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Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« on: Thursday 28 March 13 20:16 GMT (UK) »
Researching relatives born on Islay, having some issues determining when Lochlan Kennedy died 1871-1881

LDS records show Lochlan Kennedy b 15 Jan 1837 Kilchoman, baptised 15 Jan 1844
C11540-2
Parents F Colin Kennedy b abt1799 Islay, M Margaret McNiven b abt 1803

Census for the family 1841/1851/ all at Kilchoman, Colin was a Shoemaker
Have his marriage to Ann Fletcher 1867 at Greenock, West Parish
Lochlan recorded as Steamboat fireman on M cert.
also Census record 1881 at 85 Langlands Road Govan- Ann Kennedy Widow age 45 and their son Alexander age 11 b 1870/71
 1891 census Ann Kennedy age 55 , Alexnader age 26 at Kilchoman back on Islay
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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 28 March 13 21:31 GMT (UK) »
There looks to have been two children from the marriage:

Alexander 1869 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQQX-T5R
Lachlan 1871 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQQX-ZLQ

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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #2 on: Friday 29 March 13 09:13 GMT (UK) »
MonicaL, that's the correct family, with this information I was able to find the mother Ann & Alexander in Govan, the Census for 1871 just records Mrs Kennedy - no wonder I could not trace them.
I will now attempt to trace the d record  for Lachlan Kennedy the husband b 14th Jan 1837 on Islay, he must have died mid 1870.
Thanks for you help on this enquiry

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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #3 on: Friday 29 March 13 17:48 GMT (UK) »
Sorry, didn't realise you didn't have 1871.

Did Ann show as a widow on the 1871 census? The 1871 census was on the 2 April. Son Lachlan was born on 1 May 1871, either/or should confirm Ann's marital status to help you narrow down death dates for father Lachlan.

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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 30 March 13 09:25 GMT (UK) »
Monica, Correct the Census record shows Mrs (Ann) Kennedy as widow, we now have found that Lachlan & Ann had 2 sons -  Alexander b.1869 & Lachlan b.1871. I am now attempting to identify the correct death details for Lachlan Kennedy who may have died between July 1870- March 1871 - for his younger son Lachlan to be born 1st May 1871.
I think there was a marine death but the age was 20 yrs so unlikely to be correct Lachlan.

May I raise another missing event - the marriage of Lachlan's grandfather -details I have taken from the death record of Colin Kennedy a Shoemaker d 7th Aug 1856 at Kildalton Argyll , father shown as Lachlan Kennedy Wollen Weaver, and mother Margaret Cameron both b Argyll around 1780. Can you suggest reliable source of Marriage/Birth Events for Islay & surrounding parishes in Argyllshire for this early period?

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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 30 March 13 09:44 GMT (UK) »
There is a death for a Lachlan Kennedy 1870 Bonhill Dunbarton , born c1838  :-\

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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 30 March 13 11:39 GMT (UK) »
Can you suggest reliable source of Marriage/Birth Events for Islay & surrounding parishes in Argyllshire for this early period?

Aside from SP and familysearch, the two main sites that I know of for Islay, which are interlinked really now are:

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20080405035838/http:/freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tlarson/bdm/

Monica

Added: Due to Ted Larson's death in 2007, looks like the second link is no longer live unfortunately.

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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 30 March 13 12:53 GMT (UK) »
There is a death for a Lachlan Kennedy 1870 Bonhill Dunbarton , born c1838  :-\

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I had spotted this earlier , given the dates in light of the census for Ann Kennedy I paid for the cert but not the correct Lachlan,
there are others Lanchaln d 1869 age 70 yr in Tyree
                        Lachlan d 1879 age 20 yr in Kildalton although this one seems to also show as     marine register same yr but the age is incorrect.

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Re: Lochlan Kennedy b1837 Kilchoman Islay
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 30 March 13 12:55 GMT (UK) »
Monica, Thanks for these leads I take a close look after the weekend.#
I realise early records can be hit & miss but would like to find some BMD entries for Kennedys.