Surprise, I found John Grant son of Donald and Janet in the IGI but no Colin or Donald and Janet, I wonder what happened to the other three. Robin -----Original Message----- From: Ray Wigraft <rwigraft@melbpc.org.au> To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 25, 2001 8:46 PM Subject: Re: Grant & McKay Deaths 1836.(Robin) >Hello Robin, > >Thank you for your offer. > >The children of Donald GRANT & Janet McKAY were Mary 1788-1870, John >1790-1809 and Colin c.1792-1871 (my g.g.g.grandfather.) > >As to Q1. in my message, with a bit of help from Christine and another look >at the map of Sutherland I found Rosebank in Clashmore (in the Parish of >Dornoch). > >Regards, > > Ray Wigraft rwigraft@melbpc.org.au > Melbourne, Victoria > Australia > > > > >> HI >> I looked in the IGI and the only Donald Grant and Janet McKay I could find >> was this one, which sure does not come close to the one your looking for. >> Donald GRANT >> Sex: M >> >> Marriage(s): >> Spouse: Janet MCKAY >> Marriage: 10 Dec 1848 >> Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland >> But there is a Donald Grant who married a Janet Munro in 1786, are you >sure >> her maiden name was McKay. What were your Donald and Janet's children's >> name's, maybe I can find them, and then at least you would have something >to >> work with. >> >> Robin >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ray Wigraft <rwigraft@melbpc.org.au> >> To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:37 PM >> Subject: SUT: Grant & McKay Deaths 1836. Help!!!! >> >> >> >Hello Listers, >> > >> >My g.g.g.g.grandparents, Donald GRANT & Janet GRANT (nee McKAY) are both >> >recorded in the Dornoch Parochial Register as having died both on the >same >> >day, 27 September 1836. Donald age 89 of Palsy at Dornoch (Parish or >Town) >> >and >> >Janet age 80 at Rosebank. >> > >> >I find that it is too much of a coincidence that they are recorded as >both >> >dying on the same day. >> > >> >Q1. Where is/was Rosebank >> > >> >Q2. Did anything unusual take place around that time eg. plague, >famine, >> >clearances etc. >> > >> >I am open for any suggestions please. >> > >> >Regards, >> > >> > Ray Wigraft rwigraft@melbpc.org.au >> > Melbourne, Victoria >> > Australia >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== >> >You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You >> can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ >> > >> >============================== >> >Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >> > >> >> > > >==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== >You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >