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Does anyone know why two McDonald families in Ardchattan would be transcribed as McIlraich or McIlreach by Scotlandspeople and Freecen. One because of legibility of handwriting I could accept but two families is puzzling me. It was so hard to find them when working back chronologically through Ardchattan census because I was looking for the McDonald name I started with in 1881 census. Eventually I found these:
1841 has Euphane McIlriach age 40 at Kiel Crofts
1851 has Euphemia McIlreach age 52 with same husband Donald and children at Achnacreemore. Whereas 1881,71,61 has her with or without Donald and whichever children are still at home at Achnacreemore as McDONALD

The other family
Ardchattan 1841  Achnacreemore

MCILRIACH Alexander M 60 Farmer Argyllshire
MCILRIACH Chirstian M 55 Argyllshire
MCILRIACH Archibald M 25 Argyllshire
MCILRIACH William M 20 Ap Argyllshire
MCILRIACH John M 15 Argyllshire
MCILRIACH Leasy F 20 Argyllshire
MCPHAIL Donald M 25 Tailor Argyllshire
MCPHAIL Mary F 25 Argyllshire
MACKENZIE Colin M 9 Ag Labourer Argyllshire
MCGREGOR Isabella F 60 Widow Argyllshire
Piece: SCT1841/504 Place: Ardchattan-Argyllshire Enumeration District: 6
Civil Parish: Ardchattan Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 6 Page: 6
 
1851 at Selma
Alexander McDonald  W 75 crofter of 8ac
Archibald McDonald U 38 Ag Lab
John McDonald U 29 Ag Lab


I can only think that perhaps the wife in both of these families had that maiden name, although why not use the husband's name?
 Perhaps transcription is the only reason.
 However I would be glad of any explanation that might tie these families or otherwise.

Sorry this is so long winded,

Mary

Hi Rootschatters

I have come across terminology on an emigration record that I don't understand. I would like to be clear in my head about who was paying and who was to be paid back for the journey made by a family of few resources emigrating to New Zealand in 1862.
Someone on this site very kindly sent a link to records which helped me confirm that the family that I had lost track of in Scottish records had indeed emigrated. He/she found them on a passenger list.

One sheet on which their names appear is headed Assisted emigration to Canterbury New Zealand, by the ship Chariot of Fame and another is headed BILLS sent from the colony to the undermentioned Persons Passengers by the Chariot of Fame

The columns of the sheet about bills are:
Name of Person to whom Bills have been remitted by Friends in the Colony (husband ,wife, children)
Drawer (a former neighbour in Scotland)
Acceptor (a name I don't recognise is in this column)
Ist 2nd or 3rd of exchange (1st)
Date  (June 1862)
Amount of Bill  (£20 each for the couple and £16.13.4 for 4 children 17,15,13,11years old
Amount to be collected     " " "

If anyone can explain what the usual practice was I would be very grateful.

Thank you in anticipation

Mary

Hi fellow rootschatters

I would appreciate help to understand what MI for South Perthshire shows is/was on a stone in Muthill burial ground
I found that an ancestor who died in St Ninians Stirlingshire as feuer of 2 acres of land at Chartershall, was buried back in his home area with his wife and unmarried daughter. They were John Morrison, Helen Smith and Ann Morrison.

The note in the MI record says " Lair Book 118, John Morison, feuer, son of David PRULER or Morison. Next lair, David PRULER, Drummawhance."

I can find no information on this surname whether it refers to an occupation or is a nickname or whatever.

Regards
Mary

There are 3 or 4 letters written to my mother, who would have been about 15yrs old in 1935. She had answered requests from several girls in Canada who wanted a Scottish penpal and had a short correspondence period with a Jessie Roebuck. Her mother wrote too. The mother was Scottish and had been born Joan McIntyre in Kippen, Stirlingshire. This is where my mother was and so the letter mentions memories about local people around Kippen from 40 or 50 years earlier e.g. Dr McDairmid and shopkeepers McQueen, McDougal, Dunn, Cooper, asking if the families were still there. McNicols at Port of Menteith too.

She mentions her McIntyre cousins in the schoolhouse in Aberfoyle, a sister in Perth and some information about a nephew Peter Clark working for Lord Scone.

Her own children in Canada seem to be
Violet married to a farmer called Derbyshire;
Mae married name Park living in Regina;
Marion a nurse;
John died age 4yrs;
Jessie at boarding School at Assinaboia;
Arthur school 15yrs
There is a fair bit about the hard life she had in Saskatchewan in 30's.

If these are of any interest to anyone please get in touch.

Mary