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Previous | Contents | Next According to Wikipedia the Lamont clan controlled most of the remote and rugged Cowal Peninsula in South Western Scotland, although they did so in contention with Clan Campbell, with whom they had a rocky relationship. When I say Cowal was “remote” I mean it. Even today its population is ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next Considering that their eldest child was my maternal grandmother, I know very little about Jack and Olivia Lamont’s family. Nor do I know how Olivia (Tottie) lived or worked after Jack died, aged 27, just seven years after they were married. So this little is all I know, or ... Read more
Contents But then I realised that Nana McCarroll didn’t come from Ireland. She was born in New Zealand. Her family were the Lamonts. We saw them every now and then. Uncle Cam, Doreen, Olive… NEXT If you have feedback, corrections, photos, or can help fill in the gaps on these ... Read more
Previous | Contents | This is the action in which Tottie’s youngest son, Marshall, died. § New Zealand History writes that in terms of lives lost in a single day, the attack on Bellevue Spur was probably the greatest disaster in New Zealand’s history. An attack on 9 October by British and Australian ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next Opotiki, June 6, 1890I have often thought of writing down the things that interest me most so that I would look back and see what happened in the past. I am 43 years old today, so there is no danger of any romantic bosh. At present a few of ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next The Sisams Tottie’s paternal grandfather was English. So was his wife Caroline. Henry Sisam is recorded in the 1861 census as a miller employing six men and a boy. The Arrow Mill, on the River Arrow in Warwickshire, is “presumed” to be on the site of one mentioned in ... Read more