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Subject: Re: LAUGHLAND-CUTHBERTSON-MCGUIGAN
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 23:37:29 EDT


I am going to paste a file I excerpted from the History.
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REFERENCES TO LAUGHLANDS AND THEIR KINþ
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IN A HISTORY OF KILMARNOCKþ
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While searching the net on the word "Kilmarnock" I found
gentleman named R.G.Boyd from Minnesota. He indicated that he had several
copies of "The History of Kilmarnock, Scotland" by Archibald
M'Kay, published in 1864. I obtained a copy from Mr. Boyd and
found the following things about Laughlands and Cuthbertsons ( My
great-great-grandmother was Ellen Cuthbertson Laughland).þ
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1.In 1547 there was an election for clerk or priest for
the parish. The document recording this event listed the surnames
of households and the the number thereof. There was one
Cuthbertsoune and four Launchland households. I am presuming that
Launchland is a misspelling of Laughland based on the fact that a
search of the spelling Launchland in 1997 turned up nothing.
However, that presumption must be further verified.þ
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2.In 1679 a John Cuthbertson was sentenced along with
five others to be transported to the plantations of America, but
was drowned along with over two hundred other prisoners when the
ship sunk off the coast of the Orkney Islands. The captain would
not release them to go ashore.þ
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3.It is noted that Mr. Thomas Cuthbertson conducted
school at one of three parochial schools at which reading,
writing and arithmetic were taught.þ
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4.In the flood of 1852 "the woolen factory of the Messrs.
Laughland, Roxburgh and Gilchrist, which is situated in this
locality, received considerable injury. A large quantity of goods
were destroyed; and the machinery likewise was greatly damaged;
even the iron frames of the windows were shivered to pieces."þ
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5.In the same flood the property of " Mr. Thomas
Cuthbertson, carpetmaker, Craighead" suffered destruction. This
item describes how several men tried to save Cuthbertson's horse
and how Cuthbertson's son helped to save the man trying to save
the horse. The horse drowned.þ
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6.An Appendix to the History lists the Magistrates,
Treasurers, Provosts, and Clerks of the Burgh of Kilmarnock, from
1695 till 1863. A James Laughland served as magistrate for the
years 1852 through 1857. Thomas Cuthbertson served similarly in
1858 and 1859.þ
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Now all we have to figure out are the following:þ
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a.Was Thomas related to Ellen? She was the daughter of
Hugh Cuthbertson and Janet Morton (THIS MAY NOT BE TRUE) unless there were
two Ellens at
the time.þ
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b.Was James, the woolen manufacturer, my g-g-grand father
James or his father James or a James in some other line? Being
that my g-grandfather William and his three brothers were tailors
it might be. But on the other hand the industry of Kilmarnock at
that time was very much dependant on the manufacture of cloth and
shoes which means that many people were engaged in related
trades.þ
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Regardless, the History is very interesting because it
covers a lot of detail about the culture of the time and the key
figures in Kilmarnocks history including Robert Burns who used
some local people as subjects for some of his poems and
apparently liked to tip a few brews when in town.þ
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Anyone interested in the History can contact:þ
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R.G.Boydþ
P.O.Box 539þ
Mt.Morris, MI 48458þ
810-687-1033þ
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