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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Wednesday 24 November 10 18:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Maggie - you are quite right should have been small 'c' catholic, my apologies
Allan Mac

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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Wednesday 24 November 10 17:34 GMT (UK)  »
OOOOHHH - MacDougall's are not a sept of any other clan.  As i have already highlighted,  Dougal was the oldest of Somerled's surviving sons from whom the clan MacDougall descends and as such can quite rightly claim to be the oldest clan.  The MacDonalds descend from Somerled's grandson (Somerled's second son Reginald's son).  All clans associated with Somerled come under the umbrella of the 'Somhairle' family.
The MacDougall's are one of Scotland's senior clans with dozens of septs associated to them.
You've got me going now!!!!  :-)

Allan Mac

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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Saturday 20 November 10 10:02 GMT (UK)  »
PS: a 'merk' is an old 16th/17th century Scots silver coin.

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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Saturday 20 November 10 09:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Marcie Dean - the name Katrine is an alternative spelling of Catherine originally a Greek word meaning pure.  It is not unusual for a girl to have a 'male' name in the Western Isles e.g. Angusina (after Angus) or Donaldina (after Donald).  The Island near the west coast of Galway you refer to is Irish.  I'm also unaware of the archaeology evidence Skoosh refers to but the Irish have had extremely close ties with Argyll which i highlight not only my own ancestral/clan background from the 1100's (Somerled was an Irish prince) but also further back to the Irish Catholic Saint Columba in the mid 500's in Iona.
And possibly to throw a spanner in the works, there was a huge Viking influence in the western area of Argyll as well!!

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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Thursday 18 November 10 22:52 GMT (UK)  »
Agree with what you say about many of our cousins from across the water. Re the Gaelic root of your name - remember that Gaelic originally came from Ireland (via the Atlantic coast of Europe before it arrived in NW Scotland) and Kintyre and the Western Isles were the first areas to be influenced by them.
Allan Mac 

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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Tuesday 16 November 10 18:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Marcie Dean - just another bit of interest.
if you access the following website you'll get a wee bit more info about the Keil area near Southend outside Campbeltown.  if you do access it, the massacre at Dunaverty Castle they refer to was General Leslie's atrocity against the MacDougall's and their supporters. 
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/argyll/southend.shtml
There is also a Keil near Oban (Benderloch).  I'm not a Gaelic speaker but it may be that Keil is a Gaelic term e.g. Tarbert/Tarbet - land area between two stretches of water etc.
Allan

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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Tuesday 16 November 10 18:05 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Marcie Dean
just a wee bit of info.  the term 'Laird' generally means the owner of a property e.g. farm etc.
From the early 1100's Argyll and the Isles (the ancient kingdom of Dalriada) was controlled by the Irish/Celtic Prince Somerled and his sons.  His eldest son Dougal - progenator of the Clan MacDougall (some say this Clan is the oldest Scottish Clan - being a MacDougall who am i to disagree!!) inherited northern Argyll on the demise of Somerled.  Somerled's second son, Reginald inherited southern Argyll (including Kintyre).  I'm unaware of any O'may control of these areas unless it was Pictish prior to Somerled.
i have also found an interesting site regarding Keil Cemetry at Southend, Campbeltown:
http://wwwralstongenealogy.com/cemetry.htm
This site lists all the gravestones at Keil.
hope this is helpful
Allan Mac

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Argyllshire / Re: Argyll research
« on: Tuesday 09 November 10 20:24 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Marcie!

just a wee snippit of info - although i now live in Oban, i did live in Campbeltown where i was a Police officer.  Anyway, i am aware that the family name O'May is not uncommon in the Campbeltown area with posssible ancestral links to Ireland.
Allan

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Lanarkshire / Re: Layout of Cambusnethan cemetery
« on: Friday 05 November 10 21:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Kilsyth find below info as promised - any queeries let me know and i'll try to answer!

MCQUEEN FAMILY TREE (abridged)

ROBERT MCQUEEN (Laird of Whelphill and Stoneyburn) b1650c m ?
3 children from marriage
(1) John b1679c (Laird of Braxfield) (2)* William b1680c (3) Robert b1681c

*WILLIAM MCQUEEN m ?
5 children from marriage
(1)* Robert b1723 at Crawford d1785 (2) William, (3) Elizabeth (4) Grizzel (5) Janet

*ROBERT MCQUEEN m Elizabeth McQueen (cousin – daughter of Robert) b1725 at Crawford d1800
14 children from marriage
(1) Jean b1750 (2) Robert b1751 (3) Grizzel (4) Jane b1755 (5) William b1757
(6)* John b1759 in Crawford d1826 (7) Elizabeth b1762 (8 ) James b1764
(9) George b1766 (10) Alexander b1768 (11) Thomas b1768 (12) Loudon b1771
(13) David b1773 (14) Douglas b1776

*JOHN MCQUEEN m Martha Cranston b1761 d1826 – lived in Leadhills
9 children from marriage
(1) Robert b1787 (2) Jean b1790 (3) George b1792 (4) Thomas b1794
(5) James b1795 (6) Elizabeth b1796 (7)* John b1800 in Leadhills d1859
(8 ) Mary b1804 (9) Margaret b1807

*JOHN MCQUEEN m Janet Lindsay b1807 d1858 in Crawfordjohn
8 children from marriage
(1) Robert b1825 (2) James b1826 (3) John b1830 (4) William b1832
(5) Marion b1834 (6) Isabel b1836 (7)* George b1838 in Crawfordjohn d1911
(8 ) Jean b1840

*GEORGE MC/MACQUEEN m Agnes Cairns b1840 d 1915 in Cambusnethan
 8 children from marriage
(1) Janet b1859 (2) Helen/Ellen b1860 moved to Winnipeg d1945 (3) John b1862
(4)* Andrew Cairns b1864 Cambusnethan d 1940 (moved to New Jersey)
(5) Agnes b1866 d1953 (moved to Alberta) (6) George b1867 d1941 (moved to Boston and California) (7) Isabella b1870 d1960 (8 ) Annie Adam b1881 d1954 (moved to Winnipeg)

*ANDREW CAIRNS MACQUEEN m Janet Ritchie b1866 d1933 in Dalserf
7 children from marriage
(1)* Janet b1889 in Dalserf d1949 (2) George b1891 (3) John b1893 (4) Agnes b1895
(5) Andrew b1898 (6) Laurence b1903 (Moved to New Jersey) (7) Margaret b1913

*JANET RITCHIE MACQUEEN m (in Dalkeith) Allan MacDougall b1885 in Easdale d1968
2 children from marriage
(1) Janet MacQueen b1924 d2006 (2)* Alasdair b1926 d 2007

*ALASDAIR MACDOUGALL m (in Stanningly, Yorks) Audrey Gott b1930
4 children from marriage
(1)* Allan b1952 in Peebles (2) Iain b1953 (3) Sheena b1954 (4) Alexander b1956

Family of John McQueen b1679c, Laird of Braxfield m Helen Hamilton
7 children including (1) Robert b1722 d1799 – Lord Braxfield, Lord Justice Clerk
ROBERT MCQUEEN (LORD BRAXFIELD) m Mary Agnew b1725 d1791
4 children from marriage
(1) Mary b1760c m William Honeyman b1756 d1825 (Lord Armadale) (2) Robert b1760 (3) Katherine b1762 m John MacDonald of Clan Ranald (4) John b1769

Lord Braxfield and Lord Armadale are well researched and histories available on-line

Hope above adds to your 'tree' - would be interested in your line to add!!
Regards
Allan

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