Forum: Ayrshire county-wide forum

My wife's grandfather was John Harper McKnight who married Sarah McDonald somewhere in Ayrshire, I can find no trace of either of them anywhere. Can anyone help thanks

John Clark married Margaret Allan about 1761, and had eight children. Can anyone relate to this family? I need information on their Pedigree and their descendants. If you can help, I will be most grateful. David Clark

I don't know if this "search" belongs here or in "brick walls". I am looking for the siblings, parents, grandparents, etc of my ggg-grandfather, John Reid. I don't know his birth year, but Dec 4, 1772, he married Jean Kerr (1753-ca1822) dau of Robert Kerr and Margaret Ramsay of Ardrossan. (I can...

Hi, Looking for information on the Paton and Scott families, Hugh Joseph Clarke married Katie Paton Scott at N. Cumnock in 1941, he was from Ardrossan, any info. appreciated, Regards Del.

Hi, Anyone have any info. on McCreadie & Calvert families, Martha Calvert m Hugh Joseph Clarke, at Ardrossan in 1918, her father is given as Andrew Calvert, her mother Helen m/s McCreadie, when Martha died in 1931 her mother is given as AGNES, all very confusing!! any information much appreciated,...

How does one go about getting birth, death and marriage records for folks born in Ayrshire prior to 1800? I'm trying to find more information about my father's mother's side of the family. Surnames: McLean, Petrie, Morton, Armstrong, Craig and probably more but I've not gotten too far with...

Looking for GILMOUR ancestors in Ayrshire. My 3 x great-grandfather William Gilmour was born in Muirkirk on 18 August 1817, his parents were John Gilmour and Anne Johnston. I only have their names. William married Margaret FOOTE on 22 June 1845 in 'Old Monkland or Coatbridge'. One of his...

Lookin for information about the Crooks family from Kilmarnock, they ultimately moved to Canada and settled in the area around hamilton Ontario

I am trying to find any information on a Hugh Findlay (Gents Outfitter) Ayr. Hugh was born 1900 and was married to a Margaret McGregor MacKie in 1921 - Ayr. regards fortyseven

I would love to have more contacts of researchers connected to this family from Stevenston. No particular questions, any information gratefully recieved. John Davidson b 10 Feb 1820, Stevenston married Janet Cowan b 12 Mar 1812 Stevenston children; Margaret b 3 Feb 1843 Stevenston Hugh b...

My ancestor Alexander Colquhoun Lang Married Sarah Carril/Carvil 15 Apr 1856, Ayr, Kilwinning, Scotland. The marriage license was difficult to read although her father's name was Arthur Carvil and her mother, Margaret McCan. Alexander and Sarah's first three children were born in Kilwinning, Ayr....

I am looking for contacts who know of the CLARK-FAIRLIE Family of the Glasgow-Kilmarnock general area, covering Ayr, Lanark or Renfrew, etc. Born between 1774 and 1780 the large family of Patrick Clark & Margaret Fairlie, spread over areas of new Colonial regions--Calcutta, Singapore, Jamaica,...

William Stewart Orr and Annie Craig from Kilbirnie families and settled in Mt Sterling, North Carolina. Williams dob is given as 1857 dod as 1889. (He died young - 32 - through a logging accident.) Conflicting information I've received gives his mother's name as Janet Orr, another Mary Orr. ...

Seeking info on Margaret Cockburn born 1830 in Ayreshire, daughter of John Cockburn and Margaret Michie.

Im looking for relatives of my grandmother, Anniebella McNeish (married John Colville from Old Cumnock). She may also have been known as Isabella. She was born in 1923 in Connell Park, New Cumnock. I know she has/had a sister Jenny. Thanks

Hi to all. I find that I am need of some help. I have lost most of my data after a computer crash !!!!!! I am looking for information (lookup possibly) on The family of James BEATTIE. I do know that he was born C:- 1914 in Ardrossan New Aryshire.Scotland. Also "think" that he had a sister...

I amlooking for the families of Daniel Roderick Bain who was married to Esther McCrindle. They are my paternal Greatgrandparents.My Grandmother Essie May Bain married Herbert Henry Bell in 1928 and I would like some information about their families. As there are no older members of the family left...

Hi, Has anyone got the Moran family from Muirkirk in their research. Looking for Margaret Moran who married Walter Hill in Muirkirk on 30/4/1835. Margarets parents were Daniel Moran & Helen Bryce, both were born in Ireland as was Walter Hill. Iain

|help|Trying to find out what happened to William McCracken b1879 in Ayrshire, Scotland William married a Jane Hart and they had 2 children. The story goes that william at the turn of the 19th centuary disappeared rumers are he went to AUSTRALIA but up two now hitting |banghead| so anybody out...