GGG Grandparents Marriage Venue

[thommoje]

  Hello Argyll Roots Chatters,
                                            I have found the marriage record of my GGG Grandparents , David Greig and Elizabeth Walls on 21 Dec 1784.
                                             It reads " booked 5 th Dec and married  at Glen ??  the 21 st Dec 1784.
                                              I am unable to decipher the name of the place. If anyone is able to look, I would love to hear what your educated guess is  or could anybody who is familiar with the area around Inverary suggest what this Glen  - - -   place might be.
                                              It is a bit difficult to get that kind of detail from here in Australia so any help would be most welcome .
                                              I note with interest that all other marriages on that page just state that the marriage was booked but don`t give a venue for the event. Could this have been  a country house , a village ,
                                                Look forward to hearing from anyone who can shed some light, Regards, Thommoje 

[Little Nell]

Are you able to post the portion of the entry containing the place name?  Names in Scotland that begin Glen..... are unfortunately all too common, so without some clue to go by, it could take ages.  The parish covers quite a wide area, mostly rural.  Glen Aray or Glen Shira are two obvious names, possibly Glen Fyne, depending upon where they lived in relation to the parish boundary.

Nell

[thommoje]

  Hi Little Nell ,
                      I had thought when I first saw the image that it looked like Glen shiva / shira but did not know whether such a place name existed.
                       Is this a village? Can you tell me more?
                                                        Regards, Thommoje

[Little Nell]

Glen Shira is a valley which stretches north-east(ish) from the shore of the small bay of Loch Fyne called Loch Shira, just north west of Inverary.  The valley is about 10 miles long with the hills of Stuc Carden and Beinn Ghlas on the north-west shore and Barr Mor on the south, to name just three.  About 5 miles up the glen is Rob Roy's House, just downstream of the dam at Lochan Shira.

Have a look at this site:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

Type Glen Shira into the search box and look at the resulting map (ordinary 1:50000 OS map), zoom out for a smaller scale and larger area.

This site has some pictures of Glen Shira:

http://www.k5kj.net/scotland/shira.htm

Nell

[thommoje]

 Thank you once again , Little Nell . I will check out those sites  .I had also found a site called Geograph British Isles , which has modern day photos from places all over the UK.
                                    Many thanks, Thommoje

[thommoje]

 Me Again, Little Nell, Thanks for your interest. Those sites are great!
                                William Greig , son of David Greig and Elizabeth Walls , was burried in what looks like  Kilmbin Cemetery. Do you recognize the name?
                                Regards, Jean (Thommoje)

[Little Nell]

Hi Jean,

That name doesn't ring any bells and I can't find it anywhere.  There are lots of places in Scotland which begin Kil.....  I wonder about Kilmun perhaps?

Look at the Genuki page for Argyll:

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ARL/

It may help you pinpoint the place.

Nell

[thommoje]

 Hello Again, Little Nell.
                                   I don`t see a parish which could match but maybe it is a more localized place, this  Kilumbin / kilmlien   ?? Churchyard ( not Cemetery).
                                   All the records that I have found of William Greig - unmarried  - Overseer ( as was his father David) -  1785 - 1858 indicate that he was born , lived and died in Inverary and from the 1841 Census till his death, he lived in Newtown , Inverary.
                                   I would guess that his burial place is nearby.
                                    It is not of major importance but his home in Newtown became home for his unmarried sisters ( Grace / Grizel and Margaret )and a few who were widowed ( ChristinaFogo, Janet Purdie and Elizabeth Thom). So, it is of interest in family terms.
                                     Regards, Jean
       .   

[Little Nell]

Might it be Kilmalieu cemetery?  This is near Inveraray, but I cannot pinpoint a map reference for it. 

Nell