Scotland. Cawdor Castle , Inverness
May 18th, 2013, 08:34 AM
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Scotland. Cawdor Castle , Inverness
On the trail of my family tree.
My great-great grandfather was a gamekeeper and worked on the Cawdor Estate in Leadenham Lincs and laterly the Stackpole Estate in Pembs.
His second wife was born in Kincardine O'Neil and they married in London.
I have no idea how they met but as Kincardine O'Neil is close- ish to the Cawdor Estate in Inverness I imagine that she and he may have worked there.
I would like to visit the Cawdor Castle as I am heading to the Black Isle for Whitsun.
I would really like to know if there are any photographs on display of the castle staff and I can't see this information on the website(not surprisingly)
Does anyone know how I can find this out?
With thanks
My great-great grandfather was a gamekeeper and worked on the Cawdor Estate in Leadenham Lincs and laterly the Stackpole Estate in Pembs.
His second wife was born in Kincardine O'Neil and they married in London.
I have no idea how they met but as Kincardine O'Neil is close- ish to the Cawdor Estate in Inverness I imagine that she and he may have worked there.
I would like to visit the Cawdor Castle as I am heading to the Black Isle for Whitsun.
I would really like to know if there are any photographs on display of the castle staff and I can't see this information on the website(not surprisingly)
Does anyone know how I can find this out?
With thanks
May 18th, 2013, 09:15 AM
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Have you tried e-mailing the castle to ask? You can find both an online contact form and an email adress here - http://www.cawdorcastle.com/more_info.cfm
The Cawdor estate archives are held privately (possibly at Cawdor?) and I'm not sure what access arrangments there are, but you can address enquiries via the National Register of Archives for Scotland: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a....asp?LR=800001
It is also possible that your great great grandmother moved away from Kincardine by going into service as a young woman and the couple met somewhere else, especially as they married in London.
Gamekeepers had to be licensed at quarter sessions in England and Wales, so you may be able to trace when he was appointed gamekepper at Leadenhall and Stackpole. I'm not sure about the legal situation in Scotland.
The Cawdor estate archives are held privately (possibly at Cawdor?) and I'm not sure what access arrangments there are, but you can address enquiries via the National Register of Archives for Scotland: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a....asp?LR=800001
It is also possible that your great great grandmother moved away from Kincardine by going into service as a young woman and the couple met somewhere else, especially as they married in London.
Gamekeepers had to be licensed at quarter sessions in England and Wales, so you may be able to trace when he was appointed gamekepper at Leadenhall and Stackpole. I'm not sure about the legal situation in Scotland.
May 18th, 2013, 09:18 AM
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I don't really think you can say that Kincardine O'Neil is near Cawdor, it's 80 miles away on the other side of the Cairgorm mountain range, which would have been a huge distance in your GGF's lifetime. I've done a lot of family tree research myself, and I have to say your theory is pretty tenuous, but you might want to check with Cawdor Castle in advance of your visit - you can contact them at: http://www.cawdorcastle.com/more_info.cfm
May 19th, 2013, 06:09 AM
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Thanks for this information, I'll email Cawdor Castle and the archives.
I had no idea that gamekeepers had to be licensed by the Quarter Sessions, but I do have a fair amount of information about my great great grandfather. He was born in Tarrant Gunville in Dorset but by the time he married ( for the first time) he was a gamekeeper in Leadenham in Lincolnshire.
Within five years they were living and working on the Stackpole Estate in Pembrokeshire. His wife died in 1873 having bourne him 7 children including my great grandfather.
He remarried the lady in question in 1877 in London. In 1871 she had been living and working as a general domestic servant in Fillychardoch in Tarland which is near Kincardine O'Neil.
I have no idea why London as they returned to live in Pembrokeshire where they had a further 4 children.
I suspect I'll never find out where they met but thanks for your help.
I had no idea that gamekeepers had to be licensed by the Quarter Sessions, but I do have a fair amount of information about my great great grandfather. He was born in Tarrant Gunville in Dorset but by the time he married ( for the first time) he was a gamekeeper in Leadenham in Lincolnshire.
Within five years they were living and working on the Stackpole Estate in Pembrokeshire. His wife died in 1873 having bourne him 7 children including my great grandfather.
He remarried the lady in question in 1877 in London. In 1871 she had been living and working as a general domestic servant in Fillychardoch in Tarland which is near Kincardine O'Neil.
I have no idea why London as they returned to live in Pembrokeshire where they had a further 4 children.
I suspect I'll never find out where they met but thanks for your help.
