Alexander McGregor of Stornoway

[Gadget]

Well, Forfarian - your  guess is as good as mine - as Carna is Australian, I think, she might have access to records that would confirm  


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[Forfarian]

Well, Forfarian - your  guess is as good as mine - as Carna is Australian, I think, she might have access to records that would confirm  

Very likely

[carna]

Thanks to all for continuing the search.

The Gaelic can make things quite confusing. Thanks for the help with that.

Not sure about Eca, in Victoria, but will check it out. Echuca does make sense though!

Recently found out (through Robert) that Alexander's brother Lewis was also in 'Sidney" Australia 1853.
Another interesting link to follow.

Thanks Everyone,
Carna, aka Karen

[grimnar]

What a very interesting read.  Pity it's so old.  Hopefully putting a reply here will notify the posters who were researching this family.

I am a descendant of the Gillanders family. My 6th great grandfather was George Gillanders, brother of Helen Gillanders mentioned in the OP.  George was the brother who married Sophia MacKid in Rosemarkie, Ross-shire.

Hoping this will find someone who wants to share info.

Regards,
Matt.   

[radial]

Yes an interesting series of posts. I am a descendant of Alexander McGregor, and therefore Helen Gillanders, and would like to know more also.

It would be useful if there was a way to send a private message to other forum members, especially Carna, to track down Robert Russell mentioned previously.

Regards...

[Forfarian]

It would be useful if there was a way to send a private message to other forum members.

There is. Click on the icon like a page with its corner folded back under the other person's name to send a personal message to them.

But if your query concerns someone who is no longer living, why not keep it where everyone has the opportunity to read and respond?

[radial]

It would be useful if there was a way to send a private message to other forum members.

There is. Click on the icon like a page with its corner folded back under the other person's name to send a personal message to them.

I must be missing something (new to this) but I don't see anything like the icon you are referring to under any names.
Regards...
edit: after posting this, the icon is now there! Honestly it wasn't there before... but I did look at messages in my profile. Maybe that activated the icons? Thanks for your help.

[Gadget]

edit: after posting this, the icon is now there! Honestly it wasn't there before... but I did look at messages in my profile. Maybe that activated the icons? Thanks for your help.

The icon appears after you have made 2 or 3 posts and it looks as if this happened in your case