SCOTT'S OF LOUGH ; FAMILY TREE
THE SCOTT'S OF LOUGH ORIGINALLY CAME FROM SCOTLAND .THEY LIVED DOWN LOUGH LANE WHERE THE BARTONS NOW FARM .WILLIAM SCOTT AND HIS WIFE ,IT IS BELIEVED ,HAD 22 CHILDREN AND ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE EMIGRATED TO SOUTH AMERICA , AMERICA ,CANADA, AND JAMES SCOTT EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA WHERE HE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE PLACE THAT DEVELOPED AROUND WHERE HE WORKED AS A LUMBERJACK.HE CALLED IT LOUGHMORE , A COMBINATION OF THE TWO TOWNLANDS HE HELD CLOSE TO HIS HEART AND WHERE HE GREW UP ,LOUGH AND BAWNMORE.HIS DESCENDENDENTS HAVE RETURNED OVER THE YEARS TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE THEIR ANCESTORS COME FROM.IN A REMARKABLE TURN OF EVENTS TWO FAMILIES WHO LIVED 10 MILES APART IN VICTORIA ,AUSTRALIA CAME TO LOUGH/BAWNMORE TO FIND OUT THEY WERE RELATED AND LIVED JUST A SHORT DRIVE AWAY.
