Holm

[Cromarty]

Does anyone have any information about the Holm family from Cromarty, Scotland?  I am researching the family of William Holm and Margaret Williamson who were living in the area at the beginning of the nineteenth century.  Any help would be much appreciated.

Cromarty

[ev]

hi Cromarty 

what do you have on them so far ?
looks like their marriage and children are on the IGI
also possible couple on 1841 census on freeCEN
high st. cromarty
william holm 65 hemp weaver born ross & cromarty
margaret holm 60 born ross & cromarty

ev

[ghostwhisperer]

Gravestone in Cromarty Gaelic Cemetery

Placed here by William Holm and Margaret Williamson in Moortown in Pedistow in memory of their son David Holm who died April the 9th 1811 aged 8 years.

[ev]

hi ghostwhisperer 

that looks spot on 
first child david born 1803

ev

[Cromarty]

Thanks Ev,

I think that the 1841 census showing William and Margaret living in High Street is my lot and I hadn't thought to search there.  The birth record of their son Alexander shows William as a weaver.  The rest I know I have through IGI.  I had found the headstone photo but am just a bit puzzled as to the reference to Moortown and Pedistown.

Cromarty

[Chortlegirl]

Hi Cromarty

In WJ Watson's "Place names of Ross and Cromarty" (1904), there's a Peddieston and a Muirtown (rather than Moortown) listed as being in the parish of Cromarty.

Muirton and Peddieston are also marked on modern Ordnance Survey maps - they're very close to one another, Peddieston at NH742642, Muirton at NH743637.

Hope this helps!
Lynn

[Cromarty]

Thanks Lynn,

I now have a better idea of the location and will search for these maps in my local genealogical library.

This week I have been contacted by another Holm descendant and so I am now seeking information on who is buried in the Old Gaelic Cemetery and why.

Also any information on the Huguenots who settled in the Cromarty area would be helpful.

Is there an association for the hemp weavers?

Cromarty

[MaggieAnne]

Hi there:
Margaret Holm born 15 Sep 1816, Cromarty, daughter of Alexander Holm born 1797.
Margaret Holm married Donald Mackenzie in 1847, Cromarty.

Happy to supply any further information.
Regards
Maggie

[Cromarty]

Hello Maggie,

I think we have already spoken on the phone.  My Alexander Holm was born in 1815 to Margaret Williamson and William Holm. His siblings were David, George, William and Margaret.  David's headstone is in the Old Gaelic Cemetery.

William was a weaver and was born in 1769 at Braelangwell which is in the Resolis Parish.  Margaret was from Rosemarkie.  William's father and grandfather were also called William and were weavers.  I haven't got dates for them.  His mother was Anne, son of William Junnor a tennant in Blernaclach.

Can you see any connection?

Cromarty