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From: Maurice Summers <>
Subject: Re: LAUGHLAND-CUTHBERTSON-MCGUIGAN
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 20:33:18 +1000
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Hi

I think you have put me out of my misery with the book given below.

I am researching the name TANNAHILL and in one of the Scottish surname
books (Blacks ??) they state that in 1547 there were seven TANNAHILL
families in Kilmarnock, no source was given. I have looking for years
off and on where that info came from. Now I think you have cracked it
for me.

And another thing I just looked on-line at our Victorian State Library
Catalogue in Melbourne,VIC,AUS and lo and behold what do I find :-

==================

The history of Kilmarnock.

Author / Creator: MacKay, A.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Imprint / Date: 1864.
Holdings Information:
Call #: S 941.42 M19 In Location:MAIN LIBRARY-STACK-CALL SLIP

=================

Is this R.G.Boyd selling this book ????

I know where I am going tomorrow night ? The moral of this story check
your local repositories, you never know what you will find !

Thanks

Maurie

Melbourne, VIC, AUS.



wrote:
>
> I am going to paste a file I excerpted from the History.
> 8329 Ball Roadþ
> Frederick, Maryland 21704þ
> (301) 662-4500 Voice or FAXþ
> e-mail: þ
> þ
> {{date1}}þ
> þ
> REFERENCES TO LAUGHLANDS AND THEIR KINþ
> þ
> IN A HISTORY OF KILMARNOCKþ
> þ
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> Now all we have to figure out are the following:þ
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> 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
> þ
> Anyone interested in the History can contact:þ
> þ
> R.G.Boydþ
> P.O.Box 539þ
> Mt.Morris, MI 48458þ
> 810-687-1033þ
> þ
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Maurie SUMMERS

TANNAHILL, (& variants) one name study (G.O.O.Ns)

Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria 3012, Australia
Phone > 03 8302 6963 Mobile > 04 2570 6963
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