my stevensons were from kilbarchan and were also weavers............. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <muirhead@kwic.com> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] HAMILTON from Kilmalcolm >I have two separate unrelated families Joan, the first mentioned below out > of Kilmalcom and another a bit later in 1835 out of Lochwinnoch. > > Cheers!!! > > Don Muirhead > Port Dover, ON CA > > -----Original Message----- > From: sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Joan Stevenson > Sent: October 20, 2008 8:44 PM > To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] HAMILTON from Kilmalcolm > > where are your stevensons from? joan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don" <muirhead@kwic.com> > To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 3:54 PM > Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] HAMILTON from Kilmalcolm > > >> Val, >> >> I happen to have the OPR from Scot's People on your family. One of my >> Stevenson offshoots is at the top of the page. >> >> I remember seeing Alexander's name and wondered if the family was related >> to >> the Cunnigham/Bontine Grahame line. This was a prominent family in >> Renfrew >> of which Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham is rooted from >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cunninghame-Graham and someone who I >> have read many years ago. >> >> Robert Cunnigham and Bontine Grahame Francis Jane Speirs (that's a >> mouthful) >> of Kilmacolm were married about the same time as yours. All their >> children >> carried the Bontine Grahame name. >> >> One could speculate the two families might be related or perhaps your >> family >> was simply returning some sort of kindness by naming one of their son's >> after this family. And although I can't answer your question, I suspect >> you'll be doing a bit more digging. >> >> Cheers!!! >> >> Don Muirhead >> Port Dover, ON CA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Val Mansell >> Sent: October 20, 2008 7:25 AM >> To: SCT-RENFREW@rootsweb.com >> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >