If William Mackway of Galloway
was 20 years old in 1721, his father and mother would have
been perhaps 40 which means they were born around 1670-80.
The people he left behind
must have attended some church. They usually kept good
records of births, marriages, baptism, deaths... Since he
was a schoolmaster could the church be the schools then? He
would need teacher training somewhere. What was the church
of Scotland around 1600-1700. Would the cemetaries have
Mackway graves?
My ancestry.com allows much of
this to be explored. That is how I got this far.
We need clues on churches and
schools in this area around Galloway. I do not know if he
came from that town - only that it was used in his papers.
Google map allows me to zoom in
on the country side and streets from here.
Hope I can still some of your
housecleaning time for these kind of searches.
Perhaps you will find a friend
who does this sort of thing. I have one is Towcester
Northamptonshire, Engand she did the church record search on
a Richard Waite who was a Baptist minister there.
Cousin Ralph
http://www.scotland.anglican.org/index.php/dioceses/diocese/glasgow_and_galloway/
searching through churches.found
some campbell
If William Mackway of Galloway
was 20 years old in 1721, his father and mother would have
been perhaps 40 which means they were born around 1670-80.
The people he left behind
must have attended some church. They usually kept good
records of births, marriages, baptism, deaths... Since he
was a schoolmaster could the church be the schools then? He
would need teacher training somewhere. What was the church
of Scotland around 1600-1700. Would the cemetaries have
Mackway graves?
My ancestry.com allows much of
this to be explored. That is how I got this far.
We need clues on churches and
schools in this area around Galloway. I do not know if he
came from that town - only that it was used in his papers.
Google map allows me to zoom in
on the country side and streets from here.
fun findings you might enjoy
Cousin Ralph
Hi. Good work.
The Scots were Presbyterians, and weren't fond of the
Anglican church.
People didn't necessarily get teacher's training in those
days. You got thru twelve years of school if you were
lucky, and then were considered ready to teach. There may
not be records available as to where William was schooled.
He very likely came from a poor to middle class family,
since he came to America indentured. University was
expensive, and I seriously doubt he could have afforded it.
It would be interesting to see if there are any records of
William's sons or grandsons fighting in the Revolutionary
War. Your grandchildren might like to have records that
their family participated in that struggle.
Internet VERY slow today.
AnnMarie
i have been digging up bones around
Galloway. found some curious things.
Did some work on Weinbauer history and found and copied census and
ship log documents.
It was interesting to me that both Louise and Sam lived in Maywood
Village and three of their children were born there.
Also wonder what church was in the middle that they might have
attended? Someone mentioned Lutheran Minister? Will check this out.
The distance from Maywood Village to Florence and the kids at 44
Hawthorne Place is 16 miles.
Wonder if grandparents Weinbauer ever visited the gkids? Mabel and
Estelle lived close by and had the time after mom's separation around
1908 they had 6 years to do it - Philipp d1917 and Johanna d1914. Wonder
if Eunie even met Weinbauer grandma and grandpa since she was born 1903
had until 1914 or 1917.
It would not be true for Pierre and Katherine Vaillancourt since they
died around 1900.
