Rea Family - Little Canglor & Milnquarter

[colliecat]

Hi, I don't know how old your post about Canglor is.

My Agnes RAE was born in 1716 in Little Canglor, St Ninians and her parents William and Margaret were both from same area but her grandparents William Rae & Jonet Hutchinson came from Fife and Falkirk in Stirling.

I have a Gourlay on another branch and I can not find out anything about them other than James Gourlay born about 1760, came from the Edinburgh district

[Steven1314]

Hi colliecat I had started this post ages ago and given up hope!!!!

Your Rae is a bit earlier than I have but the similar name and place ie Little Canglor seem to be very similar.  The first Rae I came across was Margaret Rae sometimes spelt Rea - she was born on 3/3/1784 in Milnquarter, St Ninians in Stirling.  Her parents were John Rae (Rea) who was born on 16/7/1752 in Little Canglor, St Ninians.  I live in Stirling and know St Ninians but can't find any reference to Little Canglor - I am assuming it was maybe a farm/land.  John Rae's parents were John Rae and Jean or Jane Ure and they were married on 18/8/1751 in St Ninians but that is far as I could get.  The parish records become too sparse. 

The Gourlay's are a main part of my tree and seem to have originated in the Falkirk area which is near Stirling and Kilsyth.  NOt sure if you can add anything else?  Any information would be great to try and share

Steven

[colliecat]

Sorry I couldn't be more help. 
Some of the OPR baptisms etc have it spelled CANGLOUR without the little in front, as a parish of St Ninians, as does the very old Commissariot records of Stirling.
And for modern times there is a Canglour Estate in St Ninians.
I found a place on an OPR called Goldenhove St Ninians which turned out to be Cultenhove and it is no longer a place but an estate in St Ninians.

So I'd suggest you find the Canglour estate and you will find the area where the family used to live.

My line goes back to far to another William Rae from Falkirk marrying another Agnes Rae from West Lothian.
I'd imagine that she was a cousin whose parents really came from Stirling as she married there....must go it is 1 am over here in my part of the world, Carole

[apanderson]

Have a look here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/place/Meikle_Canglour_in_Stirling_388611_797611.htm

I think Canglour might have been both in St. Ninian's Parish and Denny (Dunipace) Parishes over the years.

In WW1, one of the men who died is listed as having lived at Canglour, St. Ninians, but when a notice of his death appeared in the Falkirk Herald (1915), the article was entitled 'Denny Australian Killed at Dardanelles'.

His name was Miller Johnstone, son of Agnes Johnstone.

Anne