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Perthshire / McFarlane of Aberfoyle, Buchanan, Port of Menteith aliased McKerracher
« on: Monday 05 July 21 03:16 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
I am indexing all of the McKercher/McKerracher families over at https://www.mckercher.org
I am doing so to map out and relate the families in order reconstruct trees and to determine possible linkages to the loosely documented origins from Braemar Farquharsons.
The McKerchers appear in 3 main groups.
1) Glenlyon/Loch Tay - Fortingall/Kenmore/Killin/Weem
2) Grandtully - Logierait/Dull
3) Aberfoyle/Buchanan/Port of Menteith
In regards to 3), there are number of early records and very few later records.
I was trying to determine why.
It appears that these McKercher/McKerracher aliased as McFarlane. They appear as McKercher pre 1750 and then finalize their names as McFarlane or in a few cases retain McKercher.
A significant number of personal family trees on Ancestry etc. are in error as this is not known.
Has any researcher on here seen any documentation of this alias in any of the literature?
While I have seen and documented aliases used in Breadalbane, I am not familiar with those used in these 3 parishes.
Best example:
Walter McKerracher married Mary Swan in 1788 in Aberfoyle. Some of his children finalized names as McKerracher while others as McFarlane. i.e. Post 1855 deaths are recorded as either depending on branch.
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Kori
I am indexing all of the McKercher/McKerracher families over at https://www.mckercher.org
I am doing so to map out and relate the families in order reconstruct trees and to determine possible linkages to the loosely documented origins from Braemar Farquharsons.
The McKerchers appear in 3 main groups.
1) Glenlyon/Loch Tay - Fortingall/Kenmore/Killin/Weem
2) Grandtully - Logierait/Dull
3) Aberfoyle/Buchanan/Port of Menteith
In regards to 3), there are number of early records and very few later records.
I was trying to determine why.
It appears that these McKercher/McKerracher aliased as McFarlane. They appear as McKercher pre 1750 and then finalize their names as McFarlane or in a few cases retain McKercher.
A significant number of personal family trees on Ancestry etc. are in error as this is not known.
Has any researcher on here seen any documentation of this alias in any of the literature?
While I have seen and documented aliases used in Breadalbane, I am not familiar with those used in these 3 parishes.
Best example:
Walter McKerracher married Mary Swan in 1788 in Aberfoyle. Some of his children finalized names as McKerracher while others as McFarlane. i.e. Post 1855 deaths are recorded as either depending on branch.
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Kori