~This post is being forwarded from the Antigonish Message Board ~ >Subject : McIVER / STEWART Connections >Author : Michele Doucette <[email protected]> >Date : 20 Jun 2004 2:26 PM GMT > ><http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QOC.2ACE/127>http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QOC.2ACE/127 I am endeavoring to do some research on my husband's family. I am looking for validation/verification of a marriage between a John McIver (born between 1801 and 1803 in the village of Erista, Uig parish, Isle of Lewis, Scotland) and a Christina Stewart (born about 1817 in the village of Erista, Uig parish, Isle of Lewis, Scotland) about 1840 in Baddeck. John was the son of John McIver (born about 1775) and Christina was the daughter of Kenneth Stewart (born about 1781) and Mary Smith. According to the research that I was able to uncover at the Hector Research Center in Pictou (July 1999), they were married about 1840 in Baddeck about 1840. How can I verify this information? The same research indicates that both died post 1881 Census, probably in Barney's River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. I am hoping to uncover death information pertaining to each so as to verify their parents. I am especially interested in the parentage of John McIver as his father John (born about 1775) was previously THOUGHT to have been married to Christian Ann MacAskill, daughter of John MacAskill and Christian Ann Munro, about 1800. In having been in email contact with Joan Luthy, who originally helped Hazel Judith Arnold McIver (the lady whose research was donated to the Hector Research Center) ...... According to the 1817 Pictou census, John MacIver was living with his wife and three children: JOHN, Isabella and Elizabeth (Angus, Francis and Alexander hadn't been born yet.) According to Professor William MacGillivray (who knew the MacAskills well since Mary was married to his uncle and he was about to marry the youngest sister, Marion, himself) he was the house guest at least twice of their sister Christian Ann and her husband, Ewen McDiarmid, who were living near Uig, Lewis. The fly in the ointment, so to speak, is that Christian Ann Munro was living in Lewis in 1818 with her husband Ewen MacDiarmid. However, records from the Dorchester Presbyterian Church in Antigonish state: 1822, APRIL 28 - Alex, son of John MacIver and Christian, his wife. One thing is certain, when little Alexander was christened in 1822, the records of the Dorchester Presbyterian Church show his mother's name was Christian. Ewan MacDiarmid could have died and Kristy could have emigrated to be with her family, and remarried, but I have no record of any such move. When John MacIver died two years later, their was no mention of either his wife or Alex in the will, which makes me think that they both had died as a result of the latter's birth. Might any of you have any suggestions as to how this mystery may best be solved? Regards, Michele