Re: Cemetery Index Question
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John Kemplen
Hello Greg Could I enquire why you have posted this query to the Islay
list? Inverchaolain is on the Cowal peninsula of Argyll rather
than on the Isle of Islay, Argyll. I have links to both
Inverchaolain and Islay. My McKellar ancestors can be traced back
to Inverchaolain parish, but they moved to Bute and then around
1840 two of them and their wives moved to Islay. Although I can't
help you with your query, I would be interested to hear the answer
if you get one. I do not think it is very likely that any of my
ancestors would be buried at Inverchaolain Church because
Inverchaolain looks, to modern eyes, to be a very strange parish,
straggling all the way round Loch Striven with no direct roads
connecting the eastern and western parts. It made perfect sense
in the old days, because there weren't many roads anywhere and it
was often easier to get around by boat, so centring a parish on a
loch made good sense. However, Inverchaolain Church is on the
east shore of Loch Striven and I think there may have been another
church or churches serving the parts of the parish on the west
shore of Loch Striven and the north-east shore of the Kyles of
Bute, where I believe my ancestors lived. I am descended from one
of the two brothers who moved to Islay around 1840. My paternal
gggg-grandmother was a Margaret Brown from Inverchaolain, born
1763. Good luck with your quest. John Kemplen
On 24/10/2020 20:55, GREG FERGUSON via
groups.io wrote:
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