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Inverness / Redhill near Petty
« on: Monday 22 June 20 21:13 BST (UK) »
Hello, all. I am researching a descendant whose obituary (which can be found at her findagrave page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10222682) states the following.
"The deceased ... was born in Nairn, Red Knock Shire, Scotland, in 1806 and was 92 years old the first of August."
Now the town and shire are obviously mixed up, and since it's an obituary, this was information relayed by surviving children or grandchildren several years after she left for Canada and eventually settled in the US.
I tried to find a Red Knock with no luck in Nairn, but did find a Redhill (Knock apparently means hill) just outside of Petty, which I believe was part of Nairn in 1806 and throughout most of the 1800s. I believe that Redhill is part of Allanfaern.
The closest match I could find for this Margaret McGillivray is a birth in June of 1806, registered in Petty. The baptism says she was actually born in Tornagrain, which is in the immediate area. Redhill, Petty, and Tornagrain all appear to be within a stone's throw of each other.
So I guess my question is do the locals know if Redhill was ever called Red Knock? Would there be some other Red Knock in present day Nairn? While I realize that very little can ever be 100% when researching things like this, things do appear to be aligning pretty well. I have already managed to go back a few generations based on this into some Clarks, McKenzies, and McIntoshes, but don't want to go back further if it's going to be a waste of time. Any help on "Red Knock" would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
"The deceased ... was born in Nairn, Red Knock Shire, Scotland, in 1806 and was 92 years old the first of August."
Now the town and shire are obviously mixed up, and since it's an obituary, this was information relayed by surviving children or grandchildren several years after she left for Canada and eventually settled in the US.
I tried to find a Red Knock with no luck in Nairn, but did find a Redhill (Knock apparently means hill) just outside of Petty, which I believe was part of Nairn in 1806 and throughout most of the 1800s. I believe that Redhill is part of Allanfaern.
The closest match I could find for this Margaret McGillivray is a birth in June of 1806, registered in Petty. The baptism says she was actually born in Tornagrain, which is in the immediate area. Redhill, Petty, and Tornagrain all appear to be within a stone's throw of each other.
So I guess my question is do the locals know if Redhill was ever called Red Knock? Would there be some other Red Knock in present day Nairn? While I realize that very little can ever be 100% when researching things like this, things do appear to be aligning pretty well. I have already managed to go back a few generations based on this into some Clarks, McKenzies, and McIntoshes, but don't want to go back further if it's going to be a waste of time. Any help on "Red Knock" would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!