My MUNRO's come from Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland. Rev. David MUNRO was a minister there at the priory Church 1847 to his death in 1902. His wife was Margaret Nee Stevenson of Lowick, Northumberland, ENG. They had 5 sons and 4 daughters, Two sons (David Alexander Stevenson Munro and Dr. Thomas Murray Munro) I have traced to Wester Muir Dean near Kelso in the 1881 Census (My Brickwall) and Robert Stevenson Munro who came out here to South Australia as a marine engineer. Any connections or information to David A S , Thomas M, Isabella W (m. Cormack), Sarah M (m. Purves), Mary A H Munro and Edith G Munro will be greatly appreciated.

My great grandfather was William Hunter Paterson who married Edith Jeffery and settled at Gladstone Queensland. They raised a large family. One of their sons was the only member of the Communist Party to be elected to Parliament. Frederick Wooloonough Paterson.
My grandfather, Charles Raff Paterson was involved in the timber industry in North Queensland.

There are too many letters in the word Woolnough in my last comment

Ron
Regarding your Munro's from Coldingham. Your David Alexander seems to have disappeared from Scotland the same way an Alexander Tait from my family did between the 1881 and 1891. I was unable to find him until I had a contact through Genes Reunited. He had emigrated to Canada maybe this is what your David did. It is interesting that in 1881 he had 2 of his sisters and a brother with him but in 1891 the 2 girls are back with their parents in Coldingham. Thomas is not a DR. that is a mistranscription.

I am interested in William Henderson b. 1697 New Deer, Aberdeen, d. Lancaster, PA? and his wife Susanna or Susan Cairns or Kearns b. 1703 Newbatttle, Midlothian, Scotland and d. in Lancaster PA too (possibly).

Thanks Betty Snow, I wondered how he could be a Dr. and so young, these two just slip off my radar (David A S and Thomas M). Been chasing them for over 20 years..... all the best and happy hunting.

I am primarily interested in descendants of John Jackson (1843-1910) and Mary Gaw (1845-1922). They emigrated from Ireland in the very early 1860's and settled in Girvan, Ayrshire where they raised their family and eventually passed away. While my Grandfather Robert Jackson left for Canada in 1909, it appears at least some of their children settled in the area.

I am also interested in learning of the descendants of Angus Stewart (1843-1892) and Jane McKinven (1843-1893) who lived their lives and raised their family in Campbelltown, Argyll.

My wife and I will be visiting Girvan in September and would appreciate any help identifying descendants in the area.

I am interested in finding anyone that can lead me in the direction of family for Andrew Pat(t)erson who was listed as being one of the group of coventators that was sentenced to death, then to USA, and arrived in 1685. Andrew was listed as from Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. I am descended from his direct lineage.

Ezziej, Do you have any idea when he was born? Have you looked on Scotland's People for the birth?
Betty

According to all that I have found, Betty, Andrew Patterson was born in 1658/1659.The records say 1658 but when I researched in Scotland I found only one Andrew born in the time frame and it was in 1659. But not knowing any of his family there who knows who is right or wrong...

Ezziej. You may be able to make an educated guess as to family in Scotland by looking at the naming pattern Andrew and subsequent generations used. Scottish naming patterns will often help to identify a family that can then be researched in more depth.

I'm looking for information regarding a Great Grandmother of mine. Her name was Elizabeth Rutherford born 21 Aug 1725 in Scotland. She married Roger Dobson in about 1756. She died 10 Dec 1811 in Elsdon Parish, Northumberland, England.

Looking for the marriage of Robert Tainsh and Jean Anderson. Robert Tainsh was born abotu 1765 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scoltand area,
If anyone can locate their marriage and Robert Tainsh birth date please let me know.
Thanks for the help

Dick. Re Elizabeth Rutherford and Roger Dobson - do you have any place names for these people as it may help to find out more about them. And do you have an occupation for Roger?

Roger Dobson was born in Hartburn, Northumberland, England but I have nothing on Elizabeth

I am a Reynolds (Scot, Irish, English) and my husband is a Lyon (Glen Lyon and Glamis) and Douglas (SW Scotland). We are particularly interested in the Reynolds and Lyons families.

I am trying to find my long-lost ggrfa James Reynolds b. @1863 He married Lizzie Richter in 1884 and had three children, Robert, William and Amelia before 1894 when then were divorced. During this time, he lived in Philadelphia. Sometime before 1894 he deserted the family. Any help greatly appreciated. Lorry Wolfe

Hi Kirsty, I have a grandfather who it seems was a Scot rather than an Irishman as he told the family and I have had trouble locating him. He married my grandmother in New South Wales (NSW) Australia so I had his family info from his marriage cert. When it comes to finding his family it's been a long and frustrating search.


What I have from his marriage certificate is:

ANDREW JOHN MCDONALD, aged 25, born Burntisland NSWales, Australia married ANNIE MAY ASPLAND in 1915 at Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia. His father was JOHN MCDONALD, Engineer, deceased, mother NELLIE PRINGLE. Burntisland I have been told is in Scotland hence my switch of research from Ireland to Scotland.

Have found a Andrew John McDonald born 1886, Lossit Kilsyth Stirling, Scotland, father John McDonald, gamekeeper, mother, Agnes McDonald nee Pringle, in the 1891 Scotland Census, Source Citation: Parish: Glasgow St George; ED: 30; Line: 2; Year: 1891.

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Have gone on to find parents for a John McDonald and Agnes Pringle but have I got the right person? I hope I have but how can I be sure. Have printed copies from Scotlands People of this info on John and Agnes.

Can anyone help with this huge brick wall as I've been doing this for a number of years, and I knew the man.

Much appreciated any help I receive.
Jan

Hi . My name is Heather laverty. I have Scottish ancestors on both my Mum and Dads side. Dad's paternal Grandfather Charles William Lawerence StClair was born in Glasgow in 1852 and he arrived in Port Adelaide in the late 1870s . He settled in Renmark SA .I haven't done anything else about my Grandmothers side of the family yet have been too busy trying to find information about the Pankhurst side. Charles StClair married a Maria Barty from Cuddlee Creek in SA in 1878. She died in 1904 and in 1921 when he was 70 he married Lilac Kirkbright . On my mothers side her Maternal Grandmother was Mary not sure of her maiden name but she married William Henry Davie in 1871 and they lived in Rockhampton Queensland Australia. She was born in 1848 at the Bear's Den a villiage near Glasgow.. I have an article that was written in the paper when she died in Rockhampton in 1931. I must look up her marriage and death records on the net. Heather Lasverty

My great grandfather was Donald Livingstone born C: 1815 to 1823 PEI, Canada died january 29, 1901 Murray River, PEI, Canada. In the census he says his parents were both born Scotland. I am looking to find who his paarents were. He had 8 daughters and 3 sons

Heather, there's a marriage for William Davie and Mary Isobelle McDonald in 1871 on familysearch.org.
Jan Westcott

Hi Jan. Thank you for your reply on Mary Davie. I will see if I can get into famiilysearch.org and see what I can find. Its funny really her name was Mary Isabelle and I have a 9 year old grandaughter Isabella Mary, Heather

Hi Kirsty! Kindly add the "Garvie Genealogy" group to your Surname List. Garvie is a sept of Clan Maclean. I am particularly interested in the Maclean-Garvie connections. Family tradition has it that the Garvies of Perthshire are descendants of John Garbh Maclean of Coll. Thank you for a fine resource! ~ Colin G Garvie

Quoting Jan:
"ANDREW JOHN MCDONALD, aged 25, born Burntisland NSWales, Australia married ANNIE MAY ASPLAND in 1915 at Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia. His father was JOHN MCDONALD, Engineer, deceased, mother NELLIE PRINGLE. Burntisland I have been told is in Scotland hence my switch of research from Ireland to Scotland."

I'm confused here - at the start of this you say that John was born in Burntisland, NSW, then at the end you're searching Burntisland, Scotland. Why do you think that one leads to the other?

"Have gone on to find parents for a John McDonald and Agnes Pringle but have I got the right person? I hope I have but how can I be sure. Have printed copies from Scotlands People of this info on John and Agnes."

You are right to be suspicious as the mother's forename and father's occupation are different. I would start by looking for a death certificate for the son of Agnes/John - if he died in Scotland, he can't be your guy in NSW. If he doesn' t seem to have died in Scotland, I would them list all of his children and those of John/Agnes children and look for corresponding names. It's just an indicator, of course, unl;ess a rare forename is involved. Did any of his siblings move to Oz? Can you find them listed to John/Agnes?

My 6th ggfather is William Flockhart of Dunning in Perth. Unfortunately, Scottish OPRs show two William Flockharts of the right age: c.11 Dec 1720, son of Patrick Flockhart and Margaret Sharp, and c. 20 Sep 1719, son of Ninian Flockhart and Sarah Young - I have no idea how to have to establish which is the right William.

Thoughts?

Quoting Charles:
"I have no idea how to have to establish which is the right William"

You're in a bit of luck since you have 3 less usual forenames among the 4 potential parents. You'll need to make a lit of all the children your William had, and see whether the names correspond to either set of parents. Chances are, of course, that Patrick and Ninian were related and if they had big families may have used all the names. If they were (again for example) brothers, they might both have called their first son after their common father (William?) but then I'd expect "Ninian" to turn up earlier in Ninian's brood and "Philip" in Philip's brood.

Occupations can also provide clues - some were almost hereditary (eg blacksmiths seem to produce lots of blacksmiths).

Lesley

My G-G-G-G Grandfather John McILHERAN was born in Scotland in 1767. He settled in Cowan, Tennessee and died there in 1843. He is buried on the family farm in Cowan, TN, in the "McIlheran Cemetery". A decedent of the John McILHERAN family still owns the family farm.

the "'Rodger'" family are from Glasgow I have the birthcertificate of Robert Rodger born Aug 25th 1903 also of Minnie Murphy Rodger born oct 17 1901 my [inlaws] they married in 1925. The mother of Rob.t was Sarah Sinclair born 1863. Father Robert Rodger SR.








R. there are Watson relatives in clyde Bank trying to think of the names. We also went to visit Emma & John Gemmel in Glasgow [cousin,s of [rodger,s
There was also a Brother William sinclair Rodger born 1905 Jan. Watson Sinclair was born we think 1855 am trying to find relatives back further can anyone help wiyh info?/ diann Rodger wife of Jack[John]

also sarah sinclair passed away young & an aunt lizzie [elizabeth duncan] was in the family taking care of the house .we are not sure if she married robt. sr. also have letter,s when robt.jr. was in England ww11
he went to visit his father in scotland so he was alive thru those years.Wm. Rodger [brother] imigrated to australia never heard from again

Hi we have on our database a number of Scottish LAW, LAWEs,LAWS families

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Looking for the family of James and Margaret Jane (Stuart) Stewart.
The family settled in Dundee Scotland.
Looking for the names of there children.
Thanks for your help

Looking for the family of James and Eleanor Isebel (Nellie) Stewart. Also may have settled in Dundee, Scotland area.
Looking for the names of there children

Correction:. Looking for the family on James and Eleanor Isebel (nellie (Stewart ) MacGillivary. Also may have settle in Dundee, Scotland area.
Looking for the names of there children

Looking for the family on William and Margaret (Stewart) Ogilvy. Also may have settled in the Dundee, Scotland area.
Looking for the names of there children.

Lois. You do not give a time frame for any of the families you are looking for so difficult to help. Have you tried www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk which has BMD's, census and wills?

My Scottish ancestors are the PEDDIE family.
My ggg grandfather Robert Peddie was born in Kelso around 1800. I've been unable to find any evidence of his birth/baptism. We became a surgeon and went to Antigua where he died in 1841. I have a lot of info about his life in Antigua but any early life in Scotland is a mystery still. Does anyone have any access to Kelso PRs who could do a look up for me around 1841.

Barbara, Do you haveany idea of his religion? The Old Parish Registers [OPR's] are all on line at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk but they only cover the Church of Scotland registers. There are a lot of non conformist registers in the National Archives of Scotland but they are no online. Do you know where he got his medical qualification as that may also help.

Looking for the family on Eleanor Balfour Tinch and James Stewart. The family settled in Dundee Scoltand area.
James Stewart and his wife Eleanor Balfour Tinch had four children

4. ELEANOR BALFOUR4 TINCH (JOHN3, WILLIAM2 TAINSH, ROBERT1) was born 29 Oct 1850 in Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland, and died 06 Sep 1931 in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. She married JAMES STEWART 05 May 1873 in Kinclaven, Perth, Scotland. He was born 1850 in Kinclaven, Perth, and died 1931 in Kinclaven, Perth, Scotland.

Children of ELEANOR TINCH and JAMES STEWART are:
i. JAMES5 STEWART, b. 1874, Perth, Scotland; m. MARGARET JANE STUART.
ii. JOHN STEWART, b. 1876, Dundee, Scotland; d. 1961; m. MARY MCFARLANE.
iii. ELEANOR ISABEL (NELLIE) STEWART, b. 1879, Dundee, Scotland; d. 1972; m. JAMES MACGILLIVARY.
iv. MARGARET STEWART, b. 1883, Dundee, Scotland; d. 1964; m. WILLIAM OGILVY.

Looking for the family of James Stewart born 1874 in Perth and his wife Margaret Jane Stuart and the names of their children.
Looking for the family of Eleanor Isabel (Nellie) Stewart born 1879 in Dundee,died in 1972 and her husband James MacGillivary and the names of their children
Looking for the family of John Stewart born 1876 in Dundee and his wife Mary McFarland and the names of their children.
Looking for the family on Margaret Stewart born 1883 in Dundee, died in 1964 and her husband William Ogilvy and the names of their children

Can not lookup information on Scotlandspeople.gov.uk I don't carry a credit card.
If any one can locate any information please let me know. Thanks for your help.

I am looking fro family of Henry Hart, b. Dumbarton, SCT, 1863. He was in the US in 1899 (NJ). He had a brother (Patrick) also in New Jersey who died in 1903. (the brother's family died within a year except for a daughter and son who went to live with the wife's relatives (Mulvey & Dickens) in Philadelphia.

Henry's parents were Henry Hart & Mary Ann (Young). There are many descendants of this marriage living in the US, Scotland, Ireland, England, Canada, Germany and Australia.

Henry and any family he may have had are the only line we can not find.

I am looking information regarding Henry Urquhart who married Jane Watt and moved to Canada around 1940.
Henry was born around 1820 and died 1873 in Montreal and Jane was born around 1820 and died 1864 in Montreal.
I am trying to work backwards and I found a marriage certificate for around 1840 but I am not sure if it is accurate. If any one is researching Urquharts, I would like to know to see if we have common ancestors Thank you

Thanks for your comments Betty. I'm very new to reseaching Scottish records so am not yet aware what ia avialable on line yet. I'll certainly have a look at the site you mentioned though I don't know for definite his religion. He married in Antigua in St Georges Church and has a memorial tablet in the cathedral there. He qualified in Medicine in Edinburgh.

Barbara, you might try Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh which has records of people qualifying in medicine. You need to write to them and they will look in their records. Don't be put off by the name they have many records.

I am looking into my SMART family. My great grandad Alexander SMART was born at Dundee Loan, Forfar 1865.
I have traced right back to 1560, but I am trying to find any living relatives.

CAN ANYONE HELP?

Betty. I've looked at the site you suggested for church of Scotland records. I was able to rule out one possibility for Robert's baptism which which saved me going up the wrong line for which I'm very grateful. But I couldn't find a positive lead. Never mind I'll try your Surgeon's Hall suggestion. Thanks again.

Trying to find where my gggggfather James f. Mathieson was born in Jan 1837 in scotland,I have checked everywhere, all I know about him is that he came to the U.S form canada in 1863
according to U.S cenus 1900, and that he passed away in Boston, Mass in 1901, other than that, I have no clue where to look next.

Donald, we have identified 12 different lines of Mathesons using DNA tools and been able to hook people up with cousins doing genealogical research. Email me at alicefairhurst@gmail.com

Looking for family information John and Marion (Brown) Tinch family born on the Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland area in the early 1900's time.
If anyone can locate any information on this family please let me know, Thanks for your help.

Descendants of John Tinch

Generation 1

1. John Tinch-1 was born on 08 Nov 1874 in Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. He married Marion Allan Brown on 15 Aug 1899 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was born on 1875 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Children of John Tinch and Marion Allan Brown are:

i. Isabella Miller Tinch, B: 21 Mar 1900 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

3. ii. Marion Brown Tinch, B: 24 May 1902.

iii. Ronald David Tinch.

Generation 2

2. Marion Brown Tinch-2(John Tinch-1) was born on 24 May 1902. She married Easton Watson. Child of Marion Brown Tinch and Easton Watson is:

i. M. B. Watson.












































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Interested if anybody can find any information on Litster

Hi, Kirsty,

Could you add Douglas Genealogy to your list of Scottish-related Groups. It is one of the 'Surname Groups'.

Thankx,

William

Could you please add Stuart/Stewart, Grant & McPherson names to your surname list? They are all from Kirkmichael Parish, Banffshire.
Thank you