McCOLE, John
- Born: About 1900, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Marriage (1): SIMSON, Isabel 1 2 3
General Notes:
John was an only child, according to family sources. It is said he went to Canada to the home of his aunt Mary. He returned to Ireland about 1980 and visited his parents' graves at Drung, Donegal. 4
Research Notes:
DRUNG
Drung is situated between Quigley's Point and Moville on the western shore of Lough Foyle.
John married Isabel SIMSON.1 2 3 (Isabel SIMSON was born about 1750.)
Marriage Notes:
"Jonet (Ogilvy), married to William Gordon of Schivas, third son of George, second Earl of Huntly. They had a son, George Gordon of Gight, ancestor of Lord Byron. Jonet had a lease from the Abbey of Arbroath of certain teinds in the parishes of Tarves
and Fyvie, 7 October 1526."
from Scots Peerage (vol 2)
"William (Gordon), who, in 1490, exchanged with his brother Adam the lands of Aboyne for those of Schivas. He was killed at Flodden, having married Janet Ogilvy, daughter of the Laird of Boyne, and was ancestor of the Gordons of Gight, from whom the famous Lord Byron descended."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
"He (William Gordon) married Janet Ogilvie (who was alive in 1511), daughter of the laird of Boyne ..."
from Gight 1 2 3
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