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Hi.

I'm sorry if I have posted about this family on here before, but I couldn't find anything.

I'm hoping someone knows this family and/or can help me.

I have come to a complete standstill at my great-great grandfather John Cameron. According to census records he was born around 1852, Morvern, but I haven't found a record on this with the same parents that was named in the marriage record - Hugh Cameron and Anne Fletcher.

He is also listed as widower at his marriage record to Mary Mac Callum in 1880 in Oban. I haven't found any marriages that could be his from the years before 1880. So if someone should know something, or have some time on their hands, any info would be appreciated!

I have recently also heard rumors that there are some Spanish connections in this line somewhere.

This is what I have on John Cameron:

Born around 1852, Morvern, Oban to parents Hugh Cameron and Anne Fletcher.

He married Mary Mac Callum in 1880, Oban. They had 8 children. Around 1900 they moved to Inveroran Hotel and lived at and ran the hotel until around 1930. John seems to have left the family a little earlier. He died in 1928 in Oban.

So, the later part of his life isn't as much of a mystery as the earlier parts. If anyone knows anything, or can find something that I have overlooked, that would be much appreciated!

Hi.

I have this dead end in my family.. Quite far back, as she would be my ggggg-grandmother.

Her name is Catherine Gow/Gowie. The only certificate I have on her is her death certificate from 1857, Condorrat, Dumbartonshire. Her age is given as 80, so according to the certificate she should have been born around 1777. Parents unknown on certificate, so no help there.

In the 1841 census birthplace is only given as Scotland, but in the 1851 census she is recorded as born in Aldram, Morayshire around 1784.

Searching ScotlandsPeople I get one single hit on Catherine Gow between 1770-1800, and yes, she's born in 1784, but somewhere called Avoch, Ross and Cromarty? I'm Norwegian, so I have no idea if that is anywhere near Morayshire.

(On the certificate I can't seem to read the title/relation of the witness, but it could be someone other than family that has just given it a wild guess as to her age? I don't know.. I'll attach a screenshot of the witness part of the certificate if someone would like to try reading it.)

I found some other entries under Moray (Elginshire) mentioning the surname Gow, so if the surname originates there, the census may be correct?

Other info I have on her:

She had 10 children between 1804-1827 with James Boyd. All children born in Dumbartonshire.

(I haven't found a marriage certificate on them, but I assume they were married as they surely wouldn't have 10 children out of wedlock..?)

I feel like I have a million loose ends on this lady, but very few of the match up. I'm sorry about the total chaos of the post, but if someone would like to try and make any sense of it any help is much appreciated Maybe someone "knows" her for all I know!

Thanks,

Kine.

I have recently come across a photo of my great grandfather wearing something I suppose might be a military uniform of some sort, because of the hat.

Does anybody know what kind of uniform this is? (I'm Norwegian, so Scottish military history isn't my strong suit

And since he was born in 1884, I would guess it was WWI he would have been involved in? More or less.

OK, so now I'm really confused.

In my tree I have a couple - John Buchanan & Jean Connell. They had (as far as I have found) six children. In the census for 1841 I found a lot of people named Buchanan living at Balnagown. I found John & Jean in one record, and then I found one of their daughters in another Ancestry record with someone totally unknown. (Side note: the unknown ladys name is Jane Brummond, and her occupation is Strewster. What kind of occupation is that?) The rest of the children is yet to be identified in the 1841 census.

And then there are a lot of other Buchanans also living at Balnagown in 1841..

I'm guessing that this has to be siblings living with their families at the same place or something. Has anyone done any research on this name from Lismore that can tell me more?

OK - I'll try to sum this up the best I can based on the answers uncovered in my last post regarding the other half of this family:

I have previously posted in this forum asking for info on my great-grandmother Mary MacCallum (b. 1855, Lismore.) Since I couldn't for the life of me find any likely match for either her and her family in the censuses or a birth certificate with a pair of parents matching the information given on her marriage certificate, it was soon uncovered that she most likely is an illegitimate child. That also explained why her mother was listed as Catherine Campbell at her marriage, and Catherine Buchanan at her death. As soon as someone tipped me of a Mary Buchanan born in 1855 in Lismore, the pieces fell into place. I found the birth certificate - the right mother, but no father listed. So this couple of gg-grandparents seems to never have been married, and this is where the clues stops. I have managed to trace Catherine and her marriage to a Donald Campbell a couple of years later, as well as a sister that's living with Mary and her husband later (Catherine Campbell, b. 1866) so they are accounted for.

But... Mary's father is listed as Dugald MacCallum in both her marriage - and death certificate. There is no other info on him other than him being a shepherd. Since I haven't found Mary together with either of her parents in any census I feel like I don't know where to start looking for this person. What does one do when ancestors leaves so few leads?

Also - Mary uses MacCallum as surname later in life even though she is listed as Mary Buchanan at birth, so she must have had some sort of relationship with this Dugald? Or?

Previous posts covering Mary and her mother Catherine Buchanan:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=661075.20