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Ayrshire / Re: Armour family
« on: Monday 04 October 21 18:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Forfarian on Sunday 26 September 21 09:20 BST (UK)
Quote from: trishken on Saturday 25 September 21 19:10 BST (UK)
Also slightly unrelated question - I'm trying to see if the Armour family is associated with a clan but I'm not having any luck on the typical clan sites - does anyone have any information on that?
Forget about clans unless and until you find a definite link to a descendant of a clan. It is a complete fantasy that every Scot belongs, or ever belonged, to a clan.

The clans were a social feature of the Highlands, and Armour is not a clan or a Highland surname. There could possibly have been Armours who were members of a clan, but if the Brigadoon industry does not have a 'If-your-name-is-Armour-you-belong-to-clan-X' anywhere then you are descended from one of the majority of Lowland Scots who have no clink to any clan.

Thanks very much for such helpful advice, it's nice to know I can drop the search for a clan!  Is the same true for tartans?  Does the Armour family have a tartan we generally identify with, or is that another concept that isn't as relevant for Lowland Scots?  Thank you very much!

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Ayrshire / Re: Armour family
« on: Saturday 25 September 21 19:10 BST (UK)  »
Hello, I'm also a descendant of the Armour family from Ayrshire around the same time (via John Armour b. 1680 in Ayrshire and husband of Elizabeth Gault b. 1682 Ayrshire but parents born in Ireland), but unfortunately it looks lime my Armour ancestors were already in Ayrshire when Robert Armour (Jean Armour Burns'  paternal grandfather b. 1709 in Aghaderg, Down, Ireland) came to Ayrshire from Ireland, so I'm unlikely to be a descendant of his or Jean Armour Burns. 

I'm assuming since Robert Armour came specifically to Ayrshire it's because he had family there, so I'm guessing there might be family link higher up the tree.  Does anyone have any ancestry data higher than Robert Armour b. 1709?

Also slightly unrelated question - I'm trying to see if the Armour family is associated with a clan but I'm not having any luck on the typical clan sites - does anyone have any information on that?

Thank you!
 

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