Campbell or M'Oran

Campbell or M'Oran

Male Abt 1645 -

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  • Name Campbell or M'Oran  [1
    Born Abt 1645  Melfort Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I1573  Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 

    Family Nancy Haldane 
    Married Between 1670 and 1675 
    Children 
     1. M'Oran Campbell, of Inchanoch  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 
    Family ID F0697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • According to family tradition, the name, more correctly McCorran, was taken by young Campbell of Melfort who, during the later half of the seventeenth century had to leave Argyll in a hurry having killed a man named MacColl He went to Menteith and took service under the Earl who rewarded him with the farm of Inchanoch. He married a Miss Haldane, neice to Haldane of Lanrick and the family prospered. They were very much mindful of their Argyllshire connections and two of the farms they reclaimed from the Moss were named Easter and Wester Lorne. Once away from the area, members of the family resumed the name Campbell, among them being the families of Campbell of Tullichewan and of Campbell Adamson of Stracathro which included the British Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Apparently the local people used to say

  • Sources 
    1. [S03270] Heraldry of the Campbells by G. Harvey Johnston.