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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Argyllshire => Topic started by: 11tilly11 on Sunday 12 September 10 09:42 BST (UK)
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My great x 5 grandparents are Donald Ferguson and Christian McGlashan.They were married 17th Aug 1775 in Stralachlan Argyll .Was looking for help with the name of Donalds mother.It only has his father John Ferguson listed on baptism record.Donald Ferguson b-3rd Feb 1753 Stralachlan.
John was born Campbeltown,but Im not sure if he married Campeltown or Stralachlan
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Hi 11tilly11,
Next time I am on either SP or Ancestry will try to find a record of marriage and let you know.
Unless someone else can find anything on the IGI or FMB or LDS
A lot of my family research is around Campbelltown in Argyll so you never know. Also my Grgran had Ferguson as one of her family names as yet have not found where this came from down the line nor Barron.
marcie
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Hi 11tilly11,
Sorry its taken so long to reply.
Looked for Donald on Scotlands people. His birth no-one born that year in Stralachan in Argyll. but on LDS there was a note of a birth, but as you found no mention of a mother's name although it stated that John was married.
There were several births noted in Strachar some with mothers names and one or two without mothers name. Wonder if she died in childbirth.
Have you tried searching for a death in that year in that district and county.?
marcie. will check
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Forgot to tell you that the Source Batch no. is C115345
Dates 1745-1820
SCN 1041077 and PCN is 6900463
Could not find info on LDS regarding his mother, will check for a death on Scotlandspeople
marcie
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Hello
Thank you for all your help.Yes I have tried all sorts of ways to find out and have ran out of ideas and records to search.I do have donald and Johns Baptism records, plus donalds marriage record.I also have all of Johns siblings and parents records. But no death records for Donald or John
Ive even been reading old Scottish history books just in case by some small miricle something could lead me to it.
Any ideas?
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If no-one with more experience on RC can help at all, which is very rare.
You could try the Family History Society for the area where he was born and lived most of his life.
I have the same problem with my Smiths and Browns. In my case there are too many of them to ensure you have the right ones, unless you know both parents names. SP do not help with things like this, they only help with problems reading them.
marjorie
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hello,
i see you are a ferguson decendant, i think we are close my greatx1 was alexander ferguson, greatx2 alexander ferguson, greatx3 charles stewart ferguson, greatx4 dougal or dougald ferguson, greatx5 donald ferguson and 6th john ferguson that's as far as i can go so far.
please reply i would like to know where you fit in and how far back you can go.
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Hello
Oh my.Well if you are who you say,well I have spent the past 2 years trying to find a living relative of Alex's,and have spent a small forturne in random phone calls from different leads.
I am a great grand daughter of David Pringle Ferguson,who is the brother of your great x 1 grand father Alexander. The other two siblings Euphemia,and Charles Stewart Ferguson's families I have tracked down,and are in regular contact with many of them.
So your Alexander was married to Betsy Nicholas there children were - Euphemia Pringle Campbell nee ferguson, Alexander McKillop Ferguson,Gordon Josiah Ferguson,Sylvia Ferguson, and Annie Bedwell nee Ferguson.
Would you believe,we are having a family reunion this Sept and we thought we would have to go ahead with out any relative from your branch.
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We also have our own family website,so please contact me.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Leanne Ferguson
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Hi
I've just come across these posts in my search for details of a Christian McGlasshan who I believe married Duncan Blair 26 Feb 1767. She is shown as mother of Peter Blair on his marriage record to Catherine McLean on 23 Dec 1800 in Dunoon and Kilmun. I wondered if there was any connection to your Christian? I can only find one other child, Catherine, b. 1799 in 'Stralachlan'. I'd be interested to know if you you have any information on them.
Thanks.
Lynne
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My Christian McGlashan was born in 1754,and then married Donald Ferguson in 1775.so she would of been to young to have a first marriage.
However if you give me a couple of days to get back to you, Im sure somewhere in all my archives I have another Christian McGlashan that Ive can remember seeing somewhere.
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OK, thanks - I'd really appreciate that. She's my 5 x great grandmother. I've just had to rethink this part of my tree as I originally thought my 5 x g-grandparents were Duncan Blair and... Elizabeth Ferguson but some professional research has revealed that this probably isn't the case!
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Hi,
I'm just new to this list after 'googling' McGlashan Strachur' to see what came up.
My Christian McGlashan (3xgr) was b. abt 1775 and married John Ferguson on 30 May 1797 in Clachan Strachur. I have 6 children to them, Margaret (1797), Catherine (1799) , Isabella ( my 2xgr 1802)Archibald (1807), Janet (1810), Christian (1813).
I have no parents for either John Ferguson or Christian McGlashan.
The 1841 census has John and Christian with daughter Christian in Clachan.
The 1851 census has John, Christian and niece Christine (age5 !) again in Clachan. The writing is very faint.
I have no other info on the family other than my 2xgr grandmother Isabella. Have just started back on this line after some absence doing other lines.
Is your Christian related?, or your Donald Ferguson to my John?
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Hello ging63
I got here a while ago googling exactly the same thing. I'm afraid the short answer to your question is - I don't know if there's any connection. Her birth date is too late to be my Christian, but you would think there'd be a connection somewhere.
The only information I'm sure about is that Christian married Duncan Blair 26 Feb 1767 in Stralachan. Son Peter (1775) and daughter Catherine (1799). I did find other baptisms showing father Duncan but no mother and the dates would fit in with Peter and Catherine. But I don't know if these are right.
The only births I've found for Christian, based on an assumed birth date taken from marriage of around 1747 +/- don't seem to fit, either because of either the date or the place of baptism. So I'm afraid I'm stuck as well!
Sorry not to be of more help.
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Thanks anyway :)
I see you have Blairs in Renfrewshire, did they venture into Beith? (it's on the border with Renfrewshire)
I don't have them myself, but distant family who married into them.
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Said Peter above ended up in Greenock and the family seemed to more or less stay there, apart from my 2 x g-grandfather who was a Coastguard and ended up in Wales and then Devon. I haven't yet come across anyone living in Beith but you never know!
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Hello ging63
Although my Christian McGlashan was born in 1754 and married Donald Ferguson,I think I may know a man that has your Christian,in his family.Give me a couple of days to email him and get a reply.
Will pass on what details you have listed to him.He is quite a expert on Fergusons of Strachur in this era.
Will get back to you
Leanne
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Thanks Leanne that would be great
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Hello Ging63
I think I may be able to help you with your 2xgt.grandmother Isabella Ferguson, born in Clachan - father John, mother Christian McGlashan. She is my 2xgt.grandmother too. She married John Wilson in Cardross, Dunbartonshire on 20th May, 1832 and died in Dumbarton on 9th March, 1882. She and John had several children including my great-grandfather Peter, who married Hannah McLean in 1867 in Cardross and died, still in Cardross in 1942. Please let me know if you think we are on the same track.
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Hello ISK,
Peter and Hannah are indeed my gr-grandparents too, my grandmother was their daughter Margaret.
Margaret
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Hello again ISK,
Think I'm realising who your grandmother was... Isabella who married John Reynolds?
Margaret
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Hello Margaret,
You are absolutely right. How wonderful to find you. My mum, Isabella, known as Ella, was Isabella and John Reynolds' youngest child. She died in 1994 and all her brothers and sisters pre-deceased her. I knew I shouldn't have opened these replies as I am just on my way out for the afternoon. I shall be back in touch this evening. With very best wishes from a cousin of some kind.
Maureen
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Hi Folks. I'm new to this site and just discovered the discussion re Christian McGlashan. My 5 X grandfather was Archibald MacGlashan married Christian White in Strachur 1760. Their son Duncan MacGlashan (born 1773 Stronchievich? Strachur) married Mary MacLean 1794.
Their children -
Archibald b.1795
Christian b.1797
Donald 1799
John b.1801
Dugald b.1803
Apart from my own line through Donald (1799) I haven't been able to get any more info on the family. Is anyone else looking at these MacGlashans, Whites or MacLeans?
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Hi Chris
I'm stuck as well, but from the names you've given there may well be a connection to my family. I have Duncan Blair x Christian McGlashan 1767 Strachur. Their son (my 4 x g-grandfather) Peter Blair married Catherine McLean, 1800 Dunoon and Kilmun, and another son, Donald, married Catherine McGlashan 1814 Glassary.
Christian McGlashan was a tenant in Ardenslate (owned by Duncan Campbell) in 1800, and Catherine McGlashan was a servant to Duncan Campbell when she married.
Duncan and Christian's other children were Thomas, Dugald and Catherine - and possibly a Mary - all born Strachur.
The dates are all around the same time.
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Thanks. It's a minefield of MacGlashans out there!
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Thanks Ging63 and Littlebranches for info.