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Dear Listers,

I am not sure whether this is a question for the list, however one of my ancestors who is buried in Kilmuir has a very unusual footnote on her gravestone. It states "To be raised in glory by the might of Jehovah".

I have been under the impression that only Jehovah's Witnesses would use God's name in that manner. Would this have been a common religious phrase for somebody living in Ross And Cromarty in the 1800s? It seems out of place. I would appreciate any advice or feedback.

Many thanks
Adrian Burns

Dear listers

I am wondering whether any of you who may have MIs for Kirkintilloch and Cumbarnauld may be able to assist me with my dilema.

Can somebody please check the MIs for Kirkintilloch or Cumbernauld for a David Burniston, Burns, or variant thereof who died between about 1853 and 1858?

My ancestor David BURNISTON brought his family, including wife Mary RAMSAY and children William, Martha, Jane, John, Eliza and Betsey, to the Cumbernauld area in the late 1840s presumably to excape the Irish famine. They had further children Mary (born Cumbernauld), Samuel and David (born Kirkintilloch). The appear in the 1851 census living at Newhouse Deerdyke, Kirkintilloch (later simply Deerdyke) which is a farm situated next to (and beneath!) the big Irn Bru factory in Cumbernauld.

David however vanishes with no trace of a death record before 1858. His widow Mary Burniston of Deerdyke appears in the Poor Relief minutes between 1858 and the early 1860s.

I am assuming that David died defore 1855 when registration was compulsory. His youngest child David was born in no earlier than late 1853 or early 1854.

The family changed their name from Burniston (also spelled Burneston, Burnistone) to "Burns" in the early 1860s and some family members are also recorded as Burnes and Burnis during this progression.

Can anybody please shed some light on any burial records that may be available for David Burns/Burniston and his children?

Many thanks for any assistance you can give,
Adrian Burns
Australia

Greetings from Australia

I have not posted on this list before, having only just found it. I would like to find out more about my ancestors Alexander Stewart, wife Margaret Davidson and family of Ross And Cromarty.

Alexander was born in about 1770s and died after 1841. He was of Crukie or Crookie, Knockbain, at the time of his marriage to Margaret Davidson in 1793 (at Knockbain).

Margaret Davidson was born in the about the 1770s and may have died on 1 November 1856 at Kilmuir, Knockbain. She was of Allangrange, which I think is a small village near Munlochy to the west of Avoch in Ross and Cromarty. Based on this I believe she may have been born/bapt. 11 Nov 1777 at Seaton, Avoch, son of John Davidson - although this would make her 15 when she married. No parents were given on her (probable) death certificate.

Alexander and Margaret's children were Donald, Helen (m.Alexander Davidson), John, Helen, Mary, Donald, Alexander (m.Ann Fraser), Ann, Andrew, Margaret and Donald (m. Maggie Dallas & Helen Thompson).

Alexander was a Crofter.

Between 1793 and 1807 the family lived at "Crukie" or "Crookie" at or near Knockbain. In 1811, they lived at Culnacraig, also at or near Knockbain.  In 1841, they lived at "Teabholie" in Kilmuir, Knockbain. I have not traced them in the 1851 census - the one record I found that is possible is dubious (being in Coll with Alexander working as a fisherman), and Alexander may have died before then or else he would have been very elderly.

I am also not certain that the death of the 84 year old Margaret Davidson at Kilmuir in 1856 is Margaret Stewart nee Davidson, but I think it is very possible. It was registered by some possible McKenzie relatives. I should note that some McKenzie relatives were also living with the Stewarts in the previously mentioned 1851 census record, so maybe that is not so dubious.

Sorry to bore you with so many details! What I am interested in finding are death records or burial records for Alexander Stewart (or Stuart) and Margaret nee Davidson. I have checked a few online indexes and images to no avail.

I would also like to know more about the places mentioned above, such as "Crukie" (Knockbain), "Teabholie" (Kilmuir), Kilmuir, Allangrange. Are there any locals who can help me here?

I also think that with Alexander naming his first-born son Donald and two more also DOnald, that his father must have been named Donald. I therefore think, having eliminated some other alternatives, that Alexander may have been born at Urray in 1774 to parents Donald Stewart and Margaret Fraser. Is Urray far from Knockbain?

I would greatly appreciate any assistance that you can give me with these ancestors of mine. My Stewart line is one of great interest to me however I really feel that I have hit a brick wall!

Many thanks in advance
Adrian Burns
Sydney, Australia