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Further to my message, it occurred to me to ask why Romeo Drysdale married Margaret Hargroves in Kendal, Westmoreland, England?  I found several Margaret Hargroves born at the right time in Kendal, Westmoreland, England!!!  (Often the bride is married in her home town!!!)  Then I found another Romeo Drysdale, born and baptised to Romeo and Margaret in Woolwich, Kent, England, on 30 Apr 1805.  Was Woolwich, Kent, England, a military establishment?  Then I found a ROMEI DRYSDALE born and baptised at Founders Hall Lothbury Scots Church in London, England, on 1 Oct 1765!  Twin brothers, Robert and John, were baptised on 11 Apr 1762.  So this may be your Romeo, born to another military man without a first name?  I also found several other Romeo and Islay Drysdales, one born in China and a POW in Japan, then migrated to Hawaii, and others who migrated to mainland USA.  All on Family Search!!!  I will leave it up to the descendants to find out more!  Di

Well I have had a very interesting read this morning of all your comments and learned much about my extended MacIntosh (Highlander spelling) or McIntosh family!  I googled my cousin Archibald McIntosh of Stawell, and up came all your posts!  Archibald McIntosh was born in 1813 to John McIntosh and Catherine Murchieson on the Isle of Skye.  He had one brother Samuel and one sister Catherine.  Samuel remained a bachelor and Catherine married a John Lamont in 1848 and they had one daughter Catherine around 1849.  Catherine married Allan Macleod in 1882 and they had 6 children, all born in Snizort North (Parish).
Archibald's father John McIntosh was born around 1780 to Archibald Macintosh and Catherine Nicolson on the Isle of Skye.  John had 8 brothers and sisters, one of which was Marion Macintosh and she was my great great great grandmother!  Most of the children were born in Snizort Parish.

John and Marion's brother Angus McIntosh followed his nephew Archibald out to the Colony of Victoria in 1853 on the NEW ZEALANDER.  He and his wife, another Catherine Nicolson, had 8 children, also born in Snizort Parish.

Angus eventually settled in Branxholme, near Hamilton in Victoria.  Some of the children married Mathiesons and some married Macdonalds.  One married a Bethune and one married a Cotter!

In the meantime, my Marion's son, Charles Finlayson, made his way out to the Colony in 1857 on the MALDON, with his wife Marion McDougall.  After working in the Geelong area for 2 years to pay off their passage out, they settled outside Ballarat in the Clunes area.  They had 9 children!  Charles and Marion are buried with Marion's brother Alexander in the Coghills Creek Cemetery where many many Skye people are buried.  But their's is another story!

Great stuff Julia P. and Cando!!!  Diane in Bendigo, formerly Sandhurst.

I have always wondered where the name came from!  One of the Islay Ferrier Drysdale's married my distant cousin Mary Lindsay Murray in 1865.   The son of William Drysdale and Lillias Boyle!  They had five children, but none seem to have married.   I was intrigued by the name and have looked at the family and know about Romeo at Dumbarton Castle, but did not know about General Islay Ferrier.  Thanks for the heads up! 

As I said, I did not go down that path.  I seem to remember a George Borrowman and a William Borrowman, and I think it was William who married Ann Michie back in Roxburghshire.  I think I found this couple on Scotlands People, then realised they were not my couple!   They all seem to have lived in the Melbourne area and pop up on the social pages.  My James Borrowman lived in Ballarat in the 1800s.  Are you on Ancestry?  Their shipping records will pop up if you are!  Otherwise, a look at the Victorian Public Record Office Website?  These days, searching on PROV is hard and Borrowman is spelt in so many different ways!  Barrowman, Borroman, etc. etc.  I can't find my James entering the country, but he pops up in the 1850s down near Geelong.  I think George Borrowman may lead you to your Michies!  Ann was probably a sister!  Diane

Have you looked at Victoria, Australia?  I have a feeling an Ann Michie married a Borrowman in Hawick Roxburghshire, and they migrated to Victoria!  So the Michie's may have emigrated to Oz!Have a look on TROVE which is a website of nearly all the Australian Newspapers ever printed, provided by the Australian National Library.  You need to be careful what you ask for!  I have Borrowmans in my Family Tree, and when I was searching TROVE for them, the other Borrowmans and Michies popped up!  I did not go down that path!  Diane