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