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The Robertsons of Inches [sic, ?Inshes], near the town of Inverness, were a very old |
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Branch of our chiefs, a younger son having become a merchant there, who founded |
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the family. It is now owned by strangers, but the representative Mr. Robertson-Zegh, |
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is a Life Member, & a Vice-Pres. of our Clan Society -- and a very fine (aristocratic |
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in make) and true gentleman I have found him. |
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He rents a very nice little house on the ancient lands of our chiefs in Perthshire |
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(beneath Schiehallion), for the summer, but resides in winter on his wife's English |
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estate, which goes back to the 11th century. I do not think he would know more than |
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I have told you as to your own name. |
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If you think you belong to our Clan -- and I cannot contradict you -- |
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I should be pleased to receive you as a Member, & uphold your claim as a good one. |
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Kind wishes from |
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S. Robertson Mattheson (Mrs.) |
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Hon. Clan Sec. & Treas. |
Please ask anything more if you wish. |
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Clan Donnachaidh, which means the children of Duncan, emerged from the union |
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of the Scottish and Pictish kingdoms and counts amongst its forebears the Kindred of |
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St. Columba. http://www.donnachaidh.com |
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Clan Donnachaidh Centre, Bruar, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH18 5TW, Scotland |
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Glendevon, on River Devon; Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [n.w. of Edinburgh]. |
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The envelope was addressed to “George McAninch Esq. / Randolph N.Y. U.S.A.” |
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[Randolph, Cattaraugus County, western New York, east of Jamestown, New York] |
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Inche(s) – A derivation of the name Ingel or Engel, which in turn are a derivation of |
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the word Angel, who were a Germanic tribe who invaded England in the 5th and 6th |
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century. Ing is the name of one of the Germanic Gods or folk heros. In German Ang is |
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a nickname for a remarkably good person. http://www.donnachaidh.com/names.htm |
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Inshes "settlement" [Scotland Gazetter: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html] |
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Culloden (1745), followed by England’s very brutal ‘Clearances of the Highlands’ |
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Schiehallion: Located south east of Kinloch Rannoch in Perth and Kinross, this |
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mountain (1083m / 3552 feet) appears to have a perfect conical appearance from the |
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west and east, whereas from the north and south it appears as a whale-backed ridge. |
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Septs of the Clan Donnachaidh: Collier, Colyear, Dobinson, Donachie, Duncan, |
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Duncanson, Dunnachie, Inches, MacConachie, MacConnechy, MacDonachie, |
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Macinroy, MacIver, MacIvor, Maclagen, MacRobbie, MacRobie, MacRobert . . . |
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Names associated with the Clan Donnachaidh . . . |
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Glashin Inches Ivar Iver Iverson Ivirach Ivor Ivory Iwur Kindeace MacAver . . . |
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MacCondach MacCondachie MacCondachy MacCondochie . . . |
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MacHamish MacHenish MacHonichy . . . |
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MacInechy MacInroy MacIvar MacIver MacIverach MacIvirach MacIvor MacJames |
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MacJamis . . . http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/ntor/roberts.html |
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Wonder if any McAninch’s have actually joined the Robertsons in Clan Donnachaidh? |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XIII.n.1 January 2005 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2005-08 |