Hello all
A few years ago, I heard a family rumour to the effect that my family is directly descended from Flora Macdonald. To elaborate, apparently my great-aunt on my father's side, who attended Jordanhill Teacher Training College in Glasgow in around 1920, received a small grant/bursary based on her ability to trace her genealogy back to Flora. My father (who has since passed away) said that he didn't believe that the money was any sort of large sum, but may have been enough to buy a book or two! Unfortunately, everyone that might have been able to confirm or deny the story, including my great-aunt, has passed away.
I have viewed the admission records at Jordanhill (now of course the Education Campus of Glasgow Strathclyde University) but have been unable to find any information about this mystery grant. I did wonder if it was in any way linked to the Carnegie Trust, but they know nothing about it.
Has anyone else heard about this?
TIA
Ian
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Never heard of this but it sounds far-fetched enough to be true.
Wondering how they would have proved the genealogy though back then?
Maybe that's the hypotheses to test would it have been possible to trace a link to Flora in the 1920's.
Interested in your common Brown,Taylor & Ross family -my Browns- Ayr then Glasgow,my Taylors Fife,Edinburgh,Penicuik,Ross-Tain then Greenock & Glasgow.Any connections to those areas??
Wondering how they would have proved the genealogy though back then?
Maybe that's the hypotheses to test would it have been possible to trace a link to Flora in the 1920's.
Interested in your common Brown,Taylor & Ross family -my Browns- Ayr then Glasgow,my Taylors Fife,Edinburgh,Penicuik,Ross-Tain then Greenock & Glasgow.Any connections to those areas??
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
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Hello Ian,
I must admit that my reaction was similar to Joette. The people who would have made the decision to grant the bursary or whatever would have had no idea whether the paper was a result of thorough research or a complete fabrication. If she really was able to prove such a thing by research in the 1920s it should be a relative push over today. It sounds like the sort a thing a particularly nasty examiner would set as an examination question for every student. “Write an essay proving you are a direct descendant of Flora Macdonald.”
If the College had some sort of a yearly magazine of some description it is quite likely that special prizes and so on would have been mentioned therein. You would think the college library or archives would have retained copies of same. It’s possible there may even be copies within an external library or archive.
If the award was part of a yearly prize giving or graduation type of event it’s quite possible that the details were recorded in the local newspaper and if so may be findable if you have a reasonable idea of when it was. No doubt towards the end of the year. Sometimes these events might filter through to other cities and you could try the Scotsman search for your relatives name in combination with the college name at that time and see if there’s anything promising in the results. http://archive.scotsman.com/
Good luck,
Alan
I must admit that my reaction was similar to Joette. The people who would have made the decision to grant the bursary or whatever would have had no idea whether the paper was a result of thorough research or a complete fabrication. If she really was able to prove such a thing by research in the 1920s it should be a relative push over today. It sounds like the sort a thing a particularly nasty examiner would set as an examination question for every student. “Write an essay proving you are a direct descendant of Flora Macdonald.”
If the College had some sort of a yearly magazine of some description it is quite likely that special prizes and so on would have been mentioned therein. You would think the college library or archives would have retained copies of same. It’s possible there may even be copies within an external library or archive.
If the award was part of a yearly prize giving or graduation type of event it’s quite possible that the details were recorded in the local newspaper and if so may be findable if you have a reasonable idea of when it was. No doubt towards the end of the year. Sometimes these events might filter through to other cities and you could try the Scotsman search for your relatives name in combination with the college name at that time and see if there’s anything promising in the results. http://archive.scotsman.com/
Good luck,
Alan