Wee Drams

Do any of the surnames on the following webpage look familiar?

http://www.gillean.com/Roots/septs/tearlach.htm

With or without the Mac, some of the spellings:

Carlich
Carlie
Chairlach
Kerlich
Tarlich
Tearlach

It is quite an obscure surname, with not a lot written about it. The reason I ask is that I am researching the surname of CARLOS (gg-grandfather), likely from County Roscommon, Ireland. I have found three independent anecdotal references to CARLOS' and PADIANs (MacFADDEN, MacPADYEN, PADIEN, PADEN, etc.) emigrating together and staying together for a generation after emigration; add the fact that at least some MacFADDENs were minor gallowglasses of western Scotland, my working theory is that CARLOS' came from western Scotland who were somehow associated with family MacFADDEN, ending up in the midlands of Ireland. Do any of the derivations of MacTEARLACH/MacCARLICH ring any bells as to existing families or locations in your region of Scotland?

These same CARLOS' of County Roscommon, Ireland, were closely related to those with the surname DUFFY in the 1800s. Of course, DUFFYs (so I've read) were part of Clan MacFIE, a broken clan of western Scotland. These DUFFYs of County Roscommon (again, my theory) either came from the DUFFYs of County Armagh in Ireland and/or from the west coast of Scotland.

Do you have any insights or inside information?

Thanks.

May all beings awaken & be free,

Laura J. Shulman
Gilroy, California, USA

http://www.lighthousewoods.com/carlos

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=:2576628&surname=Carlos
CARLOS, DUFFY, MacKNIGHT

~ southern-most tip of San Francisco Bay Area, between San Jose & Monterey ~

Hello Laura,

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you but my work takes me about the country now and then.

As you know, my online Magazine isn't a genealogical forum and, I admit, I'm no expert in that field, however I'll be very pleased to post your query in the next issue which goes up in May. If you have anything to add before then, let me have it and I'll look at giving you a page to yourself.

All the very best to you and yours,

Ian

Ian chòir

Gu robh mìle math agad airson a' chobhair a rinn sibh orm gu ruige seo a thaobh mo chuid rannsachaidh air an dualchas Ghàidhealach ann an Cinntìre, gus iarrtasan a' chùrsa agam a choileanadh. Tha mi air post-d no dhà fhaotainn air ais bhon luchd-leughaidh agaibh cheana is tha mi a-nisd ag obair rud no dhà a dh'fhaodadh a bhith air leth inntinneach, ach gu beachda, bhithinn air leth taingeil airson tuilleadh fiosrachaidh fhathast. Co-dhiù, bha mi dìreach airson taing mhòr a ràdh an-ceartuair agus leigidh mi fios dhuibh fhad 's a tha cùisean a' tighinn air adhart.

Beannachd leibh

Greg

Ian

Many thanks for the help you've given me so far regarding my research on the Gaelic heritage of Kintyre. I've already received a couple of replies from your readers and I'm working on a few things just now which could prove to be extremely interesting, but of course I would still be very appreciative of further information. I just wanted to say a big thank you just now, and you can be sure that I'll keep you informed as my project progresses.

Best wishes

Greg

Hello again Greg,

Well! When I read(?) the first part of your email I thought, "Oh no". My worst fear had been realised that I'd receive an email from a reader in a language I didn't understand. Thankfully, however, you provided a translation. Whew! Just scanning the Gaelic text, though, was a joy. It's such a beautiful language and, from what little I've heard of it spoken, such a soft language.

Thank you for the update. I'm pleased that you have had some response from the Mag readers and I hope that you get more. I get around 4 to 5 thousand hits over the two month period it's online so let's keep our fingers crossed.

If you have the time to keep us up to date on your project that'll be great. I've always got a page available for you on the Mag site.

All the very best,

Ian

Hello,
My name is David Storey and I am at present writing a book on sea fishing. During the 1970s my dad and I spent a number of summer holidays camped in Grogport, usually in a caravanette in the lay-by on the side of the road.

I would like to include a section on my memories from these trips and need some supplementary information regarding the locals at the time, especially the owners of the tea shop, which I know only as Hugh and Morag and the local ghillie who owned the house on the shoe as you go south out of Grogport. I know he only had part of one hand as he had had a shooting accident.

Any information would be really helpful
Best wishes
David Storey

I replied to David:

Hello David,

Thank you for your email re the Subject. I don't know Grogport intimately I'm afraid, but I'll be more than happy to post your email in the next edition of the Magazine due up in May.

Prior to that, of course, you could try sending a short letter to the editor of the Campbeltown Courier. All the addresses - e and otherwise - are on their website at http://www.campbeltowncourier.co.uk/

All the very best to you and yours and good luck with the book. When you're ready to publish don't forget the Mag and I'll promote it for you.

Ian

Thanks Ian,
Your help is appreciated. Will write to the paper this evening
Best Wishes
David

Hi Ian,
Lovely to hear back from you so soon in answer to my e-mail: I am sooo enjoying reading it on line, and I have noticed quite a few others have had no luck in reaching Elizabeth Marrison at her virgin.net" e-mail: I have tried at four different times, keeps coming back undelivered:

You did say your dear Mother lives in Campbeltown, Ian, does she perhaps know our "elusive Elizabeth" ?? If so could she possibly get a message to her to find out what is wrong with her "mailbox", I for one would be eternally grateful: Elizabeth wrote me with a list of "Ramsay" names she found and asked if any
were my ancestors,, lo and behold they were all mine indeed, she said to e-mail her back, which I have been unable to do, I'm dying to tell her she is on the right track, and to "keep on going, to the end of the road" !!

I did look up the Giffen in Archive 2, and I have him already on my list of good possibles, I think if memory serves me right, Robert Giffen died and Mary Bane Giffen, and child I found living with one of my "distant " cousins, I will look it out for next time as I think I saw someone else looking for this family:

This is a great "site" you have for the "Mag" Ian, I don't see any "collection" plate, so how do you manage it by yourself;?? I have written down a dozen names of people who are looking for the same ancestor names; as myself, I am waiting till I finish reading all the back issues before I contact any of them;

I will say "cheerio the noo " Ian, I'm sure I will be hearing from you again soon, keep up the good work:

Yours aye,

Janey

Hey Janey,

Liz changed her e-address and missed telling some folks. Here's her new one:

e.marrison@virgin.net

All the best,

Ian

My new e-mail address

Hi Ian
I gather some one is wanting to contact me.
I changed my e-mail address when we sold our farm two years ago and moved to live in Campbeltown.
Have you been on holiday at East Trodigal Cottage lately?. Linda was such a good friend and neighbour for many years
Marion Reid
mcreidmerrick@aol.com

Hello Marion,

Thank you for emailing me with your new e-address. The person searching for you is a chap called Harold Ralston.

Would you like me to pass that on or will you contact him yourself?

Helen and I haven't been up at East Trodigal since last summer. I agree completely with you; Linda is a lovely woman and we are honoured to call her a friend.

Take care of yourself and yours,

Ian

Hi Ian
Thank-you for the quick reply. I just happened to notice the query about my whereabouts on your most interesting page. I have been able to contact Harold Ralston recently. He's a distant cousin and visited us on his last trip to Kintyre
Kindest regards
Marion Reid

From: Eleanor Adams adams@perthpcug.org.au

Hi from Australia

Hello Ian,

I have just found your site it was like going down memory lane. My brother and I spent great holidays down in Peninver where my dad had family . I have always kept great memories of the beautiful place.

I would like to find out if any of my family still live there. They were the McKerral family, Peter was my generation.I also had a uncle Tommy McMillan My dad was Dougie McMillan. We lived in Glasgow.

I have lived in Perth Australia for 34years and now have three grandchildren I would like to pass on some information about their heritage to them.

I will continue to log on to your site now I have found it as it was very interesting.
Regards
Eleanor Adams

Hello Ian,

I look forward to the May/June issue and hope someone remembers my family. I remember Peninver being a small village with not many houses and the McMillan and McKerral houses where on the main road facing the sea. My uncle Tommy was the grave digger. I also had relatives in Karidale.

Have wanted to do this for sometime now so I am hopeful.

Best wishes

Eleanor Adams

Hello Ian,

I have lived in Australia for 36 years so I am tuned into Australia towns.

Yes after seeing Carradale in print I remembered it. Karridale is a place here. That would be great if you could include it.

Hello Ian

My name is Catherine Tompkins, I live in Peterborough Cambs, not far from you. My mum is Rey Tompkins (Graham) from Campbeltown and my father Paul Tompkins (previously in the RAF was based at Machrinanish in the 1960's and RAF Wyton in 1979).

My mum has sent a photo of herself and her fellow nursing colleagues to the Campbeltown Courier (Down Memory Lane) and it is in the issue 18th March 2004. I was wondering if you know of them and would like to correspond with them as you have a lot in common. Yours sincerely Catherine Tompkins

I replied to Catherine:

Hello Catherine,

Please accept my apologies for not replying to your emails sooner. My work takes me away from home and I've just spent some time down in Yeovilton, Somerset. As I work for the MOD, I can't access my emails via their computers so I have to wait until I'm home.

It's always good to hear from Campbeltonians so please tell your parents that they can email me anytime and I'll do my best to be a bit less tardy in replying!

I've a terrible memory for names but I'm sure that my mother will certainly remember yours. I'll be talking to her on the phone on Sunday night so I'll ask her.

I dug out the Courier and saw your Mum's photo. Very good!

I'm pleased that you like the Mag; there's always plenty of good reading in there. Your email will be in the Wee Drams section in the May online issue and, if your parents want to put fingers to keyboard and give me an article about their time in Kintyre - I have a page all ready and waiting for them.

All the very best to you and yours,

Ian

From: James Walkinshaw james.walkinshaw@ntlworld.com

Lennox

IAN JUST FOUND YOUR SITE VERY GOOD, RIGHT UP MY ALLEY,BUT YOUR LENNOX HISTORY NEEDS TIDINGING UP A WEE BIT, THE THIRD EARL OF LENNOX HAD THREE BROTHERS, CHRISTINUS THE SIXTH BROTHER WAS THE JUSTICE OF ALL THE LENNOX, WHO BEDDED SOME MAIDEN RESULT DUNGALLUS WAS BORN,HE HAD THE LAND OF KNOCK IN RENFREW,WENT SHORT OF WOOD,SO HE ASKED HIS OLD MAN TA MAKE WULLIE THE SECOND ABBOT OF PAISLEY, HAND OVER THE WALKINSHAW TA HIM, SO THATS WHERE AW THE WALKIES STARTED,IT A LONG STORY BUT THATS ENOUGH FUR THE NOO, JAMES WALKINSHAW.

McEwings of Kintyre
From: Allan McGillivray cmcgillivray@interhop.net

Hello Ian,

I recently found the Kintyre Mag web site and it’s great.

My ancestors, the McEwings and McPhails came from Kintyre. My great grandmother was Sarah McEwing. She came to Ontario, Canada, from Kintyre in 1857. Her brother, James McEwing, also born in Kintyre, went back to visit Kintyre in 1886. In 1938, he wrote a history of the family which includes quite a lot of Kintyre information.

Kintyre farms mentioned in the history are: Stonefield Estate, Loop, Stewartfield, Auchavalie, Queen Hill, Drummalick, Amod, Arnicle, Kilmichael, Curshelick, Stranafanaig, Lawnlea, and Balimore.

Kintyre surnames mentioned are: McEwing, McLeod, McMillan, Thompson, McCallum, McDonald, McVannel, Hyndman, Wilkie, Smith, McLauchlin, Sinclair, Rankin, Campbell, McPhail, McKinley, McNish, McKellar, Gilchrist, Keith, Leitch, McKinnon and Armour.

I am sending a copy of the history with this letter. There are 24 pages. If you wish to publish some of it, please feel free to do so. It’s certainly a valuable find for someone looking into Kintyre history and families. I am glad James McEwing collected the information, and put it together. To find the same information today would take an immense amount of time. Apparently he corresponded with people in Kintyre until he died in 1950.

I lives about 40 miles north of Toronto, Ontario.

Allan McGillivray cmcgillivray@interhop.net

Hello Ian,

You may post all 24 pages. Thanks for offering to do that. I feel that it’s an article that should be shared.

A suggested heading would be: McEwings and McPhails of Kintyre and Ontario

Please state that it was written by the late James McEwing (c1857-1950), and was submitted by Allan McGillivray.

Allan McGillivray

I replied:

Hi Allan,

Thank you very much. I'll take your suggestions on board.

All the best,

Ian

From: Heather McFarlane heather@yknet.yk.ca

Subject: from Heather in the Yukon

Well, Ian, it looks like that publish on demand thing may be culminating this week - it has been suffering from one blooper after another. I will let you know when it actually gets going!

Also, I redesigned my website, finally. www.kilvicocharmaig.yk.net There is a major item on an Ontario Cemetery, filled with Scots and a reference to you, on the Index Page (I just figured out how to do that!)

Hi Heather,

It's really nice to hear from you again. Sorry to hear of the wee problems with your publishing - I hope that it's sorted soon. I need to buy a copy of that book!

Things are bimbling along nicely over here at the moment. We're looking forward to two weeks in Scotland in June with our Morrison friends from NC. You can be sure of a postcard - or two.

I'll pop along now and have a look at your updated website. I think that I'll put a new 'Links' shortcut on the Mag site so you can be the first site I link to.

Take care of yourself and have a nice Easter break.

All the best,

Ian

Again from Heather:

My Arichonan book is available!

Yep, it is on sale at www.authorhouse.com

The cover, and some photos I took in Arichonan in 2002 are up, now, at my site www.kilvicocharmaig.yk.net

Yayyyy.
Heather

More:

Ian, what is the name of the bookstore in Campbeltown? I have made cool little cards as a way to 'advertise' my book, and I am going to send them around to various bookstores, as well as people.

You can see a description of the book at my lovely rejuvenated website which also includes some photos I took at Arichonan in 2002.

Heather

Back from me:

Hi Heather,

Good to hear from you again. I've had a wee look and I've come up with one or two names for you as follows:

http://www.rpasmith.co.uk/campbeltown.htm

http://www.theoldbookshelf.co.uk/photo_3.html

Martin's Bookshop, Main Street, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/campbeltown/campbeltown/info.html

Campbeltown Tourist Information Centre:
MacKinnon House, The Pier,
Campbeltown PA28 6EF.
Tel: 08707 200 609.
Fax: 01586 553291.
Email: info@campbeltown.visitscotland.com

Ann R Thomas Gallery, Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland

If you send me some of your cards I'll pass them around various bookshops when I'm up in Kintyre in June if that will be of any help to you. I'll be further advertising your book in the May issue of the Mag.

In a previous email you gave me your site URL as http://www.kilvicocharmaig.yk.net/ which works very well - and looks great - but then you gave me www.kilvicocharmaig.yk.ca which I can't access. Was it just a slip of the typing finger?

OK. I'm away the now. Take good care of yourself.

Ian

And from Heather:

Ian, thank you so much. And you are right, it is NET. www.kilvicocharmaig.yk.net

My sister in law has told me over and over that the name of the website is too long & complicated, and yes, she is right - but I am right too, and also, also, very stubborn (and so were most of my Scot ancestors).

I will mail you some cards, too.

And thanks so much!

Heather

I know all about sisters-in-law!:

Ian,

I sent this [see below] message to Peter Blood in response to his query in the Kintyre Mag but it was returned as undeliverable.

Would you happen to know if he has another address or if you have been in contact with him since he submitted it?

Thank you very much.

Carolyn

From: carolyn fugedy
To: blood1@westat.com
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:08 PM
Subject: Langlands

Dear Peter,

Saw you query in the KintyreMag on line and think I can be of some assistance. I, too, am a descendant of the Langlands. I have the line back to Northumberland, Eng, and your William is listed as:

William LANGLANDS, b. 26 Jan 1797 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland m. Catherine Campbell 30 May 1836 in Campbeltown.

William was the son of William LANGLANDS, b. 1768 and Margaret Templeton m. 29 Dec 1795 in Campbeltown.

This William was the brother of my ancestor, Margaret
LANGLANDS, who married James McMurchy. Margaret died after the birth of her 7th child in Campbeltown and James brought his children to the US. They settled in
Clermont Co, OH, very near New Richmond. Many of the people from Campbeltown and other parts of Scotland,
settled there to farm.

Margaret and William were the children of George LANGLANDS and Sarah Kitchen of Northumberland, Eng.

Hope this helps.

Carolyn Porter Fugedy
c.fugedy@mc2k,.com

Hi Carolyn,

Which edition of the Magazine did you see this chap Peter Blood's query? If it's an oldish edition then it's possible that he has changed email providers.

I'll post your email in the next Mag and he might read it. Thank you for letting me know, though. I'll keep on trying to find him and I'll let you know if I have any success.

Take good care,

Ian

It was a 2001 issue I believe. Thanks for the help. I feel certain I have info he would like to have and hate to not be able to get it to him if possible. You are probably right. We do tend to change internet servers fairly often.

Carolyn

Argyll Colony Plus Journal

Hello, Ian!

Have not communicated with you for a while. I hope you are well.

Way back, you helped me post a call for a new editor to take over the Argyll Colony Plus Journal of the North Carolina Scottish Heritage Society. Well, it worked and they found someone. That was about three
editors ago. The new editor is gung ho and gathering a lot of material for the new issues.

As many in that area (which boasts the greatest number of folks of Scottish heritage in the world, including Scotland) came from Kintyre, I was wondering if you've written anything or would write something for the AC+? The topic would be anything that has to do with those who came to NC, even if it is mainly about the place from whence they came. If you have any rough stuff and just don't want to put in the time, I'd be happy to edit it for you and forward it to the AC+.

Any interest? Know anyone else who might be interested?

Hope all is well.

Cheers,
Larry Bethune

Lawrence E. Bethune
Vice President for Student Affairs
& Dean of Students
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215-3693
tel: 617-747-2231
fax: 617-747-2009
email: lbethune@berklee.edu

Ian,

Great to hear from you. I trust all is well with you?

Thanks so much for your help with this. The new editor of the AC+ seems very committed; that's nice. Not sure how I got myself wrapped up in this as I was just a subscriber and on-time submitter. Now, it
seems I'll be in the next few issues. Hope someone finds something I have submitted of interest. One item is interesting in that it appears my family may own the oldest surviving set of pipes in America, or at
least one of the oldest. Piping Today magazine out of the College of Piping in Glasgow is doing a wee story on them and so is AC+. Seems they came over with my ancestor David Bethune from Kintyre in 1774 and my cousin Ron Bethune MacMillan still has them!

We'll see what materializes from the story.

You mind find some mild entertainment at my site where I am keeping my doctoral dissertation on the migration of Scottish song of the 18th century from the Highlands through colonial North Carolina and up into contemporary pop music. This is not a "public" site, as I use it to store my work and make it available to my colleagues and supervisors.

http://www.dalhousielodge.org/Thesis/index.htm

Cheers, until we talk again...

Larry

The Argyll Colony Plus

Hello Ian,
My name is Linda Bennion and I am the new editor for "The Argyll Colony Plus". I received a message from Larry Bethune about your very kind offer to allow us to reprint articles from back issues of the Kintyre Magazine. I can not thank you enough for this offer!

As you may know, "The Argyll Colony Plus" is a publication of the North Carolina Scottish Heritage Society and was established to foster and maintain interest in the history and genealogy of the Highland Scots who emigrated to North and South Carolina, their ancestors and descendents. When first established, there were a great many people willing to submit their research or historical articles for publication, but over the past few years there has been a decline in this. It is my goal to revive the interest in our area and in Scotland also, and to keep "The Argyll Colony Plus" a viable journal of interest to the descendants of these original settlers. But this can not be done without people who are willing to help - such as yourself!

I have already been scanning your back issues - you have some great information and we really appreciate your permission to reprint. I want to make sure that proper credit is given for any article or picture I use, so this is what I plan to include as a credit line: "Originally published in "The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society Magazine" {and provide the date} and is reprinted here with the permission of Ian Forshaw, WebEditor." If you prefer a different credit line, please let me know.

Ian, thank you again for your willingness to help us!

Linda

I replied to Linda:

Hello Linda,

Thank you for your very welcome email and your kind words. It's always a pleasure for me to hear from - and assist where possible - other folks of a like mind.

Up until now I didn't know whether AC+ would survive or not but, now that you have taken over the helm, I'm sure that it has a great future.

I would appreciate it if you would send me subscription details in order that I can post them on the Mag site. There's possibly a few folks out there who would like to contribute and/or subscribe.

You are very welcome to use excerpts from the back issues of the online Kintyre Mag. Thank you, also, for your suggestion for the credit line. May I suggest a wee change to:

"Originally published in "The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society Magazine" {and provide the date} and the Kintyre Mag at www.KintyreMag.co.uk"

The reason for this being that not all the articles in the online Mag originated from the hard-copy Magazine.

All the very best to you and yours and good luck in your endeavours. If I can be of help at any time please don't hesitate to contact me.

Ca' canny,

Ian

We would welcome submissions from others. They may send any articles, queries, etc. to me at: argyllcolonyplus@nc.rr.com or twbennion@nc.rr.com

We would gladly welcome new members as well. The membership fee is $30.00 (American dollars) per year and includes receiving our journal "The Argyll Colony Plus" - at present three times per year, but hoping to get to four issues per year. Anyone interested may submit their membership request and dues to: Anne Landin, 1690 Plainfield Church Road, Siler City, North Carolina 27344.

We are also in the process (very much in the beginning stages) of setting up a website, www.theargyllcolonyplus.org, and a copy of the membership application is available there.

Once again, Ian, thank you so much for your kind offer. I will be visiting your site often!

Linda

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