Parish lists of wigtownshire and minnigaff, 1684 by scot, william. Extraction of baptisms for drumore free church kirkmaiden 1843 1856. Alexander mc cracken historical records and family trees. Wigtonshire records genealogy and family history in scotland. The scottish nation is generally acknowledged to have come together between the sixth and fourteenth centuries, absorbing several races in the process of creating what certain individuals like to think of as the pure scot. This site is dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their country. Clan sponsor stephen mccracken we have joined with wikitree to do. Historical records and family trees related to alexander mc cracken. Aberdeenshire kirkcudbrightshire aberdeenshire angus argyll ayrshire banffshire. Hearth tax records for wigtownshire scotlandsplaces. Wigtown visitor guide scotlands national tourist organisation. Inch was a parish on the eastern side of loch ryan located in the north of the former county of wigtownshire. Wigtown parish churchyard in wigtown, dumfries and galloway.
The argyll and bute district libraries highland avenue, sandbank, dunoon pa23 8pb, argyll. Argyllshire former county, scotland, united kingdom. General george monck, the military governor of scotland. Maggie mccracken was my great grandmother married to charles dickson rutherford a grocer and wine merchant living at the time of the 1881 census in edinburgh. Malcolm, jeanette and malcolms mother, ann mckellar, were all 3 buried in upper kenne. Wigtownshire or the county of wigtown is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy. He lately fell on the slippery street, and was so much injured that he did not recover from the shock. Data has been collected from a number of different sources and, where possible has been verified with official records including gravestone inscriptions. With the objective of being able to analyze and compare the ydna of mccracken males from scotland against the existing mccracken ydna database, any mccracken male born in southern scotland wigtownshire, ayrshire, dumfriesshire or kirkcudbrightshire and who submits his ydna sample along with their paternal family history tree proven. In the 19th century, it was also called west galloway scottish gaelic. Mccracken families during the 17th century are shown to have lived in wigtownshire and ayrshire, scotland as well as ulster province, ireland. Some macnicol families on lochfyneside in the county of argyll and their descendants worldwide today, duncan beaton, 1987. It is the western portion of the historic region of galloway and lies entirely within the dumfries and galloway council area.
There are separate guides to each of the registers which you can access at the links below. Persons with surnames that might be tied to the surname mcclendonmclendon, who can be found in the scotland census records. This record set contains 184 entries in pdf format, and has not, as. Margaret mccracken, 37, housekeeper, born wigtonshire, recorded in st. Search 399 then share your genealogy and compare dna to grow an accurate global family tree thats free forever. Birthplaces of mclindons, mcalindons, mcalindens etc. An index to family histories deposited at the scottish genealogy society as at 5th may 2001. Argyllshire lies mainly within the argyll and bute council area, but northern argyllshire extends as far as lochs shiel, eil, and leven in southern highland council area. Death entries, 18151843 new luce world war 1 war memorial newtown stewart world war 1 war memorial penninghame parish, wigtownshire, scotland old parish records 16951820 urquhart census of portpatrick portpatrick death register, 17831818.
Wigtownshire, a maritime county, in the southwest of scotland, bounded on the north by ayrshire. Alexander was born on october 29 1833, in riccarton, ayr, scotland. This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of scotland as they pertain to the parish of kirkcolm. Explore this cemetery for graves, information and tombstones for names in wigtown parish churchyard in wigtown, dumfries and galloway, a find a grave cemetery. Mccracken at pennyfuir cemetery in oban, argyll and bute, scotland, united kingdom from billiongraves. In argyll the descendants of nachten lived in the beautiful valleys of glen. The majority of scottish birth, death and marriage records are held in the custody of the registrar general for scotland at new register house in edinburgh.
Argyll s neighbouring counties are invernessshire, perthshire, dunbartonshire, renfrewshire, ayrshire and bute. The number of occurrences of this surname in the 1841 census of scotland for each 100,000 people. The mccrackens are originally scottish and speakers of the scottish gaelic language, a cousin to irish gaelic. Wigtownshire pages, strays index, names beginning with m. Garthland castle was a castle that was located near garthland mains, stoneykirk, rhins of galloway, wigtownshire, dumfries and galloway, scotland. Until 1975, wigtownshire was one of the administrative counties used for local government purposes, and is now administered as part of the council. Aberdeenshire angus argyll ayrshire banffshire berwickshire bute caithness clackmannanshire dumfriesshire.
Scottish surnames m genealogy and family history in scotland. Maccrackan,maccracken,maccrachen,maccraken, an old galloway surname. Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties including main sections for bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, huntingdonshire, lincolnshire, northamptonshire and norfolk. Wigtownshire old parish registers of births, baptisms and marriages leswalt, wigtownshire, scotland opr. I offered the transcripts to the scottish record society for publication, subject to my proviso. Parish records parish registers were instigated by thomas cromwell from 1538 in the reign of henry viii, recording every wedding, baptism and burial. This record set contains 184 entries in pdf format, and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before. The castle was possibly built in ad1211, as a datestone bearing that date has been discovered within the garthland mains estate. Full text of parish lists of wigtownshire and minnigaff. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of dal riata on great britain. They can be found by searching the national records of scotland catalogue for stranraer. In 1962 old luce was united with the charge of glenluce ladyburn, continuing after the union under the name of old luce, and a link later followed in 1969 with the parish of new luce.
Phd, fsts, gts, fsa scot be aghaidhlig an canan na halbanaich gaelic was the language of the scottish people. Enter a county a ceremonial county of any part of the united kingdom england, scotland, wales, or northern ireland into the answer box. Grizzell appears to be one of their three children who died in 1797 at about the age of 32. James and grizzell were married at ballantrae parish on 11 december 1754.
A collection of death references for wigtownshire in scotland. Wigtownshire, scotland click on the map for other historical maps of this place. Siorrachd bhaile na huige, formerly a county in southwestern scotland, now part of the council area of dumfries and galloway, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early kings of britain to determine the rate of. Publication date 1916 topics church records and registers, church records and registers, genealogy publisher edinburgh, printed for the society by j.
The former online catalogue is no longer available. Captain john mccracken wigtownshire page 1 rootschat. Europe united kingdom scotland country place mentioned in text to find similar items, select the checkboxes next to the characteristics you are interested in. Alexander mccracken was born on month day 1860, at birth place, to alexander mccracken and jane campbell mccracken born young. In extreme length the mainland extends about 112 miles s.
There are plenty of places to eat out within the town. In the 2nd century ad gaelicspeaking scots invaded argyllshire from ireland. Private 100182, 10th battalion, canadian infantry alberta regiment. Kirkcowan, a parish and village with railway station in wigtown shire on tarf water, 6 miles southwest of newtonstewart the new statistical account of scotland pub. He worked for the larnestranraer steamboat company. Kirkcowan, wigtownshire, scotland genealogy genealogy. Learn more about the mccracken family and the heritage of where you come from. He was my great, great grandfather and was born at portpatrick. Search 1,858 then share your genealogy and compare dna to grow an accurate global family tree thats free forever. Accompt of those who have payid thr their hearth accompt of those who have paid their money wtin within the shyre of galloway hearthmoney omitted out of the saids lists. Girlguiding argyll is part of girlguiding scotland and girlguiding uk as well as being part of the world wide organisation of guides and scouts. Historic buildings of wigtownshire now dumfries and.
Grizell mccracken, daughter of james mccracken and grizell murray was born 19 august 1765 at strabraken, ballantrae parish, ayrshire. The earl of argyll sails from holland to campbeltown with 300 men. Wigtown is the home of the annual wigtown book festival and the town has a wide range of independent bookshops. I was just wondering if anyone out there has any information on captain john mccracken, stranraer. Kirkcolm, wigtownshire, scotland genealogy genealogy. Macnaughton clan mccracken clan jewelry including mccracken crest jewelry, mccracken crest signet rings, pendants, bracelets, cufflinks, in sterling silver and gold and more. In 1887, john bartholomews gazetteer of the british isles described wigtownshire. Full text of parish lists of wigtownshire and minnigaff, 1684. John and euphemia were also alive living in ayr scotland with their sons alexander and. Jan 17, 2005 i was just wondering if anyone out there has any information on captain john mccracken, stranraer.
Mcnaughton, mccracken the well known antrim and down name maccracken is a corrupted form of macneachhtain. Alexander mccracken historical records and family trees. Name12 nicola grierson gender female birth34 1625 lag, kilmory, argyllshire, scotland marriage 22 sep 1642 dumfriesshire, scotlandto james stewart, 2nd earl of galloway death56 1649. Full text of parish lists of wigtownshire and minnigaff, 1684 see other formats. Stranraer, a royal burgh, a seaport, and parish, in the county of wigtown, 50 s. Birth, death and marriage records national records of. Detailed timeline of scottish history with links to information about relevant people and places. Scottish surnames beginning with m, how common they are, where theyre most commonly found. An index to all foreign, domestic and military marriages recorded by the scottish government. It is popularly known as and referred to as the shire. List of owners of land 18721873 return of the name and address of every owner of one acre and upwards in extent with the estimated acreage, and the annual value of the lands and heritages of individual owners. A value of 0 does not mean there were no people with that surname in scotland, only that there were fewer than 1 in 100,000. Aug 29, 2002 localities united kingdom and ireland scotland argyll general.
Hearth tax records 16911695 hearth tax rolls list the people who were liable for tax on hearths including kilns in scotland in the 1690s. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the scotland. Captain john mccracken wigtownshire page 2 rootschat. John mccracken, i started to wonder if anyone has come across an elizabeth mccracken born abt. From the coast of galloway to the coast of ireland is only eighteen miles, an easy sail in calm weather. Get your own family tree website learn more view demo site. Ministry of the session is recorded from 1563, in the person of john sanderson. Also commemorated on the roll of the coplawhall car works glasgow corporation, glasgow, and in war memorial chapel in edinburgh castle.
Scots genealogy society family histories for surnames. Localities united kingdom and ireland scotland argyll general. Colin campbell of lochow, knight, son of sir gillespic campbell of menstrie d ca 1280, k ca 1294, fighting alexander, lord of lorne,at the athdearg red ford of lorn where a cairn marks the site of his grave. The wigtownshire pages is an accumulation of links to various websites with genealogical information about wigtownshire, including births, marriages and deaths from the wigtown free press, an index of a list of people living in wigtownshire in 1684, and a small website of monumental inscriptions. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. Argyll sometimes anglified as argyllshire is a maritime county in the west of scotland, a registration county of scotland and additionally between 1890 and 1975 it was a county for local government purposes. Historic county of scotland now dumfries and galloway. Wigtounshire is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in southwest scotland.
Scottish genealogy society index of family histories held. Scotland had 12 highland regiments who fought in europe, north america and india. Jane was born in 1842, in kilmarnock, ayr, scotland. Wigtownshire, scotland, died 1909 in stranraer, wigtownshire, scotland mccracken, ells, born 1784, died 1812 mccracken, esme fay, born 1926, died 1926 mccracken, fanny, born 1868, died 1879 mccracken. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Both county and parish ceased to exist following the local government scotland act 1974. From what i have discovered so far, he worked at silloth, cumbria for a while, before moving back to wigtownshire. There are also other counties such as hertfordshire, essex, northamptonshire, oxfordshire, suffolk. The index is linked to digital images of records more than 75 years. Wigtownshire former county, scotland, united kingdom. Wigtownshire or the county of wigtown scottish gaelic. Andrew holborn, london, rg10423, folio 6, pg 6 mccracken robert 1881 uk census robert mccracken, age 24, married, born drumore, recorded as mate on the vessel mary, in port of whitehaven, cumberland, rg115187, folio 95 mccram ann victoriaaust. Wigtown is scotland s national book town and is the gateway to the machars. The scottish genealogy society family history index m mcadam 1 fif.
A goal of the mccracken project is to locate if possible, down to the civil parish level, the mccracken genetic homelands in scotland and ireland. This publication contains genealogy information about a number of families with wigtownshire scotland connections going back, where possible, to the late 1700s. Mccrackens are originally scottish and speakers of the scottish gaelic language, a cousin to irish. Wigtownshire, historic county at the southwestern tip of scotland, facing the irish sea to the south and the north channel to the west. They provide clues about the size of each building, place, estate or parish in the late 17th century. After this, highlanders and lowlanders fought under the british flag.
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