The Way we Were Wigtown Free Press 19th April, 2007 Thursday, April 20th 1882 A female committed house breaking on Monday evening. Shortly after 8 o'clock it was discovered that the shop of Mrs M'Keand, pawnbroker on Queen Street, had been broken into. £87 in bank notes was swiped plus watches, rings, lockets, alberts, blankets, winceys, jackets. Suspicion has fallen upon the daughter of Mrs M'Keand, a Mrs King, who made off to Liverpool on an express train just that night. She was accompanied on the train by a man named Porteous, who had left his wife and three children. But waiting at Liverpool's railway station was the police who had been contacted in advance. And £70 and more money was recovered.
I notice the name McKeand pops up occasionally and that there are sometimes posts by a contributor named McKeand. I think I've just discovered the name in my family tree. It was not a name I had heard before and as the writing on the death certificate was not clear I had left the name blank for the moment. When I looked at it again this week I am pretty sure the name is McKeand so I'm wondering if any of those with this name in their family tree might be able to confirm. My Great Grandparents Patrick and Sarah McCluskey (nee Shevlin) lived in Wigtown but were originally from Ireland. Sarah, I think was born in Ireland about 1820 but her brothers Edward and John were both born in Wigtown. Sarah's father was Edward Shevlin (born in County Down but died in Wigtown in 1860). His parents were Patrick Shevlin and Peggy McKEAND. I imagine they would have lived in County Down, but perhaps the name McKeand indicates a closer link with Wigtown from an earlier time? I'd be very interested to hear if this rings any bells with others researching this family. Wirh best wishes, Bill Kelly
My g grandmother was Elizabeth McKeand. She was an only child was the word passed down in the family. In 1846 she married James Nelson on the Macherstewart near Sorbie. In 1879 James & Elizabeth came to America along with their remaining 5 of 10 children. The other 5 died prior to their departing in 1879. They came 1st to San Francisco for a few months, then moved N to Oregon and settled a short distance S of The Dalles. I'd be thrilled to hear from anyone who may know of her ancestry. Kind regards, Richard Ball Canby, Oregon, USA >From: "William Kelly" <william.kelly7@tesco.net> >To: <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] MCKEAND >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:19:02 +0100 > >I notice the name McKeand pops up occasionally and that there are sometimes >posts by a contributor named McKeand. > >I think I've just discovered the name in my family tree. It was not a name >I had heard before and as the writing on the death certificate was not >clear >I had left the name blank for the moment. When I looked at it again this >week I am pretty sure the name is McKeand so I'm wondering if any of those >with this name in their family tree might be able to confirm. > >My Great Grandparents Patrick and Sarah McCluskey (nee Shevlin) lived in >Wigtown but were originally from Ireland. Sarah, I think was born in >Ireland about 1820 but her brothers Edward and John were both born in >Wigtown. > >Sarah's father was Edward Shevlin (born in County Down but died in Wigtown >in 1860). His parents were Patrick Shevlin and Peggy McKEAND. I imagine >they would have lived in County Down, but perhaps the name McKeand >indicates >a closer link with Wigtown from an earlier time? > >I'd be very interested to hear if this rings any bells with others >researching this family. > >Wirh best wishes, > >Bill Kelly _________________________________________________________________ Dont quit your job Take Classes Online and Earn your Degree in 1 year. Start Today! http://www.classesusa.com/clickcount.cfm?id=866146&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.classesusa.com%2Ffeaturedschools%2Fonlinedegreesmp%2Fform-dyn1.html%3Fsplovr%3D866144