Searching for relatives of William Blane(Blain) and Isabella Young. William was born in Old Cumnock 1835, christened at Monkton October 1835 - parents William Blane and Mary Pollock. William snr was an engineer. William and Isabella were married at Auchinleck 27 June 1856 and migrated to Australia in 1858. They had one child, Isabella who died on the voyage. Isabella's parents were Andrew Young (soldier) and Mary Dunn or Dunshie - she was born about 1836. William had siblings, Jean, Margaret, Robert (married Agnes McLachlan, Mary John, Marion, James. Appear to have lived around St Quivox and Newton and Auchinlech.

I don't know if there is a link or not however my Gr.Gr.Grandfather Robert Blain had a brother William Blain born in 1810, they were christened at Riccarton, Ayr. Their father Robert Blain married Margaret Tannoch on July 28, 1794 at St. Quivox @ Newton, Ayr.

Husbands Name John Tannock

Hi!, I don't know if there is a connection or if this information will help, but it may .
I had an ancester John Tannoch wife Mary Millar who lived in
Tarbolton.
I only have the date he was interned - 13th.august 1840
at woodend. The names of their children were Sarah, William,
John, Michael, Andrew, Helen, Mary.
I hope this information may be of some value to you.

Regard's Arthur Tannock
ps. The family name was spelled in census reports at times
Tannoch and at other times Tannock

My GGGG grandmother was Mary Tunnock born in the Parish of Tarbolton around 1766. She married Thomas Hall, a stockingmaker on 17th Dec 1791 at Newton Parish Church (sometimes called St Quivox), Ayr.
The spellings of 'Tunnock' vary - I have Tannock, Tannoch, Tinnach, Tinnack.

Since posting the original message new details have come to light - info on death certificates was not accurate.

Ther Marriage certificate states that William Blain aged 19 years married Isabella YOung aged 20 years at Auchinleck on 27th June 1856. William was the son of William Blain, engine keeper and Mary Wallace of Cumnock and Isabella was the daughter of Charles Young and Mary Pollock of Pottery Row, Sorn. Both mothers were deceased by this date.

Any assistance with this new information would be greatly appreciated.

My e-mail address has changed - it is now: garrbd@nru.com.au

Alexander Young joined Lt Col. Arcibold Montgomery`s 77th Highland Regiment in 1757 when it was formed and came to America where he stayed .Am looking for his origins and family in Scotland.--

I am anxious to know a little bit about any children of James Manson - as in a "swatch o' Manson's barrels" for I am doing a wee bit of research.

James Manson was, I believe, the Inn-keeper of the Tarbolton Inn in which Robert Burns was initiated into Freemasonry.

My American daughter-in-law has traced the family line back to an Ayrshire graveyard where lies James Manson - described as a cooper and I simply wondered whether they might be one and the same.

I'd be most grateful for any help which you could give me.

Rodger Manson ( from an Ayrshire family background though lived all my life in Gourock )

I have a William Tannock b 1841, son of David Tannock and Abigail Brown who farmed at Woodend Farm, Tarbolton. He married Jane Gibson McCall 1873 and had 9 children: David, John, William, James, Helen, Jane, Mary, Jessie, Andrew. I believe William descends from a John Tannock married to a Mary Millar who died 1840. I have a bit more if anyone wants to get in touch.