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Garvie, Sept of Clan MacLean
The Garvies of Southern and East Africa
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Garvie, Sept of Clan MacLean
Family tradition maintains that the Garvies of Perthshire, Scotland are descended from John Garbh, seventh MacLean of Coll, through one of his sons, probably John of Totaronald. This son was wounded at the Battle of Inverkeithing in 1651, and did not return to Coll. His three sons (or grandsons) John, James and Patrick rented Upper Balgarvie, Lower Balgarvie, and Mill of Balgarvie in the parish of Scone, Perthshire from the Earl of Mansfield. Their descendants were tenants of Muitown, Haggis Hall and several other farms near Perth.
The largest branch of Garvies in southern and central Africa are descended from Laurance Garvie (1845-1918), the son of John Garvie and Janet Luke of Forteviot and Aberdalgie, Perthshire, Scotland, and Johanna Sutherland (1843-1928) from Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
There are five known branches of Garvie families in southern Africa. The five branches are:
Details and information regarding other lines may be obtained by email.
Garvie Newsletters and Documents
"Garvies of Scotland" by Colin G Garvie (2003 PDF edtion - 2.5Mb)
"The Garvie Surname, Notes" by Colin G Garvie
The
Newsletters archived here records the history of South African Garvie
research from 1987 onward. Note that earlier letters have dated and
possibly incorrect genealogical information. Some computer files have
been lost over the years. However the information here will be of
general interest to Garvie genealogists.
(To
download, Right Click and select Save Target As... These documents are
in PDF format. You will need the Adobe Reader to open these files.)
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Colin George Garvie at cgg@garvies.co.za