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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What does this mean?
« on: Friday 08 March 13 14:54 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Whipby on Friday 08 March 13 14:35 GMT (UK)
It could also be four separate men - Messrs Robert, McNeal, James, and McTyre. All could be surnames.  There's a punctuation mark between Robert and McNeal which is what made me think of this.

Of course you may already know if there are only two men from the rest of the document.

The punctuation mark is actually part of the M in McNeal and McTyre. I couldn't capture the linking line that well in the image.

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Scotland / Re: Trying to find a Robert McNeill b. 1797/1798 in Scotland
« on: Thursday 07 March 13 13:41 GMT (UK)  »
I've looked all over for James McTyre in Nova Scotia and he is nowhere to be found.

The name Barbara isn't one I've seen in the Crowe or Barnhill families. The name Rebecca is.

It could be that Robert's parents were John and Barbara. Mary Crowe's father is recorded as Thomas but it is possible he was a "Thomas James" or "James Thomas".

There is a family from Scotland who settled an area in the same county not too far from Masstown. They were the Lewis family, some records indicate they were from Kirkcudbright. Perhaps that is where Robert was from

The only Robert I can find in Scotland born at a fitting date to be 73 in the 1871 census is a Robert McNeill b. 19 Dec 1797, Rothesay, Bute to James McNeill and Christian McAlister. James McNeill was the son of John McNeill and Mary Whyte, Christian the daughter of Robert McAlister. John was apparently the son of a John McNeill and Janet McConachy/Duncan. John McNeill who married Mary Whyte named his eldest son Archibald... but his fathers name was not Archibald.

My Robert was a shoemaker and some of the Lewis's who came to the same county in Nova Scotia were shoemakers.

EDIT: However, there is a James Tyre born 1796, Kingarth, Bute. I wonder if that is the James McTyre who was with Robert McNeill in 1825.

I also notice in the information I have that Mary Crowe's grandfather is James. Is it possible that they were following a sort of naming tradition in which the parents grandparents names were sometimes used?

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Scotland / Trying to find a Robert McNeill b. 1797/1798 in Scotland
« on: Wednesday 06 March 13 01:43 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I am looking for a Robert McNeill b. 1797-98 in Scotland. He was a shoemaker by trade and he settled in Masstown, Nova Scotia, Canada.

He married Mary Crowe around 1822. Her family was from Ireland.

They had the following children:

1. John McNeill b. abt 1822, Masstown, NS, Canada m. Amelia Faulkner (family was from Ireland)
2. James A. McNeill b. 1825, Masstown, NS, Canada died at 18
3. Robert Lewis McNeill b. Nov 2, 1826 Masstown, NS, Canada m1. Jerusha Teed m2. Ida Lavinia Whidden
4. Joseph b. Sep 2, 1829, Masstown, NS, Canada m1. Lavenia Faulkner m2. Patience Dill
5. Rebecca Jane McNeill b. 1832, Masstown, NS, Canada m. Thomas Faulkner
6. Barbara McNeill b. Sep 20, 1838, Masstown, NS, Canada m. Daniel Faulkner

Robert also is seen purchasing land in 1821 with a fellow named James McTyre. What became of James McTyre is not known, but the name is unusual.

There are a few families in Scotland with a Robert around the right age for my Robert McNeill, but right now there is no definite way to prove whether my Robert belongs to any of them.

Thanks,
iolair

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What does this mean?
« on: Tuesday 05 March 13 15:50 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, there is another name following Roberts the name is "James McTyre".

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What does this mean?
« on: Tuesday 05 March 13 15:39 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I'm inquiring as to what this garbled text before the name "Robert McNeal" means. I have no idea what the raised "w" is for and I can't seem to decipher the rest of the letters. This strange text appears alongside the name "Robert McNeal" throughout this land deed.

I have attached the image, I'm not sure if this will work.

Thanks,
iolair


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Scotland / Re: Looking for Norman M(a)cKinnon b. Inverness, Scotland
« on: Monday 26 October 09 00:38 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya,

Given it is IGI, anything is possible. So it could just be the dates mixed up.

But other then that it looks like the right person.

Good luck  :)
iolair

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Scotland / Re: Looking for Norman M(a)cKinnon b. Inverness, Scotland
« on: Monday 26 October 09 00:13 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Little Nell on Friday 23 October 09 22:28 BST (UK)
Two possibilities at the moment - both born in Inverness (the county, rather than the town)

Norman McKinnon 15 Oct 1856 South Uist, parents Hector McKinnon & Peggy MacLeod
Norman McKinnon 15 Jul 1858 Harris, parents John McKinnon & Anne Campbell

You need to check these out at ScotlandsPeople since both are submitted entries on the IGI.

Nell



legwind,

I suspect the Norman you are looking for is the one born South Uist. I recall you mentioning a Hector MacKinnon in one of your other posts on this site.

Good luck all,
"iolair"


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Scotland / Re: Looking for Norman M(a)cKinnon b. Inverness, Scotland
« on: Friday 23 October 09 23:26 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I assume this is the Norman you are looking for.... As I recall you mentioning that your Great-Great-grandfather was named Hector.


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Hope this helped some....

Good luck,
"iolair"

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Scotland / Re: MacKinnon vs. McKinnon?
« on: Monday 12 October 09 17:03 BST (UK)  »
In my opinion, being someone with a Mc surname but has many ancestors who used the Mac prefix rather then the Mc, I think it doesn't really matter and that there is no difference.

So your gg-grandfather Hector was probably listed on Norman MacKinnons birth certificate as "Mc" simply as an abbreviation.

Was the c raised with two dots or one dot under it?

Good luck in your searches,
"iolair"

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