham map at http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/SearchMapframes.php. Note the road between Owen Sound and Centreville is called Centre Road. SCR translates to south of Centre road. The lots immediately below Centre Road are identified as South Con 1 and you can easily see lot 21. On a modern day map, it's hard to describe so I'll send 2 scanned maps separately, one from an earlier atlas that shows lots and concessions, and one from a recent atlas. Note Garryowen which was the post office in 1880. By my deductions, lot 21 is about half way between Hoath Head road and 6th con north but on the south side of Centre Road - it appears that the lot includes a portion of Sheppard Lake. In the 1880 Historical Atlas for Grey & Bruce Counties, there are 2 Ead's: Archibald, Garryowen post office, freeholder, L22 C5 John, Garryowen post office, freeholder, L15 CN2 Now for what may be the bad news - 1851 Grey census index. The original census certainly needs to be checked. Lot 5 Con 22 Sydenham EAD Archibald, farmer, BORN IRELAND, Roman Catholic, 35, Mary, born Ireland, Roman Catholic, 30 June, born Ireland, Roman Catholic, 10 John, born Ireland, Roman Catholic, 8 Mary, b Canada West, RC, 6 James, b CW, RC, 4 Thomas, b CW, RC, 2 >From the dob's, the family emigrated from Ireland between 1843-1845. Did the enumerator make mistakes with birthplace and religion for the entire family? Transcription errors? The location is the same for the family in 1880. Are you sure about the lot and con for 1871? I think this may be your family in 1881 Canadian census CD Census Place: Sydenham, Grey North, Ontario, Canada Source: FHL Film 1375898 NAC C-13262 Dist 156 SubDist B Div 2 Page 22 Family 89 Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace Archeble MEAD M M 67 Scottish Scotland Occ: Farmer Religion: Presbyterian Marget MEAD F M 46 Scottish Scotland Religion: Presbyterian Mairey A. MEAD F 36 Scottish O <Ontario> Religion: Presbyterian Archeble MEAD M 31 Scottish O <Ontario> Religion: Presbyterian Anabella MEAD F 27 Scottish O <Ontario> Religion: Presbyterian Florow MEAD F 25 Scottish O <Ontario> Occ: Teacher Religion: Presbyterian Cathren CAMBELL F W 38 Scottish O <Ontario> Occ: Tailers Religion: Presbyterian Bella CAMBELL F 13 Scottish O <Ontario> Occ: School Religion: Presbyterian Archeble CAMBELL M 10 Scottish O <Ontario> Occ: School Religion: Presbyterian Good Luck. Sue Visser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alasdair Heads" <al_heads@yahoo.com> To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] help with Canadian Census I know, thanks to this list that I have a far off relative who went to Grey county Ontario in the early 1800s - Archibald Ead - he's on the 1871 census. Chasing his children is a bit harder. One grandson?/nephew may be John Ead b Scotland 1852. (son discounted because Archie's graves cites a son John d1868 aged 21) Still chasing up a few things to prove the link, but in the meantime can one of the list's Canadians help me with a simple question about the 1901 census data. House is listed as B. Others on the page are listed as W,S or C. I presume B is brick, W is for Wood and S Stone, but what is C? just niggling me As for the address...Lot 21, Con1 S.C.R. how on earth can I relate that to a modern day map? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A search of the 1871 Ontario census index http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02010803_e.html shows Archibald was enumerated in Sydenham Township, Grey County. District 37, Division 3, page 20. An 1880 map of Sydenham Township can be located on the Canadian County Atlas Digital Project at http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/SearchMapframes.php Copy and paste the map into Microsoft Excel and drag a corner to enlarge it. Your ancestor was enumerated on Lot 21, Concession 1 South of the Centre Road which runs east and west from Owen Sound. Map # 4 Southern Ontario Official Road Map located at http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/southindexpdf.htm Indicates that Centre Road, now Highway 26 runs from Owen Sound east to Nottawasaga Bay and along the water front to Collingwood and beyond. Could code C mean construction? Hope this helps Lorne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alasdair Heads" <al_heads@yahoo.com> To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] help with Canadian Census >I know, thanks to this list that I have a far off > relative who went to Grey county Ontario in the early > 1800s - Archibald Ead - he's on the 1871 census. > > Chasing his children is a bit harder. > One grandson?/nephew may be John Ead b Scotland 1852. > (son discounted because Archie's graves cites a son > John d1868 aged 21) > > Still chasing up a few things to prove the link, but > in the meantime can one of the list's Canadians help > me with a simple question about the 1901 census data. > > House is listed as B. > Others on the page are listed as W,S or C. > I presume B is brick, W is for Wood and S Stone, but > what is C? just niggling me > > As for the address...Lot 21, Con1 S.C.R. > how on earth can I relate that to a modern day map? > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am looking for help tracking down the Jamaican Riddock/Ruddock ancestry. Oral history is sparse. One story is that the Jamaican Ruddock line originated from one Scot The other says the origin is from 3 brothers. The name changed from Riddock to Ruddock in the string in the records of Proprieters of estates and farms. All the Ruddocks in Jamaica trace their origins back to Westmoreland ( a few in Hanover, the adjoining parish). Thus far I have been able trace, via Jamaican records, back to A James Riddock of Glenislay, Westmoreland, Jamaica. He died in 1797. His death was reported in the Edinburgh papers. Immigrants to Jamaica often named their properties/towns after their home towns. So I am assuming that James had connections to Islay, Scotland. I am not certain how to proceed next so would be grateful for any help. TIA. Vilma ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

Ashley, hello again, I have watched the list for a few days, hoping that someone would come up with an opinion, or even better a link to the McEwan/Sinclairs, and since it hasn't happened, thought I should at least offer my opinion. I suppose it is perfectly feasible that those you have found belong to your family, but I would keep searching. Lateral thinking will be required, I think. Good luck Johan ----- Original Message ---- From: ashley@rosslynhealth.co.uk To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 23 September, 2006 10:09:10 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] McEwan St Clair Name Change Hello Johan Thanks for the welcome. Yes, all from the Bowmore area in all three census years. The 1881 census shows Ann McEwan age 4 from Bowmore, Argyll, Scotland, as granddaughter of John McEwan, the head of the family. The 1891 census gives the whole McEwan family as born in Kilarrow except Malcolm's wife Marion, who comes from Kildalton. The 1901 census shows John and Annie as born in Argyllshire Islay, along with their host uncle and aunt Alexander Sinclair and Elizabeth Sinclair ms McEwan. In fact Annie had just married in 1901 and appears as Annie Stracey, but I have her marriage certificate which shows she was previously Annie McEwan. Interestingly, on her marriage certificate she shows her father as Malcolm McEwan (deceased) and her mother as Mary McEwan M.S. McLugish (deceased): this is a bit of a fib because her birth certificate shows she was the illegitimate daughter of Mary McLugash and I can find no record of a later marriage. I have more information on this McEwan family from Bowmore, mostly from GROS, which I will gladly share if anyone is interested. What I am not so sure about is whether this reasonably well documented family is linked to me by the person I knew as John McEwan St. Clair. My feeling is that it is the most likely possibility but, having no other genealogical experience, I don’t know how much to rely on this feeling. Out of interest, his three children, all sons, were each given McEwan as a middle name - it was obviously of some importance to him. 1891 census for Cruach, Kilarrow: John McEwen - Head - Mar - 80 - Farmer - Argyleshire Kilarrow Ann McEwen - Wife - Mar - 78 - do's wife - Do Do Malcolm McEwen - Son - Mar - 40 - Farmer's son - Do Do Marion Do - Daur in Law - Mar - 23 - do's daur in law - Do Kildalton Ann Do - Grand Daur - 13 - Scholar - Do Kilarrow John Do - Grand Son - 7 - Scholar - Do Do Maggie Do - Grand Daur - 6 - Scholar - Do Do Betsy Do - Grand Daur - 3 - Do Do Catherine Do - Grand Daur - 1 - Do Do Ashley Ashley St. Clair "It ain't so much the things we don't know that gets us in trouble. It's the things that we know that ain't so." - Artemis Ward

I know, thanks to this list that I have a far off relative who went to Grey county Ontario in the early 1800s - Archibald Ead - he's on the 1871 census. Chasing his children is a bit harder. One grandson?/nephew may be John Ead b Scotland 1852. (son discounted because Archie's graves cites a son John d1868 aged 21) Still chasing up a few things to prove the link, but in the meantime can one of the list's Canadians help me with a simple question about the 1901 census data. House is listed as B. Others on the page are listed as W,S or C. I presume B is brick, W is for Wood and S Stone, but what is C? just niggling me As for the address...Lot 21, Con1 S.C.R. how on earth can I relate that to a modern day map? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Thanks Johan that sure looks like her only the age is different but I know that happens all the time could you tell me what sight you got that on. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "J LOCHRIDGE" <j.lochridge@btinternet.com> To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Finlay Ferguson > Hello Andy, > I think Rachael was alone in Rothesay, see below copied from Freecen > search > Regards > Johan Lochridge > 1851 Census > 11 Records found > > > Piece: SCT1851/558 Place: Rothesay-Bute Enumeration District: 1 > Civil Parish: Rothesay Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: > Rothesay-Landward > Folio: 0 Page: 4 Schedule: 12 > Address: Little Kilmorie > > > > Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks > MONTGOMERY Hugh Head M M 46 Farmer Of 200 Acres Bute - > Kingarth > MONTGOMERY Margaret Wife M F 34 Bute - North Bute > MONTGOMERY Alexander Son - M 9 Scholar Bute - Rothesay > MONTGOMERY Rebecca Daur - F 7 Scholar Bute - Rothesay > MONTGOMERY Thomas Son - M 1 Bute - Rothesay > MACFIE Hugh Montgomery Servnt U M 20 Farm Servant Bute - > Kingarth > FERGUSON Rachael Servnt U F 20 House Servant > Argyllshire - Islay > JOHNSTONE Daniel Servnt U M 17 Farm Servant Bute - > Rothesay > BUCHANNAN James Servnt U M 14 Farm Servant > Renfrewshire - Paisley > STEVENSON Isabella Servnt U F 18 General Servant > Lanarkshire - Glasgow > BOWS Janet Visitr W F 64 Renfrewshire - Paisley > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Andrew <a.duffy53@ntlworld.com> > To: SCT <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 26 September, 2006 5:59:54 PM > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Finlay Ferguson > > > After four days going through all the information on our sight I have > decided that the family I am seeking must have been an intinerant family > to Islay. Finlay Ferguson his family, Donald age18, Rachel age 13 and > Catherine age11 appear on the 1841 census at Gruinard Kilchoman after that > the next thing I can find out about them was Rachel married on Rothesay in > 1852 to a Duncan McLean after that she stayed in Shotts Lanarkshire her > daughter Catherine was born there by the 1881 census she was widowed and > came here to Greenock. If any of our listers have know anything on this > family I would be grateful I am now going into Scotlands People again to > see if I can find anything on there. Regards Andy Duffy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 18/08/2006 >

After four days going through all the information on our sight I have decided that the family I am seeking must have been an intinerant family to Islay. Finlay Ferguson his family, Donald age18, Rachel age 13 and Catherine age11 appear on the 1841 census at Gruinard Kilchoman after that the next thing I can find out about them was Rachel married on Rothesay in 1852 to a Duncan McLean after that she stayed in Shotts Lanarkshire her daughter Catherine was born there by the 1881 census she was widowed and came here to Greenock. If any of our listers have know anything on this family I would be grateful I am now going into Scotlands People again to see if I can find anything on there. Regards Andy Duffy

Hello Andy, I think Rachael was alone in Rothesay, see below copied from Freecen search Regards Johan Lochridge 1851 Census 11 Records found Piece: SCT1851/558 Place: Rothesay-Bute Enumeration District: 1 Civil Parish: Rothesay Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Rothesay-Landward Folio: 0 Page: 4 Schedule: 12 Address: Little Kilmorie Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks MONTGOMERY Hugh Head M M 46 Farmer Of 200 Acres Bute - Kingarth MONTGOMERY Margaret Wife M F 34 Bute - North Bute MONTGOMERY Alexander Son - M 9 Scholar Bute - Rothesay MONTGOMERY Rebecca Daur - F 7 Scholar Bute - Rothesay MONTGOMERY Thomas Son - M 1 Bute - Rothesay MACFIE Hugh Montgomery Servnt U M 20 Farm Servant Bute - Kingarth FERGUSON Rachael Servnt U F 20 House Servant Argyllshire - Islay JOHNSTONE Daniel Servnt U M 17 Farm Servant Bute - Rothesay BUCHANNAN James Servnt U M 14 Farm Servant Renfrewshire - Paisley STEVENSON Isabella Servnt U F 18 General Servant Lanarkshire - Glasgow BOWS Janet Visitr W F 64 Renfrewshire - Paisley ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrew <a.duffy53@ntlworld.com> To: SCT <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 26 September, 2006 5:59:54 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Finlay Ferguson After four days going through all the information on our sight I have decided that the family I am seeking must have been an intinerant family to Islay. Finlay Ferguson his family, Donald age18, Rachel age 13 and Catherine age11 appear on the 1841 census at Gruinard Kilchoman after that the next thing I can find out about them was Rachel married on Rothesay in 1852 to a Duncan McLean after that she stayed in Shotts Lanarkshire her daughter Catherine was born there by the 1881 census she was widowed and came here to Greenock. If any of our listers have know anything on this family I would be grateful I am now going into Scotlands People again to see if I can find anything on there. Regards Andy Duffy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Warren, 'U' means Unmarried. Regards Charles

Hello Ashley and welcome to the list. I will reply more fully later this week, but I know a lot about John McEwan of Cruach, he was my great great grandfather. His daughter Elizabeth married Alexander Sinclair in 1861and moved to Glasgow. They were my great grandparents. I'll be in touch. Regards, Iain Sinclair

Ok. Thanks to you Charles and to Joe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles & Ruth Houston" <chouston@f2s.com> To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 5:37 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Mary Catherine McFadyen > Oops! > > DOB should have been 1876 - 1877. > > I have spent too long looking at the 1851 Census. > > Regards > > Charles > > ------ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >