Clan Donnachaidh - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: ROBERT ROBERTSON and EUPHEMIA GALBRAITH AFFLECK

Fraser_Robertson — 2010-02-28 16:58:43Z

Hi
I am trying to find information of a John Robertson born 1809, father James. I do not know of his birth place but know that his father, James, was classed as a gent and John became on architect in London first working for John Claudius Louden and thereafter for Joseph Paxton, later Sir, at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.
Do you have any information on Roberts brother who might be the John I am looking for.
Best regards
Fraser

ROBERT ROBERTSON and EUPHEMIA GALBRAITH AFFLECK

josieandmac — 2009-07-19 22:13:01Z

I am trying to establish whether my gg grandfather, Robert Robertson (b.1807 Stewarton, Ayrshire)was from the Clan Donnachaidh. The funeral notice of his wife Euphemia Galbraith Affleck (b. 1810 Ayr, Ayrshire)reads as follows:
"ROBERTSON - On the 31st December at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr John McNeil, "St Vincent", High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria. Euphemia Robertson nee Euphemia Affleck, eldest daughter of the late William Affleck, of Ayr, Scotland, and widow of the late Robert Robertson, grandson of the last Laird of Straun, Perthshire, Scotland, of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Kilmarnock, Scotland, aged 90 years. Home papers please copy."
Robert Robertson's parents were:
James Robertson (c 1779 Stewarton)/Jean Boyd (1780 Beith)
James's parents were:
Robert Robertson (c1742 Stewarton/Jean Steel(1745 Stewarton)
Robert's parents were:
James Robertson (1718)/Janet Brown (1715 Stewarton)
James's father was:
James Robertson (c 1684 Craigie)

Re: Surname : Donachie

Theresa743 — 2008-12-29 00:26:00Z

Hello! The Clan Donnachaidh is from the Highlands of Scotland. Robertson is the main name; but Roberts,Duncan,Reid and many others are included. They have a web site and a center in Pitlochry, Scotland. Happy researching! T. Roberts

Re: Surname : Donachie

foxygrrl — 2008-12-22 23:19:24Z

My mother was a Dunachie. Her ancestors originated from Ireland, and her great grandfather started off as Mickel or Michael Donahoe or Donagho. He was born in County Mayo in 1840, and he moved to Scotland where at some point his name changed to Dunachie. He died in 1872, and his son, James carried on the Dunachie name.

Margaret Simpson

Re: Robertsons from Calvine, Blair Atholl, Perthshire

2006-10-11 22:15:40Z

New Duncan website

2005-03-01 09:20:54Z

I have just found a very good new Duncan website that may be of interest to all of that name, the URL is:
http://www.clan-duncan.co.uk

I hope that it is of some help to members.

Barry.

Surname : Donachie

2003-11-13 21:44:32Z

I am looking for any information on the surname Donachie
Sept to the Clan Donnachaidh (Robertson).

Where they lived, when or why the name was changed from Donnachaidh to Donachie. Current variations of the surname
(ie. Dunachy, Donachy, Donacie, etc.) Migration patterns.

This is in connection with my surname research, and Y-DNA
match list.

Robert Donabie
Ontario, Canada

Re: Tonnochy

2003-10-27 11:54:25Z

Thanks for your reply Robert. I haven't really considered DNA. Loma

Re: Tonnochy

2003-10-27 11:35:45Z

You are probably in the same boat as me. My surname Donabie is also connected to the Clan Donnachaidh (Robertson), but may have evolved from Donachie or Dunachie or Dobbie. Your last name Tonnachy is in the same catagory Donachie, Donachy, Conachy, Connachy, Connochy, and may have been changed after the battle of Culloden to avoid persecution by the English.

Have you ever thought of Y-DNA testing to verify a Clan connection or find other decendants?

I am participating in the Clan Donnachaidh DNA Project and
have signed up to Rootsweb Clan & Decendants Project.
Perhaps others who are direct relatives to you but have similar but different last names will find you through this process.

Robert Donabie
(Donaby, Dunaby, Danabie)

Tonnochy

2003-10-27 11:10:17Z

I have often wondered about our family name. "Tonnochy" always is listed as being a Clan name but we have never heard of any other Tonnochys apart from a very few families world wide that are our immediate family. Are there in fact other Tonnochys around and alive today or are we the last of them?

Robertsons from Calvine, Blair Atholl, Perthshire

2002-05-31 19:25:06Z

Hi all,

I'm currently researching some of my ancestors, a Robertson family from Perthshire, and I wondered if anyone might be able to offer me any assistance in tracing them further. I've hit a bit of a brick wall due to the large numbers of Robertsons in Blair Atholl Parish, where my ancestors came from, and so it's hard to tell which family is which.

My great great great grandmother was one Jessie Robertson, wife of George MacFarlane, Gardener, Dunbar. She was born in 1813 at Calvine Farm, Blair Atholl Parish, and her parents were Donald Robertson, sheep farmer at Calvine, and Isabella Stewart (from her death certificate.) They had four other children, including a son Duncan, and all of them were born in Calvine.

In doing some research into the family on the web, I found that there was a very old family of Robertsons who had been at Calvine farm for centuries. However, not wanting to jump to conclusions about the origins of my family, and realizing that they could simply have moved from one farm to another, I don't want to just assume that they are members of the Calvine line. So I was wondering if there is anyone out there who knows a bit about the Robertson clan history, who might be able to help me push this line back further? For example, does anyone know who owned Calvine at the time (presumably among their papers there might be some reference to tenancy agreements with such individuals as my ancestors?)

I really would appreciate any help anyone might be able to give me regarding this!

Thanks,

Andrew Simpson

Clan Donnachaidh museum

grizdunn — 2002-05-03 23:28:10Z

What is happening to the Clan Donnachaidh museum that is located near Pitlochry? Why did it close this year? I and my sons traveled to Scotland on vacation in September; we were looking forward to visiting the museum, but only the store was open. Even so, we had a very interesting discussion with the gentleman who was in charge.

Re: Rannochburn

2002-02-16 10:32:53Z

An article by James E. Fargo on "Dunalastair Burial Ground" at
http://www.robertson.org/dunalastair.html
describes the burial site of two Donnachaidh chiefs.

Rannochburn

delchristien — 2002-02-15 10:01:23Z

I have it written that the cemetery for the Robertson chiefs was at Rannochburn.......does that sound familiar to anyone and where would that be?

Scottish Clan DNA Testing

jahansen — 2002-01-31 02:08:35Z

Castles

jahansen — 2001-12-19 00:24:50Z

Events, Gatherings and Reunions

jahansen — 2001-12-18 05:18:26Z

Dear All:

This thread is intended for any news, schedules, and updates
of planned Gatherings, Highland Games or Reunions for
the Clan, Related Family , Surnames and the Associations.

Please reply to this post and change the subject heading to
the name of the group that is posting the news. Then
keep that thread current with the news etc of your Clan,
Related Family , Surname, or Association.

The benefit of having your own thread here is that you can
post the URL in newsletter or emails etc to newsgroups or
mailing lists etc. That way, any interested parties of the
Clan, Related Family , or even a unique family group can
always come to your own thread for news of the latest events.

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Please feel free to post this notice to other surname
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URLs and References Web Sites

jahansen — 2001-12-16 01:42:08Z

Dear All:

This thread is intended for posting of current URLS of other
web-sites that have information on the history or information
on the Surname or Clan. These web sites can include
archives, libraries, or just the Clan or Sept web site etc
So Clan Secretaries can keep this thread current or just
a interested member of the surname that has the
web site for their own family.

Please reply to this post and change the subject heading to
the name of the web site that is posting the news. Then keep that
thread current with news etc of your web site ( change of
address etc)

The benefit of having your own thread here is that you can
post the URL in newsletter or emails etc to newsgroup or
mailing lists etc. That way, any interested parties of the
Clan, Sept, or even a unique family group can always come
to your own web site for news and information.

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Please feel free to post this notice to other surname
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Clan and Associations postings

jahansen — 2001-12-12 02:54:18Z

Dear All:

This thread/topic is intended as a forum for the
Clan to post their Notices and the Clan Associations
to post their web sites, notices of meetings and
gatherings. Even Newsletters ( by permission of the
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The correct procedure for posting here is to:
A: do a reply to this message. Erase the subject heading
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C: Follow on postings are then replied to that unique
association. I would think that subject and dates
would then be appropriate subject headings.

The intention is to allow the Clan to have a thread
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Ancestors postings

jahansen — 2001-12-11 04:42:49Z

Dear All:

Please start a separate sub-thread for each Clan ancestor.

The thread on this board (and the mailing list) is intended for
comments, hints on how to locate, and discussions
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their finding on the Clan ancestors.

Please do not use this board for merely looking for
recent descendants. That function is better in the
Surname message boards and mailing lists.

Use the standard procedure in the subject header of
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NAME > location > dates

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Re: Admin-guidelines for posting

jahansen — 2001-12-11 01:36:26Z

Admin

jahansen — 2001-12-10 21:49:57Z

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Scottish Clan Research and Events

jahansen — 2001-12-07 04:37:43Z