Clan MacSporran Association

News Page

OBITUARIES

We regret to report the death of James Andrew McSparron on 23rd January 2008 after a short illness.
Jim was a member of the Association since it's inception in 1975 and served as president for many years.
We extend our sympathies to his family.

The Clan MacSporran Association ceased to operate as a formal organisation in 2002 after 27 years in which it organised annual gatherings, issued newsletters and held council meetings. Although the closure was due to diminishing interest in clan matters, this website continues in an attempt to keep clanfolk up to date with whatever newsworthy snippets can be found.

Clan Donald in the USA are undertaking a project to map the DNA of individuals around the world to determine their genetic ancestry. They have over 600 participants so far, making it the largest family based genetic project in the world. If you would like to find if you are descended from Somerled, visit the project website. It has already been shown that the Illinois McSparins are related to the Pennsylvania McSparrans, albeit some 20 generations ago.

Congratulations to David McSporran who in June 2008 'compleated' his climb of all the Munros. For the uninitiated, a Munro is a Scottish mountain over 3000 feet high and there are 284 of them! He is believed to be the first McSporran to achieve the task, as documented by the Scottish Mountaineering Club.

And well done to Alasdair MacSporran on completing the 2008 London Marathon which took place on 13th April. Alasdair finished 10,617th in a respectable official time of under 4 hours and 5 minutes.

Also well done to Margaret McSporran who completed the Mull of Kintyre half marathon, just outside the top 100, and to Stewart McSporran who completed the Mull of Kintyre 10 kilometre race, also just outside the top 100. Both races were held on 25th May 2008.

Did you know?
There is a village called McSparran in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It's zipcode is 17563. [google map]

There is a street called McSparran Road in Croy near Glasgow. It's postcode is G65 9HN. [google map]

There is also a McSparren Road in Pittsburg, Illinois where it's zipcode is 62974. The road extends into Thompsonville and it becomes zipcode 62890. [google map]

And in the southern hemisphere there's a McSporran Crescent in Port Augusta, South Australia, postcode 5700. [google map]

MacSparran Hill can be found in South Kingston, Rhode Island. [google map]

Do you know of any more? Can you shed any light on the origin of these names? Let me know.

Suggestions and indeed contributions for this page are welcome. Send any comments to me, John W McSparron

Main page Next page