Church of Scotland Records
Down to Baptisms and Marriages in Entre Rios
Down to Baptisms in the Scottish Church 1914-18
Down to Baptisms in the Scottish Church Bahia Blanca 1922-1932
As the Scottish communities grew in Buenos Aires
and provincial centres, so presbyterian churches were established in major
centres, and ministers of the Church of Scotland were appointed to charges,
either to a particular church or with a remit to visit on a regular or occasional
basis those Scots dispersed over large provinces. St. Andrew’s Church in Buenos
Aires was founded in 1833, and was followed among others by churches at Florencio
Varela, Chascomus, Jeppener and Bahia Blanca through into the early 20th
century. Scots in Patagonia Austral were served by occasional visiting ministers.
Very extensive records of baptisms, marriages and burials survive, as do items
such as subscription lists and communion rolls. James Dodds’ “Records of the
Scottish Settlers in the River Plate and Their Churches” is an essential published
source.
Chascomus: The Rancho Kirk and St. Andrew’s Church
Over a hundred miles south of Buenos Aires, Chascomus
and its extensive territories became an important area of Scottish settlement.
A chapel, Rancho Kirk, was built on the Adela estancia in 1857 and was followed
in 1872 by St. Andrew’s Church in Chascomus.
Reverend M P Ferguson
St Andrew's Church, Chascomus
St Andrew's Church, Chascomus
The Chascomus
Communion Roll up to 1884
| Mr.
& Mrs.George Burnett, San Felipe |
1873 |
| Mrs.
Henry Bell, San Felipe |
Mr.
Thomas Bruce, sr., Valle Sta. Ana |
| Mr.&
Mrs. James Dodds, Adela |
Miss
Olivia Ayliffe, Las Mulas |
| Mr.&Mrs.Ninian
Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Miss
Annie M’Kiddie, Las Mulas |
| Mr.&Mrs.Samuel
M’Gaul,Laguna las Padres |
Mr.
Jas. Allan, jr., San Roberto |
| Mr.&Mrs.
Geo. Sheill, Las Mulas |
Mr.
John Donaldson, San Roberto |
| Mr.&Mrs.Joseph
Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Mr.
Michael Henry, Adela |
| Mrs.
Thomas Bruce, Valle Sta. Ana |
Mr.
Wm.Bell, Las Mulas |
| Mr.&Mrs.Hugh
Robson, Esperanza |
Miss
Luisa Blake, Chascomus |
| M.r
& Mrs. Wm. Dodds, Adela |
1874 |
| Mr.
& Mrs. Robert Burnett, San Felipe |
Miss
Ellen Balleny, Sta. Elena |
| Mr.
John Young, San Felipe |
Mr.
Robert Bruce, Chascomus |
| Mr.
& Mrs. John Dodds, Las Mulas |
Mr.
Robert Hope, Chascomus |
| Mr.
Thomas Black, San Pedro |
Miss Lizzie Dodds, Las Mulas |
| Mr.
John Purvis, Valle Sta. Ana |
Mr.
Archibald Auld, Chascomus |
| Mr.
James Harrow, Magdalena |
Mr.
James Church, Espartillar |
| Mr.
James Bell sr. Valle Sta. Ana |
1875 |
| Mr.&
Mrs. James Greig, Las Mulas |
Mr.&Mrs.
Geo. Bruce, Chascomus |
| Mrs.
James Bell, sr., Valle Sta. Ana |
Mrs.
Neill Black, Chascomus |
| Mr.
& Mrs. James Sinclair, Adela |
Miss
Mary Robson, Esperanza |
| Mr.&
Mrs. Geo. Cribbs, Valle Sta. Ana |
Mr.
Geo. W. Ferguson, Adela |
| Mr.
James Blackhall, Adela |
Miss
Janet Allan, San Roberto |
| Mr.
George Foggo, San Felipe |
Miss
Agnes M’Revie, Chascomus |
| Mr.&
Mrs. John Grant, San Pedro |
Miss
Elizabeth Purvis, Las Mulas |
| Rev.&
Mrs. M.P.Ferguson, Chascomus |
1876 |
| Miss
Catherine Crampton, Adela |
Miss
Grace Burnett, San Felipe |
| Mr.
Robert Harvey, Las Mulas |
Miss
Annie Johnstone, Las Mulas |
| Mr.&
Mrs. John Hattrick, Las Mulas |
Miss
Elisabeth Robson, Esperanza |
| Mr.&
Mrs. Roderick Cameron, Las Mulas |
Miss
S. Manzano, Esperanza |
| Mr.
John Anderson, Espartillar |
Mr.
James Dodds, Las Mulas |
| Mr.
Joseph Shillinglaw, Espartillar |
Mr.
John M’Cargo, Las Mulas |
| Mr.
Andrew Shillinglaw, Espartillar |
Mr.
Anthony Walker, Vivot |
| Mr.&
Mrs. Alex. Bell, Las Mulas |
Mr.
Charles Weiss, Las Flores |
| Mr.
& Mrs. John Corbett, Las Mulas |
1877 |
| Mr.
W. Blake, Las Mulas |
Mrs.
Smeaton, Espartillar |
| Mr.
P.V.A.Reid, Espartillar |
1878 |
| Mr.
Joseph Millar, Espartillar |
Mr.
Henry Burnett, San Felipe |
| Mr.
Robert Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Miss
Isabella Burnett, San Felipe |
| Miss
Janet Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Miss
Annie Clelland, Valle Sta. Ana |
| Mr.
James Cribbs, Magdalena |
Mr.
James Liddle, Regreso |
| Mr.
Sam. Bowen, San Pedro |
1879 |
| Mr.&
Mrs. James S. Ritchie, Magdalena |
Miss
Cristina Ballena, Sta. Elena |
| Mr.
Henry Ritchie, sr., Magdalena |
Miss
Lizzie Crosbie, Chascomus |
| Mr.
David Redpath, Adela |
Mrs.
Lucio Sutton, Chascomus |
| Mr.
Thomas Lynch, Adela |
Mr.
Wm. Dodds, Las Mulas |
| Mr.&Mrs.
Alex. M’Gaw, Esperanza |
1880 |
| Miss
Elena Burnett, San Felipe |
Mr.
Geo. Bell, Barros blancos |
| Miss
Mary Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Mr.
Wm. Bell, Barros Blancos |
| Mr
Thomas Ronaldson, San Felipe |
Mr.
Thomas Wilde, Barros Blancos |
| Mr.&Mrs.
Geo. Sinclair, Adela |
Mr.
John Clelland, Barros Blancos |
| Mr.&
Mrs. Thomas Young, Adela |
Mr.
Charles Corff, Barros Blancos |
| Miss
Susan Sinclair, Adela |
1881 |
| Mr.
John Henry, Adela |
Miss
Martha Young, Adela |
| Mr.
Thomas Sinclair, Adela |
Miss
Elisabeth Burnett, San Felipe |
| Mr.
Geo. Talmadge, Magdalena |
Miss
Mary Jane Burnett, San Felipe |
| Mr.&Mrs.
James Sproat, Magdalena |
Miss
Elsie Bell, Sta. Elena |
| Mr.&
Mrs. James Allan, Magdalena |
Mr.
Richard Allan, Las Mulas |
| Mr.
Thomas Clelland, Chascomus |
Mr.
Thomas Cowes, Espartillar |
| Miss
Mary Hosie, Chascomus |
Mr.
Robert Chisholm, Espartillar |
|
1868 |
Miss
Mary Dodds, Las Mulas |
| Mr.
Neill M. Auld, Chascomus |
Miss
Margaret Young, Adela |
| Miss
Jane Robson, Esperanza |
Miss
Jessie Bell, Barros Blancos |
| Mr.
William M’William, Sta. Ana |
Mr.
Wm. Ferguson, Espartillar |
| Mr.&Mrs.
James Buchanan, Las Mulas |
1882 |
|
1869 |
Mrs.
Alex. Barclay, Samboronbom |
| Miss
Ellen Dodds, Adela |
Mrs.
James Barclay, Samboronbom |
| Mr.
James Erskine, Las Mulas |
Miss
Ellen Barclay, Samboronbom |
| Miss
Mary Bruce, Valle Sta. Ana |
Miss
Margaret Johnstone, Las Mulas |
| Mr.&Mrs.
John Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Mr.&
Mrs. Edward Chandler, Church |
| Miss
E. Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Mr.&Mrs.
Alex. Craise, Espartillar |
| Miss
Helen Johnstone, Las Mulas |
Mr.&
Mrs. John Martin, Espartillar |
|
1870 |
Mr.
James Drysdale, Lezama |
| Mr.&Mrs.
Wm. Attwell, Sta. Ana |
1883 |
| Mr.&Mrs.
James Yorston, Sta. Ana |
Miss
Martha Grant, Regreso |
|
1871 |
Miss
Margaret Bell, Sta. Isabel |
| Mr.
Wm. Robb, Esperanza |
Miss
Isabella Bell, Sta. Elena |
| Mrs.
John Black, Esperanza |
Miss
Mary Burnett, Los Tojos |
| Mr.
John Allan, Adela |
Mr.
Alex. Sproat, Porvenir |
|
1872 |
1884 |
| Mr.
James S. Dodds, Adela |
Miss
Marion Bell, Sta. Elena |
| Mr.
John Bell, Valle Sta. Ana |
Miss
Mary M’Gaw, Esperanza |
| Mr.
John Burnett, San Felipe |
Miss
Jane M’Graw, Esperanza |
| Miss
Catherine Burnett, San Felipe |
Mr.
John Johnstone, San Jose |
| Mr.
Henry Dodds, Adela |
Mr.
James Burnett, San Felipe |
| Miss
Annie Camp, Adela |
|
| Mr.
John Young, Adela |
Note:
The list up to about 1873 contains |
| Mr.
John Niven, Chascomus |
the
names of original members of the |
| Msr.
James Pettigrew, Chascomus |
church.Those
following are principally |
| Miss
Mary Pettigrew, Chascomus |
children
of the former, |
| Mr.
Thomas C. Watson, Chascomus |
|
| Mr.
Andrew Sinclair, Adela |
In
1881: 180 on the roll |
| Mr.
James M’William, Las Mulas |
47 have died |
| Mrs.
Robert M’Kean, Chascomus |
73 have left the district |
| Miss
Margaret Allan, Adela |
3 have lapsed |
Index of Baptisms – Entre Rios/Banda Oriental
Introduction
The following table contains an index of baptisms
of the children of persons with British surnames, recorded
by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Argentina for the
period between the late 1850’s and early 1900’s, for the province
of Entre Rios in Argentina and the Banda Oriental, now better
known as Uruguay. Located to the west and the east of the
River Uruguay, these lands attracted both major landowners
and ordinary settlers from Scotland, England and elsewhere.
Among them were numerous Scottish Presbyterians, while some
belonged to other nonconformist denominations and chose to
use the services of the Church of Scotland. Probably their
best known minister was the Rev. Lachlan McNeill, who served
the scattered communities between 1866 and 1877. His “parish”
was so large that he travelled on horseback across the territories,
holding services in English and sometimes Gaelic at four preaching
stations: the estancias of Thomas Drysdale, James Mohr Bell
and James T. Ramsay in the Banda Oriental, and at Concordia
in Entre Rios.
Among those who attended his services
in the Concordia area were Scots, some Gaelic speakers, who
had established themselves at Colonia Nueva Escocia, south
of Concordia. This community of McNeills, MacDonalds, Sinclairs,
Frasers and others prospered; some moving later to the north
of Entre Rios, and into the province of Corrientes, where
they established their own estancias, some named after places
in Scotland such as Clyde, Kintail and Mossgiel. Descendants
of these pioneers still live there, where they have had for
over a hundred years a chapel and burial ground. A monthly
service in Spanish is still held, and some of the earliest
settlers are buried there. Sources of the above information
are the oral history of a MacDonald descendant and correspondence
by the Rev. Lachlan McNeill recorded in James Dodds’ “Records
of Scottish Settlers in the River Plate and Their Churches”.
Further, it should
be noted here that the Church of England was also present
in these territories, with churches in Concordia and Salto.
A substantial body of baptismal, marriage and burial records,
including those of some Scots, is now available on Jeremy
Howat’s excellent website at http://argbrit.org
The following index
has been transcribed from the microfilm record and then edited.
Perhaps inevitably, some names have been difficult or impossible
to decipher, but generally the record is clear. A large proportion
of the surnames indicate Scottish origins, but there are other
Britons and some that indicate parents of other nationalities.
It is a remarkable record, not least because some of the later
children would still have been alive in not so distant times.
| Father |
Mother |
Child |
Date of
Baptism |
| Allan, Hugh |
Bonallie,
Eliz. |
Robert Barclay
Ellen B.
James
Eliz. |
24/05/1861
04/03/1863
13/08/1865
18/06/1868 |
| Allan, Jas. |
Gilmour,
Ann |
James Robt. |
20/05/1862 |
| Arthur,
Alan |
Crozier,
Ellen |
George
James
Anita
May |
30/12/1862
03/08/1864
19/08/1867
08/10/1872 |
| Anthony,
Evan |
? |
James |
08/10/1863 |
| Aycliffe,
Thos. |
Ritchie,
Ann |
Thos. Ford |
25/07/1870 |
| Anderson,
Robt. |
Wilde, Mary
L. |
Margaret
Robert
William
Henry |
11/02/1872
13/06/1875
05/09/1876
--/04/1875 |
| Acosta,
Julio |
Maxwell,
Barbara |
Julio
Gregorio
Barbara |
25/01/1889
07/01/1886
27/??/1887 |
| Allan, Jas.
Lawrie |
Morini(?),
Virginia |
James Griffin
Edward
Albert Allan |
27/09/1886
29/10/1893
? |
| Alexander,
Hugh |
Moody, Elizabeth |
James Agerton
|
25/06/1890 |
| Anderson,
James |
Oughton,
Margt. |
Arthur
John |
27/12/1896
27/12/1896 |
| Ahlberg,
Jno. Gustavo |
Johnson,
Jane |
Charles |
13/08/1897 |
| Aitken,
Thomas |
Montgomery,
Mary |
James
Montgomery |
21/02/1869 |
| Anderson,
Peter |
Matilda
Georgina |
Peter
Honra Micaela |
22/12/1878
17/12/1882 |
| Barclay,
John |
Bonallie,
? |
Ellen Bone
Agnes Bone |
03/08/1857
24/05/1861 |
| ?Ballion,
Thos. |
Bell, Jane |
Henry Jas.
Bell |
21/09/1857 |
| Burnet,
Jas. |
Bell, Eliza |
Grace
Isabella
Eliza Marrian |
14/12/1857
14/11/1859
15/09/1865 |
| Barclay,
Allan |
Bell, Marrian |
Robert
Alice
James |
19/10/1858
31/10/1859
- |
| Brown, Wm. |
Watson,
Agnes |
Emma
William |
15/11/1858
03/01/1860 |
| Buchanan,
Robt. |
Wright,
Ellen |
Robt.
Jas. |
15/05/1859
20/04/1861 |
| Brown, Jas. |
Fulton,
Agnes |
Alex. |
29/06/1859 |
| Bell, Wm. |
Baird, Eliz. |
William
Jessie
James
Andw.
Margt. |
31/08/1859
25/04/1862
27/04/1864
02/08/1865
09/12/1867 |
| Brown, Jno. |
Dunlop,
Jane |
Margaret
David |
14/10/1859
21/04/1861 |
| Barnet,
Wm. |
Cribbes,
Isa |
Matt.
Wm. |
16/10/1859
15/12/1861 |
| Blake, Wm. |
Cook, Mary
Ellen |
Annie |
19/05/1860 |
| Brown, Saml. |
Juanes,
Juana |
Eliz. |
19/05/1860 |
| Barnet,
Robt. |
Cribbes,
Mary |
Susan
Jno.Jas.
Wm. Chas. |
16/09/1860
19/04/1862
22/09/1871 |
| Barton,
Thos. |
Cooper,
Hannah Mary |
Thos. Jno.
Eliz.
Francis |
21/10/1860
16/11/1861
02/08/1868 |
| Barclay,
Jas. |
Barclay,
Mgt. |
Robert
John
Isabella |
01/??/1861
08/12/1865
19/10/1867 |
| Burns, Sam. |
Purvis,
Jessie |
Jessie |
17/03/1861 |
| Brown, Reuben |
Moodie,
Jane |
Caroline |
17/05/1861 |
| Bell, Jas. |
Bell, George
Jeanie |
Alison Porter |
27/05/1861 |
| Brown, David |
Reeves,
Eliz |
Thos. Reeves |
20/10/1861 |
| Bray, Thos. |
Purvis,
Ellen |
Thos. |
15/11/1861 |
| Brown, Henry
Wm. |
Gillard,
Mary Jane |
Eliz. Jane |
16/11/1862 |
| Bell, Jas.
Mohr
(or Mohr
Bell, Jas.) |
Robson,
Mary |
Alfred
Thos. M.
Ellen M.
Albert M.
Leonard
M.
Septemus
M. |
03/07/1863
14/04/1865
25/06/1867
08/12/1869
12/12/1878
25/12/1880 |
| Bell, Ramon |
Shillingworth,
Manuela |
Isabella |
11/10/1865 |
| Barclay,
Alex. |
Bell, Marrion |
Ellen
Allison |
09/03/1864
27/06/1866 |
| Brown, Joshua |
Thomson,
Marian |
Mary Jane
Alice Lola
Lily Eleanor
|
25/03/1867
19/09/1882
19/09/1882 |
| Bell, Archd. |
Buchanan,
Mgt. |
George A.
Josephina
Boyd
Adelina
Beatrice |
07/04/1868
11/10/1870
08/11/1872
18/11/1875 |
| Buchanan,
Jno. |
Buchanan,
M.A. |
Neil
Alex.
Margaret |
09/03/1869
28/10/1871
31/08/1886 |
| Bell, Andw. |
Woollens,
Mary Ann |
George
James
Andrew
William
Mary A.
Lily
Margaret |
14/07/1869
20/10/1870
26/10/1871
11/03/1875
23/10/1876
19/12/1877
19/07/1880 |
| Brown, Wm. |
Hardy, Cath. |
Alison Smart
James
Catharine
Hardy |
20/04/1871
30/06/1874
27/05/1883 |
| Barnes,
Jas. |
Maughan,
Mgt. |
Joseph
Margaret
Annie
Timothy
Luela |
All baptised
26/09/1871 |
| Bogue, Fred |
Curran,
Sarah |
John and
Helen |
28/10/1871 |
| Behrens,
John |
Miller,
Margt. |
? Hy.
Adolfo |
18/01/1875
29/02/1880 |
| Buchanan,
John |
Law, Jane |
Jas. E. |
25/04/1875 |
| Brown, Jas. |
Gibson,
E.J.C. |
Jessie
Thos. Wm.
Ernest Alex.
Alfred Carron |
30/03/1876
25/11/1883
25/01/1885
30/01/1887 |
| Brydge,
Berry |
Orrell,
Nancy |
Alice
Berry |
20/12/1876
18/12/1878 |
| Behrens,
Cristobal |
? Matilda |
Frederico |
14/03/1878 |
| Boyle, Francis |
Purvie,
Elizabeth |
Mary Ann
Agnes
Frances
David
James |
22/10/1878
30/05/1880
22/06/1884
27/06/1886
23/06/1889 |
| Bell, James
A. |
Gray, Ann |
John |
15/03/1879 |
| Behrens,
Carlos |
Miller,
Guillermina |
Christina
Juno
Carlos L
Guillermina
Dorotea
C. |
29/02/1880
08/01/1884
23/10/1885
10/02/1888 |
| Buchanan,
Duncan |
Maxwell,
Helen B. |
Helen
Agnes
Virgin
John &
Duncan (Twins)
Annie
John A. |
07/12/1882
26/04/1883
27/03/1885
10/09/1886
22/05/1888
06/02/1890 |
| Buchanan,
Dugald |
Maxwell,
Margaret |
Dugald
Wm. Alex.
Margaret
M.
Albert
Robert B.
Grace
James |
22/02/1882
27/03/1885
04/03/1887
25/09/1889
22/09/1892
13/06/1895
11/07/1897 |
| Bale, James |
Preston,
Margaret |
Marion
Robert
Janet
John |
19/03/1889
20/09/1885
??/04/1876
22/02/1875 |
| Benger,
Henry |
?, Mary |
Alice |
17/05/1883 |
|
