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Midlothian / Re: Family Lothian
« on: Monday 15 April 13 22:48 BST (UK) »
Many thanks to all for the information on the Lothian family. Is there anyone connected with the family?
My great great grandmother was Mary MacLellan (from Ormacleit, Uist), daughter of Penelope MacDonald and Captain Peter MacLellan. Penelope (buried at Howmore) was sister to Flora MacDonald (helped Prince Charles escape). Peter MacLellan was also from Uist and reputed in the family to have brought the first steamship up the Broomielaw. Mary MacLellan married a James Lothian, a marine engineer who had a business in Dublin. He died in Dublin and Mary MacLellan Lothian with her 6 children returned to live in Glasgow. 2 of her children, John and Archibald, lived with the MacLellan family in Uist, later in Tobermory and became farmers owning with their MacLellan cousins, farms on Uist, Vattersay, and Cumbernauld Palaceriggs. There was a letter (date unknown but about 100 years ago) sent by a Maurice Lothian, solicitor in Edinburgh which began "Dear Cousin". The letter has been destoyed and it is not known to whom it was addressed nor of its contents. The death certificate of James Lothian would have been issued in Dublin but so far no records. It is James Lothian who I am searching for. Where did he come from? Where was he born? Who were his parents? I have some information on his descendents that I can share particularly with anyone who has connections with this family.
My great great grandmother was Mary MacLellan (from Ormacleit, Uist), daughter of Penelope MacDonald and Captain Peter MacLellan. Penelope (buried at Howmore) was sister to Flora MacDonald (helped Prince Charles escape). Peter MacLellan was also from Uist and reputed in the family to have brought the first steamship up the Broomielaw. Mary MacLellan married a James Lothian, a marine engineer who had a business in Dublin. He died in Dublin and Mary MacLellan Lothian with her 6 children returned to live in Glasgow. 2 of her children, John and Archibald, lived with the MacLellan family in Uist, later in Tobermory and became farmers owning with their MacLellan cousins, farms on Uist, Vattersay, and Cumbernauld Palaceriggs. There was a letter (date unknown but about 100 years ago) sent by a Maurice Lothian, solicitor in Edinburgh which began "Dear Cousin". The letter has been destoyed and it is not known to whom it was addressed nor of its contents. The death certificate of James Lothian would have been issued in Dublin but so far no records. It is James Lothian who I am searching for. Where did he come from? Where was he born? Who were his parents? I have some information on his descendents that I can share particularly with anyone who has connections with this family.