Dorothy Wharton searching MITCHELLs, has a chart of Mitchells coming from Ayrshire from the present day back to 1654. One branch is American.

Hi Dorothy,my GGGgrandmother was Mary Mitchell who was married to Joseph Holmes.They had a daughter Jane born in Girvan Ayrshire in about 1852.Do you have any information on Mary Mitchell or her husband.Thanks,Don.

Sorry, no one of that name appears in my researches. Nearly all my Mitchells come from the Cumnock and Irvine areas. Good luck, Dorothy.

Hello Dorothy, I have a James Mitchell b. abt. 1815, Cumnock, Ayr. He married Helen Kerr b. abt. 1817. They had nine children with all but 3 (I believe) coming here to America. The first child born in 1839. They are James, Mary, Robert, Agnes, William N., John, Hugh, Helen and Martha. Would you perhaps have this family in your file?
Sandi

At first glance, I don't think I have your Mitchells. However, most of my lot came from Cumnock, and James is a common name throughout, as is Robert. The only Mitchell I have going to America was Andrew, who emigrated in 1753 to Philadelphia and who was for some time a major in the New York Militia during the Revolutionary War. His grandson, William, founded Kendallville in Indiana. I will have a good look through my stuff and see if I can come up with anything - in earlier times Cumnock was not that large a place and one would imagine that Mitchells might be connected in some way. I'll see what I can do. Best wishes, Dorothy

Hello Dorothy, Thank you for taking the time to reply. I also appreciate very much you taking the time to search for me. James and Helen and 3 daughters stayed in Scotland. The rest migrated.
Sandi

Hello Dorothy, I've been able to check the 1881 British Census and I found James and Helen (Kerr) Mitchell living in Gate Loge, Tarbolton, Ayrshire. They had a daughter Helen and 5 grand children residing with them. Hope this will be on some help.
Sandi

Hello Sandi,
My great grandfather is one of your Mitchells, Hugh, son of James Mitchell and Helen Kerr. Hugh emigrated from Tarbolton to LaSalle County, Illinois in 1888. In fact, I have a picture of his sister, Agnes Mitchell McConnell next to my keyboard right now. Do you have information about Helen and James' marriage? Or any specifics of James' parents, James Mitchell and Mary Cameron? Family information gives the date of James' birth as 10 April 1817, but haven't been able to document that.
Mary

Hello Mary,
Agnes is my husbands great grandmother. My mother in law remembers her talking with a "brogue". (sic) I haven't found a marriage date for James and Helen but I may have found who Helen's parent's were. As for James birth date, I found James, Helen, daughter Helen and numerous grandchildren in the 1881 British Census and his age is listed as 66. As census go, that could be right on or way off. I've checked the IGI files and can't come up with a marriage. You said Hugh came here in 1888. William came in 1871 and Agnes said she came in 1874. She married James McConnell in 1877. You gave me a huge bit of information. I didn't know who James' parents where. Still trying to track down Martha who married a Cossar and resided in Africa. Do you know anything about her? Will gladly share what I have.
Sandi

In reply to Mary Breer's posting about the MITCHELL's, I notice she replied directly to the AYRSHIRE rootsweb list, and I'm wondering whether Sandi and Mary (who left their messages on the Message Board) will see the reply.or not.

My grandfather, William MITCHELL, was born in Tarbolton area in 1857, but his parents and grandparents before him were known by the surname MITCHELSON - not MITCHELL - and they came into Ayrshire by way of Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfries-shire. The Mitchelsons were enumerated in New Cumnock in the 1851 Census.

One of my grandfather's brothers, Charles, married a Marion COSSAR of Carmichel, Douglas, Lanark.

Another brother, John Mitchell, married a Janet Caldwell SMITH from Tarbolton, Ayr

His sister Janet Mitchell married a Hugh MUIR from Straiton, Ayr.

Regards
Irene Mitchell, B.C.