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Topic: Resoles: where is it? (Read 423 times)
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Grey Seagull
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A relative's place of birth in census states he was born in Resoles, Ross-shire.
Tried finding it on the map, but no luck.
Is the spelling wrong? Had it been renamed?
Win
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Fleming: Campsie, Glasgow, E Kilbride, Cumbria, Canada/USA, Oz (NSW)
Cant: Kilmichael, Inverness, Resoles, Moray
Stewart: Dingwall, Strathpeffer
Rankin(e): Argyll, Glasgow
Ferrier: Kinnell, Red Castle, Inverkeillor, Glasgow, Greenock
Morrell: Dundee, Oban, Perth, Rothesay
Harris: Glasgow, Dunoon
Hart: Govan
McDonnell/McDonald: Inverness, Paisley, Glasgow, Bristol
(Mc)Niven: Islay, Glasgow
MacDonald: N Uist, Glasgow
MacCorquodale: N Uist
Dear: St Cyrus
Gibb: St Vigeans
Bell: Forfarshire
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pancho
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Could it be Rosehall near Lairg its the right area
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Sloey,Slowey,O`Connor ,Hammond,Coulston ,Daily,McCabe ,McCartney,Cunningham ,Martin, McKenna,Cairns Fox,Martin Co Monaghan,Glasgow ,Liverpool,Wolverhampton,Wallasey.
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Grey Seagull
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Hi,
Don't think it is Rosehall.
Have seen Resoles on census in Freecen and on microfische - occasionally looking a bit like Risolis
Thanks,
Win
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Fleming: Campsie, Glasgow, E Kilbride, Cumbria, Canada/USA, Oz (NSW)
Cant: Kilmichael, Inverness, Resoles, Moray
Stewart: Dingwall, Strathpeffer
Rankin(e): Argyll, Glasgow
Ferrier: Kinnell, Red Castle, Inverkeillor, Glasgow, Greenock
Morrell: Dundee, Oban, Perth, Rothesay
Harris: Glasgow, Dunoon
Hart: Govan
McDonnell/McDonald: Inverness, Paisley, Glasgow, Bristol
(Mc)Niven: Islay, Glasgow
MacDonald: N Uist, Glasgow
MacCorquodale: N Uist
Dear: St Cyrus
Gibb: St Vigeans
Bell: Forfarshire
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pancho
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My apologies Grey its Resoles or Resolis follow this link and it mentions it
http://uk.geocities.com/memorabilia_domestica/Chapter23.htm
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Sloey,Slowey,O`Connor ,Hammond,Coulston ,Daily,McCabe ,McCartney,Cunningham ,Martin, McKenna,Cairns Fox,Martin Co Monaghan,Glasgow ,Liverpool,Wolverhampton,Wallasey.
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francesmac
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RESOLIS is indeed in Ross & Cromarty. Places around it are, Cromarty, Avoch, Urquhart and Logie Wester and Rosemarkie.
I down loaded a map of the area from Highland F. H. S. (The counties of Caithness, Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty). May be worth a look at their site.
Frances
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MonicaLesl
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Hi All
This is a good map of parishes in R & C (may be the one you referred to Frances). Resolis is to be found in the South east of the County:
www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-caithness.htm
Monica 
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MacIsaac, MacDonald, MacPherson, MacVarish, MacMaster: Moidart - Inverness-shire. Gillies: pre-1850 Knoydart, Inverness-shire /post 1850s Fort William area - Argyll. Tully, Tulley, Moran, Murphy: Lanarkshire. Durnan, Durnin, Kelly, Tully, McPhillips: Co Monaghan. McIntyre, McMahon, Tully: Co Cavan (?) Ireland. Moran: Co Mayo (?) Ireland. ..........and lots of Spanish name interests........ Census information Crown Copyright, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Chortlegirl
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Hi Win
The parish of Resolis (which is Gaelic for "Slope of Light") was formed by the amalgamation of the parishes of Cullicudden and Kirkmichael (just to complicate things, these names are often used when referring to places within the parish too!).
I've got lot of ancestors from this area, so if you're stuck on any of the names of hamlets etc, feel free to PM me.
Many thanks
Lynn
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Gunn, Grant, McAskill, McKenzie, McIver, McLeod (Gairloch, ROC, Scotland)
Ross, McLeod, Campbell, Graham, Gair, Bain, McCulloch (Nigg & Fearn, ROC, Scotland)
Thomson, Matheson, Paterson, Gray, Munro, Fowler, McDonald, Murray, Hossack, McKenzie (Resolis, ROC, Scotland)
McTavish, Fraser, McLellan(?) (Dores, INV, Scotland)
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Grey Seagull
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Thank you all for the info.
My grgr grandfather James Cant and his sister Jessie were born in Elgin, then brother Alexander was born in Resoles in 1832. By the time the next and subsequent siblings were born, the family had moved to the Urqhuart area of Inverness.
The maximum time they could have been there was 4 years, but no idea why they were there. James's father, also James, was a weaver/carder/wool manufacturer/fuller/carding miller. Is there anything in particular which would have brought them to the Resoles area with regard to this occupation?
Thanks again for all the help
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Fleming: Campsie, Glasgow, E Kilbride, Cumbria, Canada/USA, Oz (NSW)
Cant: Kilmichael, Inverness, Resoles, Moray
Stewart: Dingwall, Strathpeffer
Rankin(e): Argyll, Glasgow
Ferrier: Kinnell, Red Castle, Inverkeillor, Glasgow, Greenock
Morrell: Dundee, Oban, Perth, Rothesay
Harris: Glasgow, Dunoon
Hart: Govan
McDonnell/McDonald: Inverness, Paisley, Glasgow, Bristol
(Mc)Niven: Islay, Glasgow
MacDonald: N Uist, Glasgow
MacCorquodale: N Uist
Dear: St Cyrus
Gibb: St Vigeans
Bell: Forfarshire
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Chortlegirl
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Hi Win
There was quite an active textile industry in Easter Ross, but this seems to have been in decline after the Napoleonic Wars (so was on the downward slide before the dates your relatives were in the area). I've had a look in a couple of reference books that I've got, but haven't been able to come up with a definitive answer, I'm afraid!
In David Alston's book "Ross and Cromarty - a historical guide" it mentions a place called Gordonsmills (Ordnance Survey grid ref NH 706655) on the shores of Udale Bay (in the parish of Resolis), about one mile west of Jemimaville. It was set up by David Urquhart of Braelangwell. Alston says that there was a spinning mill on this site "under a manager and others brought in who had a knowledge of sorting, scribbling, carding and spinning". The mill was in operation from 1797 until 1815, so unfortunately it stopped operation before your relatives were in the area. Alston also says that there is no mention of wool spinning/carding by the time of the Statistical Account of the parish in 1836.
In Ian R Mowat's book "Easter Ross 1750-1850" he mentions that " a number of attempts were made to introduce a woollen industry ..." one of which was "a mill for carding wool, and jennies for spinning by David Urquhart of Braelangwell ... by 1850 these lesser activities had also long since ceased".
However, there's also mention of a "waulk mill" in this area which is I believe a mill for beating and cleaning cloth but I can't seem to find dates for when this was operational. Perhaps there still was some textile activity in this immediate area, but on a much smaller scale than before - but that's just speculation on my part!
The next nearest major textile operation would have been a few miles away in the Cromarty Manufactory which made rope and coarse cloth from imported hemp. Much of the work was done by "outworkers" in neighbouring parishes so perhaps your relatives may have been involved in this? It operated from the 1770s until 1850. In 1831, 200 people were employed here, but this dropped to 90 by 1844.
Hope some of this is of help!
Lynn
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Gunn, Grant, McAskill, McKenzie, McIver, McLeod (Gairloch, ROC, Scotland)
Ross, McLeod, Campbell, Graham, Gair, Bain, McCulloch (Nigg & Fearn, ROC, Scotland)
Thomson, Matheson, Paterson, Gray, Munro, Fowler, McDonald, Murray, Hossack, McKenzie (Resolis, ROC, Scotland)
McTavish, Fraser, McLellan(?) (Dores, INV, Scotland)
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Grey Seagull
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Once again, thank you for all the information!
Looked at all my info again, and saw that James Sn who died 1855 must have left Resoles in 1832, not long after the birth of Alexander. So they were only there a couple of years.
Looked out Alexander's OPR birth, and it gives James's occupation as Manufacturer at Gordonsmills. So while you have provided me with a location and background info, there is now also a bit of a mystery. If the mill had ceased to work by 1815, why and how was James working there in 1832?
It might be that he tried to re-start the defunct mill: James'e father was a farmer in Forres and might have been able to provide some funding for this project.
Whatever the whys and wherefores, James move to Kilmichael in Urquhart where he obviously had some success as by the time his last children were being born, the OPR gives his name as James Cant, Esq.
Thanks again for the info. It has filled in a small, but niggling part of the jigsaw
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Fleming: Campsie, Glasgow, E Kilbride, Cumbria, Canada/USA, Oz (NSW)
Cant: Kilmichael, Inverness, Resoles, Moray
Stewart: Dingwall, Strathpeffer
Rankin(e): Argyll, Glasgow
Ferrier: Kinnell, Red Castle, Inverkeillor, Glasgow, Greenock
Morrell: Dundee, Oban, Perth, Rothesay
Harris: Glasgow, Dunoon
Hart: Govan
McDonnell/McDonald: Inverness, Paisley, Glasgow, Bristol
(Mc)Niven: Islay, Glasgow
MacDonald: N Uist, Glasgow
MacCorquodale: N Uist
Dear: St Cyrus
Gibb: St Vigeans
Bell: Forfarshire
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