The Tree of Me

Research can always be incorrect. I have previously written a post about Dashwood House at Newton Stewart but now need to write a followup as the house I thought was Dashwood isn't. I wanted to verify that my research (as it turns out an uneducated guess) was correct so I posted on the Facebook page of Newton and Minnigaff Memories.  You can see my post here.   Comments informed me that I was wrong. My earlier reasoning was incorrect and I didn't spend enough time in Newton Stewart to positively verify my work.  I was fortunate that a number of people replied to my post and one of them posted a photo of the Dashwood House for me. Further comments informed me that the Renwick family purchased from the Milroy family and held the property until about 1930 when the Nicholson family purchased the property.  Dashwood House, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland My Lineage: James Milroy & Elizabeth McGill, Jane Milroy, Jane Smith Fleming, Mary McColm, James Moore, Ron...

Dashwood House, Newton Stewart My 4G grandfather, James Milroy and his wife Elizabeth McGill lived at Dashwood House, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland from when they purchased it in 1879 until the death of Elizabeth in 1895. In July 2018, I drove through Newton Stewart and managed to find Dashwood House. I wish I had had more time to knock on the door of the business that occupies the building! A search in the British Newspapers Archive uncovered this advertisement in The Glasgow Herald,   about the sale of Dashwood House. (Monday 29 April 1895, p. 3) The solicitor W.M. Kelly - William Milroy Kelly - was the son of James and Elizabeth Milroy's daughter Elizabeth who had married Captain William Kelly, a Master Mariner. I hope the family received more than the upset price of £500 at the public roup (auction). A search for current information about Dashwood House, Newtown-Stewart reveals the following: Currently No 2 Queen Street, Dashwood Street is a listed building in Newton S...