Folk in Kirkintilloch are up in arms after metal thieves removed the copper plaque from the memorial to the philanthropist, Beatrice Clugston (1827-1888), a few days ago. http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/sick-ghouls-steal-plaque-from-kirkintilloch-graveyard-1-2697650 Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Una Reed" <manxcat@aol.com> To: <SCT-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 7:59 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Clugstons of Wigtownshire > My ancestors are Clugstons. I have come to a stop at Archibald Clugston b > abt 1776-79 - stated "I" on 1841 census for Isle of Man. His wife, Mary > Shaw, b abt. 1781 also b "I" However, my grandfather, James Robert > Clugston, always said that the Clugstons came from Dumfries, wigtownshire, > Scot. I did visit. What I would like to know is, how did the Loch > Clugston get it's name? Must have been named after a Clugston. There is > an area called Clugston which I was told was originally an estate w/10 > working farms. The library couldn't help. I also saw an advertisement in > an Edinburgh newspaper about that area being for sale, something about a > Clugston checking the leases and he would be "shewing" the land. The sale > was by the Earl of Galloway and the Crown - Crown being King of England I > imagine and the Earl being appointed by such. Any ideas on who this > Clugston might have been and was it part of the clearances. A relative > was a Controller of Customs or such, Stranraer, ! > and another one a writer for a newspaper I think. Also my grandfather > had said that a relative went to the Calif. Gold Rush. Before, during or > after, I do not know. My grandfather was a ship's Captain and went all > around the world including Portland, Oregon where he had a picture taken > w/his crew on the Highland Hame (which was a Barque-sp?). Would be very > early 1900s. > Common names, James (b. Ire abt 1807 but chr. in IOM), John, Robert, > Richard, William Henry, Charles, Thomas and this Archibald (which is > continued)..... women, Margaret, Jane; Archibald's wife was Mary Shaw, b > abt 1781. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > My gr. gfather William Henry Clugston (his father Wm Henry) ; grandfather > Archibald) married Elspet Ann Presslie of Peterborough, Scot. They must > have met when he was sailing that way. I have their marr. cert. from > Longside, Peterborough, Scot. They lived and died in the Isle of Man. > Any help on my quest for Archibald's whereabouts/parents would be greatly > appreciated. Una I Clugston R > ------------------------------- > > The Wigtownshire Pages have moved! Check out our new digs at > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ainsty/index.html > > ------------------------------- > 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