Genealogy - Family Tree McCARA, MACARA, McARA
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McCARA, MACARA, McARA: Dunbartsonshire & Renfrewshire, Scotland
Descendants of John McCARA (See notes below)
1 John McCARA
...+Isobel ROBISON
...2 Duncan MACARA - b: Abt. Sep 1774 Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
...2 Ann MACARA - b: Abt. Nov 1775 Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
...2 Margaret MACARA - b: 19 Apr 1778 Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
......+James SAYERS, son of John SAYERS or SAYER and First wife UNKNOWN?; of Huguenot descent
........3 Isabella SAYERS (a.k.a. Isabella SAWER, Isobel SAWER, Isobel SAYERS, Isabella SAYLERS, Isobel SAYLERS) - b: 5 Dec 1800 West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Christened); m: 26 Dec 1824 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d: 15 Jun 1855 the School-house, East Taieri, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand - Death Notice
...........+Alexander GEBBIE - b: Abt. 1803; d: aft. 28 Feb 1856
........3 Janet SAYERS - b: Bef. 21 Nov 1802 Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Bapt/Christened)
...........+Robert BIGGART
........3 Margaret SAYERS or SAWYERS - b: 19 Mar 1806 West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Bapt/Christened); d: 12 Mar 1880 Moray Villa, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Buried: Dumbarton Cem., Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Newspaper Obituary (57 KB)
...........+William SMITH - b: Bef. 16 Feb 1806 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, son of David SMITH & Sarah BLACK; d: 3 Mar 1854 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Buried: Dumbarton Cem., Dunbartonshire, Scotland 1880 - Newspaper Obituary (57 KB)
(Siblings of William SMITH: John SMITH, Chr. 18 Feb 1799; David SMITH, Chr. 31 Jan 1804)
...2 Duncan MACARA - b: 1 May 1782
In Dunbartonshire, Scotland: MACARA & SAYERS
James SAYERS was the son of John SAYERS or SAYER and (First wife) UNKNOWN? & said to be of Huguenot descent.
His father, (John SAYERS or SAYER), became a weaver, rented a workplace in Greenock on the "North Side of Tobago Street, within the Western Barony of Greenock, Old parish Greenock" (during his second marriage?)
James SAYERS married Margaret MACARA on 1 Jun 1798 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
She was the daughter of John McCARA (McARA, McCARA, or MACARA) & Isobel ROBISON.
James SAYERS had the following occupations:
01 Jun 1798 - Sawyer, West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire ("Sawyer - one who saws; carpenter");
07 Dec 1800 - Wright, res. Cartsdyke, Greenock, Renfrewshire ("Wright - workman, especially a construction worker");
23 Mar 1806 - Boatman, West Greenock;
27 Nov 1808 - Mariner; later Ship Captain.
The daughters of James & Margaret (Isabella, Janet & Margaret?) inherited a lease on a weaving shed from their grandfather John SAYERS. (Was this the weaving shed referred to above, on the "North Side of Tobago Street, within the Western Barony of Greenock, Old parish Greenock"?)
Who were the mother & siblings of
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Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Parish (GENUKI)
Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Village (GENUKI)
The Clan MacRAE Society of North America
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (GENUKI)
East Taieri Church, Manse & School,
Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
East Taieri School, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (GENUKI)
Greenock, East, Middle, and West Parishes (GENUKI)
Mooltan, Passenger Arrivals,
Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 1848-1851
The Old West Kirk Greenock (Renfrewshire, Scotland)
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