McGauchie, Co. Down

[amcgauchie]

Hi

I am doing my family research into the McGauchie family of Dumfries.  They came from Down, Ireland before 1823.  Sons William born 1823 married to Jane McKenzie, Joseph Born 1825, Robert born 1836.  Any help? 

Andrea

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat Andrea.

I've just split off your topic and re-named it and it will shortly be moved to Co. Down board so that people with local knowledge will see it.

Unfortunately, civil registration of births, deaths and Catholic marriage started in 1964 (from 1845 for other marriages) so you need to search for other sources like church records (if they exist).

Meanwhile, this is a fantastic Co. Down site you might want to explore:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies

[Christopher]

Hi

I am doing my family research into the McGauchie family of Dumfries.  They came from Down, Ireland before 1823.  Sons William born 1823 married to Jane McKenzie, Joseph Born 1825, Robert born 1836.  Any help? 

Andrea

Hello Andrea,

It can be hard to tell with families from the province of Ulster whether they were Irish or Scots. There was a large amount of coming and going between the north of Ireland and Scotland. There would be no harm in looking at Scotland's People too. www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

You'll also have to consider a number of spelling variations.

This site www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname gives the following message "Sorry, we currently have no information on that surname in our databases. Try another name,
or a different spelling."

Christopher

[amcgauchie]

Thanks.   I use Scotlandspeople a lot and I am a member of the Dumfries and Galloway FHS.  My original message was more in the way of offering help to someone looking for McGauchies.  There are a good few in Dumfries.  There are some rather weird spellings of it though as my family were all illiterate at that time, and combined with the accent, a little lateral thinking is needed.   Andrea

[ilayden]

Hi Andrea,

One of my ancestors from Dumfries is Joseph McGauchie, 1825 - 1900, son of John McGauchie and Helen Smith. Originally from County Down. I have gathered some information about Joseph, and have a photo somewhere of Joseph's daughter Agnes in old age. 

Would like to find out more information about Joseph, and also about John McGauchie and where in County Down the family came from.

I would be interested in any information you have about this.

Iain Layden

[amcgauchie]

Hi Iain.  Didn't get any further with the Irish connection, but did find McGauchies in Dumfries in the 18th centuary.  There is an Andrew McG that was a covenanter.  I hope to look into this more soon.

I would love a photo of Agnes.  Recently I had an article about Diana McGauchie or Crosby (elder sister of Agnes)  printed in the Dumfries and Galloway FHS news letter.  She had a very hard life.  I can let you have a copy of this if you are interested. 

Do you live in Scotland?  I see you spell your first name the proper scottish way!

Andrea Lee (nee McGauchie) 

[ilayden]

Hi Andrea,

Good to hear from you!

I am living in Kuwait. My father was born and grew up in Dumfries, hence the correct spelling of my name! He and Mum moved to London before I was born. We still have relatives in Dumfries.

Yes I would be very interested to see your article about Diana McGauchie, please. I didn't know about Diana.

The photo of Agnes is with my papers in the UK, unfortunately. I will send it to you next time I go home, in the autumn. It was sent to me by a relative in Dumfries who was also tracing her family history, and who found me through one of these notice boards!

Iain Layden

[amcgauchie]

I haven't used this chat for a while.  I don't particularly want to Diana's story for general viewing and you will see why when you read it.  So how do I make this private?  Andrea

[jimchelsea]

Hi Andrea
you can send private messages through PM,if you click on the persons name you will get the option of "send this member a personal message"
jim