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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.

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Argyllshire / Re: Islay Ancestors
« on: Wednesday 05 June 19 00:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ronnie:  Thanks for all the information, although the hearth tax is much further back than my line (so far).  I wouldn't mind having that "wee hoose" now.

Yes, I have Hugh and Elizabeth.  Hugh was Archie's grandfather who married Katherine McArthur in 1775.  Their son was Duncan (born 1781 in Torranbeg, Kilmartin) who married Sarah McCallum. Don't know if Archie or Duncan had siblings.  It all began with John McIntyre and Ann Campbell who seem determined not to reveal their parentage, hence my brick wall, but I'll keep looking.

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Argyllshire / Re: Islay Ancestors
« on: Tuesday 04 June 19 12:46 BST (UK)  »
I've checked out the Kilmartin Graveyard Project but don't see any McIntyres from my tree.  My gr.gr.grandfather (Archie McIntyre) was a Gamekeeper.  He was born in 1814 in Kilmartin.  1841 census shows him in Torranmore, Kilmartin.   By 1851 census he's in Blair Atholl, Perthshire.  He died in 1870 in Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead.  By 1871 his wife and children had moved to Glasgow where they remained.

While I didn't expect to find him in the Kilmartin graveyard, I would have thought his parents, grandparents etc. might have been there.  Father was Duncan McIntyre (born Kilmartin in 1781), mother Sarah McCallum.  I saw several McCallums in the project but not my Sarah or Duncan.  Only Sarah McCallum I've been able to trace was born in 1782 in Inveraray.  No proof its her though.  Only got their names from Archie's death certificate. 

John McIntyre and Ann Campbell would have been Archie's great grandparents.

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Argyllshire / Re: Islay Ancestors
« on: Thursday 30 May 19 13:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ronnie:  I don't seem to have a connection with Islay.  My Katharine McArthur was baptized on January 1, 1749 in Kilmartin, Argyll.  Father shown as Duncan and mother Katharine McFarlane.  They were married March 17, 1748 in Kilmartin. She had siblings Isabel born Oct.12, 1751 and Malcom born April 20, 1753 all in Kilmartin.

Catharine (with a "C") married Hugh McIntyre on March 12, 1775 in Kilmartin.  Hugh was born September 19, 1749 in Kilmartin. He had a sister Elizabeth born Aug.2, 1747 .  Hugh's parents were John McIntyre and Ann Campbell.  IGI have a Family Group Record which shows John McIntyre's birth about 1721 and Ann Campbell's born about 1725 both of Rashelly, Kilmartin, Argyll.  This is where I hit my brick wall. 

Can't find anything further on them except for two trees on Ancestry which showed Ann Campbell's father as Colin Campbell which then went on to link her up with the Dukes of Argyll.  Quite sure this was rubbish but would have made a very impressive tree for me as it went right back to Cleopatra 1st, Queen of Syria who was born in 210 BC.  Even passed King Arthur and Jesus Christ on the way!!  Made very interesting reading but my tree ends with Ann Campbell of Kilmartin.  I did try to make contact with the two tree owners to ask where they got Ann's parentage from but, of course, they didn't reply.

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Argyllshire / Re: Islay Ancestors
« on: Wednesday 29 May 19 15:01 BST (UK)  »
Congratulations Ronnie - looks like you've hit the jackpot!  Marlid will be thrilled.  Hello Shauna - you must be a cousin to Marlid who I'm sure will be anxious to talk to you.  We're not cousins - just good friends who took a trip last fall to Islay in search of her ancestors.  I must say I'm beginning to feel like a member of the McArthur family with all the research we've been doing together.  I do have a Katherine McArthur on my tree from Argyll who married a McIntyre.  My line is McIntyres from Kilmartin, Argyll.  I managed to get back to John McIntyre (c.1721) who married Anne Campbell (c.1725) from Rashelly, Kilmartin but then hit a brick wall which I haven't been able to get past. Been trying for ten years now but never find anything new on them. 

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The Lighter Side / Re: If you could shout at someone from the past....
« on: Sunday 21 April 19 19:05 BST (UK)  »
I'd like to ask my grandfather why he changed his surname. I wouldn't have been able to even start my family research if my father hadn't casually mentioned it just prior to his death. Felt completely betrayed as I've been wearing the wrong tartan all these years. GRR :'(

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Argyllshire / Re: Islay Ancestors
« on: Saturday 14 April 18 14:11 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Don.  Could quite likely be him as my friend has discovered he purchased land in Oro, Simcoe County (Canada) in 1840. 

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Argyllshire / Re: Islay Ancestors
« on: Thursday 12 April 18 23:11 BST (UK)  »
Hello Argyllshiregirl:  I'm doing this for a friend whose having a problem with her computer.  Name of couple from Islay was Peter McArthur and wife Flora McEachern.  Peter seems to have been born around 1813 and I think Flora was 1825.  Don't know if they married in Islay or in Canada.  I think Peter first came to Pickering, Ontario and ended up in Oro, Simcoe County.  I see you have McArthur on your list and wonder if there's a connection there.

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Sligo / Re: CRYAN FAMILY
« on: Tuesday 10 April 18 01:44 BST (UK)  »
Story of my life.

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