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John Barclay's wife was Agnes McCammon.
Both had resided in the townland of Derrydrummuck before their marriage 22nd Novenber,1853 in Glascar Presbyterian Church. Margaret had a brother Nathaniel who inherited the Barclay farm.
I hope this is helpful.

Hi I believe the William Walsh you are searching for is my great grand father.  I know he died in an institution.  He was married to a Rachael Platt and lived in Articlave.  They had children Elizabeth ( my granny) Hessie and John.  I would be interested to find out the information you have.

Hi, We are definitely talking about the same person. I'll send you my email address by Private Message so we can discuss further.
Reynaud2

Can someone help me to solve the mysteries of the McAlister family of Aghaderg in general and Glasgarmore and Derrydrummuck in particular.
In the will of Samuel McAlister, ob. 1773 will dated 1770 (copy on hand), it states that "I leave all that is bequested to Samuel McAlister son of Samuel McAlister and Samuel McAlister son of Joseph McAlister. I started this search in the early 70's and it has remained dormant for some time. Recently being prompted through Rootschat to refer to PRONI e , I discovered that the references for my documents had altered. This encouraged me to try and update my records which , in turn, lead to starting the McAlister search again.

Sorry, I must have done that wrong - This should be better.
I live in Derrydrummuck and know the McCallister (current local spelling) family quite well.
I don't have much time at present to help but if you get into the detail of the Griffiths Valuation and find the locations in which they lived at that time (about 1863) then you will at least be able to see better the different families of the time. Hopefully some of this will 'fit' with what you already know of your forebears at that time.
Keep at it - perseverance wins in the end.

Yes, though I know there were two marriages but I only know of four children in the first and one in the second.
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Hi Teresa,

Sorry to hear you haven't been well - I hope you're on the mend now.

As I said, these may or may not be related in any way, but maybe sometime down the line you'll be able to add them if and when you find out who they are.

1.
In loving memory of JAMES T. SHARP who died 17th September 1966 aged 74 years
And his wife CATHERINE G. TAINSH who died 7th April 1968 aged 76 years
Also their son *JAMES T. SHARP, Merchant Navy lost at sea 10th April 1942 aged 21 years

2.
In loving memory of ISOBELLA BREINGAN died 31st January 1939 aged 84 years   
And her husband JOHN TAINSH died 2nd August 1912 aged 64 years
Their son TOM TAINSH died 12th October 1915 aged 26 years

3.   
In memory of WILLIAM TAINSH who died at Glasgow 20th September 1880 aged 27 years
Also my son JOHN who died at Glasgow on the 20th of February 1898 aged 18 years
Also his wife MARGARET THOMSON who died 9th January 1909 aged 58 years
Their daughter MARGARET TAINSH who died 20th January 1926 aged 50 years

The following is the details from the CWGC database for James T. Sharpe (I thought his middle name may have been T = Tainsh, after his mother's maiden name, but obviously not as he was given exactly the same name as his father!)

*Name: SHARP, JAMES TODD
Initials: J T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sailor
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Empire Prairie (Greenock)
Age: 21
Date of Death: 10/04/1942
Additional information: Son of James Todd Sharp and Catherine Gilroy Sharp, of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 44.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
   
Alva and Logie are only about 3 miles apart with the village of Menstrie slap bang in the middle!

Good info on his parents from CWGC though - it's not that often you get parent's middle names and if these turn out to be 'yours', you'll have lots of info to start with.

Anne

Hi Anne and Theresa

I have 4 Isabella Breingans born between 1853 and 1857, all in Alloa. I think the one referred to above would be Isabella b. abt 1853/4, parents John Breingan and Margaret Donnel. She lived at Holly Tree, Menstrie, Logie in 1861 and Menstrie village in 1871. She was a Wool Mill worker and was not listed in the 1881 census as Isabella Breingan but was as Isabella Tainsh.
Maybe you have worked that out by now but I give it for clarification anyway
Roy