I actually found where he got a lot of them... I am going to offer the marked ones to the band where they came from (my father was the pipe major and I would bet money that these were spats which...

Part of what I acquired when my father passed was all his old uniform parts... Who knows where he got some of these things...?

Anyway, I have a stuffed and overflowing paper grocery bag full of...

Bump... also now $50 plus shipping or best offer.

My son is just a little too tall for this now... It's about a 28" waist and has room to move the buckles if necessary. The length is 20". It is hemmed, though, so if you know what you are doing it...

Evidently, a "Johne McGumpsie" was involved in an incident in Wigtown, Scotland in February of 1643. This is from "The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland"

I haven't seen that link anywhere...

Found another similar name: McGimpsey, which could sound similar to McComsey if both are said with a brogue to someone not knowing how to spell the name. I'm going to see if I might be able to find a...

I just found that there was a "William MacCorsey" who was an indentured servant in Virginia in 1659. http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/servant/show.php?servant=8860

I'm going to look into...

Yes, I've seen http://mccumseyfamilyfootprints.blogspot.com and it has much of the same information as I have... Still nothing beyond the first John McComsey/McCumsey.

I would love to make the...

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In a box of my father's old stuff is a ratty, patched and modified Fraser kilt with a 24" drop. The straps have been replaced with velcro, and as such will fit...

There have been many attempts to trace the origins of the McComsey/McCumsey name by family members in the USA. The problem seems to arise that the first records of anyone using one of those names is...