McGougan/McGugan family Lochgilphead

[puppygirl]

I'm trying to find census entries from 1841 onwards to track the whereabouts of the McGougan/McGugan family of Lochgilphead or North Knapdale but despite spending a fortune on SP, I've had no success.
Details I did find - Archibald Mcgugan marries Flora/Flory Mclean. I've located their children from the OPR -
1817 Donald
1820 Archibald
1824 John
1826 Malcolm
That would make the sons, approx, 24, 21,17 and 15 on the 1841 Census, and I can find nothing to match, nor John Senior and Flora/Flory, searching both spellings of the surname, which seems to be interchangeable. Nor can I find anything for 1851.
I've located young John's marriage to Ann/Agnes Leitch in 1854 and have had no problems with following his line.
Any help on finding the other members of his family would be gratefully appreciated!

[runningbear]

hi pal,

have you looked at the 1851 census ? could this be them ?

arinafadmore, north knapdale

angus (i think is alex)...age 73...crofter of 6 acres
flora...age 70
euphemia...age 34
archibald...age 31...acid work labouer


Joe

[Thrall]

Hi Puppygirl, I hope you were not too precise with the ages, as in 1841 ages were most often rounded down for adults to end in five or ten, but not always.
If the family were all together, then it is possible that another spelling is blurring the issue, so delicate tries with all sorts of wildcard combinations will be needed. Sometimes, using the Ancestry.co.uk transcriptions can help, though some imagination is necessary to understand the "odd" entry here or there.
´Praps best to wait for the next free offer........

Guid hunting,

Thrall

[Alecm]

I expect the family you are looking for left North Knapdale. They were one of many McGugan families in the area (#24 of 31 that I cannot connect). There were mass migrations in the 1840s and 50s.

24   Archibald McGugan & Flora McLean – Glensail
24.1   Donald: 1817, Nov. 2 - ?
24.2   Archibald: 1820, Jan. 16 - ?
24.3   John: 1824, April 3 - ?
24.4   Malcolm: 1826, May 27 - ?

[mac54]

Hi puppygirl;

Not sure if this helps but here goes.  I live in London (ontario, Canada) and my ancestors came from Knapdale in 1828 to Lobo Ontario, just outside of London. their names were Archie McGugan and Mary (Graham) Mcgugan. - family was John, Archie, Duncan, Flora, Sara, Margaret and Mary.  I believe there was another brother who immigrated about the same time to a neighbouring township. If I find more I'll let you know..

regards..........

[hayleydoyle]

I am completely stumped with my line of McGugans.
I have margaret Mcgugan born 1849 approx to Neil Mcgugan. Wifes name is Catherine but cannot decipher the last name though looks like it's Mc something
Margaret went on to marry Thomas Evans in 1884...
I am completely stonewalled on this..any assistance would be much appreciated...

[MonicaL]

Hi hayleydoyle

Welcome to RootsChat 

You don't say where your Margaret was born but could this be the family in 1851 - everyone born in Gigha:

Neil Mcgougan 48, Farmer Of 160 Acres Employing Two Lab
Catherine Mcgougan 45
Archibald Mcgougan 19
Marrion Mcgougan 18
Elizabeth Mcgougan 16
Barbara Mcgougan 10
Neil Mcgougan 8
Margaret Mcgougan 3
Augus Mcgougan 1
Malcom Smith 24, labourer

Address: South Drumchro, Gigha and Cara, Argyll

Monica

[hayleydoyle]

not sure where my margaret was born but all "googles" seem to lead to Argyll
Margaret was married in Glasgow but does not say where she was born...this looks like it could very well be right family

thank you so much for your help!

Hayley

[MonicaL]

Hi Hayley

Have you found Thomas and Margaret in the censuses following their marriage? The mother Catherine for this family looks to have a surname of Galbreath from IGI www.familysearch.org entries for the children (batch code for Gigha is C115374 for this period).

If mother's surname is not clear on Margaret's marriage entry, can you post that section on here and we can have a go at trying to determine what Catherine's maiden name was. If all esle fails, you can always contact Scotlands People on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/contactus/form.aspx?issue=24 and explain to them that you are having a problem reading something on the cert and they will send an enhanced image via emai to you for the section that is causing a problem.

Monica