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Nairnshire / Re: William McIntosh of Millbank, Nairn
« on: Monday 18 November 13 04:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hello to you Guyon,
I understand from this thread that you have lots of info on  Peter Macarthur and his family. I would really love to hear from you to fill in the background to the family  so anything you can share with me would be fantastic. hope to hear from you soon
kind regards,
Chrisby

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Nairnshire / Re: William McIntosh of Millbank, Nairn
« on: Monday 18 November 13 03:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Francesr
Thanks for that- I did a quick search  and saw a few pages . The miniatures look to be very fine work. I had no idea that watercolour on ivory could be used in this way.
Love to continue privately- how do we arrange that?
warm regards,
Chrisby

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Nairnshire / Re: William McIntosh of Millbank, Nairn
« on: Sunday 17 November 13 14:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
Thank you Janiamac
I shall amend my tree. Is there anything else you can share about this family and their ancestors?

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Nairnshire / Re: William McIntosh of Millbank, Nairn
« on: Sunday 17 November 13 07:25 GMT (UK)  »
Dera Francesr,
Great to hear from you. I know very little about Anne's family.
I have her born 2 May 1800 in Glasgow to Alexander Gallaway (born c 1750) and Ann Rowand ( ?).
She married Dr. Peter Macarthur on 21 Feb 1821 in Nairn and they had 4 children that I know of- namely Patrick 1821-1895, Anne 1823-?, Alexander 1824-? and my husbands ancestor Andrew 1826-1888.
Peter was born in1774 and studied medicine at Edinburgh University for 1 year in 1794 but did not qualify as an MD there. He probably completed his training in the Royal Army Medical Corps. I understand he was  an army surgeon in the Peninsular wars. So he was quite advanced in years when he married Anne 47 to her 21.
They arrived in Australia 18 Sep 1834 and had a successful life here. Peter laid the foundation stone for the first united Presbyterian Church in Melbourne ,Victoria. I was there last week but although I found the site the church building is no longer there. I'm hoping to find out a bit more about that.
Think that's all for now
I'd be very interested to learn as much as possible about Anne 's family. How lovely to know that her father was a painter- he must have been a skilled artist to produce miniatures. Can they be viewed?
well all for now -i lok forward to hearing from GUNOR?
Warm regards,
Chris

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Nairnshire / Re: William McIntosh of Millbank, Nairn
« on: Sunday 17 November 13 03:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hello and thank you fro your prompt response to my request. Andrew Macarthur was my husbands 3x great grandfather. I am very excited to learn what you can share with me. You are the first contact on our Macarthur side. It is delightful to hear that your ancestor and Andrew were such good friends. Is there anything you want to know from me. Looking forward to hearing from you soon
Chris

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Nairnshire / Re: William McIntosh of Millbank, Nairn
« on: Saturday 16 November 13 09:04 GMT (UK)  »
I am quite new to researching ancestors and have just joined Rootschat today. My husbands family are directly descended from Dr Peter Macarthur and Anne Gallaway. Their son Andrew is our connection. if anyone has any ancestral information they can share I would be very grateful.  I believe that Peter was an army surgeon before marrying Anne and emigrating to Australia.
I'm loving where this journey of discovery is taking me. I was never really very interested in history at school- but as i've got older and especially since starting researching family ancestry I am amaze at what i'm learning and changing about what I thought I knew!
Hoping someone has some information for me and I will share what I know too

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