Daily Archives: October 8, 2007

Hamilton Family History – Scotland to Co Donegal

Posted by Wendy on October 8, 2007 2 comments

One major aspect of my new soon-to-come site will the focus on the establishment of the branch of the Hamilton ‘clan’ that arrived in Co Donegal Ireland from Scotland back in the 16th century – mid to late 16th century actually.

This particular branch of the family were not plantationists but landowners – the land being granted to the original John Hamilton via King James in appreciation of the family’s loyalty to the crown.  Original settlement was Murvagh.

The family established themselves at this place before relocating to another nearby location where the family seat still stands today. Unfortunately no trace at all remains of the original dwelling, and in fact it’s exact location is not known. But having visited the area I can see that the elements have obviously played a part in that.

I will be focusing on Ballintra Co Donegal (Donegal Town pictured above) from the years of 1690 and onwards. Some of the surnames also associated with this branch of the Hamiltons are: Stewart, Pakenham, Creighton and Blackwood.

Pictured above: Donegal Town, Ireland.

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Your friends of the Air Ambulance

Posted by Wendy on October 8, 2007 No comments

I have always greatly admired the work and dedication of ambulance crews everywhere. They perform amazing feats of rescue and assistance with courage, skill and humanity. This is not just indicative of our roadside ambulance people, the crew and personnel of AeroCare provide a flight ambulance service that is second to none.

AeroCare is a flight ambulance that offers a first class worldwide air ambulance service for out patients in both emergency and non-emergency situations.  At the fore is their ethos that states the patient is of the utmost importance and their safety, comfort and well being should never be compromised.  They offer a 24 hour emergency and non emergency service that oversee’s the safe and effective transfer of patients to hospital, each flight is managed under the supervision of trained medical staff who are accredited with extensive experience.

AeroCare are specifically trained to look after critically ill people, and should you need them, your transport will be coordinated by highly experienced personnel so that your transfer goes smoothly.  Wherever you travel in the world AeroCare will be there when you need them.

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Does James speak French yet?

Posted by Wendy on October 8, 2007 No comments

Well, no actually he dosen’t. We get asked this question quite often since James has been attending ecole maternelle (nursery school) for a year now and many expect that he is fluent in the language. He can come out with the ‘bonjours’ and ‘au revoirs’ alright but he is yet to say anything of substance.

Some British parents here smugly claim that their children were conversing freely in French by the age of five after a few months of ecole maternelle, but I wonder how much truth is behind those claims. It takes a good while, in my 14 year old sons case 18 months, before he could understand and speak in French. And even after 4 years here nearly he is not fluent yet. Fluency is a different thing altogether.

I would say James has some comprehension of what his teacher and little friends say to him during the day, but he is being somewhat cautious about launching his own bi-lingual skills on the local public. He is only five after all.

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