My great-great-great-grandfather was from Londonderry (born around 1814) and moved to Scotland but, as he was a McLean, I suspect his family’s sojourn in the north of Ireland was not more than a couple of generations. But there’s very little to go on. He married a Scotswoman, Elizabeth Thomson from Wigtownshire.
As you can imagine I enjoyed the Devonshire, Kennedy and Churchill sections! Cracking stuff
Another cracking Sunday round-up. I've been opening tabs all morning, discovering new things. Ever thought of writing an encyclopedia?
Far too organised. I take a more free-form jazz approach which I like to think of as “Did you know…?”
I may have missed it but I don't think you've told us about your Irish blood previously?
My great-great-great-grandfather was from Londonderry (born around 1814) and moved to Scotland but, as he was a McLean, I suspect his family’s sojourn in the north of Ireland was not more than a couple of generations. But there’s very little to go on. He married a Scotswoman, Elizabeth Thomson from Wigtownshire.