http://www.irvineayrshire.org/Burns/burnsroom2.htm If you go to the link above that should tell you. Hugh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy A. MacLarty" <nanmac825@dccnet.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:52 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Occupation Flax Dresser > Does anyone know what a "flax dresser" did? One of my Islay McLarty's > was a flax dresser. > > Nancy MacLarty > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here is a link related to tracing your ancestors on the Isle of Islay: > http://www.isle-of-islay.com/genealogy/index.html > > >

Where do you buy this map? I'm looking for unusual placenames, farms etc. Looking for "Ceandrochan" may have transcribed this incorrectly - is it a place, street, farm or what? Maybe this map could help me. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy A. MacLarty" <nanmac825@dccnet.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:57 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Leaving for Islay Sept. 10th >I am finally getting to Scotland and Islay this September. Does anyone >have any hints as to where to look for any details on ancestry besides the >Family History Centre? My people were from the Bowmore/Killarrow area. > > Thanks to Sue Visser, I have the map of Islay that I sent for (Ranger 60) > which shows every bump, rock, old farm, etc. on the Island. Gartloist, > Ealabus and Earabus are all mentioned in the research I have done as well > as Islay House and all are noted on the map. > > Nancy MacLarty (British Columbia) > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the > Virtual Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm >

On Sep 3, 2006, at 19:41, Norma Callicott wrote: > Where do you buy this map? I'm looking for unusual placenames, farms > etc. Looking for "Ceandrochan" may have transcribed this incorrectly - > is it a place, street, farm or what? Maybe this map could help me. Islay's map is the Landranger 60. http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/general/maps/landranger/ 60.htm Nancy

In a message dated 03/09/2006 3:08:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, dkieffaber@kc.rr.com writes: > Hi Carolyn, > My gggrandmother was Mary McNeill who married Donald Gillespie on Islay > in 1833. Her mother was a Jene/Jane McNabb(I have not been able confirm > this yet) who married a John McNeil. They lived around Bowmore. I don't > know anything more abt. the McNabbs or the McNeills. I do have Mary's > siblings tho. Do you think they are the same family you are looking for? > Dee Dee, When you find out more about your Jane/Jean/Jene McNabb please contact me. I may be able to fit her into one of my McNabb families (but I don't as yet know of a McNeill connection). Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.

In a message dated 02/09/2006 6:14:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, charm59@sbcglobal.net writes: > Hi Listers: > I was thinking about places on Islay again. I know the cultural database > gives alot of information- but I wondered if there is more out there to > share. For example, I've seen the 1828 list of initial tenants at Port Ellen. I > think my McNabb's are in there but I'm not sure. They were there for the > 1841 census- but some other McNabb's were also there. Is there any more detail > about that group? > > I enjoyed the display of "farms" provided by the Family History Society at > our gathering. I wonder if anyone has more information about the families > who lived at Lurabus and Ballychatrigan? The tenant lists were only males > without ages. There were alot of McNabb's on both farms. > > I imagine people have questions about families in other places. Is this > another way to get information? > > Thanks! > Carolyn An excellent question, I hope we get an answer. I suspect that some of my McNabbs were in Port Ellen in the 20s, and I KNOW they were also at Ballychatrigin in 41 and 51 (most of them left for Ontario in 52). Looks like you and I may be fairly closely related ............ Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as PROGRESS ... HARRISON Yorkshire > Staffordshire > London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GREAVES Yorkshire > London GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark > Orkney > Glasgow > Canada + Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire > Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness > Swaziland + S. Africa SPENCE Orkney FOTHERINGHAM Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire > Dumbarton > Glasgow > Australia (Vic) MORRISON Islay > Ontario BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk > Yorkshire AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannanshire > Ontario McNABB Islay > Ontario MURRAY Dumfries > Renfrew SINCLAIR Perthshire > Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries + Lanark CALDWELL Tyrone > Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone > Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.

Hi Carolyn, My gggrandmother was Mary McNeill who married Donald Gillespie on Islay in 1833. Her mother was a Jene/Jane McNabb(I have not been able confirm this yet) who married a John McNeil. They lived around Bowmore. I don't know anything more abt. the McNabbs or the McNeills. I do have Mary's siblings tho. Do you think they are the same family you are looking for? Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: CAROLYN HARMON <charm59@sbcglobal.net> Date: Saturday, September 2, 2006 8:15 pm Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] places To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com > Hi Listers: > I was thinking about places on Islay again. I know the cultural > database gives alot of information- but I wondered if there is > more out there to share. For example, I've seen the 1828 list of > initial tenants at Port Ellen. I think my McNabb's are in there > but I'm not sure. They were there for the 1841 census- but some > other McNabb's were also there. Is there any more detail about > that group? > > I enjoyed the display of "farms" provided by the Family History > Society at our gathering. I wonder if anyone has more information > about the families who lived at Lurabus and Ballychatrigan? The > tenant lists were only males without ages. There were alot of > McNabb's on both farms. > > I imagine people have questions about families in other places. > Is this another way to get information? > > Thanks! > Carolyn > > > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by > visiting: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - > and from April 1999, you can access archived messages at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY >

Hi Nancy I googled it and found the following Sue Visser http://dict.die.net/flax%20dresser/ Flax \Flax\, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. ? to weave, plait. See Ply.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. 2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. Earth flax (Min.), amianthus. Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous. Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle. Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight. Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it for the spinner. Flax mill, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen manufactured. Flax puller, a machine for pulling flax plants in the field. Flax wench. (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.] (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy A. MacLarty" <nanmac825@dccnet.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:52 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Occupation Flax Dresser Does anyone know what a "flax dresser" did? One of my Islay McLarty's was a flax dresser. Nancy MacLarty ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Here is a link related to tracing your ancestors on the Isle of Islay: http://www.isle-of-islay.com/genealogy/index.html

Hi Jim I've been away and couldn't answer this earlier. This is my opinion for what it's worth.....It's unlikely that the hotel has marriage records. Just like today, where some folks choose to marry outdoors, under water, or wherever, once the service is performed the documents are filed with the government according to law, not at the place of the marriage. Many marriages were performed in the individuals' homes. It sounds like your family was financially able to celebrate their nuptials at the hotel. Have you checked Ted Larson's site http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ Cheerio Sue Visser Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Lindsay" <jlindsay1053@hotmail.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Port Askaig hotel? Greetings list- I am hoping that someone familiar to Islay and Port Askaig in particular can point me in the right direction. Archibald Lindsay, gr gr grandfather immigrated to US from Islay. In 1921, at the age of 76, he wrote a letter to his grandson saying that his parents and grandparents were married at the Port Askaig hotel. Though we suspect (from census records) that his fathers name was Donald, it would be great if we could confirm this by finding some record of marriages that took place at the Askaig hotel around mid 1830s. We could then confirm the 2 generations that preceded Archibald. Does anyone know whether the hotel still exists and/or whether records of marriages that took place there in the early mid-19th century exist somewhere? Thanks Jim Lindsay ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by visiting: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - and from April 1999, you can access archived messages at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY

Thanks Hugh and Sue. Now I know. He was listed as a "Flax Dresser", but later his wife, Elizabeth McVorran was listed as a "Butcher's wife". Maybe he changed occupations???? Nancy McLarty

I am finally getting to Scotland and Islay this September. Does anyone have any hints as to where to look for any details on ancestry besides the Family History Centre? My people were from the Bowmore/Killarrow area. Thanks to Sue Visser, I have the map of Islay that I sent for (Ranger 60) which shows every bump, rock, old farm, etc. on the Island. Gartloist, Ealabus and Earabus are all mentioned in the research I have done as well as Islay House and all are noted on the map. Nancy MacLarty (British Columbia)

Does anyone know what a "flax dresser" did? One of my Islay McLarty's was a flax dresser. Nancy MacLarty

Hi Listers: I was thinking about places on Islay again. I know the cultural database gives alot of information- but I wondered if there is more out there to share. For example, I've seen the 1828 list of initial tenants at Port Ellen. I think my McNabb's are in there but I'm not sure. They were there for the 1841 census- but some other McNabb's were also there. Is there any more detail about that group? I enjoyed the display of "farms" provided by the Family History Society at our gathering. I wonder if anyone has more information about the families who lived at Lurabus and Ballychatrigan? The tenant lists were only males without ages. There were alot of McNabb's on both farms. I imagine people have questions about families in other places. Is this another way to get information? Thanks! Carolyn

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My great-grandmother was Catherine Kennedy (1853 - 1939). (She married John Dunne who built the Imperial Hotel - now the Harbour Inn in Bowmore.) Her father was Captain John Kennedy (1829 - 1882). His ships travelled between Islay and Northern Ireland. His father was Malcolm Kennedy (roughly 1793 - 1848). Malcolm was a weaver and his grave is in the cemetery near Ballygrant. I have no details further back. > > Hello Seymour > > I am wondering where in your lineage does the Kennedy come from? > > delta ann >

On Aug 30, 2006, at 15:25, Seymour Hosking wrote: > My great-grandmother was Catherine Kennedy (1853 - 1939). (She > married John Dunne who built the Imperial Hotel - now the Harbour Inn > in Bowmore.) > > Her father was Captain John Kennedy (1829 - 1882). His ships > travelled between Islay and Northern Ireland. > > His father was Malcolm Kennedy (roughly 1793 - 1848). Malcolm was a > weaver and his grave is in the cemetery near Ballygrant. My Great Grandfather was James Kennedy. Don't know where he was born or what year as I was following the paternal side on Islay and have found them (the McLarty's) back to 1753. My maternal grandfather was Henry Kennedy Atkinson. Nancy

Hi Dorothy The Oban Times is the paper which usually had Islay obituaries around 1880. It certainly had ones for two of my great-grandfathers. http://www.obantimes.co.uk/ The Oban Times, P.O. Box 1, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4HB, Scotland, phone (01631)568000 fax (01631) 568001 The bad news is that to find the details I had to go to the offices myself and look through the archives. That was about 25 years ago, so maybe things have improved. Good luck! Seymour Hosking (Cameron/Dunne/Kennedy)

Hello Seymour I am wondering where in your lineage does the Kennedy come from? delta ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seymour Hosking" <seymourh@cix.co.uk> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:31 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] 1880 Obituaries

Hi Seymour: Thank you for this site. I will browse through the obits. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seymour Hosking" <seymourh@cix.co.uk> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:31 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] 1880 Obituaries > Hi Dorothy > > The Oban Times is the paper which usually had Islay obituaries around > 1880. It certainly had ones for two of my great-grandfathers. > > http://www.obantimes.co.uk/ > > The Oban Times, P.O. Box 1, Oban, Argyll, PA34 4HB, Scotland, phone > (01631)568000 fax (01631) 568001 > The bad news is that to find the details I had to go to the offices myself > and look through the archives. > > That was about 25 years ago, so maybe things have improved. Good luck! > > Seymour Hosking (Cameron/Dunne/Kennedy) > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the > Virtual Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm >

Thanks Nancy- I sent an e-mail to the hotel on the off chance that they have such records. Jim Lindsay >From: "Nancy A. MacLarty" <nanmac825@dccnet.com> >Reply-To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Port Askaig hotel? >Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:01:10 -0700 > > >On Aug 28, 2006, at 12:52, James Lindsay wrote: > >> Does anyone know whether the hotel still exists and/or whether records >>of marriages that took place there in the early mid-19th century exist >>somewhere? > >Yes, the hotel still exists. Here's the web address: >http://www.portaskaig.co.uk/travel.html > >Nancy > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual >Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm >

Hi there, I'm Annetta Trotter, born 22, Charlotte Street, Port Charlotte, Islay in 1937, to Catherine Currie and Douglas Muriden. My mother's father was a butcher at 22, Charlotte and his name was Curtherbert Currie. His wife's name was Annie Currie. I'm currently living in Southsea, but am trying to trace the roots of the family tree on my mothers side of the family. I've managed to trace my father's side dating back to 1744 when he was married. Apart from genealogy, my other interests are photography, wildlife, sewing, knitting and walking. Regards, Annetta