Hi Listers I have forwarded the email chain below which started when I sent a reply direct to Janet, the poster of an archived post from 17 Oct 2012. My reply may be helpful to Janet and others so I hope it can be attached to her original post (I dont know how to do that - sorry). If someone could explain how to do it I can probably contribute to some other archived posts about Kirkmaiden Thank you and Regards Alan Begin forwarded message: > From: Alan McColm <mccolm@ntlworld.com> > Subject: Re: George McBride of McBRYDE > Date: 19 March 2013 22:44:58 GMT > To: "Janet" <jmartin17@gmail.com> > > Hi Janet > > Happy to help - a couple of co-incidences to tell you about! > > But first - High Curghie farm is in the Parish of Kirkmaiden which includes the village of Drummore and the Mull of Galloway - the most southerly point in Scotland. Also High Curghie is adjacent to the small village/hamlet also called Kirkmaiden which contains about 6 houses and the Church. In fact the farm is less than 200 yards from the Churchyard. So If George McBride was buried locally here it would be in Kirkmaiden Churchyard. There is definitely no mention of him in the booklet of Monumental Inscriptions in the Old Churchyard so it is likely he would be buried in the new Churchyard which is not covered by the booklet. I was there yesterday but I live 100 miles away so only visit every few months. Next time I visit I could look for his grave - there are approx 100-200 in the new Churchyard. Or there may be a local Lister who could do it sooner. > > Coincidence 1 :About 25 years ago my late father compiled a list of tenants of all the farms in Kirkmaiden. It shows G McBride as tenant of High Curghie from 1838 until 1857. > > Coincidence 2: The tenant who followed George was my Great great grandfather Charles McIntyre who farmed there from 1857 until 1872. My great grandfather James McIntyre was born there in 1869. He undertook a trip to Australia in 1889 to visit 2 uncles who had a shipping business (I think in Melbourne). He then returned to farm Logan Mains. > > I am new to this list and my first reply to you was direct to your email as it was easy for me to do. I guess I should have it posted on the wiglist page so that others can see it and possibly build on my info.I will try to do that. > > Regards > > Alan > On 19 Mar 2013, at 21:34, Janet wrote: > >> Thank you, Alan, for your reply. >> >> No I never did get a reply. >> The only thing I have to go on at this stage is that for the 1851 Census he was living at Hugh Curghie, Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire, and he died in 1856. As a surgeon and farmer, I would have thought that he would have a headstone. >> I'll probably have to take a look at his death certificate for more details. >> >> Thank you so much for your time, >> Janet >> Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Alan McColm >> Sent: 20 March, 2013 00:07 >> To: jmartin17@gmail.com >> Subject: George McBride >> >> Hi >> Did you ever get a reply to your question on George McBride last October? >> I have recently joined the Wiglist and have been searching the archives. I have the booklet Monumental Inscriptions in Kirkmaiden Old Churchyard. There is no mention of your George. >> There are at least 3 possibilities to explain this: >> 1. It is not this Kirkmaiden (near Drummore). There is another Kirkmaiden in Wigtownshire - near Whithorn >> 2. He is buried in the new section of the Churchyard which has not yet been recorded. >> 3. He is buried there but without a headstone. >> If you are sure he died in Kirkmaiden near Drummore - he may be in the new Churchyard. From your census record you should be able to see the address - if you let me know I'll tell you which is the most likely Churchyard >> >> Regards >> >> Alan >