Re: Andrew COTTINGHAM please contact me.

[Toni Sinclair <asflwr@cujo2.icom.ca>]

Now "Donalds" I have plenty of, although I still can't find a Flora McKenzie
married to
any Sinclair, in my records.  (Which are by no means complete).  I'll check
again.

Can anyone tell me why my messages are being received with the lines all
jumbled up?
I don't send them out that way!

Toni

kalwa@prodigy.net wrote:

> Toni -
>
> In case it helps, Daniel and Donald are interchangable.
>
> Juli
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
> Toni Sinclair <asflwr@cujo2.icom.ca> Wrote on
> Wed, 02 Feb 2000 14:38:30 -0400
>  ------------------
> Hi Andy
>
> I've been having problems sending out mesages, and I don't know
> if you got the
> one I sent this morning.  Anyway, I've checked all my Islay information.
> Unfortunately,
> records for Kilchoman Parish don't start until 1821.  However,
> I checked the
> other 2
> parish records going back into the 1700s, and can't find a Daniel
> Sinclair,
> either in
> birth/baptisms, marriages or deaths.  Neither can I find the
> birth of a
> Catharine to Daniel
> S. and Flora McKenzie.  I've also checked for any Sinclairs marrying
> a
> McKenzie, and
> still cannot come up with any of them.
>
> I have a copy of the book"Day Book of Daniel Campbell of Shawfield"
> which is a
> great history of the island between 1767, when he acquired most
> of the island,
> to 1798.  It
> shows many lists of tenants on the various farms, and although
> Daniel Sinclair
> is not
> listed as one of them, there is a Daniel Sinclair who signed
> as a witness to a
> lease in
> 1769, and another in 1773, as a servant to Shawfield.  "Servant"
> could mean
> clerk, or
> other type of employee.  The fact that he could sign his name,
> when most of the
> tenants
> only made their marks, might indicate that he was better educated
> than most.
>
> I have a few questions for you:
>
> 1.  Daniel was born 1794, do you know where?
>  2.    Did he emigrate to South Carolina with his daughter?
> 3.    He died in 1855, do you know where?
>
> If your Daniel isn't the one in the book, I don't know if I can
> help you any
> further.  Although I have hundreds of Sinclair names listed on
> Islay, none of
> them are a "Daniel"!
>
> Rebecca - do you have any Daniels in the Carolina Sinclairs?
>
> Toni S.
> Andrew J. Cottingham Jr wrote:
>
> > Toni, Sorry it took me so long to respond.  I was away for
> a while and then
> > had the flu and finally too many things to catch up on.  I
> am not really a
> > researcher of Genealogy but more of a collector.  My Great-grandmother
> was a
> > Sinclair born on Islay.  I will share anything I have with
> you and would
> > love to know anything I can about my Sinclairs.  Andy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-sinclair@mids.org [mailto:owner-sinclair@mids.org]On
> Behalf
> > Of Toni Sinclair
> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 9:01 AM
> > To: sinclair@mids.org
> > Subject: Re: Andrew COTTINGHAM please contact me.
> >
> > Andy Cottingham
> >
> > You are a popular man today!  I just saw your message on the
> Argyll bulletin
> > board. and
> > noticed you are researching Sinclairs from Islay.  Can we compare
> notes?
> >
> > Toni Sinclair
> > (researching Neil Sinclair and Christian Campbell - Islay)
> >
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