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How wonderful!
My Grandmother was Flora. She lived at Borve (Borve Stores). My Father (Calum Nicolson) was called after Malcolm.

Thank you for sharing.

I know that Nicolsons visited my grandmother in Perth and my mother's brother (Robert McArthur) was in contact with them.  Going back on our ancestry there are a few Nicolsons in our family tree.

Off and on, I have tried to find the ancestry of Ann MacQueen who was married to our gg grandfather Alexander MacIntosh at Mugary, and I wonder if you know? 

I also have a family tree of MacIntoshes in the Isle of Skye which was sent to me from the Clan Donald Heritage Archives in Skye.  Lots of interesting information there if you are interested. 

You can also send me a private message on this site if you prefer.

Regards.

Liz

Thank you, Forfarian, for your explanation.  It all makes sense to me. Checked a broader window but no record of his birth.  It is the Alexander Sandilands who died in Edinburgh, 1875, aged 67. His death record does not give the date of birth and there is a gap in the births of his siblings, where most likely Alexander fits.  I'm happy go with the information I have that Alexander is with the right family.

Regards

Liz

Hi Shona,

Lovely to hear from another cousin.  Sorry I have taken so long to respond.

You will see from my previous postings from whom I descend on our Sandilands Family Tree.  The Sandilands name always fascinated me as it was used repeatedly by successive generations as a middle name on my father's side of my family.  In fact, he and his 6 siblings were only given Sandilands as a middle name, in memory of their grandmother Elizabeth Sandilands.  It would seem that Sandilands had pride of place and went unchallenged.

When researching parents of Adam and Elizabeth (nee Dickson), I was never sure of their parentage.  Below is an extract from correspondence with another researcher in this regard:

" ... I was at Register House on Tuesday and had a look for the birth of your Adam Sandilands (b.1777). As his oldest son was named Thomas, it is fairly certain that his father would be named Thomas, which was the strict naming pattern used by most families. I did not find a birth for Adam, but I did find a marriage for a Thomas Sandilands and Marion Stevenson in 1766 in the parish of Stow. Could they be the parents of Adam?

I have attached a copy. As you can see it appears to be a bit muddled as the initial entry has THOMAS SANDILANDS from the parish of STOW and Jean Rob from the parish of Borthwick. The name of Jean Rob has then been scored out and on the side the name MARRION STEVENSON from the parish of CRICHTON has been inserted. I think that this is plainly a mistake made by the Registrar as the following entry contains the name Jean Rob. Cautioners to the proclamation are given as, for him, WILLIAM STEVENSON, his master, and for her, ROBERT LEES, tenant in Brookhouse. As you can see, THOMAS was listed as a herd in HALTREE (my interpretation of the name, but I may be wrong). Perhaps Marion was related to William Stevenson who was Thomas's master.

I do not know if this Thomas and Marion are relevant to you, but I think that there is a strong possibility based on the fact that his name was Thomas and he was a herd in the parish of Stow. Also he was the only Thomas Sandilands that I could find for the period in question. ..."

Sorry I could not download above-mentioned marriage entry (perhaps you have already).

I attach, hopefully, a copy photo of the church where Adam and Elizabeth married (sent to me by Sue, another poster to this thread.)

You can view my family tree for further Sandilands information on the ancestry.co.uk site under "Rennie, McArthur and related families Tree".  I notice they have free access over the holiday weekend.  If you can't view, let me know and I will see what I can do to pass info to you.

You will see from the tree that ancestors went to Australia and I have been in contact with their Australian descendants researching our shared family.

Hope this helps a little.

Keep in touch.

Liz

Thanks, Bruce.  Hope you survived the shopping.

Hi again Peter and Hello Evelyn,

It's good to hear from you again, Evelyn.  I look forward to reading your finished work on Dr Marshall.  I can understand you feeling sad too when it is complete.

Peter, thanks to you, I am now paying more attention to my Roy ancestry and have been surfing the net for clues.  I found the following with reference to a Roy/McGregor connection onhttp://www.douglasofmonzieandfowliswester.com/page/10-glenalmond_in_the_45.  Apologies if you already know:

"The Roys and the McGregors?

The surname Roy comes from Lanarkshire originally so it is a little strange to find so many nestled in Perthshire, but it can also refer to a person's hair colour, a corruption of ruadh (red).

Everyone has heard of Rob Roy McGregor, the famous 18th century Scotsman (portrayed well by Liam Neeson in a 1990s film). Was Roy a surname for him? Apparently not- his mother's maiden name was Campbell and he took that name when he needed to.

The McGregor clan heartland was Balquhidder, further west in Perthshire. They, famously, had their surname banned in the early 1600s by James VI and were forced to take other names. According to the Clan Gregor Society www.clangregor.com  new surnames were allocated to them. There are 4 lists of names. Roy is on a list of documented aliases used by McGregors. Interestingly, Douglas is on the list of other clan names known to have been used by the McGregors. My thanks to webmaster Nancy Johnson for drawing my attention to this.

So- it is possible that the Roy family (and all the descendants of the Charles Douglas born in 1700 come from them) who married Douglases in the early 1700s were originally McGregors. It is even possible that those first Douglases we find were themselves originally McGregors, I suppose!"

Will leave you to digest.

Liz