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Scotland / Re: Glasgow / WILLIAM CROSS & Son., carver & gilder
« on: Saturday 27 October 18 13:14 BST (UK)  »
Hello everyone :)

I need help trying to find information about the origins of William Cross & son, (Andrew?) carvers and gilders in Glasgow during the mid-1860's.

William Cross and son became well known ornamental carvers & gilders in Glasgow during the 1860's. They would have been at the forefront of the birth of Art Nouveaux design and sculpture in Scotland from 1860 to the 1900. Listed on the birth certificate of my great grandmother, Ann Steel Cross b. 1865 in Glasgow, is stated that Andrew Cross was her father, a carver & gilder however in West Kilbride(?) not Glasgow at the time of her birth.

My question is....was my great grandmother's father Andrew Cross, also William Cross's son? And if he was, what information is available about William Cross and his origins? I've not been able to find anything more about him.

Thank you for your help!
BB

 
   

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Family History Beginners Board / They married but didn't register their children, why???
« on: Thursday 18 October 18 11:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

My great grandparents were married in 1893, and lived happily together for 20yrs before emmigrating with their family to N. America in 1914. I have a copy of their marriage certificate from Oct. 18th 1893, in the Evangelical Union (or United) Church and it is signed by them, lists their parents, the pastor and two witnesses.

So, why then did they never register any of their children's births?

Their 3 children were not illegitimate but the law required that they be registered...so why not do this? The only mention i can find of my great-grandparents' and their three children is in a 1901 cencus and in the ship's passenger list for N. America in 1914 before emmigrating...?

Was this common practice to not register children in Scotland in the 1890's or could there have been another reason?

Thanky ou for your help!  :)


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Scotland / 1st Earl of Ross, Ferchar Mackinsagart & the McTaggart line?
« on: Monday 08 October 18 10:30 BST (UK)  »
My question is.....

Does the McTaggart name actually have any biological connection with its famous first ancestor, Ferchar Mackinsagart, the 1st Earl of Ross?

The name McTaggart is from of the Old Gaelic "Mac an tsagairt" meaning son of the priest. The first recorded spelling of the name is shown to be that of Ferchar Mackinsagart, dated 1215. During the reign of King Alexander II of Scotland, Ferchar Mackinsagart was knighted the 1st Earl of Ross after defeating the king's enemies, clans MacHeth and MacWilliam in a large battle.

However, information about Ferchar Mackinsagart (later anglicised to Farquhar Macintagart) before the rebellion in 1215 does not exist. He appears to have come from nowhere....However, his ability to defeat the might of the MacWilliam (Meic Uilleim) clans and MacHeths together, suggests that he could command large military resources?

But how then does his surname, Mackinsagart 'son of a priest' apply? According to some historians, Farquhar was perhaps the son of a parson from a monastery and passed into the hands of the Abbots called Sagarts or priests - and he was the possessor of the monastery, in reality a powerful Highland chief probably of the O’Beollan family who commanded the population of the western region.

Farquhar was then most likely an O'Beollan according to historians, and his name Mackinsagart was then a fabrication, or not?

My question is then - did Farquhar's ancestors then carry his surname, Mackinsagart, today McTaggart? Or were his ancestors called O'Beollan (or another different name), does anyone know?

Thank you for your help!



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