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Argyllshire / Re: Islay Ancestors
« on: Sunday 09 June 19 14:11 BST (UK) »
Hi Ronnie: Well I read a lot about those Campbells from the link you sent me. Very dry reading I must say. Too far back from my line to draw any conclusions. So many people with the same name making it impossible to follow. The only place I've seen my Ann is on Family Search where it shows the birth of her children Hugh and Elizabeth with husband John McIntyre. Family Search also has the birth of a Colin Campbell from Inveraray (about 1705) with parents Alexander Campbell and Elizabeth Gillies but I'm sure this is connected to the Lochawe Campbells which is where those other trees I mentioned before went off the track. I think I found a profile of them somewhere a long time ago which listed their children but there was no Ann so I discarded that avenue.
My John McIntyre's grandson (Duncan McIntyre born 1781 in Kilmartin) was a gamekeeper. A bit of a stretch from the lofty Colin Campbell in just three generations, don't you think? I have Duncan's son Archibald in the 1841 census living and working (another gamekeeper) at Torranmore, Kilmartin. I understand it was part of the Inverliver estate and the proprietor was Lieut. John Campbell. So more likely that my ancestors worked for the Campbells but were not related to them. Interestingly enough though, Archie had a son named Colin Campbell McIntyre.
My John McIntyre's grandson (Duncan McIntyre born 1781 in Kilmartin) was a gamekeeper. A bit of a stretch from the lofty Colin Campbell in just three generations, don't you think? I have Duncan's son Archibald in the 1841 census living and working (another gamekeeper) at Torranmore, Kilmartin. I understand it was part of the Inverliver estate and the proprietor was Lieut. John Campbell. So more likely that my ancestors worked for the Campbells but were not related to them. Interestingly enough though, Archie had a son named Colin Campbell McIntyre.