Crofts and Farms of the Isle of Islay
Compiled through the efforts of |
Carol McRobb, MacGillespie & Richard Sheil |
CONTENTS |
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KILMENY, KILARROW & BOWMORE PARISH |
One |
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Finlaggan, Portaneilan, Baluive |
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Note: Bowmore became the main Parish and Kilchoman a Sub-Parish |
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KILCHOMAN PARISH |
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Bunanuilt, Bunult, Bunwilte |
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Carsable, Corsapoll, Corsapool |
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Conesby, Conisby, Conispie, Conispy, Cornispu, Konig's Bay |
Two/Three |
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Coulabus, Coulibuss, Culabuss, Culabasa, Coullabus |
Four |
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Cularsa, Cultensa |
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Gearrach, Gearach |
Five |
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Greamsay, Greamsey |
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Gruinart, Grunart |
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Kindrachat, Kindrachad/Ballinaby |
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Kilchearan, Kilchiaran |
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Kilchoman, Kilhowman |
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Kilanalan, Kilinalin, Kilnalin, Killanallan |
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Kilnave |
Seven |
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Knoching |
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Liorabuss, Liribols, Lyrabus |
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Lower Half of Lorgba, Lower Lorgba |
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Octimore, Octomore |
Eight |
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Octovulin |
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Port Charlotte, Skibba |
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Scarabus, Scarabuss, Scarrabuss, Scarrabus |
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Smaul, Smail |
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Sunderland |
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Tormisdale |
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Wankaniln |
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CROFTS/FARMS NAMES & OCCUPANTS |
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KILMENY, KILARROW & BOWMORE PARISH |
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ELLENYGANE - PORTANEILAN |
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STINSCHAW - FINLAGGAN |
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BALLOA -BALUIVE |
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1541 |
Donald McGillaspy |
Crown Rentals of Islay |
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(MacGilleasbuig) |
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KILCHOMAN PARISH |
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BUNANUILT, BUNULT, BUNWILTE |
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1821 |
John Gillespie married Janet McNiven |
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1821 daughter Mary |
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1821 son Duncan |
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1822 |
Isabelle to Charles Currie |
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1822 son Alexander |
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1829 daughter Isabella |
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CARSABLE, CORSAPOL, CORSAPOOL, |
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1821-1836 |
Archibald married Mary McNiven |
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1823 son Peter |
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1825 son Malcolm |
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1828 daughter Mary |
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1830 son Alexander |
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1828 |
Archibald (Black Book of Islay) |
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1838 |
Archibald (Islay Agricultural Society) |
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1852 |
Archibald (Slater's Commercial Directory) -grazier |
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CONESBY, CONISBY, CONISPIE, CONISPY, CORNISPU, KONIG'S BAY |
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1741 |
Archibald McGillespigh (Rent Rolls of Parish of Kilhowman) Konig's Bay |
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Dugald McGillespigh (Rent Rolls of Parish of Kilhowman) Konig's Bay |
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Duncan McGillespigh (Rent Rolls of Parish of Kilhowman) Konig's Bay |
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1780 |
Dugald (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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Malcolm (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1812 |
Dugald (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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Malcolm (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1817 |
Alexander Sr. (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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Alexander Jr. (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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Malcolm (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1820 |
Archibald dies age 27 yrs born 1793 - Son of Dugald (Index of Graves) |
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1822 |
Catharine married to Angus McNabb (To Canada in 1833) |
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1824 |
Catharine married Angus Bell |
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1824 son Duncan |
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1823 son John |
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1826 son John |
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1830 daughter Catharine |
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1824/25 |
Kilchiaran Clearance A & D Gillespy to Conisby |
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1812-1833 |
Dugald married Mary MacEachern 1812 |
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1813 daughter Catharine born in Kilchiaran |
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1815 daughter Sarah born in Kilchiaran |
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1822 son Duncan born in Kilchiaran |
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1825 daughter Margaret born Kilchiaran (died young on Islay) |
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1828 daughter Ann born Conisby |
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1831 son Angus born Conisby |
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Family immigrated to Canada in 1833 |
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1825 |
Alexander & Catharine Campbell |
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1825 son John |
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1834 |
Neil married Ann McNiven |
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1834 daughter Flora |
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1812 |
Donald married first wife circa 1812 |
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1813 son Malcolm |
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1816 daughter Flora |
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1818 |
Donald married second wife, Isabella McVicar |
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1819 daughter Christina |
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1819 son Dugald |
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1820 son Robert |
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1822 son John |
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1824 daughter Margaret |
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1826 son Archibald |
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1827 daughter Christian |
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1828 son Angus |
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1829 son Duncan |
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1833 son Donald |
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1835 daughter Isabella (To Canada in 1835) |
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1837 daughter Catharine (Catharann, Elizabethann, Kate or Betsy) |
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(Family immigrate to Canada) |
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CONISBY, KONIG'S BAY Cont. |
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1818-1836 |
Angus married to Nanny MacMillan |
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1819 son Archibald (Born Cattadale, Kilmeny Parish (Bowmore).. |
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1821 son Malcolm Kilchoman Parish |
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1823 daughter Nanny |
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1825 son Alexander |
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1828 Unnamed child born in Islay, died young) |
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1830 daughter Nancy |
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1831 daughter Mary |
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1836 son Dougald ( To Canada in 1837) |
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1837 son Duncan born in Mariposa Twp., Victoria Co. Upper Canada |
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1839 daughter Catharine |
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1842 daughter Flora |
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1844 son Alexander born in Thorah Twp. Ontario Co. Upper Canada |
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This family moved to Nottawasaga Twp. Sincoe Co. U.C. in the winter |
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of 1848 by sleigh across Lake Sincoe along with many of the Curries |
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of Victoria Co. settling near the town of Creemore, Ontario. |
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1822 |
Ann married to Malcolm Currie |
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1822 daughter Mary |
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1825 daughter Catharine |
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1827 daughter Ann |
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1829 son Hugh |
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1830 son Dugald |
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1832 son Peter |
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1825 |
Christian married to Alex MacLergen |
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1825 son Alexander |
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1825 daughter Christian |
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1826 |
Margaret married to Hector Johnston |
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1828 |
Alexander Sr. (Black Book of Islay) |
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Alexander Jr. (Black Book of Islay |
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Donald (Black Book of Islay) |
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Angus (Black Book of Islay) |
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1828 |
Ann married to Alex MacLaughlin |
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1828 daughter Flory Ann |
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1830 daughter Catharine |
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1833 |
Dugald & Mary (MacEachern) and family emigrate to Canada |
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1834 |
Neil married to Ann McNiven |
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1834 daughter Flora (Illegitimate) |
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1838-1842 |
Donald (Islay Agricultural Society) |
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1840 |
Alexander married to Catharine McLean |
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1840 a daughter Christian |
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COULABUS, COULIBUSS, COULABUSS, CULABASA, CULABUS, |
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1812 |
Duncan (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1813 |
Duncan had brother Malcolm |
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1812-1828 |
Duncan had lands (Museum Notes) |
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1817 |
Duncan (Rental of Islay) |
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1821-1836 |
John married to Margaret McDermid |
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1822 unnamed |
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1823 son Alexander |
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1826 daughter Ann |
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1830 daughter Mary |
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1834 son Malcolm |
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1823 |
Donald married to Margaret MacMillan |
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1825 son Archibald |
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1829 daughter Margaret |
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1823 |
Duncan married to Margaret Gillespie |
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1823 daughter Isabella |
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1824 son Donald |
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1826 son John |
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1830 |
Mary Gillespie married to Coll Gillespie |
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CULTARSA, CULTENSA, CULTARSAY |
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1822 |
Christian married to Alex MacLean |
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1822 son Allan |
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1823 daughter Mary |
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1827 |
Archibald married to Mary Kennedy |
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1828 son Alexander |
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1830 son Robert |
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1832 daughter Mary |
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1835 son Donald |
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GEARRACH, GEARACH |
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1821-1836 |
John married to Catharine Bell |
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1827 son Duncan (See Kindrachat for rest of family) |
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1822 |
Margaret to Alex MacVarran (MacVarran(t) (Morrison) |
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1822 daughter Mary |
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1824 son Archibald |
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1826 son Archibald |
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1828 daughter Margaret |
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1830 daughter Christian |
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GREAMSAY, GREAMSEY |
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1822 |
Catharine married to John Ferguson |
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1828 son John |
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1830 son John |
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1830 daughter Marrion |
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GRUINART, GRUNART |
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1774 |
Donald (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1779 |
Donald (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1780 |
Donald (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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John |
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Angus |
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Alexander Sr. |
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Archibald |
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Angus Jr. |
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1791 |
Dugald born, son of Duncan? (Museum Notes) |
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1812 |
Archibald fields in Gruinart (Crown Rentals) |
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1821 |
Alexander married to Catharine Gillespie |
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1821 son Alexander (Probably died young) |
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1821-1831 |
Archibald married to Janet McDermid |
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1822 daughter Catharine |
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1824 daughter Mary |
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1826 a son |
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1829 daughter Margaret |
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1831 daughter Ann |
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1823-1832 |
Donald married to Catharine MacMillan |
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1823 daughter Catharine |
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1827 daughter Mary |
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1832 son Duncan |
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1842 |
Alexander died aged 62 born 1780? |
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Mary his daughter? |
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KINDRACHAT, KINDRACHAD, BALLINABY |
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1821-1824 |
John married to Nanny MacCarmaig |
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1822 son Dugald |
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1824 daughter Nanny |
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1826 |
John married to Catharine Bell |
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son Duncan born in Gearach (md. Mary Bell) |
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1829 daughter Mary (did not go to Canada md. James Brown) |
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1831 son Angus b. Skibba (md. Sarah McLellan) |
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1833 daughter Margaret |
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1835 daughter Christian |
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1837 son John |
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1838 daughter Jean |
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1840 daughter Katherine |
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1841 daughter Flora |
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1843 daughter Rachel |
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1849 son Archibald |
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1851 |
John, his wife Catharine Bell and family |
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To Canada (Third List of Islay People) |
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This family sailed for Canada in 1851 & arrived in Halifax in the fall of the |
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year. They settled in Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario near Harriston. |
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Duncan, Angus and John then moved to the Dakota Territory in 1888 & |
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settled in Harriston Township, near the town of Minto in North Dakota. |
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KILCHIARAN, KILCHEARAN |
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1812 |
Dugald married to Mary MacEachern |
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1813 daughter Catharine |
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1815 daughter Sarah |
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1822 son Duncan |
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1825 daughter Margaret (Died young in Islay) |
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1828 daughter Ann (born in Conisby) |
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1831 son Angus (born in Conisby) |
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1833 Family of Dugald and Mary MacEachern to Canada |
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1816 |
D & A Gillespy to Kilchiaran (Clearance) |
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1817 |
Dugald (Rentals of Islay) |
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Archibald (Rentals of Islay) |
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1824 |
Dugald married to Marion Baxter Note: Not the Dugald above |
Note: Not the Dugald above |
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1824 daughter Margaret |
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1826 daughter Catharine |
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1824/1825 |
D Gillespie to Conisby (Kilchiaran Clearance) |
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A Gillespie to Conisby (Kilchiaran Clearance) |
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KILCHOMAN, KILHOWMAN |
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1821-1827 |
Duncan married to Mary Currie |
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1821 son Neil |
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1827 son Malcolm |
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1828-1853 |
Christian wife of James McEachern |
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1828 daughter Rachel |
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1831 daughter Margaret |
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1834 daughter Mary |
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1828 |
John & Bell his wife |
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1829 May 14 daughter Mary |
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1824-1835 |
Flora wife of Donald McEachern |
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1824 daughter Catharine |
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1835 son Donald |
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KILINALAN, KILINALIN, KILNALIN |
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1823 |
Donald married to Peggy McNiven |
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1823 daughter Peggy |
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KILNAVE |
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1812 |
John (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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Archibald (Crown Rentals of Islay |
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1817 |
John Sr. (Rentals of Islay) |
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Duncan (Rentals of Islay) |
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John Jr. (Rentals of Islay) |
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Donald his mother (Rentals of Islay) |
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1821-1826 |
John married to Mary Currie |
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1822 daughter Flory |
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1823 son Alexander |
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1826 daughter Nancy |
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1822 |
Donald married to Mary MacMillan |
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1822 son John |
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1823-1827 |
Donald married to Mary MacLelland |
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1824 daughter Nanny |
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1827 daughter Margaret |
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1823-1825 |
Flory married to Malcolm MacLelland |
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1823 daughter Nanny |
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1825 son Malcolm |
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1823 |
Mary married to John Robertson |
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1823 daughter jean |
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1828 |
Donald (Black Book of Islay) |
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John (Black Book of Islay) |
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Duncan (Black Book of Islay |
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1833-1848 |
Donald married to Mary McNeill |
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1833 daughter Mary |
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1834 unnamed |
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1836 son John |
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1840 daughter Margaret (Died young) |
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1842 son Alexander |
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1844 son Archibald |
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1846 son Donald |
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1848 daughter Margaret |
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This family migrated to Canada by 1850 |
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1850 Sarah (born Canada) |
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1852 Catharine |
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1854 Malcolm |
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1856 Effie |
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1858 Hector |
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1860 Dougald |
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KNOCHING |
Malcolm married to Catharine Currie |
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1800 |
1801 daughter Rachel |
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LIORABUSS, LIRIBOLS, LYRABUS |
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1840 |
Archibald died - born in 1772 aged 68 years |
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1845-1847 |
Malcolm married to Christian Currie |
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1845 daughter Anne |
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1847 son Archibald |
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1848 |
Malcolm and Christian - to Canada, (their children, |
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Anne and Archibald, died at sea coming to Canada) |
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LOWER HALF OF LORBA, LOWER LORBA |
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1798 |
John (Crown rentals of Islay) |
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1799 |
John (Crown rentals of Islay) |
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1812 |
John & Archibald (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1817 |
Archibald (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1828 |
Archibald (Black Book of Islay) |
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OCTIMORE, OCTOMORE |
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1798 |
Gillespy (Crown Rentals of Islay) |
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1812 |
Donald (Crown rentals of Islay) |
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Archibald (Crown rentals of Islay) |
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1817 |
John (Rentals of Islay) |
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Widow of Archibald (Rentals of Islay) |
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1821-1822 |
Duncan married to Margaret Gillespie (Peggy) to Culabus |
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1822 daughter Catharine |
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1822-1833 |
Catharine married to Angus Cameron |
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1822 Unnamed |
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1824 son John |
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1827 daughter Catharine |
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1829 daughter Margaret |
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1830 son Donald |
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1832 son Angus |
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1822-1831 |
Ann married to John Campbell |
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1823 son Archibald |
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1825 son James |
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1825 daughter Peggy |
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1827 son Donald |
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1831 son Duncan |
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1825 |
Coll married to Christian Gillespie |
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1826 son Archibald |
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1825-1835 |
Margaret Gillespie married to William Campbell |
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1826 daughter Mary |
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1830 daughter Catharine |
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1832 son Duncan |
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1834 son John |
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1827 |
Catharine married to Archibald McLean |
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1827 |
Isabella (Isla) Bell (a) married to Donald MacQueen |
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1828 |
John Gillespy's heirs (Black Book of Islay) |
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OCTOVULIN |
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1822 |
Alexander married to Janet Jamieson |
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1823 son Malcolm |
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1826 daughter Catharine |
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1828 son Peter |
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1831 daughter Christian |
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PORT CHARLOTTE, SKIBBA |
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1827-1849 |
John married to Catharine Bell (See Gearach) |
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1829 daughter Mary |
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1831 son Angus |
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1833 daughter Margaret |
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1835 daughter Christian |
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1837 son John |
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1838 daughter Jean |
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1840 daughter Katherine |
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1841 daughter Flora |
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1843 daughter Rachel |
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1849 son Archibald |
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1851 |
John, Catharine and family emigrated to Canada |
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1827-1840 |
Duncan married to Margaret Gillespie (Octomore 1821) |
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1828 daughter Isabella (Died young Islay) |
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1828 daughter Margaret (Died young Islay) |
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1831 son Alexander |
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1834 son Archibald |
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1837 daughter Mary |
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1840 son Duncan |
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1834 |
John married to Marion McDonald |
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1838-1856 |
Duncan (1792-1872) married to Anne McKechnie |
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1840 daughter Margaret |
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1842 daughter Rachel |
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1844 daughter Martha |
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1846 daughter Catharine |
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1848 daughter Anne |
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1851 daughter Isabella |
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1853 daughter Mary |
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1856 daughter Marion |
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SCARABUS, SCARABUSS, SCARRABUSS |
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1822 |
Catharine married to Angus Cameron |
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1831-1834 |
Dugald married to Marion Baxter |
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1831 daughter Nancy |
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1832 daughter Catharine |
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1834 daughter Mary |
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1823 |
Donald married to Catharine McMillan |
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SMAIL, SMAUL, SMAAL |
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1822 |
Flory married to Malcolm MacLelland |
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1823 daughter Nanny |
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1825 son Malcolm |
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1828-1834 |
Christian married to James McEachern (see Kilchoman) |
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1828 daughter Rachel |
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1831 daughter Margaret |
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1834 daughter Mary |
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SUNDERLAND |
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1822 |
Donald married to Catharine McMillan |
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1822 son John |
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TORMISDALE |
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1829-1830 |
Jean married to Peter MacArthur |
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1829 son Charles |
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1830 son John |
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WANKANILN, WAULKWIN, WALKMILN |
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1813 |
Margaret (Peggy) married to Robert Campbell |
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1813 daughter Mary (born 05 November) |
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1816 daughter Martha |
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