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Archibald Whiteford son of Alexander Whiteford (poss. Wheatford) and Margaret Cain/Kain or variants married 16 Oct 1849 at Raasay to 1. Flora Macleod, bn 1823 Raasay, parents John & Jane with brothers Roderick & Murdo. Archies & Flora's children were: Alexander bn abt 1850 Strass; John bn 1854 Kintail Ross & Cromarty; Archibald bn 24 Apr 1856 Kintail;
2. Alexander then married 31 Aug 1858 at Portree  to 2. Mary McDougall bn abt. 1831 South Uist G. Their children were Margaret Ann (Maggy) bn 23 Aug 1859 Clachan Raasay; Ann bn abt 1863 Portree; Archibald bn 24 Jun 1865 Donald bn 19 Jul 1866 Portree.
On the 1871 Census Mary is the Head of House so Archibald was presumably dead by then.

Alexander (bn 1850) married Catherine McIsaac on 21 Jun 1901 at 21 West Nile St Glasgow.  Their children were Archibald bn 13 Feb 1902 in Portree; Mary Ann (Margaret) bn 6 Feb 1903 Portree; John Archibald bn 17 Jan 1905-died 1909 Portree; Peter bn abt 1909 Glasgow.  Catherine McIsaac died 11 Dec 1933 and Alexander died 3 January 1942 both at Portree.

Donald bn 1866 was a Piper with the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) - 72nd & 78th Foot from 5 May 1886 to 5 May 1898.  He was posted in India and returned in 1894.  He married Bella MacLeod on 1 Jan 1902 in Portree. Their children all bn Portree were Dugald MacLachlan (1903-1972); Alexander bn abt 1905; John Archibald 1905-1908.  Donald died 29 Jan 1911 in Portree.

Dugald MacLachlan married Margaret Dickson on 10 May 1926 at Blythwood Glasgow. Their children were Dugald McLaughlan bn Gorbals 1929 died 1992; Elizabeth Mona bn abt 1930 Glasgow died 2002; Agnes 1935-1937.  Margaret Dickson died in Dec 1939 at Bradda Ave Burnside.  Dugald married Wilumina Fenton or Henderson in 1940 in Glasgow. They had a child William Fenton abt 1935 in Glasgow.  I haven't found William using  his father's surname at any point. Dugald died in Glasgow in 1972.

Margaret Ann Whiteford bn 1859 married James Peacock on 13 July 1883 at Greenock. James was bn abt 1860 in Portree. Their children were Alexander bn abt 1884 Glasgow; Annie Whiteford bn abt 1885 and died 1887; James bn abt 1887 in Greenock. Margaret Ann died 1 Jun 1937 at Bayfield Cottage Portree.

Archibald, son of Alexander and Margaret Cain, had a brother James who emigrated to Australia.  I am descended through his line.

I would be very pleased to hear back from anybody with any knowledge of this family.  I hold OPRs etc from ScotlandsPeople for most of the family.

Anne

I'm interested in farms and farming families in Ayrshire if anybody is able to provide further information.

Thomas Wyl(l)ie and Jean Morton.  Banns in April 1806 at Craigie by Kilmarnock (Jean's parish) and Kilmaurs (Thomas).

Their children were James bn Dec 1806 and christened at Craigie, George bn Dec 1808 Bowhouse farm, Mary bn Symington 1811, Margaret bn 1813 Dunlop, Thomas bn 1817 Dunlop,  David bn June 1819 Stewarton and Jean bn 1821 Stewarton.  They farmed around Stewarton, and for several years prior to Thomas’ death in 1844 at Caddell farm in Ardrossan. There is an East Muirshiel farm at Dunlop which is where two of the children were born.

On the 1841 Census Thomas, George, and Jean are at Caddell farm together with a Jane Wyllie who is the same age as Jean.  Holmbyre farm which adjoins Caddell also had Wyllies there. I'm not sure that they were related but would love to find out.

Jean married James Whiteford in Campbeltown in 1849 and they emigrated to Melbourne, Victoria with George and his wife, Mary Leggart, following soon after.

John married Rachel Taylor and they emigrated to the US, farming in Wisconsin.

Margaret married Robert Kerr and they remained in Ayrshire, with family farming at High Lynn (Kerrs there on the 1891-92 Valuation Rolls), and Giffordland mill also Dalry and Cranberrymoss (sometimes Cranberry Moss), Kilwinning.

Mary married John Dick and John Wylie may have married Elizabeth Sawyers.

Skellyhill farm may have been associated with Jean Morton's family.  An article on James and Jean's golden wedding anniversary in Melbourne mentions Skylahill which may be Skellyhill farm.

I would be really pleased to hear back from anyone who knows of these families or the farms they worked.
Anne

James Whiteford was baptised in Culfeightrin Parish in May 1826.  No record of his mother but his father was Alic Whiteford.  A couple of weeks later he is listed on the Scottish OPRs for Campbeltown Argyll with parents, Alexander Whiteford and Margaret Kane/Cain.  In January 1852 he's again on the OPRs being baptised in Campbeltown with his daughter Mary Reid Whiteford immediately prior to emigration to Melbourne Australia.  His death record in Australia also confirms his parents and that he was born in Ireland.

A researcher of Whiteford families in Antrim believes there were a number of Whiteford families from Cross Townland in the Fair Head area, close to Ballycastle (Culfeightrin Parish).  He's posted that "I know there were Whitefords in that area as early as 1740 when John Whiteford was listed in Culfeightrin in the Protestant Householders' Returns.  There is a headstone in the Culfeightrin Church of Ireland Cemetery for Alexander Whiteford of Cross (1745-1821) and another in the Bonamargy Old Friary Cemetery (Culfeightrin) for Archibald Whiteford of Gartalorkan (1760-1809).  It is quite likely that Alexander and Archibald are sons of John.  Alexander (1745-1821) was the father of a Robert Whiteford (from the headstone) and also Alexander Whiteford (c1790-1867) who married Isabella Mathers about 1818 (2nd marriage) and migrated with his family to St John's in Newfoundland in 1850.  Information I have found about the Newfoundland family says that Alexander  (1745-1821) "had been among the first adherents of the Church of Ireland to open their doors to the celebrated Methodist evangelist Gideon Ouseley", and Alexander (1790-1867) "was engaged wholly to the work of the Methodist church in a lay capacity as circuit steward and trustee" and his family was described as a "close-knit Ulster and Wesleyan Methodist family".

There was also a Mary Whiteford (c1775) who married John McBride in the Fair Head area about 1800, and this Mary may have also been a daughter of Alexander (1745-1821).  A number of the children of their son John migrated to New Zealand and were all said to be from the Fair Head area."

My James Whiteford born May 1826 whose father was Alexander Whiteford had a brother named Archibald who I have not been able to trace in Ireland.  Lots of the same first names in this group from Fair Head.  I have records of Archibald's family living on Skye and Raasay from the 1840s on.  James is also listed on the 1841 Census with his mother and sister Catherine and Margaret.  Catherine married Donald Galbreath of Gigha and Margaret never married. They died in Argyll.  I have not been successful in finding Alexander or Margaret Kane/Cain's death records in Scotland.
 
I am interested in finding anything out about the Whitefords of Fair Head to see if my Alexander, his sons Archibald and James fit into this family. I am also interested in finding out about the family Kane/Cain in Antrim.

Thanks for any help.

Anne

Don't know whether you will get this as it appears to be some years since you last posted.  I was at Caddell farm in September 2015 and have photos of the farm as it is now if you would like them.  I spoke to the farmer Robert Reid and his wife.  His grandfather took over the farm either in 1911 or 1915, I can't quite remember which just now.  He mentioned Spiers MacLauchlin as holding the farm prior to his grandfather taking it over.  He also knew that there were Wyllies there at some point prior to that.  My g g grandfather Thomas Wylie was there from at least 1837 when his daughter Margaret's banns note he was the daughter of Thomas Wyllie of Caddell farm. Thomas died there in 1845 and I have his inventory from ScotlandsPeople.  The family then moved to Campbeltown and farmed there.  Anyhow if you would like photos of the farm, including what the farmer said was the original part of the farm building let me know.

Regards Anne

Hi all I have just come back from 2 weeks in Scotland and went out to Caddell / Caddel farm as my ggg grandfather and his family were there from at least the mid 1830s to 1845/46.  Thomas Wyllie/Wylie and his family are there on the 1841 Census and his daughter Margaret's banns in 1837 note Caddell farm.  Thomas died in 1845 and his son then moved to farm at Mid GlenCraig which is in Campbeltown.  Possibly both sets of farms were in the Montgomery family (needs to be followed up).

I spoke to the current owners of the farm and have some photos of the current farm if anyone is interested.  The current owner's grandfather took over the property around 1910 and he did mention a Spiers McLauchlan being the farmer there before his grandfather. 

If anyone is interested in the photos, please contact me at fhistory4me@@@@@@@gmail.com 

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Regards all

Anne