McFarlane -Kincardine by Doune/in Menteith COMPLETED

[mojoh]

Hi Val!
 How great to hear from you & i think we do have a connection!!My Gran's Dad was William & she was born at the Red House in 1913 which was along the lane opposite the school - which is where my Mum Margaret went & my Gran was a cook before she retired!!! There are McCalls buried in the cemetery- Gilbert ,my Gran's brother & his wife Elizabeth & their daughter who died as a young child.Funnily enough they lived at Brightons & had lived in Polmont!! My Gran had another brother Alexander (Sandy) & a sister Jessie. The Denhams(or Denholms) were related to Gran & lived on Kirk Lane too.
My Mum is delighted to hear about you!! She is going to dig out the information she has about Gran & I'll get back to you. Speak to you soon.
 Morag

[RalphRoss]

Hello,
I am a descendant of Alexander E McFarland who was born in Kincardine by Doune on March 5, 1826. At the beginning of this stream you listed the children of Daniel McFarland and there is an Alexander born in 1826. My Alex may be the brother of the wonderful woman in the picture you attached. I will try to attach a picture of Alex.  I am in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The stories which come down through families are never reliable but the story on Alexander McFarland was that he was a "ship-jumper" although we have no details on which ship or where he jumped. He married a Canadian and lit out for the frontier which then would have been in Central Iowa. His daughter, Anna Eliza McFarland, married an excommunicated Quaker named Posegate and raised a large, family. If you have any information on Alexander's early days in Scotland I would be grateful to learn more about this enigmatic ancestor.