« Reply #5 on: Monday 21 January 08 10:47 GMT (UK) »
Hi Martin,
Please would you be able to tell me if theres anything on these places.
Glassary (is it a small village?), Dalavich (think this might be a different parish) and a place that looks like Dunsmuck or Dunimuck. I have a Catherine Downie born in Dunsmuck/Dunimuck in 1809. Her parents were John Downie of Dalavich and Anne Thomson/McTavish of Glassarymarried in 1797.
Thank you
Teresa
I am not sure of the origin of the Glassary name, there is Kilmichael Glassary where the church is located but I can't see anywhere just called Glassary. You can get a 1:50000 map on this
site (zoom out, drag to new location then zoom in). The only Glassary in
CANMORE, the RCAHMS database, is Kilmichael Glassary.
Dalavich is on the shore of Loch Awe and is in Kilchrenan & Dalavich.
Dunamuck is just North East of Cairnbaan. Dunamuck Cottage NR 841 911 and Dunamuck around NR 843 922. It is described in the book as
There were quite a few dwellings here and once there also was a mill. The 1890 Valuation Roll shows eleven cottars' houses.
It has a list of deaths from 1855, there is a Dugald McTavis (80) Mason in 1886. Alex. MacTavish born 1855. Gravestone in Kilmory Graveyard of Jane MacTavish died 1871 aged 89. But no Downie or Thomson. Incidentally the next page is Dunardy which is described as the ancestral home of the MacTavishes. There is no name index but I can't see Downie on a quick flick through the pages but can't guarantee there are none there.
From CANMORE
Dunamuck
Type of Site: Township
NMRS Number: NR89SW 58
Map reference: NR 8434 9225
Parish: Kilmichael Glassary
Council: Argyll And Bute
Former District: Argyll And Bute
Former Region: Strathclyde
Archaeology Notes
NR89SW 58 8434 9225
A township, comprising eleven roofed buildings, one of which surrounds a courtyard, one unroofed building and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1873, sheet clx). Two roofed, two unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1989).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 18 May 1999.
If you go to CANMORE and select CANMAP, zoom in to the area and you will get a 1:10000 map with dots linking to any references in CANMORE.
Martin Briscoe
BRISCOE - Bolton, Heaton Norris, Rochdale, Oldham, Chadderton, Blackburn
POUNDER - Middleton Tyas, Kirkbymoorside, Stokesley, Lambeth, Bolton, Newcastle on Tyne, Leeds
HAMMOND - Quebec, Laverton, Masham, Grantley
SWALES - Laverton, Masham
O'Shea - Quebec
PARRY - Caerhun, Deiniolen, ClwtyBont, Brynrefail, TalySarn, Brynrefail, Bethesda
EVANS - Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, Maesmynis, Dowlais, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Trealaw
HARVEY - Trentham, Sheriffhales, Llanfyllin, Llanferres, Minera