This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: koralbee Surnames: Classification: birth Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.wig.general/2090.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: How sure are you that the father of Thomas Wallace is Alexander? Name: Thomas Wallace Gender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: 12 Oct 1811 Baptism/Christening Place: , NEW LUCE, WIGTOWN, SCOTLAND Birth Date: 02 Oct 1811 Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: William Wallace Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Mary Hill Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11893-2 System Origin: Scotland-VR Source Film Number: 1068039 Reference Number: 2:18GFKMN Collection: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 The only one I can find with father Alexander is this Thomas. Name: Thomas Wallace Gender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: 18 Apr 1806 Baptism/Christening Place: , NEW LUCE, WIGTOWN, SCOTLAND Birth Date: Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Alexander Wallace Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Jean Thorburn Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11893-2 System Origin: Scotland-VR Source Film Number: 1068039 Reference Number: 2:18GFH1L Collection: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryrichson Surnames: McMECKAN, HOPEWELL, McMAHON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.wig.general/1968.3.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Another Wig lister has responded to your query. From Ian McClumpha ([email protected]): "I'm not sure if this gets to the message board or not. A John McMeckan was born in Glasgow on 12th March 1931 to John McMeckan and Rebecca Hopewell. He married Patricia McMahon in Glasgow on 4th September 1954 but were divorced in 1959. No further trace found in Scotland but may well be still alive." As you can see, you've received yet another response that you didn't see if you don't belong to the Wig list. If you belong, please let me know. If not, I again encourage you to join using the instructions that I sent you previously: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE.html. Regards, Mary Richardson SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE list administrator [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: theta100 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.wig.general/1968.3.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi The message below was just posted om WigList by Iam McClumpa 'Hi I'm not sure if this gets to the message board or not. A John McMeckan was born in Glasgow on 12th March 1931 to John McMeckan and Rebecca Hopewell. He married Patricia McMahon in Glasgow on 4th September1954 but were divorced in 1959. No further trace found in Scotland but maywell be still alive. Best wishes Ian A McClumpha' Sadly his date of birth is the same as that of John McMeckan who died in 1980 in Barton, Manchester as found on Ancestry. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi I'm not sure if this gets to the message board or not. A John McMeckan was born in Glasgow on 12th March 1931 to John McMeckan and Rebecca Hopewell. He married Patricia McMahon in Glasgow on 4th September 1954 but were divorced in 1959. No further trace found in Scotland but may well be still alive. Best wishes Ian A McClumpha Need help with your Scottish Family History research? Let Imchad Ancestry assist you. Please look at our website: www.imchad.freeola.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 30 December 2010 16:56 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] John McMECKAN, b. 1904 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jmurray81_1 Surnames: Mcmeckan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.wig.general/1968.3/ mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi My mum is looking for her father who is called John Mcmeckan. He was born in stranraer, scotland in 1931. he has 7 sisters, he used to work on farms. this is all she knows about him as she has never seen him before. do you know of him? his parents i believe were John Mcmeckan and Rebecca hopewell? I see from your post that you was looking for them, what side of the family are you from? we may be related. it would be good to hear back from you. if you know anything please reply. Thanks James Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Donald. re your question : "My question for the historians amongst us what was Stair's family regiment? The Enniskillens from Northern Ireland? Why would a Northern Irish regiment winter in Wigtown rather that at home in Enniskillen? " In the PRONI, T3019/512. Sir Robert Wilmot Papers. 30 March 1744. Letter from Lt. Col. Cuthbert Ellison, (Adjutant General to the Earl of Stair), Hanover Square, (London), to Wilmot. Encloses a letter from John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair, Col. of the Enniskillen Dragoons, to (Lord or Duke of ?) Devonshire on the plan for replacing the horses lost by Stair's Regiment in their passage from Ireland. Sounds like the horses also went from Ireland to the Stair estate in 1744. Would this be a property at Dunragget ? >From a hot South Australia. Shirley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Fraochale Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.wig.general/2090.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you have access in Scotland to records? If so I would look at the Kirk Session records for the period in which you are looking at. If both Alexander Wallaces were in the same parish there would be record of them if they ever came before the Session and it is likely that Sir Alexander would have been an inheritor of the parish so he would likely appear in some of the business of the Kirk. But the other might as well as my ancestors appear in their parish records as donating to different causes and he was only a cottar. So is I were you I would find a way to use the Session records for his parish, though you have to use them only in the Archives in Scotland at this time. Very interesting reading. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bonniebeap Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.wig.general/2090.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Sorry I have not got back to you sooner. Thank you for the reply & info. I have narrowed the Alexander Wallace (b. 1776) down to 2 in the area but have not been able to take it beyond that. One was Sir Alexander Wallace living at Inch-Lochryan House & the other at New Luce. I don't know how to connect to my Thomas Wallace b. 1811 (I am sure of him & sure his father was named Alexander b. 1776). Nor have I been able to positively find these Alexander Wallace's parents from the area. I don't know when the naming pattern actually started. Thought I would start with Sir Alexander 1st as he is probably more documented-have found him on Inch census 1841 & 1851 but not sure if all his children are on those 2 census reports as he was in his late 50's & early 60's then. Cannot find him earlier. My maiden name was Wallace & my grndfthr was b. in Dumfries so it is a major line but a real brick wall. Bonnie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Thank you Carolyn. I had the following, but it needs to be cross-checked. John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, bap. 6 Aug 1673 m. 7 March 1714 Eleanor Campbell (widow of James Primrose, 1st Visc. Primrose) 4th dau of James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudon by his wife Lady Margaret Montgomerie. John Dalrymple d. 9 May 1747 succeded by his nephew James Dalrymple, son of Col. Wm Dalrymple of Glenmuir. Some records show the 2nd Earl as having married clandestinely in 1708. The 2nd Earl of Stair was Colonel of the Inniskillin Dragoons 1714/5-34 and 1743-45. He was Colonel of the Scots Greys 1745-47. On 31 March 1747 he appointed his nephew John Dalrymple b.1720, 1st son of his youngest brother (George Dalrymple of Dalmahoy bap 10 Mar 1680) as his successor, but this was contested by his bro's (Col. Wm Dalrymple of Glenmuir bap. 10 Oct 1678) son, James Dalrymple. This nephew's claim was found to be a valid claim as to the estates, but invalid as to the peerage titles, presumably on the ground of having been executed after the union. Therefore, James Dalrymple, 3rd of Stair, advocate, succeeded 9 May 1747 his uncle in the Earldom of Stair, but not to the family estates and d. 30 Nov 1760 at Castle McDouall, buried at Stoneykirk, unmarried.

Hi I noticed some info on Inch dated Jan 6th. I am interested in a Sir Alexander Wallace b. 1776 in Craigie, Ayrshire but shows up as living in Inch at Lochryan House with family at the time of the 1841 & 1851 census.He was Lt. Gen of the Army (retired). I am wondering what the name of ALL of his children are & whether he had a child Thomas b. abt 1811. Can anybody help me with this? BONNIE GREINER

Dear Shirley, Your comments on Lord Stair are interesting as I have some connections with the Dalrymples and I would like to quote in part from a letter written on 11th Jan 1904 by John McKelvie (1831-1906) 4th eldest child of William McKelvie (1802-1876) and Isabella Main (1800-1878). The letter was to his first cousin my great grandfather Robert Main, it was concerning the family history in Wigtownshire. This part of the letter is about the first three William Means (read Main) and recounts stories he was told by older family members in the 1850s so I quote; "The first land of the family was a farm or at all events lived at Larg near Stranraer and purchased Barneight from the Curators of John McDowell of Freugh on 21st Oct 1742. He seemed to have lived at Carsbuie adjoining Barneight at the time of his death. He was William Mean of Barneight, Carsbuie and Drummadweegie or Drumatweeidie probably purchased all at the same time but I cannot tell. His son William Mean Jnr was the soldier who fought at Dettingen under Lord Stair whose gravestone Robert M Douglas and I searched for at Inch last Autumn." That is the only part of a long letter that I will quote. Interestingly this William Mean Jnr married Helen McTaggart the daughter of William McTaggart of Carseriggan (a nearby farm) and Jeannie McDowell who in turn was the daughter of John McDowell of Freugh. John McDowell was married to Lady Elisabeth Crichton Dalrymple the daughter of William Dalrymple and Penelope Crichton the Countess of Dumfries hence the Dalymple/Stair connection in the family and presumably William Mean Jnr was in the family regiment? My question for the historians amongst us what was Stair's family regiment? The Enniskillens from Northern Ireland? Why would a Northern Irish regiment winter in Wigtown rather that at home in Enniskillen? Why was William Mean Jnr described as "the soldier" rather than "a soldier" and is there any means of finding out which regiment he was in, for how long and his rank? Was Dettingen in 1742 an important battle? Finally can anyone help me with locating Drummadweegie or Drumadweeidie. John McKelvie's handwriting is difficult to decipher in part and it seems he also had difficulty in the spelling as he provided the two alternatives. For some reason I had always thought the place name was changed to Drumbuie which is shown on the 1947 Bartholomews half inch sheet for Galloway at grid square 11K but on the OS sheet 82 1;50,000 for 1976 gr325630 the name is changed from Drumbuie to Ardochie. >From warm sunny southern Western Australia. Donald Main -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shirley Walsh Sent: 06 January 2011 11:32 To: [email protected] Subject: [WIG LIST] Lord Stair c.1715, Castle Kennedy Elizabeth Cook had a message about Inch Village on 12 April 2002. >From information supplied by the estate office in Stranraer, Elizabeth wrote: "One of the Lord Stairs, returning from a military campaign, found his castle in flames. The servants, having heard of his imminent return, were airing the bedding in front of the fire. This caught fire and the whole castle was burned down. The family eventually raised the money to build another castle, the present Lochinch Castle." I have been researching an ancestor, Thomas Dalrymple bc.1710-1730 (said to be brother of the Earl of Stair) who was an attorney in the King's Bench in Ireland and died there in 1779 and would be pleased if anyone would know of his birth, perhaps in Wigtownshire or Ireland. In the book "Annals and Correspondence of the viscount and the first and second Earls of Stair (vol. I) . John Murray Graham. p.289 "London, March 24 1715. Till by this post it has not been in my power to acquaint you that I have received the king's directions for your commission for Ecklin's regiment" etc. "Your countrymen, and particularly Lord Argyle, are returned so very much dissatisfied with Lord Marischal (George Keith) that I believe they will prevail with the king to take his command from him." "Lord Stair continued colonel of the regiment of Enniskillens for about twenty years (Ireland). According to a custom not uncommon in the army at that time, he provided (by arrangement with Government) winter-quarters and forage for the men and troop-horses, when not on duty, in his grounds of Castle Kennedy in Wigtownshire, (south of Stranraer on Loch Inch and near Culhorn) where fatigue-parties of men were occasionally employed in country labour upon the estate". ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I cannot reply to all the questions, but I can tell you that the Lord Stair who returned to find Castle Kennedy in flames was the 2nd Earl of Stair, known as the Field Marshall (1673-1747). He was Colonel of the Scots Gray Dragoons, a unit which did some of the work around Lochinch Castle during available time. A caretaker on the estate reported to one of my family on a visit some years ago that they dredged out the lake on the property. It may have been someone else in the family who was connected with the Enniskillen regiment. The above information re: his life and death and Scots Gray Dragoons is inscribed on the plaque at Kirkliston Parish Church where he and others of the family are entombed. He never married, according to the record and died at Kirkliston. Lochinch Castle was not built until about 1850. The family had another estate in the Edinburgh area, burgh of Kirkliston, and that is where the Dalrymples lived when away from the Castle Kennedy estates. Donald, did you ever find the grave of William Mean (Main) at Inch? I'm assuming you are referring to the old Inch church, now in ruins? If not, the gravestones in that kirkyard were transcribed by Gilbert Dinsmore in spring and early summer of 2002. The records were sent to the Scotland National Trust and compiled into a booklet. It may be available at the Stranraer library by now. Have you inquired there? Regards to all, Carolyn Achata On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Shirley Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Elizabeth Cook had a message about Inch Village on 12 April 2002. > >From information supplied by the estate office in Stranraer, Elizabeth wrote: > "One of the Lord Stairs, returning from a military campaign, found his castle in flames.  The servants, having heard of his imminent return, were airing the bedding in front of the fire.  This caught fire and the whole castle was burned down.  The family eventually raised the money to build another castle, the present Lochinch Castle." > > I have been researching an ancestor, Thomas Dalrymple bc.1710-1730 (said to be brother of the Earl of Stair) who was an attorney in the King's Bench in Ireland and died there in 1779 and would be pleased if anyone would know of his birth, perhaps in Wigtownshire or Ireland. > > In the book "Annals and Correspondence of the viscount and the first and second Earls of Stair (vol. I) . John Murray Graham. > p.289 "London, March 24 1715.  Till by this post it has not been in my power to acquaint you that I have received the king's directions for your commission for Ecklin's regiment"  etc. > "Your countrymen, and particularly Lord Argyle, are returned so very much dissatisfied with Lord Marischal (George Keith) that I believe they will prevail with the king to take his command from him." > > "Lord Stair continued colonel of the regiment of Enniskillens for about twenty years (Ireland).  According to a custom not uncommon in the army at that time, he provided (by arrangement with Government) winter-quarters and forage for the men and troop-horses, when not on duty, in his grounds of Castle Kennedy in Wigtownshire, (south of Stranraer on Loch Inch and near Culhorn) where fatigue-parties of men were occasionally employed in country labour upon the estate". > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Carolyn Achata

Elizabeth Cook had a message about Inch Village on 12 April 2002. >From information supplied by the estate office in Stranraer, Elizabeth wrote: "One of the Lord Stairs, returning from a military campaign, found his castle in flames. The servants, having heard of his imminent return, were airing the bedding in front of the fire. This caught fire and the whole castle was burned down. The family eventually raised the money to build another castle, the present Lochinch Castle." I have been researching an ancestor, Thomas Dalrymple bc.1710-1730 (said to be brother of the Earl of Stair) who was an attorney in the King's Bench in Ireland and died there in 1779 and would be pleased if anyone would know of his birth, perhaps in Wigtownshire or Ireland. In the book "Annals and Correspondence of the viscount and the first and second Earls of Stair (vol. I) . John Murray Graham. p.289 "London, March 24 1715. Till by this post it has not been in my power to acquaint you that I have received the king's directions for your commission for Ecklin's regiment" etc. "Your countrymen, and particularly Lord Argyle, are returned so very much dissatisfied with Lord Marischal (George Keith) that I believe they will prevail with the king to take his command from him." "Lord Stair continued colonel of the regiment of Enniskillens for about twenty years (Ireland). According to a custom not uncommon in the army at that time, he provided (by arrangement with Government) winter-quarters and forage for the men and troop-horses, when not on duty, in his grounds of Castle Kennedy in Wigtownshire, (south of Stranraer on Loch Inch and near Culhorn) where fatigue-parties of men were occasionally employed in country labour upon the estate".

Greetings all, Many thanks for your response re Mauchline. How helpful you all are. I suddenly got a weird feeling that I am living in a split time zone between here and Wigtownshire - living amongst you as neighbours. It is like walking up the main street of Wigtown and greeting and being greeted by all of you "Good morning, how are you, how's your wee wifie?" What a wonderful thing to happen. That is very much our experience of Scotland, actually. Thanks again, so much. ...David P.S. Sam, we are hanging in with you folk in the devastating floods. Down here in Rockingham we have been scorched for months and surrounded within a few kms by arsonist-lit bushfires. Yesterday we had 30 mm of rain which brought enormous relief. Prayers for some relief up your way!!

Diana, I had an elderly friend here in Brisbane who was born in Mauchline and you were correct in that she pronounced it as in Moch-ln with the emphasise on the Moch (as in loch) and the lin almost as if the "i" wasn't there. Sam ` ` ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Henry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 10:16 PM Subject: [WIG LIST] Fw: re MAUCHLIN(E) > OPPS sorry Mauchline has an e at the end I believe, which makes the > pronounciation even stranger. > Diana

Hi Al, Like Kay, I think you have a good case for considering that Jemima was a daughter of James SINCLAIR & Elizabeth TRITTON. Although only circumstantial evidence, it does seem strong. The additional given names of Elizabeth Tritton for Louisa seems like too much for coincidence. It is possible that Jemima was a niece, rather than daughter, but some connection is implied, and daughter seems most likely. The Peerage site you quoted refers back to Burke's Peerage. The lack of issue reported there could simply mean that the researchers of that volume did not know of any. Have you found James SINCLAIR & Elizabeth TRITTON in the 1841 and 1851 census? They were in Duddingston, Midlothian. I found them on <http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl>. Certainly interesting leads from the others in those households. It also confirms that James was born at Barrogil (or Mey) Castle, but being the 3rd son, he may not have been living there when Jemima was born - assuming she was his daughter. She could easily have been born in Surrey England, if she went to her family for the birth. I see that the GIBSONs were at the Sawmill at what was then known a Newton of Baldoon, now known a Braehead, except that James snr was in Wamfray, Dumfriesshire, with his sister Margaret SUMMERVILLE on census night 1851. Its interesting to note that like Jemima SINCLAIR, Johnson GIBSON's sister Matilda was a schoolmistress. >From <http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk>, it looks like Elizabeth TRITTON may have died at Canongate, Edinburgh in 1856 or 1867. We know that James SINCLAIR died there 18 Jan 1856. Unfortunately he didn't oblige us by dying a month sooner, as 1855 death registrations named children. It may be worth your while looking for MIs for this couple to see if any children are mentioned. Perhaps obituaries in newspapers may do likewise. As Elizabeth was one of the TRITTONs of Westhill, Wandsworth, her obituary may have appeared there. Hope this is of some benefit. Regards, Bruce On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Al Hanna <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > Are there any sleuths out there who may be able to help? > > I am a new researcher with an interesting twist on an old post. I am a > descendant from this particular family originally posted by a Margaret > Brown in April 2002: > > “Jeremia [Johnston] Gibson Married Jemima Sinclair in Kirkinner June 6, > 1841.  We would like very much to obtain the bride's mother's and father's > names and Jemima's place of birth.  Could you be of any help?  We would be > most appreciative.” > > Here is some additional information that I bring: > > Their names were Johnston Gibson and Jemima Sinclair. Sometime between > 1841 and 1847 they immigrated to Canada, and settled in Guelph, Ontario. > > Their children were: Louisa, James?, Matilda, Mary Jane (b.1847 d.1919), > Eleanor, Charlotte, Sinclair, Frances, Bruce, Lucy Ann, Janet and Jemima. > > Mary Jane Gibson is my g-g-grandmother. She married William Hewer, and > they had eight children of their own. > > This is where the story gets interesting. There has been an enduring > family myth that Jemima Sinclair was the descendant of the Sinclairs of > Caithness. Here are some clues: > > 1)      Mary Jane’s obituary states that she was “daughter of the late Johnston > and Jemima Sinclair Gibson, also granddaughter of the late Hon. Col. > Sinclair.” > > 2)      Mary Richardon’s post in response to Ms. Brown in 2002 states “I found > two children for Johnston and Jemima:  Louisa Elizabeth Tritton Gibson and > James Gibson, both born in Kirkinner.” > > Interestingly, the actual Elizabeth Tritton was married to the Hon. > Lt.-Col. James Sinclair, 3rd son of the 12th earl of Caithness James > Sinclair, in 1819, but apparently without issue. > http://thepeerage.com/p19864.htm > > We cannot seem to find any birth records for Jemima Sinclair, however, > Canadian census information records her birth as being in 1821 or 1822 > (depending on which one you choose to believe). Hence, a missing link! > > Our family’s big question has long been: Is there any truth to this tale, > or is it a scandalous work of fiction (the latter of which is what we have > long tended to believe). > > Anyway, thank you for taking the time to read this post. > > Sincerely, > Al Hanna > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

David, It is 'Mauch' as in loch with the gutteral 'ch' and 'line' as in 'linn' Phonetically equivalent to Moch linn ` Happy New Year from Brisbane where today's weather will be the same as Perth's forecast for today Rain, thunderstorm risk maximum 29 °C. Sam Heron Brisbane Queensland in sunny Australia where much of our state is under flood. ` ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bishop David Murray" <[email protected]> To: "Wigtown List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:24 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Phonetic pronunciation > Greetings to all for 2011. > > I would greatly appreciate it if someone could send me the phonetic > pronunciation of Mauchline - the home of Jean Armour, Robert Burns' wife. > Is it as in "Morsh-lyne" or as in "Moush-leen" etc? > > Many thanks ...David > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3358 - Release Date: 01/04/11 17:34:00

Greetings to all for 2011. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could send me the phonetic pronunciation of Mauchline - the home of Jean Armour, Robert Burns' wife. Is it as in "Morsh-lyne" or as in "Moush-leen" etc? Many thanks ...David

OPPS sorry Mauchline has an e at the end I believe, which makes the pronounciation even stranger. Diana

Dear all, Mauchlin is pronounced Mochl'n with the accent on the Moch. Diana Henry

Hi Al An interesting tale! I also find the births of James and Louisa in Kirkinner. It seems very unlike she and husband would name their daughter Louisa Elizabeth Tritton Gibson if this is not her mother. In 1841 census Jemima is in Kirkinner at Well Cottage age 20 and a school mistress born Scotland but not Wigtownshire After some more digging found a tree on ancestry which has Jemima SInclair born 10 June 1820 in Mey, Caithness to James Sinclair and ELizabeth Tritton. Presumably at the `Castle of Mey near Thurso which was the seat of the Earls of Caithness and bought by the Queen Mother in 1952 ttp://www.castleofmey.org.uk/castleofmeyhistory.cfm Can't find a record of this birth anywhere but it all sounds right. Kay