sweetfizz on Family Tree Circles  sort: Date Alphabetical view:
full | list  Journals and Posts  Can any one tell me about the
survivors of the Spanish Armada who ended up in Scotland  It has
been passed down through our family that we have Spanish blood
from the time of the Spanish Armada when they were wrecked on
the coast of Scotland. My mother when young looked very Spanish,
the men in our family of my generation are all very dark. Does
anybody know how I can find out more?   WEST William, Ayrshire
Scotland  William West we understood was born in Campbelltown in
Perthshire Scotland and came to Dalry when a young lad, he spoke
Gaelic and had hardly any English, he retained his Gaelic all
his life. I understand that he might not have been born in
Campbelltown at all but have no further information. One of his
descendants visited Scotland and found that there was no
Campbelltown in Perthshire but there was one in Ayrshire but
they could find no birth records for him there.  What I do know
is that he received