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Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland



 


Notes:
Lochearnhead is a village in Perthshire on the A84 Stirling to Crianlarich road at the foot of Glen Ogle, 14 miles north of the Highland Boundary Fault. It is situated at the western end of Loch Earn where the A85 road from Crieff meets the A84.



Scottish Highlands Balquhidder (from the Gaelic 'the farm in the back-lying country'), is a small village of about 200 inhabitants in a glen extending 9 miles west to mountainous terrain north of Loch Katrine and south of Ben More.



Balquhidder - Scottish Gaelic: Both Chuidir or Both Phuidir is a small village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is overlooked by the dramatic mountain terrain of the 'Braes of Balquhidder', at the head of Loch Voil. Balquhidder Glen is also popular for fishing, nature watching and walking.



Rob Roy MacGregor, 18th century Scottish patriot, folk hero and outlaw, sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood. He was buried in Balquhidder Church yard. Rob Roy lived and died in Balquhidder. After his principal creditor, James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose seized his lands, Rob Roy waged a private blood feud against the duke until 1722, when he was forced to surrender. Later imprisoned, he was finally pardoned in 1727. He died in his house at Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder, on 28 December 1734.



Balquhidder, County of Perth, OSA, Vol. VI, 1793

http://stataccscot.edina.ac.uk/static/statacc/app/index.html#/viewer/osa-vol6-Parish_record_for_Balquhidder_in_the_county_of_Perth_in_volume_6_of_account_1/?search=Balquhidder

Surviving Kirk session records for this parish:

Minutes 1710?1736

Collections and Disbursements 1724?1739

Latitude: 56.383, Longitude: -4.283


Birth

Matches 1 to 27 of 27

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Fisher  Aug 1776Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I25182
2 Fisher, Jannet  Jan 1804Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I18904
3 Fisher, John  1737Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I18896
4 McDonald, Robert  1808Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I43895
5 McIntryre, Cathrine  1790Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I43438
6 McIntyre, Catherine  1774Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27465
7 McIntyre, Christian  Feb 1777Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27519
8 McIntyre, Donald  1 Nov 1747Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27473
9 McIntyre, Donald  1798Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54151
10 McIntyre, Duncan  1788Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54146
11 McIntyre, Duncan  1790Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27467
12 McIntyre, Elisabeth  Sep 1785Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27522
13 McIntyre, James  1793Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54149
14 McIntyre, Janet  1781Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54147
15 McIntyre, Janet  May 1783Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27466
16 McIntyre, John  1796Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54150
17 McIntyre, John Thomas  1790Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27470
18 McIntyre, Katharine  Aug 1754Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27526
19 McIntyre, Malcom  Jul 1793Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27520
20 McIntyre, Malcom  1802Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54152
21 McIntyre, Mary  Oct 1787Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27523
22 McIntyre, Patrick  1781Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54148
23 McIntyre, Patrick  Mar 1781Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27521
24 McLaren, John  8 Oct 1808Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I12895
25 McLaren, Peter  22 Mar 1779Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I13400
26 McLaren, Big Peter  Abt 1813Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I13589
27 McNab, Grace Buchanan  24 Nov 1818Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I31537

Christening

Matches 1 to 23 of 23

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Christening    Person ID 
1 Fisher  25 Aug 1776Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I25182
2 Fisher, Jannet  15 Jan 1804Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I18904
3 Fisher, John  5 Apr 1737Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I18896
4 McDonald, Robert  30 Apr 1808Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I43895
5 McIntryre, Cathrine  24 Oct 1790Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I43438
6 McIntyre, Catherine  13 Dec 1774Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27465
7 McIntyre, Christian  13 Feb 1777Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27519
8 McIntyre, Donald  18 Nov 1798Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54151
9 McIntyre, Duncan  13 Apr 1788Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54146
10 McIntyre, Duncan  8 Jun 1790Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27467
11 McIntyre, Elisabeth  11 Sep 1785Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27522
12 McIntyre, James  10 Aug 1793Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54149
13 McIntyre, Janet  22 Apr 1781Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54147
14 McIntyre, Janet  11 May 1783Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27466
15 McIntyre, John  20 Mar 1796Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54150
16 McIntyre, John Thomas  8 Jun 1790Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27470
17 McIntyre, Katharine  26 Aug 1754Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27526
18 McIntyre, Malcom  27 Jul 1793Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27520
19 McIntyre, Malcom  31 Jan 1802Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54152
20 McIntyre, Mary  14 Oct 1787Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27523
21 McIntyre, Patrick  Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27472
22 McIntyre, Patrick  1 Apr 1781Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27521
23 McIntyre, Patrick  6 Dec 1781Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I54148

Death

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 McIntyre, Christian  Bef 1779Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27519

Land & Property-Witness

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Land & Property-Witness    Person ID 
1 McIntyre, Donald  1793Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland I27473

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