Two Sutherland area families

[Shalena]

Some help would be much appreciated...we have two family lines that seem to have originated in the Sutherland area, most of which we have little or no details about apart from our direct line of descent when they inter marry.

If there is anyone who links into these lines or who can help fill in some of the missing details we would love to hear from you.

It would be especially helpful, although unlikely given the little information and early dates, if anyone could find any details about William and Erick(a?)  +  Alexander and Janet.

The lines as we know them are listed below.  Many thanks,  Shalena.


William Munro born c1780           -m-          Erick(a?) MacKay (no details known)
Sutherland                                                  Sutherland
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Anne Munro born 8th Jul 1809 --------------Murdoch Munro born 20th Aug 1811
Creich, Sutherland                                      Creich, Sutherland. (no details known)
                  -m-
John Murray born c 1811
Creich.         l
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William Murray born 13th Jul 1837
Creich.    (This is the only known child we have details of)
He is the one who inter-marries with  Jane Campbell in the next family line below.

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Alexander MacIntosh born c 1720     -m-    Janet MacKay born c 1700's
Dornoch, Sutherland.                                  Dornoch, Sutherland. (no details known)
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Margaret MacIntosh born c 1750's ---------Alexander MacIntosh born c 1750's
Dornoch.                                                    Dornoch.  (no further details known)
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Robert Campbell born c 1754 (no further details known)
Dornoch.                                             l
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Alexander Campbell born 15th Feb 1788, Dornoch. (no other details known)
                                                         
William Campbell born 28th March 1790, Dornoch.
Married to Ann Ross (no details known)------------------------------------------------------------
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James Campbell born c 1792, Dornoch.  (no details known)                                            l
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George Campbell born c 1793, Dornoch.  (no details known)                                           l
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Ann Campbell born c 1795, Dornoch.  (no details known)                                                l
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Margaret Campbell born c 1798, Dornoch.  (no details known)                                                                                                                   
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Jan(n)et Campbell born c 1800, Dornoch.  (no details known)                                         l
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Isobel Campbell born c 1813, Dornoch.  (no details known)

David Campbell born c 1815, Dornoch.  (no details known)

Hugh Campbell born c 1828, Dornoch.  (no details known)

Jane (Jean) Campbell born 4th Nov 1831, Dornoch.  She married William Murray from the
                                                                                  previous family above.

 

[firthview]

I found these children born to John Murray and Anne Munro

William Murray b 13/07/1834       Creich Sutherland
Anne    Murray b 10/04/1836       Creich Sutherland
Eric      Murray b  03/05/1838      Creich Sutherland
Donald Murray b 19/12/1840       Creich Sutherland
Walter Murray b 07/03/1843        Creich Sutherland
Jannet Murray b 06/07/1846        Dornoch Sutherland

hope this helps a bit

[Shalena]

Thank-you for this information firthview...it does look promising.

Would you mind letting me know where you found this information from and if there are any documents we can look for/send off for to verify it for our records?

Shalena

[firthview]

Hi Shalena  I got it from IGI  do you use this site   regards Firthview

[Shalena]

Hello Firthview (do you really have a Firth view? )

Thanks for replying.....I haven't used IGI much personally as my brother and his wife usually do that side of the family research, but I will pass on the information to him and when he can find a spare moment he can look it up and get any further details.

Having so many family lines in Scotland we haven't managed to locate as many as we would have liked yet....but we will persevere!

Regards, Shalena

[firthview]

Yes i really do have a Firth view,and its beautiful,i could sit and look out my window all day.If you need any help with your Anscestors just get back to me

[Shalena]

Oh lucky you!  Think I would be inclined to want to sit and gaze out all day too.

Thanks for your kind offer....I may well take you up on that.    Not tonight though as I have to be up early in the morning and time is marching on so I had better be off.

Until another day when I have more time......thank-you and have a good-night,

Shalena.

[dndave]

Hi there,

I'm the three greats grandson of John MURRAY and Ann MURRAY through their son Walter (born 7 March 1843). Both Walter and his brother Donald came to New Zealand in the 1860s where they were sheep farmers near Dunback, Otago.  Walter married Margaret McKAY and died 1 March 1906. They had seven sons and one daughter. Donald never married.

Through the research of a relative (not personally checked) I have Walter and Donald's other siblings' names as William, Ann, Eric, Margaret, Jane, and Isabel (Bell). Ann MUNRO was from Lonemore. John was the son of Alexander MURRAY of Ardshave (c.1764-1847) and Margaret MATHIESON of Balvraid.  They had five children that I know of.

Regards,

David Murray

[Shalena]

Hello David,

Thank-you for contacting me and passing on this information.  It looks very intriguing.

Should 'your' John Murray and Ann(e) Munro be the same people as 'our' John and Anne Murray then
we should have a family link as we are descended from one of Walters' older siblings, William, through his son William Campbell.  From the date of Williams birth (13th July 1836, in Creich), it would appear that he was nearly 7 years older than Walter.  Do you know the dates of the other siblings births/baptisms?  We knew nothing of them but supposed that they may (if there were any) have emigrated to another country as many did at that time.

If you would care to send me a personal message through Roots, then I can pass on some other information you may not have.  If your not sure about how to do this, then let me know on here and I will contact you again.

Many thanks,  Shalena.