Val I was wondering if you have more info about the HAMILTONS and WILSONS in your tree? I also have these surnames and also from the Kilmacolm (Kilmalcoolm) area in RFW particularly Elizabeth WILSON who I suspect was a dau of Alexander WILSON. She married James LYLE. The families of LYLE, LANG interconnect with Wilsons and Hamiltons (among many others) from the areas around Kilbarchan, Johnstone, Lochwinnoch and Kilmacolm in RFW. I see you are from Brisbane - I am an hour or so up the road on the Sunshine Coast. If we have any links I'd like to email with you off line. Margaret margsil@bigpond.net.au - Original Message ----- From: "Val Mansell" <vmansell@iinet.net.au> To: <SCT-RENFREW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:25 PM Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] HAMILTON from Kilmalcolm > Hello, > > I am new to this list & my interest is in the family of Alexander > Hamilton, a weaver of Kilmalcolm born about 1790 & married Ann WILSON in > 1820. They had 4 children, Mary (1821) Robert (1823) Alexander (1826) and > my GGGrandfather William Cunningham Bontine born 27/1/1832. > > I suspect my question is of the "does anyone know why the sky is blue" > variety but I'll ask anyway. As the family were simple weavers & their > first 3 children were baptised with only one name, why would my > gggrandfather have been given such a long one? I can find no other > reference to Cunningham or Bontine in either side of the family before or > alongside this. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. > > Val > Brisbane Aust > > ------------------------------- > 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