E-mail, Patricia Steer From: Tricia Steer To: 'Brent R Brian' Subject: RE: [AYR] MCCALL & Gourlay Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:10:31 +1000 (Mon, 21:10 EST) Dear Brent, I have looked at the web page and I also forwarded the emails to my sister. Last night before I wrote to you I checked to see if I could find the GOURLAYs either in the census or on IGI or in any other records I could think of. Of course I was looking for a Jesse or Jessie and it should have been Mary J … I’ll search again. As you say, these names aren’t all that common, so we’ll hopefully find a link. Can’t find the transcription of the gravestone, but have found the photo. Some damage to the base makes it hard to decipher the last names. We have extracts from the Old Parochial Registers for Coylton stating that on the 2nd December, 1820, JOHN W MCCALL in this parish and JEAN MARR in parish of St. Quivox gave in their names to be proclaimed in order to marriage and were married 15th of said month. We have a similar entry for StQuivox. We also have an entry that states: JAMES MCCALL , lawful son of JOHN MCCALL, *JEAN MARR , Spouses, was born at Monkton 12th September, baptized 23 September, 1837. We also have a death certificate for JOHN MCCALL, innkeeper, married to JANE MARR who died 1862, January 22nd 5h.10m.pm., M, aged 80 years Father DAVID MCCALL ploughman (deceased) mother Mary MCCALL, ms FERGUSON (deceased) Cause of death looks like Seneclus … but it is hard to read. He was ill for 7weeks and his doctor, Hugh Highet certified the death.. JANE MCCALL was present and James McCowan was witness. And this death was registered at Monkton on 24th January 1862. JANE MCCALL, widow of JOHN MCCALL, then called a Spirit Merchant, died on August 3rd in 1881 at 6h30m am, aged 77 at Monkton & Prestwick. Her father was Dennis MARR, Ploughman, (deceased) and mother Margaret MARR, ms also FERGUSON (deceased) She died of heart disease, valvular which she had had for 2 years and doctor is listed as Mr Highet M13. JAMES TAIT, son in law was present and the death was registered on 3rd August 1881 at Prestwick. Hugh ????? was registrar I’ll be in touch again when I find anything else of interest. Regards, Tricia Page 1 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** E-mail, Patricia Steer I read your post on the AYR list and noticed that you have a JOHN MCCALL born 1824 in Scotland who married in Monkton in 1857. We have a JOHN MCCALL, born on 26th December 1823, son of JOHN MCCALL and JEAN/JANE MARR of Monkton. As far as we have been able to ascertain, JOHN and JEAN,(or JANE) had the following children: DAVID, born 11th September 1821 JOHN, born 26th December 1823 MARGARET, born 27th April 1828 DENNIS, born 1830 WILLIAM, born 28th February 1834 JAMES, born 12th September 1837 MARY, born 24th July 1841 JAMES married ELIZABETH BLAIR, had 7 children and migrated to Australia in 1876. JAMES was my Gt. Gt. Grandfather MARY married WILLIAM HALDANE in 1858 and had 2 children before WILLIAM died in 1865. We think that MARGARET married a TAIT and we know that she died in 1873, aged 46. Margaret , WILLIAM HALDANE ,are buried in the family grave in Monkton Cemetery, along with JOHN and JANE Sr. and several of their grandchildren. Do you have the marriage certificate of JOHN and JESSIE? If you do have it, does it say who his father was? If you think there may be any connection with your family, we would be delighted to hear from you. Happy New Year. Tricia in Aus. and Lesley in Japan Page 2 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** E-mail, Patricia Steer -----Original Message---- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of brent@bmgen.com Sent: Monday, 9 January 2006 3:32 AM To: AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AYR] MCCALL & GOURLAY This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCCALL GOURLAY Classification: Query Message Board URL: Message Board Post: Looking for information on this family. They moved to US just after the 1881 Census. PARENTS JOHN MCCALL Sr b. [1824] [, , , SCOTLAND] JESSIE GOURLAY B. [1828] [, , , SCOTLAND] m. [8 Jun 1857] [Monkton, Ayr, SCOTLAND] CHILDREN (M): [04 Mar 1858] [1872] ALEXANDER GOURLAY MCCALL (M): [28 Jun 1860] JESSIE MCCALL (M): [27 Jul 1862] [29 Jan 1929] DENNISON MCCALL (M): [24 Oct 1864] [1941] Henry FORSYTH MCCALL (M): [15 May 1867] [26 Dec 1962] JOHN MCCALL Jr (M): [03 Mar 1870] [09 Dec 1900] DAVID MCCALL Page 3 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** E-mail, Patricia Steer ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 4 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK **