Hello, all !! I'm try to find out about the childern of Walter GRAHAM of Kilmardinny. Walter was born on 22 October 1678 in (I believe) Glasgow, Scotland, second-child (and second son) to John GRAHAM, "2nd of Dougalston", and his 2nd wife, Christian DOUGLAS of Mains. Walter married, in 1703, Elizabeth GRAHAM, daughter of Archibald GRAHAM (or McIVERNOCK) of Obbe, Episcopal Archbishop of the Isles, and Margaret COUPER. I have found mention of "Walterr GRAHAM of Kilmardinny" on 11 October 1715, in Dunbartonshire, mentioned among th "men of Paisley", and on 3 July 1725, in the Court of Sessions. Also. I have been told that "Kilmardinny" is (oe was) in Bearsden, in Dunbartonshire. Besides any children left by him, does anyone know Walter of Kilmardinny's death of death? I think I found Elizabeth's, who is described as a "relict of the late Walter Graham of Kilmardinny". I think Elizabeth's death was noted inm Glasgow. Thanl you for any help given. Kelly Paul Graham Houston, Texas

Hi Genial Jack and John Urie Thank you for the information you gave me for Greenock, Largs and Irvine. I have been busy trying to sort out new information and adding to both sides of my family tree! Again thank you, it's really appreciated! Kind regards Elizabeth

- Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:23 PM Subject: Ann SKELTON who married Robert WALKER A friendly hello to all on this list i;m new here so here is my interest in the name SKELTON , does anyone have an interest in the Ann SKELTON who according to the IGI married Robert WALKER in Stevenston Ayrshire Scotland , their children according to the IGI were John 1802 Paisley Renfrewshire Mary Ann 1806 Paisley James 1811 Paisey William 1816 Stevenston Hopefully ??!! Brian

- Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:23 PM Subject: Ann SKELTON who married Robert WALKER A friendly hello to all on this list i;m new here so here is my interest in the name SKELTON , does anyone have an interest in the Ann SKELTON who according to the IGI married Robert WALKER in Stevenston Ayrshire Scotland , their children according to the IGI were John 1802 Paisley Renfrewshire Mary Ann 1806 Paisley James 1811 Paisey William 1816 Stevenston Hopefully ??!! Brian

Thank you everyone for your ideas re: the McHOUAT or variants name. I will add it to my list of family history mysteries....and one day I hope to find the answer..... Kate

I am researching McCARTNEY, CARSON, HOUSTON and McBRIDE'S from Busby. They came to Busby from Ireland in 1840 onwards and worked in the printworks up to the early 1900's. Fred.

Or Mc Hewitt... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Johnston" <brucejohnston@optusnet.com.au> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] McWHAT? McQue > Of course, there is always McKeough and its variations. > > -----Original Message----- > From: sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kate Dostalek > Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2008 4:17 PM > To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] McWHAT? McQue > > What do people think about McCALLUM as as an option? It seems the most > logical being thrown open by OPR. There's also McARTHUR/McARTHOR but I > can't > help but think it is a long way removed from McCULL and McHOUAT....not > that > McCALLUM isn't either, but.... > > Thanks for the ideas John and Ken; they're added to my list. > > Kate > > >> *McQue is another uncommon Scottish name . >> > What about McQuat for McHouat? The old Scots pronunciation of McQuat >> would >> > be McWhat. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1795 - Release Date: 17/11/2008 > 5:24 PM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I've almost lost track of the original question now, but I do know someone called McWha. Is that any help? Jeanette ] McWHAT? McQue > McQuat isn't too far from McHouat. > > at do people think about McCALLUM as as an option? It seems the most >> logical being thrown open by OPR. There's also McARTHUR/McARTHOR but I >> can't >> help but think it is a long way removed from McCULL and McHOUAT....not >> that >> McCALLUM isn't either, but.... >> >> Thanks for the ideas John and Ken; they're added to my list. >> >> Kate >> >> >>> *McQue is another uncommon Scottish name . >>> >>> >>> > >>> > What about McQuat for McHouat? The old Scots pronunciation of McQuat >>> would >>> > be McWhat. >>> >* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content >> by the SmallWorld MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content > by the SmallWorld MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Rhoda, but it's more to do with the fact that the name appears to have changed over time. James Boag's (1793) mother is Margaret McCULL. At the time of his death in 1861 his mother is McCOLL. There are possible siblings of James BOAG with a Margaret different variants of McCULL. I can find a marriage for a James BOAG and Margaret McHOUAT in 1792. I'm having trouble with my current resources to locate a birth for a Margaret McHOUAT or variants in Renfrew, or anywhere. I need to do a census search for other McHouats that might live in the Abbey (Paisley) areas. I'll check out the web site. Kate On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:26 PM, CandROverson <overson12@btinternet.com>wrote: > Kate > > I am now unsure whether you think that "Mchouat" is a wrong transcription > of > another name? But I googled McHouat and came across a 1791 Book > Subscription List for Glasgow where two people are listed as bearing this > name: a May Mchouat of Thornliebank, Glasgow and a Walter Mchouat of > Dalmuir, Clydebank. (the book list is on Scottish Family Heritage at > http://www.scottishfamilyheritage.co.uk/list_book1791glasgow.shtm . There > are all sorts of 'Lists' on this site which may be of interest.). > > So, the name existed in Glasgow at the end of the 18th century. > > Rhoda > > >

Hello Kate I did a search on Scotlands People for records of births of Mchouats - either sex - between 1553 and 1854. There were 12 and the first was in 1706 in Killearn, Stirlingshire. 8 of the births were in Stirlingshire and the remaining 4 in Dunbarton and Glasgow. The last birth recorded (on Scotlands People) was in 1786 in Drymen, Stirlingshire. But, as you say, no record of a birth for a Margaret. The name appears to have died out in Scotland - there were no births of Mchouats recorded in Scotland between 1855 and 2006. There were however 59 records of births of Mcouats, before 1854, and 272 between 1855 and 2006. Some of the pre-1854 records were also in Stirlingshire. Not much help, but interesting. Makes you wonder where the name came from. Possibly a Lowland-Scottish interpretation of a Highland Gaelic name created when a Highlander settled in Stirlingshire at the end of the 17th century. Or perhaps it could be Irish in origin....... Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Dostalek" <kdostalek@gmail.com> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:31 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] McWHAT? MCHOUAT > Thanks Rhoda, but it's more to do with the fact that the name appears to > have changed over time. James Boag's (1793) mother is Margaret McCULL. At > the time of his death in 1861 his mother is McCOLL. There are possible > siblings of James BOAG with a Margaret different variants of McCULL. I can > find a marriage for a James BOAG and Margaret McHOUAT in 1792. I'm having > trouble with my current resources to locate a birth for a Margaret McHOUAT > or variants in Renfrew, or anywhere. I need to do a census search for > other > McHouats that might live in the Abbey (Paisley) areas. I'll check out the > web site. > > Kate > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:26 PM, CandROverson > <overson12@btinternet.com>wrote: > >> Kate >> >> I am now unsure whether you think that "Mchouat" is a wrong transcription >> of >> another name? But I googled McHouat and came across a 1791 Book >> Subscription List for Glasgow where two people are listed as bearing this >> name: a May Mchouat of Thornliebank, Glasgow and a Walter Mchouat of >> Dalmuir, Clydebank. (the book list is on Scottish Family Heritage at >> http://www.scottishfamilyheritage.co.uk/list_book1791glasgow.shtm . >> There >> are all sorts of 'Lists' on this site which may be of interest.). >> >> So, the name existed in Glasgow at the end of the 18th century. >> >> Rhoda >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I pulled up 79 IGI entries for McHowat, mostly in Stirling & Renfrew.   Marc --- On Wed, 11/19/08, CandROverson <overson12@btinternet.com> wrote: From: CandROverson <overson12@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] MCHOUAT/MCOUAT To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:11 AM Hello Kate I did a search on Scotlands People for records of births of Mchouats - either sex - between 1553 and 1854. There were 12 and the first was in 1706 in Killearn, Stirlingshire. 8 of the births were in Stirlingshire and the remaining 4 in Dunbarton and Glasgow. The last birth recorded (on Scotlands People) was in 1786 in Drymen, Stirlingshire. But, as you say, no record of a birth for a Margaret. The name appears to have died out in Scotland - there were no births of Mchouats recorded in Scotland between 1855 and 2006. There were however 59 records of births of Mcouats, before 1854, and 272 between 1855 and 2006. Some of the pre-1854 records were also in Stirlingshire. Not much help, but interesting. Makes you wonder where the name came from. Possibly a Lowland-Scottish interpretation of a Highland Gaelic name created when a Highlander settled in Stirlingshire at the end of the 17th century. Or perhaps it could be Irish in origin....... Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Dostalek" <kdostalek@gmail.com> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:31 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] McWHAT? MCHOUAT > Thanks Rhoda, but it's more to do with the fact that the name appears to > have changed over time. James Boag's (1793) mother is Margaret McCULL. At > the time of his death in 1861 his mother is McCOLL. There are possible > siblings of James BOAG with a Margaret different variants of McCULL. I can > find a marriage for a James BOAG and Margaret McHOUAT in 1792. I'm having > trouble with my current resources to locate a birth for a Margaret McHOUAT > or variants in Renfrew, or anywhere. I need to do a census search for > other > McHouats that might live in the Abbey (Paisley) areas. I'll check out the > web site. > > Kate > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:26 PM, CandROverson > <overson12@btinternet.com>wrote: > >> Kate >> >> I am now unsure whether you think that "Mchouat" is a wrong transcription >> of >> another name? But I googled McHouat and came across a 1791 Book >> Subscription List for Glasgow where two people are listed as bearing this >> name: a May Mchouat of Thornliebank, Glasgow and a Walter Mchouat of >> Dalmuir, Clydebank. (the book list is on Scottish Family Heritage at >> http://www.scottishfamilyheritage.co.uk/list_book1791glasgow.shtm . >> There >> are all sorts of 'Lists' on this site which may be of interest.). >> >> So, the name existed in Glasgow at the end of the 18th century. >> >> Rhoda >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-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-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Brian, As was mentioned, no your aren't going blind. The Newspaper Index was created years ago, while Leslie Couperwhite was the head librarian. It was a lot of work to create originally and getting it online is just as much work. Have to have a bit of patience (which we all can lack at times, goes with the hobby/obsession of genealogy). In a few cases, if the surnames I need isn't available yet but I know the name of the spouse, in the case of marriages, then I will check for an entry under the other surname. I'll even use the Find to search for names of properties or farms, as they are sometimes mentioned. That can also lead to finding cousins, half siblings or step siblings. Regards, Julie Dufault Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA

If you go to www.familysearch.org, click on the library tab, go to Family History Centers. I put in the country as Scotland, "Greenlock" as the County and got a list of centers in Scotland. Hope this will be useful to a lot of you. -----Original Message----- From: sct-renfrew-request@rootsweb.com To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 3:02 am Subject: SCT-RENFREW Digest, Vol 3, Issue 197 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Renfrew list information sharing (Nivard Ovington) 2. Re: Renfrew list information sharing (Donna Aitken) 3. GREENLOCK (Don) 4. Re: GREENLOCK (Don) 5. Re: GREENLOCK (Seth L. McPhie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:26:29 -0000 From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Renfrew list information sharing To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <021701c94736$892af630$0400a8c0@NJOvington> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi Donna Its also practice to highlight and delete the irrelevant parts of the mail to which you are replying <vbg> Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Ken > It's okay- you should hit "reply all" and in that way the archives will > save > the information about the person you are looking for. In the future if > someone else is searching for info on the same person and they go to > archives then they will find the information. "akluz" or whoever there > name > is was new to the list and obviously didn't realise that we share > information in this way. > Good luck with your research > Donna ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:34:01 -0800 From: Donna Aitken <bruceanddonnaaitken@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Renfrew list information sharing To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <C5442BE9.106B%bruceanddonnaaitken@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Woops! Good point Nivard! Donna On 15/11/08 7:26 AM, "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: > Hi Donna > > Its also practice to highlight and delete the irrelevant parts of the mail > to which you are replying <vbg> > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:38:03 -0500 From: "Don" <dwilson36@cogeco.ca> Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] GREENLOCK To: "Renfrew" <sct-renfrew-l@rootsweb.com> Mes sage-ID: <021E86ED05BA44C39A48FB679D28B2D2@YOUR7648F3E7A0> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Can anyone tell me if Greenlock has a library and or a Family History Centre Don Wilson Sarnia, Ontario ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:47:53 -0500 From: "Don" <muirhead@kwic.com> Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] GREENLOCK To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com>, "Renfrew" <sct-renfrew-l@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <MBBBIBNFMOPODDLNKBHDOENMJDAI.muirhead@kwic.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Don, We'll assume you mean Greenock and yes it has a library. http://www.scottishrecordsassociation.org/summaries_003.htm For online BMD's (birth, marriage, deaths) you can access these from Scot's People http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ There is also a Family History Society http://www.renfrewshirefhs.co.uk Cheers!!! Don Muirhead Port Dover, ON CA -----Original Message----- From: sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Don Sent: November 15, 2008 6:38 PM To: Renfrew Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] GREENLOCK Can anyone tell me if Greenlock has a library and or a Family History Centre Don Wilson Sarnia, Ontario ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:51:57 -0800 From: "Seth L. McPhie" <slmcphie@xmission.com> Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] GREENLOCK To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <001601c9478d$e951c1e0$1e0346a6@seth08a6186e70> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original It would be in the local LDS Church most likely! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dwilson36@cogeco.ca> To: "Renfrew" <sct-renfrew-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 3:38 PM Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] GREENLOCK > Can anyone tell me if Greenlock has a libra ry and or a Family History > Centre > Don Wilson > Sarnia, Ontario > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.2/1783 - Release Date: 11/12/2008 > 10:01 AM > > ------------------------------ To contact the SCT-RENFREW list administrator, send an email to SCT-RENFREW-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the SCT-RENFREW mailing list, send an email to SCT-RENFREW@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of SCT-RENFREW Digest, Vol 3, Issue 197 *******************************************

Hello Jeanette , yes wonderful index but nothing under the letter "W" or am i blind ??!! Brian On Mon Nov 17 10:33 , 'J.M.de Montalk' sent: Julie, what a marvellous resource. Unfortunately I didn't find any of my direct Dunlop ancestors, although my gt.grand uncle Charles Tennant Dunlop was buried in Rosneath so comes within the geographical area (I think). However, I did find the wedding of his uncle Henry Dunlop of Craigton, and the death of his widow. Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- > Don't forget the lovely BMD Newspaper Index that the James Watt Library > has put online > [1]http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/GeneralR.aspx\?id=830&catid=1015 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [2]SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. file://localhost/tmp/parse.pl?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inverclyde.gov.uk%2FGeneralR.aspx%3Fid%3D830%26catid%3D1015 2. javascript:top.opencompose('SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com','','','')

Of course, there is always McKeough and its variations. -----Original Message----- From: sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kate Dostalek Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2008 4:17 PM To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] McWHAT? McQue What do people think about McCALLUM as as an option? It seems the most logical being thrown open by OPR. There's also McARTHUR/McARTHOR but I can't help but think it is a long way removed from McCULL and McHOUAT....not that McCALLUM isn't either, but.... Thanks for the ideas John and Ken; they're added to my list. Kate > *McQue is another uncommon Scottish name . > > What about McQuat for McHouat? The old Scots pronunciation of McQuat > would > > be McWhat. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1795 - Release Date: 17/11/2008 5:24 PM

What do people think about McCALLUM as as an option? It seems the most logical being thrown open by OPR. There's also McARTHUR/McARTHOR but I can't help but think it is a long way removed from McCULL and McHOUAT....not that McCALLUM isn't either, but.... Thanks for the ideas John and Ken; they're added to my list. Kate > *McQue is another uncommon Scottish name . > > > > > > What about McQuat for McHouat? The old Scots pronunciation of McQuat > would > > be McWhat. > >* > > > > >

McQuat isn't too far from McHouat. And I've seen what we would now spell as Howat appearing as Houat in previous centuries.As we all know then they didn't bother too much about using the consistent spelling for their name. And, of course , there is Coull, though I've never seen McCoull. You seem to have plenty options...which doesn't help! Tom at do people think about McCALLUM as as an option? It seems the most > logical being thrown open by OPR. There's also McARTHUR/McARTHOR but I > can't > help but think it is a long way removed from McCULL and McHOUAT....not > that > McCALLUM isn't either, but.... > > Thanks for the ideas John and Ken; they're added to my list. > > Kate > > >> *McQue is another uncommon Scottish name . >> >> >> > >> > What about McQuat for McHouat? The old Scots pronunciation of McQuat >> would >> > be McWhat. >> >* >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content > by the SmallWorld MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the SmallWorld MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---------------------------------------------------------------

Julie, Thank you SO much for the Greenock Newspaper BMD Index url. It's a delight. Just as you say, a few little gems from it have helped me on my way and it's marvellous delving through all the McVEANs and SINCLAIRs on it. There were a couple of marriages I already knew about, but still fun to see these announced, but my main find up to now was a hitherto unknown son, daughter in law and grandsons to my McVEAN great great great grandfather's half brother. Big deal, you might think, but the half brother has always been an elusive character, so I'm always glad to thrilled to confirmation he really existed and Had A Life. His name was the same as his nephew, my great great grandfather, Peter/Patrick McVean, b 1796 & ca 1816 respectively, and both married in Strathlachlan in Argyll. Someone else researching this line had both marriages down to my fisherman great great grandfather Peter/Patrick McVean, making my great great grandmother the second wife. Interesting, I thought, and quite within the realms of possibility - until I found Wife Number 1 alive and kicking on Bute, long after 2ggranddad had married my 2 gt granny! A girl in every port? Now, I can deal with bigamy - and there are skeletons in all our family history closets - but I found it hard to believe that the Minister and the Kirk Sessions could. Was it likely Peter McVean could marry Kate Sinclair in his own village while everyone knew that Kate McQuilkan was raising a bunch of his kids only a few (sea)miles down the Kyles of Bute? And everyone must have known; OK, so they didn't have email, but news travels fast over water. There had to be another answer but where: not too much trouble finding the wife and children and following them around Rothesay down the years - but where was the man himself? Peter McVean was hardly ever home on census night and it took me years to find his death record. But I eventually did, despite the idiosyncratic spelling of their name in the Bute records. Although some Bute records seem hard to find on Scotland's People, I did find records for the wife, 5 children and a few grandchildren but Great Great Great Grand Uncle Paddy/Peter McVean himself held out for a long time. I thought I now finally had them all in the picture, until I saw the Greenock Newspaper index and found mentions for another son altogether, Hugh, leading to a family of his own. Thank you, Julie! Of course, in genealogy, one answered question merely leads to another, and I'm still puzzled as to where this Hugh character was hiding all the census nights as a child before he migrated to Renfrewshire. Maybe at sea with his dad, though surely not as a 3-year old? Not to mention whether or where he was ever born or baptised. Oh well, keeps us off the streets, I suppose. Thank you Julie Katie de Haan The Netherlands ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Dufault" <inverkip@comcast.net> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Greenock Resources > While the Greenock Newspaper BMD Index is completely dependent on family > having had the announcements put into the newspaper, like anything, you > never know what little gem might help you along. Thanks to my Beith > family putting in the death of Hamilton Beith, we were finally able to > figure out what happened to him. He disappeared from Scotland after the > 1851 census. He had emigrated to Valparaiso, Chile and died there, the > rest of his siblings had stayed in Scotland or gone to the USA, some of > his cousins ended up in England. Of course, I'm looking forward to the > index being added to, so I check my other family surnames. > > Julie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kate I am now unsure whether you think that "Mchouat" is a wrong transcription of another name? But I googled McHouat and came across a 1791 Book Subscription List for Glasgow where two people are listed as bearing this name: a May Mchouat of Thornliebank, Glasgow and a Walter Mchouat of Dalmuir, Clydebank. (the book list is on Scottish Family Heritage at http://www.scottishfamilyheritage.co.uk/list_book1791glasgow.shtm . There are all sorts of 'Lists' on this site which may be of interest.). So, the name existed in Glasgow at the end of the 18th century. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Dostalek" <kdostalek@gmail.com> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:16 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] McWHAT? McQue > What do people think about McCALLUM as as an option? It seems the most > logical being thrown open by OPR. There's also McARTHUR/McARTHOR but I > can't > help but think it is a long way removed from McCULL and McHOUAT....not > that > McCALLUM isn't either, but.... > > Thanks for the ideas John and Ken; they're added to my list. > > Kate > > >> *McQue is another uncommon Scottish name . >> >> >> > >> > What about McQuat for McHouat? The old Scots pronunciation of McQuat >> would >> > be McWhat. >> >* >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Brian Your not blind yet ;o) There is nothing under E,I,P,Q,T,U,V,or W and not much under S either, but they did say that it wasn't finished yet. So I guess we just keep watching like on all the other sites. There is so much showing up online every day it's hard to keep up sometimes. Great Isn't it. Michael On 11/18/08, bjohnson3@vtown.com.au <bjohnson3@vtown.com.au> wrote: > > > Hello Jeanette , > yes wonderful index but nothing under the > letter > "W" or am i blind ??!! > Brian >