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By Roz, on November 25th, 2007% William was one of James Inglis‘ younger brothers, I have written about him before I think. He was tempted to Australia by James and took a position in a bank in Wilcannia (a town in New South Wales about 450 miles North West of Sydney) taking with him his wife and four young children Helen, Mary, Robert and William.
There is a transcription of a vivid account (given by Helen, using the name Daisy because her second name was Margaret) of life in Wilcannia and the death of their father, on rootsweb . . . → Read More: William Burnet Inglis 1851 – 1888
By Roz, on November 25th, 2006% One of the items we received last week was the book “Oor Ain Folk” by the Hon James Inglis. It’s subtitled “Being Memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack Aboot Auld Times” and was published in 1894.
I’ve finished reading it and enjoyed it very much. It concentrates on James’s father, the Reverend Robert Inglis, and his part in the “Disruption” of the Scottish Church in 1843, as well as a collection of anecdotes about his family and other characters in and around Glenesk (or Lochlee). Most (non-family) anecdotes seem to revolve around whisky, the drinking of . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk
By John, on November 4th, 2006% Just noticed on Friday night that two of Rev. Robert Inglis’ sons, John Knox and Thomas Chalmers, shared their first names with two notable Scottish churchmen. John Knox is known as the father of the Church of Scotland and may have been a “hero” of the Rev. Inglis while Thomas Chalmers started the Free Church in 1843. Rev. Robert Inglis was probably one of the 470 clergyman who broke away from the general assembly and joined him (in the 1851 census he is living in the Free Church Cottage and occupied as a Free Church Minister).
By John, on November 3rd, 2006% Last night we cleared up a little mystery on who the other Alexander Brand Inglis who appeared on various censuses was. He was the son of David Inglis, our ABI’s eldest brother, and was born in 1872. As he was listed on one census as being born in Scotland it was very easy to find him on Scotland’s People. His parents were David Inglis and Ann Brand and their marriage date was listed as 1868, also in Scotland. We found the marriage certificate and discovered that Ann Brand was the daughter of an Alexander Brand. Coincidentally, the grandfather of David . . . → Read More: Alexander Brand Inglis the Younger
By Roz, on October 31st, 2006% Task: To consolidate and confirm data regarding Alexander Brand Inglis
The weekend threw up loads up extra information on the Inglis family, which John dealt with. I chose therefore to take what we had learnt from secondary sources on the internet (especially rootsweb.com) and build up a better and more solid picture of Colin Inglis’ father Alexander Brand Inglis.
Firstly, looking at the rootsweb.com data from the other researcher I realised that we had his birth date and baptism date mixed up, so we rectified that. He was actually born on 26th January 1839. Also, according to the rootsweb.com . . . → Read More: Alexander Brand Inglis
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