Whereabouts of Buthkollidar, nr Dunoon

[wyanga]

Thanks Thrall,
                       Yes what a household it must have been, a 10 yr old daughter at age 88 is quite an achievment too. I think the second registration for Helen was a "squaring of the book". the first was as the 'illigiamate' daughter, the second 9 months after the intervening mariage. I don't have a D.C. for Alexander, which I need to ascertain his parents names, plenty of Griersons every where else in Dumfries-shire but havn't found another born in Wigton about 1760.
       Did the S.P. Census record give you a location for Baluacaber ?
 Cheers Wyanga

[museum man 2]

Hello. Have had the quickest of  glances at your recent correspondence re Alexander Grierson in 1851

Feel that there is a fair chance that the name you are looking for is in fact Barnacabber.

[wyanga]

Thank you Museum Man 2 that could be the solution. The 1841 census for Alexander Grierson says Barnacabar
1851 census says Baluacaber.
  Maybe they are phoenetic variations of Barnacabber as you suggest.
     Can you tell me where Barnacabber is located?
 Wyanga

[museum man 2]

It is more than likely that the confusion with Baluacaber is simply poor handwriting or the recorder failing to have an understanding of what was being said or indeed poor local knowledge. There are a few sensible references to Barnacabber on the internet amongst a load of rubbish.

It was apparently  the home farm for the Glenfinart Estate.

It is situated  near to Ardentinny on Loch Long which lies north of Dunoon on the River Clyde. If you follow the River Finart which flows into the loch just north of Ardentinny you will find it about a mile up the river.

[wyanga]

Museum Man 2
       You are a gem ! Thank you for the details, it is all starting to make the few details that I have on the family come together. If I wasn't 12,000 miles away, downunder, I would come and thank you personaly
   Wyanga

[gorbals]

my aunt and uncle lived in buthkollidar cottage for years until theydied.They were called mary and robert docherty, as far as i know it was robert,s family holiday home, they used to come from glasgow to holiday in it. He inherited when his parents died, and it was eventually sold in1995 whenmy aunt died. They lived on the right side of the cottages, they moved into it in the 60,s. It was great to holiday there it was such a beautiful spot. I don,t really know much more about it than that.

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Gorbals, and welcome to Rootschat!
Fascinating to read your post, which fills in a little more history on the Buthkollidar Cottages.  I haven't been back since the 2008 Cowal Games, but you're right, it is a lovely spot...
Regards, keith

[jotg]

Hi there Keith,

According to my mother, I am the great great grandson of James Paton, husband of Isabella Dyson.
She is buried in Dunoon, at the episcopal church. Visited the grave yesterday.
My grandfather used to visit his grandparents in Innellan, I know which house. Think it s called Craigmore. Have a picture of it.


Yours

Jon

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Jon, and welcome to Rootschat!
This remarkable thread keeps bursting back into life, and in this last case after a gap of nearly five years.  I will contact you now via the e-mail you have supplied here, but you really ought to delete it/ get one of the moderators to delete it, as it is of course in the public domain, and your privacy is compromised.
Very exciting to hear from someone directly descended from Isabella Dyson, though!
Regards, Keith