Queries Index
The Society has
received queries concerning the following
surnames:
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| Name | Enquirer | Email Address | Query |
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RALPH |
Jeffrey Vaillant | jeffreyvaillant@ hotmail.com |
MACKINTOSH/RALPH: I have found the first thread in connecting my MACKINTOSH and RALPH lines to "prove" that Galloway Ralph MACKINTOSH was the son of Angus MACKINTOSH and Margaret RALPH Mackintosh in the 1841 Scotland census for Nairn. The No. of the Parish is 123 and the Enumerator’s Schedule is No. 1 for partial Nairn. There is a Margaret MACKINTOSH, age 44, who was born in Nairn, living on King Street with John RALPH, age 20 who is a shoemaker and Lauchlan, age 13 and Galloway, age 10. This information is on page 20. It is not clear to me the relationship of John RALPH to Margaret. He could be a nephew? At any rate this takes me a step closer to having this family proven. If any of the members sees a connection I would love to exchange information. |
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REIHAUCH |
Anna Newman | annabellenewman@ juno.com |
Sir William DRUMMOND was born 1620 in Inverness and died 1676 in James City County, Virginia. U.S.A. He is believed to be the son of John DRUMMOND, born c1588 and died 1634 in Inverness, who was married to Janet HAYES, born 1598 and died 1650 in Inverness. John is believed to be the son of John 6th of Lennoch, who married Barbara REIHAUCH of Cultibraggan. Any information will be appreciated. |
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ROBERTSON |
John Durham | jdurham@ highlandfhs.org.uk |
I have built up a large database of information on the following surnames in Caithness - Durran (all areas), Robertson (in Dunnet), Tait (in Dunnet and Bower) and Nicolson (all areas). Please contact me to see if I can help you. |
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ROSE |
Vickie Grant | vicgrant@rogers.com | Searching for information about my gggg-grandmother, ISABELLA McKENZIE, born ?, believed to be of Gairloch MACKENZIEs; married Alexander ROSE (born 1764?) before 1797 at Keppoch, Fodderty, with issue: - 1. Ann, born 1797 (married Roderick CROSS, miller, 1815, with issue: - Roderick, Thomas & Ann); 2. Alexander, born 1799; 3. John, b 1802 (m Janet? with issue: - Alexander, William & Isabella). John was in 1841 census at Heights of Keppoch. Which MACKENZIE family is she from? Any information gratefully received. |
| ROSS | Moira Crawford | moirac40@aol.com | McDONALD/McINTOSH/ROSS: Seeking information about the following family:- John McDONALD (mason) born c1785, who died Balintore, Fearn, Ross-shire 1863. He married Jane ROSS, born c1807, who died 1870 Balintore. Their children were:- John McDONALD, living 58 Muirtown Street, Inverness in 1870; Andrew McDONALD (mason), born Balintore 1837, who died Paisley 1897 (accidental death). He married Mary McINTOSH in Perth 1856. Their children were:- Joseph, born 1868 Inverness; Margaret, born 1870 Inverness; John, born 1876 Kirkintilloch; Alice, born 1881/2 Kirkintilloch. |
| ROSS | Christina Mitchell | Christina.Mitchell@ dompost.co.nz |
I write to enquire about an old cemetery at Nigg, Ross-shire. My interest in this cemetery stems from research into my husband’s Scottish ancestors. His 3xgreat grandfather was Donald GRANT, born c1786 in Nigg near Tain. He married Margaret ROSS at White Bog. Her parents were David ROSS and Marjory (May) GAIR. Donald’s parents were Donald and Margaret (nee GAIR). Perhaps Marjory and Margaret were sisters and thus we have cousins marrying. I have read that there are GAIRS (Gayres) buried at the Nigg cemetery. Can anyone help? |
| ROSS | Laurel Lahay | lahay@shaw.ca | Looking for links and/or contacts. Allan Beaton, Insurance Superintendent, born 1847 in Inverness (son of Allan Beaton and Elizabeth McKillican) married Georgina ROSS, born 1842 in Petty. They married in Nairn in 1871 and known children were: 1. George Alexander BEATON, born 1872 in Rosskeen, Ross-Shire – died 1950 in Fort William, Inverness-shire – married Beatrice MAIR in Glasgow. George and Beatrice had a son by the name of James BEATON, who was living at 15 Traquair Park East, Corstorphine, Edinburgh in 1948. 2. Allan James BEATON, born 1874 in Ardersier - died 1895. 3. Elizabeth Ann BEATON, born 1876 in Campbelltown, Ardersier – died 1928 in Kinlochleven, Inverness-shire. Elizabeth married William ROSS in 1904 in Bridaig, Dingwall. 4. Alexander Ross BEATON, born 1880 in Stuartown Petty, died in 1900 in Inverness. |
| ROSS | Marilyn Hilsden | skyeline@telus.net | Looking for links and/or contacts. Hector McLEAN, Captain of the 42nd Highlanders, married Catherine ROSS in Inverness in 1806. Known children: 1. Margaret McLEAN, born 1808. 2. Daniel Ross McLEAN, born 1811 in Inverness (merchant in Tain – later resided in Dublin, Ireland) 3. Walter McLEAN, born 1813 in Inverness. 4. Elizabeth McLEAN, born 1816 in Inverness - emigrated to Canada c1848 and married Archibald FERGUSON in 1849. They settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. Archibald FERGUSON had been a builder in Glasgow but originated from Perthshire. 5. Ann McLEAN, born 1819 in Inverness, married ??? ROSSON. Ann later resided in Hartlepool, England. |
| ROSS | Alyssum Ross | aly.ross1@hotmail.com | Looking for links and/or contacts with the descendants and relations of the “Macleod Family” that lived at ‘Reiskmore’, Delny, Ross-shire. Hector and Isobel MACLEOD moved there about 1809 from Newton; their son Alexander married Ann ROSS in 1851 and their son Alexander (Lovat Scout) married Elsie Rebecca PAGE, from Southampton, in December 1904. They were my grandparents. |
| ROSS | David Ross | davidwross@tiscali.co.uk | My great great grandfather John ROSS, fisherman of Shandwick died in July 1862. His details at death state "formerly married to Ann VASS, latterly to Margaret VASS". It is about his first wife Ann VASS that I seek information and if any member can help me with identifying her, I shall be grateful. In the 1841 census she appears with John (35), her age shown as 32 and her birth place as Ross & Cromarty. There are three children, Andrew (17), William (5), and Donald (3). By elementary maths I calculate that she must have been 15 at Andrew’s birth yet his (Andrew’s) death certificate confirms that his mother was Ann VASS and his father John ROSS. The marriage of John ROSS and Ann VASS is found in the Nigg OPRs as being on 27th December 1821. If the census details are right, she would have been 12 at marriage! I conclude the census ages are wrong. On 4th June 1847 John married Margaret VASS (Nigg OPR), so Ann must have died between 1841 and 1847. I can find no record of this event. I have been quite unable to establish any details about Ann’s birth, parentage or death. It may be that one of our members has done research into the Vass family and can help. |
| ROSS | Laurence Ross | lh.ross@bigpond.com | Seeking information on the family of Charles ROSS and Mary ROSS in Easter Ross. Charles was the son of Donald ROSS and Margaret URQUHART and was born in Kilmuir Easter in 1799 and died at Rhicullin, Rosskeen in 1882. Mary ROSS was the daughter of Donald ROSS and Mary ROSS. She was born in 1801 at Auchnacloich, Rosskeen and died at Rhicullin in 1883. They had issue: - Donald, 1831; Mary, 1833; Margaret, 1839; Alexander and Charles, 1845, who married Isabella MACRAE and had 12 children. Charles died 1929 and Isabella 1933, both at 35 Outram Street, Invergordon. |
| ROSS | Anne Mackintosh | mackintosh755@ btinternet.com |
Seeking information on George ROSS, born Cromarty 1802 and his wife Janet DICKSON born c1811 Miltown, Kilmuir Easter. She was the daughter of James DICKSON (plasterer) and Jannet McKENZIE, Kilmuir Easter. Both died Cromarty and he was a Prison Keeper and she a Prison Matron at the Institution. He was a soldier in the 93rd Regiment and a Chelsea Pensioner. They had 7 children as follows: Jessie; Christina; James; George; Sarah; Rebecca and William Wilkie. Anyone connect to the children of this family? |
| ROSS | Laurel Lahay | lahay@shaw.ca | I’m submitting this query on behalf of the Campbell River Genealogy Society in British Columbia, Canada. Every year we instigate a competition or ‘quest’ where a small team research the ‘brick wall’ genealogy of one of our society members. The group is given two months to complete the task and present their findings at one of our monthly meetings. They are finding it a challenge to research the illusive Hector McLEAN of Inverness. He was the g.g.g. grandfather of one of our members, Marilyn Hilsden. A chapter from a book on B.C. pioneers states that Hector was a captain with the 42nd Highlanders who fought under Abercrombie on the Nile and under Moore and Wellington in Spain. Hector McLEAN married Catherine ROSS on Oct 14th, 1806 and they had at least six children born between 1808 and 1822 (Margaret, Donald, Walter, Elizabeth, Ann & Catherine). After viewing the Inverness Parish Records, we discovered that Hector was listed as a pensioner on one record and as a tailor on another. Hector’s wife, Catherine ROSS was reportedly from Tain, Ross & Cromarty. If the Scottish naming pattern was followed, it is likely that Catherine’s parents were Walter ROSS & Elspet McLEOD who were married on May 7th, 1779 in Ross & Cromarty with Catherine ROSS being born on April 27th, 1780 and her brother Donald ROSS being born on Oct. 21st, 1782. Elizabeth McLEAN, (the daughter of Hector McLEAN & Catherine ROSS) was baptised on June 18th 1816 and attended a school for girls in Inverness. Elizabeth McLEAN, the g.g. grandmother of Marilyn HILSDEN, subsequently immigrated to Ontario, Canada in the 1840s and married Archibald FERGUSON of Glasgow. The quest team must present their findings on June 4th. If anyone can assist with information on this family and/or the military records for Hector McLEAN it would be very much appreciated. Any additional information on the school for girls in Inverness would also be a bonus. According to Elizabeth McLEAN’s sampler, her teacher’s name was Mrs. PICTON when Elizabeth McLEAN attended the school in 1829. |
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| Name | Enquirer | Email Address | Query |
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SCHOMBERG |
Joan Davies | daviesjoan@ gulfislands.com |
FRASER: My great-great grandfather, Alexander FRASER, a timber merchant, was married to Caroline Jane SCHOMBERG on 24 March 1825 in Inverness. Their daughter, Caroline Jane, was born the following year. Alexander died of cholera at his home in Merkinch, Inverness on 26 October 1832 and was buried in Chapel Yard two days later. I am assuming that he was in his late thirties at the time of his death. I am particularly interested in finding out the names of his parents and if he had any brothers or sisters. If anyone recognises the family, please contact me. |
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SMITH |
John Bird | johnbird@ iprimus.com.au |
GUNN/McKAY: my G x3 grandparents were John Gunn (b 16/2/1786 Bower d 21/4/1870 East Watten) and Margaret McKay (b 22/8/1785 Halkirk d abt 1816). They married 1/4/1809 at Stemster and had 4 children all born in Stemster-Janet b 31/5/1809, Alexander, b 9/6/1811, Peter b 6/8/1814 and Margaret b 15/1/1816. I have information on Alexander my great grand father, but know nothing more about his siblings. Any further information on these people would be appreciated. John Gunn married a second time to Violet Smith (b 20/3/1793 Lyth d 6/9/1786 Watten). They had 2 children both born Banks of Aukingill Charles b 5/5/1827 and Janet b 22/5/1832. Any further information on Charles and Janet would be appreciated. |
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SOUTH UIST |
Donald Read | ap357@ncf.ca | Researching all families who emigrated from Isle of South Uist 1848-1852 and who settled initially in southern Ontario. |
| STEWART | Bill Taylor | billht@tiscali.co.uk | GRAHAM/STEWART: A young man called George GRAHAM, a marble cutter, appeared from nowhere and married my great grand aunt, Catherine STEWART, on 18th July 1851 in Barony, Lanark. They then set sail from Liverpool on 28th August 1852 arriving at Melbourne as assisted immigrants on 8th December 1852. I have one letter which he wrote from Liverpool to my great grandmother, his sister-in-law, in August 1852. The Australian authorities say he was 21 when he arrived there and his numerous Australian descendants believe that he came from Wester Ross. However, I have been unable to find any more information about his Scottish ancestry. Perhaps another of your members is looking for an ancestor called George GRAHAM who disappeared around 1851? Any information on these two people would be most welcome. |
| STEWART | Jim Graham | j.graham498@ btinternet.com |
Looking for any links/contacts for Farquhar GRAHAM, born c1799 Snizort, Isle of Skye who married Mary LAMOND 12 July 1823. Known children were: - Donald GRAHAM, born 14 October 1825 and Malcolm GRAHAM, born 3 Oct 1832, both at Snizort. Farquhar GRAHAM died 15 September 1857 at Greenock Poor House. His death certificate gives his parents as Malcolm GRAHAM and Ann STEWART. Mary LAMOND was born on the Isle of Skye in 1798 (parents unknown) and died in Eyre, Snizort in 1872, a pauper. I am trying to confirm that the parents of Farquhar were as stated on the certificate and to locate the parents of Mary. |
| STEWART | Alyssum Ross | aly.ross1@hotmail.com | I am trying to trace any relatives/ ancestors of John MACLEOD, mason, born 1801 in Newton, Rosskeen. He appears in the 1851 census living at 36 High Street, Invergordon with his wife Mary STEWART, born 1805, and their children – David (10), Mary (7), Isabella (5) and John (2). |
| STEWART | Alyssum Ross | aly.ross1@hotmail.com | I am trying to trace any relatives/ ancestors of John MACLEOD, mason, born 1801 in Newton, Rosskeen. He appears in the 1851 census living at 36 High Street, Invergordon with his wife Mary STEWART, born 1805, and their children – David (10), Mary (7), Isabella (5) and John (2). |
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