Lismore, Duror, or both?

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NadineS
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Lismore, Duror, or both?

Post by NadineS » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:08 pm

Good Morning,

I'm hoping someone with knowledge of this area can help me.

I have a marriage of John McColl to Sarah Buchanan 16 Feb 1834.
The IGI extract states the place of marriage as Lismore and the SP document states Duror.

I'm not sure, but I thought these were different places. :roll:

There are SO many Buchanans in Lismore, Appin and Duror, it's
mind boggling!

Thanks for any help,
Nadine

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Post by emanday » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:21 pm

Hi Nadine,

Actually, both could be correct! Since the majority of OPR entries are of the Banns being called and not the actual marrige, the IGI might be listing the banns in one of the people's home parishes, and SP is listing the one for the other person's home parish.

That said, one of the listings might actually be the marriage date itself, if the minister added that information later.

There are examples of THREE parish entries, where the banns have been called in both home parishes AND in the parish they got married in (if different).
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Post by NadineS » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:41 pm

Thank you so much, Mary!

Nadine

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Post by AndrewP » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:51 am

Hi Nadine,

Lismore was the original parish name. The church was on the Island of Lismore, at the end closest to Appin (part of the same parish on the mainland). In 1749, a church was built in Appin. Presumably at this time, the parish became known as Lismore and Appin - that is the name given in the 1840s Statistical Accounts for Scotland for that parish. A "government" church was opened in Duror, a district of Appin, about 9 miles from Appin Church (possibly in 1833, or at least that is when the earliest records date from). The Duror church was attached to the districts of Duror and Glencoe quoad sacra. The civil parish, while including the quoad sacra parish retained the name Lismore and Appin.

(Information from the 2nd Statistical Account of Scotland, Lismore and Appin parish)
online at: http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/

It looks like the LDS have used the traditional name for the whole parish as Appin for their index. GROS, and hence ScotlandsPeople seem to have used the separate titles for Appin & Lismore, and Duror.

The actual registers are as follows.

525. LISMORE, APPIN AND DUROR
525/1
Lismore: B 1758-1819, M 1777-1801, D -
Appin: B 1751-1819, M 1767-1819, D -
525<sup>1</sup>/2
Lismore and Appin: B 1819-54, M 1821-54, D -
525<sup>4</sup>/1
Duror: B 1833-54, M 1833-54, D -


Presumably the marriage (or at least the calling of the banns) you mention was in the government church in Duror, and is recorded in the Old Parochial Register (OPR) 525<sup>4</sup>/1.

All the best,

AndrewP

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Post by NadineS » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:16 pm

Thanks Andrew. That makes it clearer.
Now after reading the Statistical Account, it's no wonder I'm having trouble keeping the families straight.
It says that people from Lismore rarely married outside of the parish and practically everyone is related! I just wish that at least one person would have had an original name for even one of their children :!: :D

Regards,
Nadine