Surname Saturday - McIntosh

As I wait to take my godson to the Central Illinois Highland Games to celebrate our Scottish ancestry.  I decided it was only appropriate to do a little research on my ancestor that led me to explore my Scottish roots... Robert McIntosh.

Robert was born November 1820 in England.  However, his naturalization paperwork states he was  born in Ireland.   I know his mother's name was Elizabeth.  She was born abt 1790 in England and died between 1850 and 1860 in the United States.  All I know about her comes from a census record.  I know nothing of Robert's father.

Robert came to America in 1848 through the port of Philadelphia.  His wife, mother and three children would follow him to America  a couple of years later in 1850.  They would make there way to Illinois where there would make a home in Mason County Illinois for several decades before moving to Kansas with his youngest son in 1880.

It was in Kansas eight years later that Robert would pass away in April 1888 in Crawford County, Kansas.  Some day I will take a trip to find his resting place.

Several years ago while living in California, my husband and I attend a Highland Games event in Pleasanton.  It was there that I would recognize McIntosh as a Scottish ancestor.

So today I am introducing my godson who also has McIntosh in his veins to his Scottish heritage if all goes to plan.