Frances I found the adverts very interesting as well. Any mention of one Andrew Quinn of Kirkland of Longcastle, Grocer? Barbara Wilson (McQuinn) >-- Original Message -- >From: sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com >Subject: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13 >To: sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com >Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:55:56 -0700 > > > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. BMD'S FROM WFP 16TH MARCH, 1854 (DIANA HENRY) > 2. RODGERS/MACADAM (DIANA HENRY) > 3. Re: Galloway - Tyrone, Ireland (FERGUS) (Carnahan Ranch) > 4. Re: Wigtown and Whithorn Adverts (tandnclarken@optonline.net) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:24:35 -0000 >From: "DIANA HENRY" <dianahhenry@btinternet.com> >Subject: [WIG LIST] BMD'S FROM WFP 16TH MARCH, 1854 >To: "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <002b01c73402$45ef7b50$c52c8351@user31016f6bce> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >BIRTHS > >M'MASTER, Male - B10/3/1854 - At George Street, Stranraer, on the 10th instant >the wife of Mr M'Master, baker, of a son. >GORDON, Male - B10/3/1854 - At Portree, Portpatrick, on the 10th instant, >Mrs Arthur H. Gordon, of a son. >YOUNG, Female - B2/3/1854 - At the Manse, Mochrum, on the 2d inst., the wife >of the Rev. Alexander Young, A.M., of a daughter. >FULTON, Male - B14/3/1854 - At Cotton Mill, Newton-Stewart, on the 14th inst., >the wife of Mr John Fulton, weaver, of a son. >GRAY, Female - B8/3/1854 - At Newton-Stewart, on the 8th inst., the wife >of Mr James Gray, draper, of a daughter. >ROBBS, Male Twins - B7/3/1854 - At Newton-Stewart, on the 7th, the wife of >Mr Robert Robbs, of twin sons. >HUSBAND, Male - B14/3/1854 - At Wigtown, on the 14th instant, the wife of >Mr J.W. Husband, teacher, Normal School, of a son. >M'CULLOCH, Male - B8/3/1854 - At Glenduisk, on the 8th inst., the wife of >William M'Culloch, Esq., of a son. >M'CONOCHIE, Male - B3/3/1854 - At Colmonell, on the 3d instant, Mrs Thomas >M'Conochie, of a son. >BRYDON, Male - B4/3/1854 - At Boreland Lodge, Minnigaff, on the 4th inst., >Mrs Brydon, of a son. > >MARRIAGES > >ROLLO, John - M7/3/1854 - At Carpow House, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. >David Duncan, the Hon John Rollo, to Jane Hay, youngest daughter of the late >James Paterson, Esq., of Carpow. >M'CALLUM, John - M10/3/1854 - At Blackloch, near Gatehouse, on the 10th inst., >by the Rev. Thomas Johnstone of Anwoth, John M'Callum, gamekeeper, Syllodeoch, >to Ann, second daughter of Samuel Brown, farm steward in Blackloch. > >DEATHS > >AGNEW, Marion - D15/3/1854 - Here, at Hanover Street, in the house of Mr >Taylor, on the 15th instant, Marion Agnew, of the Glaik, Stoneykirk, aged >57 years. >ORR, Margaret - D9/3/1854 - Here, at Townhead, on the 9th inst., Margaret, >aged 4 years, daughter of Mr William Orr. >YOUNG/M'CULLOCH, Maitland - D11/3/1854 - At Wigtown, on the 11th instant, >Maitland M'Culloch, wife of the Rev. Peter Young, minister of Wigtown. >M'MILLAN, Robert - D2/3/1854 - At Barrhill, on the 2d instant, Robert second >son of Mr Alexander M'Millan, shoemaker, aged eleven years. > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:59:16 -0000 >From: "DIANA HENRY" <dianahhenry@btinternet.com> >Subject: [WIG LIST] RODGERS/MACADAM >To: "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <004401c73407$1f019000$c52c8351@user31016f6bce> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >>From the WFP Archives 29th May, 1862 > >Edward Rodgers, aged about sixty years, residing with his family at Crook, >parish of Kirkinner, took breakfast at home at about 5 o'clock on the morning >of the 21st inst., purposing thereafter to proceed to Carseduchan to cut >peats. About 8 o'clock a young man observed him coming down through the >village of Kirkinner, talking as if arguing with another individual. Shortly >afterwards he was seen going through a field on the east side of Kirkinner >and putting off his coat at the back of the dyke, then making a race into >the mill-dam which leads to Westmains mill. An alarm was given to the blacksmith >and sawyers, at Kirkinner mill, by a boy who came from Crook. Macadam and >others went to the place, and took the body out of the water, but found that >life was extinct. Rodgers could not have been above 15 or 20 minutes in >the water when he was found as the place where he threw himself into the >dam (is only) about 300 or 350 yards from the smithy and sawmill. The friends >of t! > he deceased have for some time past considered his mind in a weak state. > >Diana > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:14:23 -0700 >From: "Carnahan Ranch" <carnahanranch@starband.net> >Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Galloway - Tyrone, Ireland (FERGUS) >To: <guycolbyiv@att.net>, "Mary Richardson" <mrichson@ix.netcom.com>, > "Mail list: WIG" <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <004401c73411$a166dd70$ea294094@Bess> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Mary: You have a problem similar to mine. I studied the Cearnach?in Clan. > >It is proven they were from Donegal. I found info on them in the Annals >of >the Four Masters up to 1200 and they disappeared. in 1400 they began >surfacing in Scotland. > >Some returned to Ireland as Planters or renters of Planters. Most left both > >Scotland and Ireland behind and went abroad. Most came to America. Others > >went everywhere. > >Then there is the spelling: According to one of my reference books, the > >Irish spelling was O'Fearguis, Feargus, then shortened to Fergus. >Descendants of Brian Oirbison, who was descended from Art Aonfhir. >Without a serious study, it appears that the clan was part of the tribal > >groups of North Ireland. And Tyrone would qualify. >Donegal is the hardest place in Ireland and I think Tyrone is possible the > >second hardest! > >Researching Clan Cearnach?in (Carnahan, Kernohan,etc.) I not only hit the > >brick wall, it was fortified with a moat! Hubby's ancestor left Scotland > >around 1750-60 and landed eventually in western PA, with most of the other > >Irish. > >They I decided to research the Clan. What a project and what a gem to >discover. Although the clan spent at least 300 years in Scotland, don't > >ever call one a Scot. They are Irish to the bone. > >I am afraid you are pretty much in the same boat. > >Good Luck >Bess Carnahan, researching Clan Cearnach?in, Carnahan, Kernohan, etc.) >----- Original Message ----- >From: <guycolbyiv@att.net> >To: "Mary Richardson" <mrichson@ix.netcom.com>; "Mail list: WIG" ><SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:28 PM >Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Galloway - Tyrone, Ireland (FERGUS) > > >> -------------- Original message from Mary Richardson >> <mrichson@ix.netcom.com>: -------------- >> >> >>> There was a wave of migration from Ulster to Augusta Co., Virginia -- > >>> often via Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland -- in the early to >>> mid-1700s. >>> >>> Mary Richardson >> >> Mary -- >> >> This paragraph from your message intrigued me. My 4th great grandfather, > >> Francis FERGUS, was born 8 Sep 1752 in Co. Tyrone (a date which >> technically did not exist -- obviously, his folks were among the many who > >> ignored the official adoption of the Gregorian calendar). Sometime in >the >> early 1770s, he came to the colonies with his father and several brothers. > >> All but Francis and one brother, James, eventually returned to Ulster. >> >> James settled in Delaware, and his line died out after two generations. > >> Francis settled originally in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, and served in the > >> Revolutionary War. He removed to Cumberland Co. around 1779, and by 1787 > >> he was in Augusta Co., Virginia. He purchased 140 acres in Rockbridge >Co. >> in 1790, and he remained there until 1802, when he moved to Montgomery >Co. >> He certainly fits the migration pattern you described in your message, > >> though he arrived a bit later. He has some 15,000 descendants! >> >> FERGUS researchers have long sought without success to locate the family > >> in Co. Tyrone, though two FERGUYS (Francis & Jane) stones in the Cappagh > >> churchyard outside Omagh are now thought to be those of Francis's parents. > >> Family lore says that the family originally came to Ulster from Scotland, > >> and although FERGUS is certainly a Galloway surname, I have not been able > >> to find a trace of them in the D&G area. >> >> Guy I. Colby IV >> Irving, TX >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:55:36 +0000 (GMT) >From: tandnclarken@optonline.net >Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Wigtown and Whithorn Adverts >To: FrancesABlack@aol.com >Cc: Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <e4788bfc171f0.45a3d718@optonline.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Dear Frances: > >I find these facinating! I had two ancestors in Bladnoch - one was Janet >Kellochan McCulloch who was a grocer there, and William Paton (Patton) who >was a tea merchant there; any mention of them? > >Thanks for this great research! > >Regards, >Nancy Sterling >researching: McCulloch, Gordon, Kellochan, Sproat, Herron, in Wigtownshire > >----- Original Message ----- >From: FrancesABlack@aol.com >Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 5:43 am >Subject: [WIG LIST] Wigtown and Whithorn Adverts >To: Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com > >> >From Wigtown and Whithorn: by Gordon Fraser: 1877 >> Thought the following might be of some interest! >> >> 1 "GORDON FRASER, Druggist, Printer, Bookseller, Stationer >> and >> News-Agent. North Main Street (The Square) Wigtown. Reporting >> Engagements made, and >> Shorthand Classes conducted during the Winter" >> 2 "THOMAS GRAHAM, family Grocer, Seedsman, Wine and Spirit >> Merchant, >> Wigtown. >> Sole agent for the famed Golden Hop Ale and London Nourishing >> Stout, (Highly >> recommended by the Medical Profession for Invalids). >> Bass', Allsops and Worthington Ales (Always to be had in prime >> condition in >> Bottles and Nine and Eighteen-Gallon Casks. >> Fine Old Glenlivet and Bladnoch Whiskey (The latter to be >> matured in Brandy >> and Sherry Casks) >> Port, Sherry, Champagne, Sparkling Moselle, St. Julien's Claret, >> Brandy in >> Wood and Bottle, Rum, Holland's, Old Tom Ginger Wine, Rose's >> Lime Juice >> Cordial. >> Garden and Agricultural Seeds >> Price List on Application - established thirty five years" >> 3 "JAMES KELLY Monumental Sculptor and Hewer, Bank Street, >> Wigtown. >> Monuments and Tombstones in Granite and Freestone. Designs on >> Application. Marble >> and Granite Lettering. Orders for Work at a distance punctually >> attended to." >> >> 4 "Galloway Arms Hotel Wigtown. This Hotel has recently >> undergone >> extensive alterations and improvements. It is now replete with >> every convenience for >> Private Families, Tourists and Commercial Gentlemen. Bus to >> meet all the >> trains.JOHN HASTINGS, Proprietor." >> 5 "To the Farmers of the Lower District of Wigtownshire - >> WILLIAM RODGER >> Church Place, Wigtown Proprietor of several of Clayton & >> Shuttleworth's >> (Lincoln) Portable Steam Thrashing Machines and Patent Straw >> Elevators, >> Respectfully announces to the Farmers of Wigtownshire and the >> Stewarty of Kirkcudbright >> that he is prepared to undertake and execute any orders with >> which they may >> entrust him on the shortest notice, and on the most moderate terms" >> 6 "WILLIAM McKENNA Joiner and Picture Frame Maker Main St >> Wigtown - A >> Large variet of Picture Frame Mouldings. Always on Hand." >> 7 "ALEXANDER McKEAND Tallow Chandler, Main Street, Opposite >> the Square, >> Wigtown. Orders from the Country punctually attended to. Tallow >> bought or >> exchanged" >> 8 "JAMES GORDON Main Street Wigtown - Manure Agent, >> Commission Agent and >> Agent for the City of Glasgow Insurance Company" >> 9 "ANDREW McKEAND Cattle Salesman and Commission Agent, Main >> St. Wigtown" >> 10 "WILLIAM THOMSON Wholesale and Retail Merchang Wigtown - >> established 27 >> years. Has the best general assorted Stock in Galloway of >> Jewellery, Cutlery, >> Ironmongery, Silver and Silver Plated Goods, Crystal, China, >> Stoneware, >> Lustres, Fancy Flower Pots, Vases, Chimney Ornaments, Glass >> Shades, Gilt and >> Black Stands, Dinner Tea and Toilet Sets in Great Variety of >> Patterns, Gilt >> Chimney and other mirrors, writing desks, dressing cases, work >> boxes, tea caddies, >> ink stands, portfolios, books slides, bird cages, baskets - all >> kinds, >> furniture, carpets, matting, oil-cloths, brass and iron >> bedsteads, hair wool and >> straw mattresses, feather beds, bolsters and pillows, cradles, >> perambulators, >> lamps, oils, paints, powder, shot, caps, wad etc. sprigs, nails, >> spikes, >> scythes, hooks, rakes, forks, hay knifes, stones, strakes, sack >> barrow, sacks, >> turnip cutters, washing machines, wringers, mangles etc" >> 11 "PETER McKEAND Family Grocer WIne and Spirit Merchant >> Wigtown >> Established over half a century. >> Sparkling Hocks 2s 9d and 3s 5d per bottle >> Sparkling Moselles 2s 9d and 3s 5d per bottle >> Gins 2s 2s and 5d and 2s 10d per bottle >> Whiskeys 2s 1d 2s 6d ad 2s 11d per bottle >> Brandies 2s 3d 2s 8d 3s 3s 6d 4s and 4s 9d per bottle >> Rums 2s 3d 2s 8d 3s 3s 3d and 3s 4d per bottle >> Hollands 2s 8d per bottle >> Bass Pale Ale in Quart and Pint Bottles" >> >> If anyone finds these interesting I can post more. Let me know >> if you just >> want the names of the shops or the contents of the advert. They >> are certainly >> different to today's advertising. >> Best wishes to all for 2007 >> Frances Black >> _www.scottishancestor.co.uk_ (http://www.scottishancestor.co.uk) >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT- >> WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE list administrator, send an email to >SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE mailing list, send an email to >SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body >of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13 >***********************************************