Jennifer - The painter, as I recall, is descended of Kirkudbright burghers, a more prosperous lot than our William. References to Kirkudbright Hornells exist (in my records) back to 1634 (when a Hornell married a Maxwell and inherited property). I could find no connection between his (E.A. Hornel) family and William's - although Kirkudbright and Wigtown not THAT far apart and HORNELL (by whatever spelling) rather a rare name - for a Scot or any other race. Been trying to piece together the Hornells of SW Scotland. Another bunch brought forth David E. Hornell, F/L RCAF and, for a time, thought to hold the first VC awarded to a member of that service. Those (Canadian now) Hornells were from Dryfesdale and reportedly married people who invented scones! Then there are the English Hornells, one of whom chieftain Clans Lennox-Kincaid by way of Adm Sir Robert Hornell RN, aide to George Vl. Unlikely he and William's kin were members of the same mess. Then there are the Swedish Hornells, one of whom/which founded the city of Hornell, NY USA. Ecktually, they weren't Hornells at all but changed their name from Pairsen due to some Baltic criminal irregularities in 17th/18th Century. Let us not speak of Finnish Hornells, one of whom/which called me a few years ago in search of roots/relatives. Turns out HIS family changed their name to Hornell after fleeing Finland. If I were going to change my name, I'd probably never consider Hornell as a nom-de-choix. Whatever? Then there are the Texas Hornells (probably descended of the Dryfesdale bunch and related to David "Scottie" Hornell, killed in a Colorado saloon circa 1880). I DO hope your query on this site will bring forth answers to our missing links. Your cousin Dave (of the Adirondack Hornells - of which there remains but one) ----- Original Message ----- From: <sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com> To: <sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:00 AM Subject: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 72 > > > ******************************************************************************** > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > ******************************************************************************** > > 11 Feb 2013 > All Wig list subscribers are in digest mode until list mode starts working again. > > ******************************************************************************** > > Today's Topics: > > 1. HORNELL/HORNEL Kirkcudbright (Jennifer and Grant Hudson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:03:06 +1200 (NZST) > From: Jennifer and Grant Hudson <jhudson@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: [WIG LIST] HORNELL/HORNEL Kirkcudbright > To: "SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com" <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <1366776186.15718.YahooMailNeo@web96001.mail.aue.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hello > > Has anyone researched > Edward Atkinson Hornel > born 11 Jul 1864 Australia > > died 30 Jun 1933 Kirkcudbright, Wigtonshire, Scotland > > Son of > William Lidderdale Hornel b? Kirkcudbright, Wigtonshire and? Ann Elizabeth Habbishaw > Grandson of William HORNEL b abt 1801 > > I would love to be able to work out if he is connected to: > > William Hornell abt 1805 Ireland - 26 May 1862 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright,? > Janet MUIR 06 Jul 1804 Sinniness, Glenluce,? - 21 Aug 1873 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, > > Regards > Jennifer > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 8, Issue 72 > ***********************************************