Back to our Roots - I South-west Scotland

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Although Ann was born in Glasgow her grandparents came from Newton Stewart, Girvan and Dailly in south-west Scotland, so her ancestry on both her father and mother's sides links back to various towns and villages all around the south-west.

One of Ann's lines derives from Castle Kennedy. This is Inch Parish Church. Francis Galloway married Jean Dugall here in 1819 and their daughter Ann Galloway, a great-great grandmother to Ann, and who was born in 1820 was raised in Castle Kennedy before moving to Girvan when she married.

This is the ruins of the church at Old Dailly, about three miles inland from Girvan. There was a church on this site from around 1200. It was abandoned about 1800 when, with the industrial revolution, the new watermill and coal mines caused a population shift to the new village of Dailly a further three miles inland.

Another view of the old kirk and graveyard at Old Dailly with some very ancient graves.

A general view of the church and burial ground

Inside the ruined church with the camera pointing towards the altar.

This is the grave of a group of covenanters who were shot near here in 1695.

Penkill - One of Ann's lines leads back to Mains of Penkill, about half a mile from the old church, and where one of her great great grandfathers either farmed or worked as a farm labourer.

Lovestone - We had known that at least three generations of Ann's ancestors had lived at Lovestone, close to the old kirkyard, so were surprised to find that Lovestone was such a grand property, occupied by the laird of the estate. His wife confirmed that historically the seat of the estate was Bargany Castle and that in those days Lovestone was used as servants' accommodation, and that therefore Ann's ancestors would have been employees of her husband's ancestors.