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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Ayrshire => Topic started by: lisee on Thursday 20 August 09 06:38 BST (UK)
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I was recently in Ayrshire Scotland researching Templeton, Kennedy, McCreadie, Forgie and was interested to see these names listed by other rootschat members. There is very little information pre 1800 but it would be interesting to compare notes. My family links are with Colmonell, Ballantrae and Lendalfoot.
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I also have an interest in these family names and would be willing to compare notes.
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Me too. My McCreadies had ties with Ballantrae, Colmonell, Ardrossan and Saltcoats.
Q98
Fremantle
Western Australia
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Apologies. In my preceding, amend Colmonell to Lendalfoot.
Q98
Fremantle
Western Australia
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Hello,just wondered if this is the same McCreadie family that i am trying to trace? Martha Calvert married Hugh Joseph Clarke at Ardrossan in 1918, her mother is given as Helen m/s McCreadie. at Martha's death in 1931 the mother is given as Agnes m/s McCready. any information would be appreciated. regards Del.
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G'day Del80
Have you submitted your enquiry to www.threetowners.com ?
It's a website for Saltcoats, Ardrossan & Stevenson with a genealogy section & registration is free.
I'll check my holdings for the other names you mention but they don't ring any bells at the moment.
Q98
Fremantle
Western Australai
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Hi again Del80
ALL of the following were extracted from Colmonell OPRs
Parents: James McCredie & Janet Forgie
John McCredie b. 27.11.1832 ch. 07.12.1832
Robert McCredie b. 05.11.1834 ch. 13.11.1834
Jean McCredie b. 12.08.1836 ch. 31.08.1836
James McCredie b. 16.12.1838 ch. 23.12.1838 Born Ballantrae
Parents: John McCredie & Jean Findlay
Andrew McCredie b. 16.01.1849 ch. 28.01.1849
Hellen McCredie b. 05.05.1850 ch. 16.06.1850
Agnes McCredie b. 15.11.1852 ch. 22.12.1852
John McCredie b. 25.12.1854 ch. 04.02.1855 Born Bougang
MARRIAGES
Robert Wilson of Barr & Agnes McCredie of Colmonell married late October 1840.
Q98
Fremantle
Western Australia
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Hi Q98,Thanks for info. I see both Helen & Agnes McCredie appear on your list, Martha Calvert was born in 1896,so if Helen was her mother she would have given birth at age 46, possible I suppose. Will try the site you mention, look's interesting. One last thing,where is Bougang? Thanks again, regards Del.
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Hi again Del
It's Bougang Farm, Colmonell (4 miles from Ballantrae).
I located the following (note spelling) in the 1851/1852 Ayrshire Directory:
M'Credie, John, Farmer, Bougang, Colmonell.
M'Credie, Mrs., Draper, Colmonell.
M'Credie, John, Shipmaster, Harbour Street, Girvan.
M'Credie, William, Mate of Ayrshire Lass steamer, Knockcushion Street, Girvan.
M'Credie, James, Seaman and feuar (?), Dalrymple Street, Girvan.
M'Credie, Robert (c), of Williamfield, by Irvine.
M'Credie, Robt., Plasterer, East Back Road, Irvine.
M'Credie, John, Teacher, Whitlees.
M'Credie, Andrew, Forester to Lord Orkney, Glenapp (which is near Ballantrae).
M'Credie, Hugh, Wright, Ballantrae.
M'Credie, Hugh, Weaver, Ballantrae.
M'Credie, James, Labourer, Ballantrae.
M'Credie, John, Thatcher, Ballantrae.
Happy hunting.
Q98
Fremantle
Western Australai
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This posting was "lost" inside another topic, so I've split it off.
If any one can help .... :)
Hi, thanks for recovering this.
My great grandfather was a John Templeton married to Jean McCredie. They lived near Ballantrae and Colmonell and had four children including a Martha Sloan Templeton.
More details available if anyone interested. John was born 1808.
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Hi Lisee, The McCready that I am interested in is Agnes, born 1863, or thereabouts, at Gateshead, England, married in Ireland I think, to Andrew Calvert, by 1901 they are in Ardrossan. Andrew was killed in 1903 whilst unloading a ship, Agnes died in 1924, at Ardrossan. She is the mother of Martha Calvert, who was married to Hugh Joseph Clarke, son of Samuel Clarke, an on-going brickwall of mine. Regards Del.
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Hi Del, These Scottish and Irish ancestors can be very elusive. Did the Clarke family come from Ardrossan? Try searching for them in the town of Largs up the coast from Ardrossan. A long shot but I do know that there were Clarkes living there in the 1950's.
My McCreadie connection is in the early 1800's in the villages of Ballantrae and Colmonell.
Thanks for the reaction and I will keep a look out for Samuel!
Lisee
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Hi Lisee, I have been looking for Samuel for a long time, he was born in Co. Down in 1865, he married Susannah McDowell, at Kilmegan, Co.Down in 1896, she and two children are in Ardrossan in 1901, but he has vanished, I am trying to find out if he actually ever came over from Ireland with them at all. The first time he appears as deceased is when Susannah re-marries in 1912 at Ardrossan. Regards Del.
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This posting was "lost" inside another topic, so I've split it off.
If any one can help .... :)
Hi, thanks for recovering this.
My great grandfather was a John Templeton married to Jean McCredie. They lived near Ballantrae and Colmonell and had four children including a Martha Sloan Templeton.
More details available if anyone interested. John was born 1808.
Hi, Not sure how these different chat things work. Find them frustrating because not sure you will receive email, or I might have to wait 6 months til you log on again? Have published a book 1997 on desc of a John Templeton in NC, US. Learned more recently he was from VA. He was born ca 1750. Doing 2nd book. Have done extensive DNA testing. Now trying to find candidates in Scotland who either have already done Y-DNA testing, or might be interested in doing it. We are trying to find possible DNA connection between "our" John in VA and Scots Templetons in Scotland. Would need to know how far back your records on your GGF John go? Had he been in Balantrae long do you think? Are any of his male Templeton desc. living, do you know? I would love to get in direct email contact. I friend referred me to this chat, but I do not check these numerous chats. You can email me, Jay Norwalk, directly through www.axionpress.com or google my name.
Sincerely, Jay
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I am researching the family of Alexander McCrae b circa 1738, and Janet McCreadie, both died in 1803.
They were from Leswalt and their son James McCrae married Jean McNair or McNarin.
Alexander b 02 Sep 1788
Elizabeth b 15 Nov 1790
Andrew b circa 1793
Jean b circa 1799
Jane b 15 Oct 1802
Daughter Jane married James Murdoch 29 May 1825 in Kirkcolm, Leswalt.
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Members of the Templeton DNA Project have an earliest known common ancestor, Robert Templeton, born in tidewater VA or Scotland in the early 1700s. An undocumented family tree of 3 project members claim he is the son of a Robert Templeton (b.1704, Argyll, Scotland) & Agnes Wilson.Every generation over the last 400 yrs included a John. Among the closest genetic matches with project members happen to be McRaes. Does anyone else have ties between their Templetons & McRaes.