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Daviot and Dunlichity
« on: Thursday 29 November 18 10:33 GMT (UK) »
Would anyone be able to help me identify the name of the farm where Finlay McGillivray is living in 1851?
Also, I have found a decree for aliment dated May 1856, for an Alexander McGillivray (who is living with his father, Finlay) who is being pursued by my 2xgreat-grandmother, Marjory/Mary Grant, for an illegitimate child - but in this decree, Marjory/Mary Grant's address is stated to be Elrig of Strathnairn, whereas in all the other documentation I have for Marjory/Mary, her address is stated to be Elrig, Daviot and Dunlichity.
Could Elrig of Strathnairn and Elrig, Daviot and Dunlichity be the same place? I do hope so, because ir means that I have found some more information relating to my family.
Researching the names Mckenzie / Mackenzie from Ross and Cromarty especially Scoraig and Rherivach.

The names Fraser, MacGillivary and Grant from Daviot & Dunlichity.

The name of Fraser from Lanarkshire.

The name of Bell from Northumberland.

The name Chilla / Chylla / Chyla from Poland.

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Re: Daviot and Dunlichity
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 29 November 18 10:43 GMT (UK) »
Probably not correct but the word brings to mind an episode of WDYTYA with Annie Lennox and a place called Tomantoul?
Hinchliffe - Huddersfield Wiltshire
Burroughs - Arlingham Glos
Pick - Frocester Glos

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Re: Daviot and Dunlichity
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 29 November 18 10:47 GMT (UK) »
The address has been transcribed as

Joniantoul Line if that means anything  :-\
Hinchliffe - Huddersfield Wiltshire
Burroughs - Arlingham Glos
Pick - Frocester Glos

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Re: Daviot and Dunlichity
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 29 November 18 11:07 GMT (UK) »
The address has been transcribed as

Joniantoul Line if that means anything  :-\

On the decree for aliment, Alexander's address looks like " Tomtoil of Strathnairn "
Researching the names Mckenzie / Mackenzie from Ross and Cromarty especially Scoraig and Rherivach.

The names Fraser, MacGillivary and Grant from Daviot & Dunlichity.

The name of Fraser from Lanarkshire.

The name of Bell from Northumberland.

The name Chilla / Chylla / Chyla from Poland.


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Re: Daviot and Dunlichity
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 29 November 18 11:41 GMT (UK) »
Suggest you have a look at NLS maps.There is liitle doubt in my mind that Elrig, Strathnairn and Elrig, Daviot and Dunlichty are one and the same.( I am looking at a 6 inch map showing Tomintoul and Elrig in the valley of the River Nairn - sheet XXXI published 1874).

You might also find it useful to look at the 1851 census on Freecen - Finlay McGillivray  and family are showing at Tomantoul. Nearby places include Brinmore, Mill of Brin and Achneem. Freecen affords you the ability to scroll through the census - there seem to be a fair number of McGillivrays in the area.

Scotlands Places and its OS name books are also well worth a look.

William
Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)