Statistical Account of the Isle Cumbrae 1794 - Village Harbour & Roads
Village, Harbour and Roads.
Village, Harbour and Roads.
I have an ancestor Daniel Taylor, said to be in command of a 'Revenue Cutter' but I have as yet not found any information to verify this (relative's notes).
Daniel bap. 14 Oct. 1750 (Married Helen Lamont ? died 1797) and his brother John bap 25 Oct 1745, were the sons of Fergus Taylor. (Used to be remnants of his headstone at the top of the old cemetery in Millport).
No idea where they lived, but his daughter Jean married Robert Arbuthnot (Feuar in Millport) and their daughter Janet Arbuthnot b 1805 married Captain James Boyd (died South Africa 1841 when captaining the 'Ocean Queen London to Bengal - Calcutta). Their son James, lived in the Kames area - also a master mariner - lost at sea 1870 (married Jeanie Blair Hunter who as a widow lived near Keppel Pier).
Lorna Gartside
Audrey
The 1841 census shows
Archibald Crawford age 70, a pensioner, Revenue Service living with his wife, Jean also aged 70 in Cardiff Street.
According to the IGI site there was an Archibald Crawford born in Cumbrae 1772, this would fit the dates for the Archibald Crawford on the 1841 census.
You could then check the Church records for further information.
If you check Cardiff Street on the 1841 census; pick out the names of residents that you think are likely to be related to the officers and crew, then use that information to look for other records you can work back to getting some information.
11 Sep 2008 | 9:36:10
Audrey McCrone says
Looking for any information about the officers and crew of the Royal George, resident in Cardiff Street, around this time.