Deserted Settlements of Glassary Parish

[Jim Fisher]

Hi

I am looking to find the meaning of a word ( I suspect it is a place name or farm name in Kilmichael Glassary.
Transcript of OPR Births

09/01/1785

"John McCallum Aehadaherlic & Catherine McCallum had a child named John"

The word I am looking for is "Aehadaherlic" possibly "ashadaherlic" or "arhadaherlic"

Any ideas?

Thank You

Ramona

John McCallum might be a ancestor of mine. John Campbell and Sarah McCallum are my third great grandparents. Sarah’s death is mentioned in Begg’s book.

[CDoersch]

Good to hear from you. I will be as brief as possible with my Currie information!
Parents of John Curry were ?Curry and Catherine MacDougall(Morar).
They had 3 sons:
 Peter(Gallanach), m Catherine Curry.
Ronald (Lochgair) m Sarah Clark.
John(Balliemore Aird). b 1770 m Mary McAlpine (Uila)
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John and Mary had ?6 children
Isabel  (b1793.Uila)
Margaret (b 1795 Uila -d1860 Middlesex Ont. m Niel Galbraith, had son Niel Galbraith)
Donald (b1799 Uila-d ?1867. Dunwich later Saugheen Bruce Co Ont m   Euphemia McCallum. ?14 children.)
Jean (b1802)
Elizabeth (b1807-d1894?Dunwich Ont.m Benjamin Gunn.)
Niel (b1809-d? Glassary  m Isabella McEwan. Lived at Carrick. Had Mary, John,Archibald,Ronald,(my g.grandfather),Isabella, Catherine.)
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It appeas that Margaret,Donald and Elizabeth emigrated to Dunwich Ont and I beleive their elderly parents John and Mary did too.
My family line comes from Niel (m Isabella mcEwan).His son Ronald was my g.grandfather born at Carrick.
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The place names mentioned are now deserted settlements.
Uila (Uillian) an ancient community situated behind Bridgend in present day Kilmichael-Glassary.
Gallanach around where Lochgair village is today Carrick is near Port Ann, and I believe Balliemore Aird to be near Castleon Estate Lochgilphead, although I think there were two Balliemores.
I do not have any evidence of occupations, but safe to say most would have been involved with agriculture and or fishing.
I am currently researching where this branch of the Curries  came from originally. The spelling of the name is  "Curry" up until Niel had his family then became "Currie".

 I was unaware that I had  forebears who emigrated to Canada, so am looking forward to learning  a bit more.I figure that Donalds children  and my g.grandfather Ronald would have been cousins..am I right??.....Ila

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Dear Amber / Ila Currie -

My partner, Sean McCollum, is a direct descendant of John and Mary (MacAlpine) Currie's son Donald Currie. Can I contact you about your records of the family prior to emigration to Canada? I have extensive information on Curries from the time of their emigration (1819). Cheers. Charles Doersch

[Snifferdog]

'Bardarroch'

Hi I'm new to RootsChat so I hope I'm using it correctly,

Aeroqueen,

My 3rd great grandparents Lachlan Sinclair and Catherine MacLachlan lived there. and had their family, so my 2nd great grandad Duncan Sinclair b 1812 and his siblings were born at Barradarroch (Bardarroch, Baradarroch) from 1805-1819

I have found it on Canmore and the ruin of Bardarroch still shows on the current OS Explorer maps 1:25 000 scale at grid ref NR 808 916.  It's between the Dunardry Locks and Bellanoch on the south side of the Canal.  I have also found it in a wee book of walks in the Lochgilphead/Crinan are but I can't put my hand to it just now to give you the details.

In Marian Pallister's book 'The Crinan Canal' (Birlinn Origin) there are four references to Bardarroch.  She mentions that for the building of the Crinan Canal eight houses at Dunardry farm and another at Bardarroch would have to be demolished to make way for the course of the canal so it sounds like a fair bit of the land was lost.

Also in Scotland's Places lists it as 'An dwelling house and Byre which formerly had a farm of land attached but is now blended with that of Dounans.'

I hope this is of some help!
Kind regards

 

[sammymac008]

I know this post is ancient, but I'm struggling to find a copy of the book anywhere to read.

I'm looking for information on Midd Shirvane, and where it's present day location is. I read through the entire topic and saw a mention of it being near Ballymeanoch, but nothing concrete.

I have a 3xgreat grandfather who lived there in 1841 with his parents and siblings. Malcolm McNaught. I can't find any records of his birth online, it was about 1821. His father, Alexander McNaught was 65 in 1841 and also from the Kilmichael area.

[Istrice]

sammymac008

The following plans (1790-1852) by George Buchanan show the Shirvane estate (or parts of it?) which appears to be in two separate parcels of land to the North and East, and South of Lochgilphead.  (https://maps.nls.uk/view/216586834).

The Plan that appears to relate to Shirvan is (https://maps.nls.uk/view/216586840).  This shows Ballimenach as the most westerly property on the Laigh Park area of the plan, but there is no reference to Shirvan at this date.

Castleton House is shown on the 1st ed. 1843 OS 6" map of the area, but by the time the 2nd ed. of the 6" map was revised in 1898 and published in 1899, Castleton House appears to have been renamed Shirvan.

Istrice

If you Google "Shirvan Lochgilphead" a raft of information appears about the area.

[sammymac008]

sammymac008

The following plans (1790-1852) by George Buchanan show the Shirvane estate (or parts of it?) which appears to be in two separate parcels of land to the North and East, and South of Lochgilphead.  (https://maps.nls.uk/view/216586834).

The Plan that appears to relate to Shirvan is (https://maps.nls.uk/view/216586840).  This shows Ballimenach as the most westerly property on the Laigh Park area of the plan, but there is no reference to Shirvan at this date.

Castleton House is shown on the 1st ed. 1843 OS 6" map of the area, but by the time the 2nd ed. of the 6" map was revised in 1898 and published in 1899, Castleton House appears to have been renamed Shirvan.

Istrice

If you Google "Shirvan Lochgilphead" a raft of information appears about the area.

Great help. Thank you very much.

[sammymac008]

To Hector99,

Unfortunately I am unable to send messages to members, so I will reply here in the hope you read it.

It would be great to view the PDF you have of the above book.

Thanks,
Sam