-----Original Message----- From: Ken Mathieson <ken@kenmath.free-online.co.uk> To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com <WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, 18 April 2001 9:53 Subject: Re: info >Hi Susan, >>From where I'm sitting I can look out ofmy window and see Calderbraes, >Uddingston (except it's dark just now!) about 3/4 of a mile away. I'm a bit >puzzled by the document which you state lists Appin Argyllshire in Bothwell, >Lanarkshire. This can't be: They're about 130 miles apart: Appin north of >Oban and Bothwell east of Glasgow. The place name you can't make out is >Fasnacloich, which is a very small hamlet in Glen Creran about a mile inland >from the head of Loch Creran, which is a loch on the east side of Loch >Linnhe about 20 miles north of Oban. One of the James Bond movies had its >opening sequence shot at the narrows of Loch Creran where a helicopter is >following a car along the lochside road. I know the area very well: It was a >favourite camping spot for years.The area is unbelievably beautiful , >especially towards the end of May when the gorse blooms bright yellow >against the most vivid green of the new grass and leaves. > >A sawyer was simply someone who sawed wood, either in timber felling, or the >dressing/cutting of felled timber. > >I hope this helps, > >regards, >Ken Mathieson, >Uddingston, Lanarkshire > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Chip & Susan Belyea <rbelyea@shentel.net> >To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com ><WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: 16 April 2001 23:43 >Subject: Re: info > > >>Gosh, I think that you have found my ancestors! It seems too easy to be >true >>. the relevance ofAppin Argyllshire is that the only Scottish document that >>I have is the birth certificate of Anna Murray MACNEILL and it lists Appin >>Argyllshire in the district of Bothwell in the county of Lanark. It gives >>the date of Peter and Susans marriage as Sept,1883.There is another word >>that I can't decipher-Faenaellich or Faenacloich?I do not know what that >>refers to.The document states that Anna MACNEILL was born in >>Calderbraes,near Uddingston.It also gives the occupation of Peter >>as"Sawyer".Do you know what that means? >> >>Do you think from this further documentation that these facts fit with what >>you have sent me? I really do appreciate your help and knowledge. Susan >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ken Mathieson <ken@kenmath.free-online.co.uk> >>To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >><WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:14 PM >>Subject: Re: info >> >> >>>Hi, >>>What is the relevance of Appin, Argyll? Uddingston lies about 10 mile east >>>of Glasgow on the river Clyde in the Parish of Bothwell, while Appin is a >>>village on the east shore of Loch Linnhe, about 120 mile north west of >>>Glasgow. I've checked the 1881 census and there was a Susan Murray aged >21, >>>born Stranraer, Wigtownshire abt 1860 working as a nurse/domestic servant >>at >>>Wingfield, Bothwell in the home of Edmund Bell and his family. There was >>>also a Peter MacNeill at the Clyde Hotel, Bothwell, son of the owner, >Janet >>>McBride. Peter was aged 23, unmarried, occupation Spirit Merchant, born >>>Sandbank, Argyll (5 miles north of Dunoon on the Holy Loch - part of the >>>DFirth of Clyde). If this the right man, there is quite a tribe of >siblings >>>and step-siblings (Janet McBride had obviously married at least twice). >Are >>>these your people? >>> >>>Regards, >>>Ken Mathieson, >>>Uddingston. Lanarkshire >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Chip & Susan Belyea <rbelyea@shentel.net> >>>To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >>><WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Date: 16 April 2001 05:17 >>>Subject: info >>> >>> >>>>This is my very first attempt to research my family ancestors in the >>>Uddingston area of Scotland.I am unsure if this is even the correct way to >>>use this.I am looking for inf. on Peter MacNeill and Susan Murray who were >>>married in 1883, Sept 25th, in the district of Bothwell.(Appen >>Argyllshire). >>>> >>>>I would appreciate any guidance in finding this inf.. They emigrated to >>the >>>united States sometime around 1910.If I am using this mode >>>incorrectly,please advise me. Thank you Rbelyea@shentel.net >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >