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From: Alan Cairnie <>
Subject: [RossGen] HAALLs of Rosskeen
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 21:53:34 -0400


Peter, we had lost track of you for a while. I wanted to tell you that
I made some progress with my HALLs in Rosskeen, largely due to the
efforts of Donald MacLennan. He found the monument for the family in
the Rosskeen cemetery, and the inscriptions gave me a number of clues.
It turns out that James HALL, brought up and raising almost all of his
family in Limekilns in Fife, moved them to Rosskeen between 1836 and
census time in 1841. He was a shipowner and imported timber. His
youngest son later carried on the business and imported lime and coal as
well. Those could have come from Limekilns. Then around 1881 the
business closed down, perhaps because of the introduction of the railway
as a means of efficient transportation.

I have been able to deduce the names of some of the descendants of James
and his wife, but have not made a connection with the HALL family of
which you gave me particulars.

I expect to make my first visit to Rosskeen next week.

Alan Cairnie
Perth, Ontario


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