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Argyllshire / Re: Walker-Tarbert, McArthur & Campbell-Lochgoilhead
« on: Monday 02 February 15 08:37 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all

I think this surely has to be a mistake - the letter from Peter McArthur (now thought to be dated 1873) says that "sister Jannett is married to Neil Walker and has a small farm (?????)" in the last line of the 1st page. From other things (census entries & death certificate) Peter's parents are named as Duncan McArthur & Margaret McVannel, so these must also be Jannet's parents.

Anne

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Argyllshire / Re: McArthurs ,Skipness &Kilcalmonell- 1868 letter
« on: Sunday 01 February 15 17:31 GMT (UK)  »
Hello contributors

Is there any way the date on the letter from Peter McArthur referred to above could be 1873 instead of 1868? The reason I think this - as a descendant in Scotland of Duncan McArthur & Margaret McVannel (they were my 3x great-grandparents) the information given above was of great interest and I have been doing some research on the Scottish McArthurs. As part of that I found that the death of Malcolm McPhail who is referred to in the letter as having passed away last summer, was in fact in 1872. That is as stated on his death certificate obtained from Scotland's People. On the other hand the latest date of the letter must be 1874 as it talks about sister Janet and her husband Neil Walker as being in Scotland - it is known that they emigrated to Canada in 1874.

Anne

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Argyllshire / John McNeill b.1888 in Tarbert, son of Finlay McNeill & Mary Ann McMaster
« on: Friday 09 January 15 22:38 GMT (UK)  »
This John McNeill was born on May 15 1888 in Tarbert, Argyllshire. He served in the 1st World War with the 4th Highland (Mountain) Brigade (reg no 114) between 9.1.1911 and 19.2.1916 when he seems to have been discharged as his 5-year contract had terminated. This information about army service comes from series WO364 at the National Archives which I am led to believe means he claimed a pension. Does this mean he was injured during the war?

I can find no record of him after his war service and wondered if anyone else had perhaps researched him and knew what had happened to him afterwards?

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Argyllshire / Re: Walker-Tarbert, McArthur & Campbell-Lochgoilhead
« on: Thursday 16 October 14 17:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi
I think the Peter McArthur who wrote the letter sounds like the same Peter who was the brother of my great-great grandmother Christina McArthur. I have on my records that he was born (or maybe baptised) on 26.2.1808 and he lived on a farm in Skipness near Tarbert, called Brulain. The reason I think it must be him is that I know John Walker (Christina's husband) had a brother Neil who married a Janet McArthur, and yes they had a farm in Tarbert before emigrating to Ontario in 1874.

Do you think this is the same man? It would mean Janet was another sibling of Peter and Christina. Although I had not made that link it does not seem unlikely?

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