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Killantrae; local knowledge sought
« on: Tuesday 29 August 06 13:06 UTC (UK) »
My maternal grandparents Adam Armstrong and Isabella Flynn were married in Wigtownshire 2/6/1905 at 'Killantrae' - this information comes from my grandfather's entry in the family bible.

Research tells me that Killantrae was the original name for Port William, but the name changed in 1776; the only other local references seem to be farm names and a burn.

Could local people still have used the old name 129 years after the name change? Or does anyone have a better explanation?

thanks in advance, Graeme
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LONDON
Burrell, Whitechapel/Stepney
Sargent/Sargeant, Stepney/Mile End/Lexden (Essex); Press, Bethnal Green; Lombard
SUFFOLK
Flynn/Stewart/Metcalf, Bury St Edmunds
ROXBURGH
Armstrong, Yetholm/Heiton/Castleton
Riddle/Riddell/Riddel/Broomfield/McLeod/Fairbairn/Winnarsford/Whitherspels/Winnerspoons/Turnbull/Henderson/Anderson
Hall, Castleton; Tait, Eckford; Scott, Roberton; Hardie, Kelso
WIGTOWN
McGaw, Kirkmaiden/Kirkinner; Maxwell/Boyd, Kirkmaiden; McKeand, Kirkinner
Flynn/Stewart/McWhirter/Kimmin
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