This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lana_Cathcart Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.antigonish/196.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From the records now available for Nova Scotia I have found the death records for 2 of Lewis's daughters - and that their mother was Anna BOYD MacDonald not Margaret. I also found a marriage record for widower Lewis MacDonald & widow Margaret Smith 1876. This all fits well as the youngest child shown on the 1881 census IS my great-grandmother, Flora, who married Alex Gillis. Also shows Flora's sister, Margaret, who married Stephen MacKenzie. I found their death information and both records show the parents as Lewis MacDonald & Anna Boyd. The Hist of Antigonish County, page 81, indicates that Ann Boyd married Lewis MacDonald. Unfortunately, Rankin did not say which MacDonald family Lewis belonged to. Also, I find Rankin's information on the various generations of Boyds more than a little confusing. Was Ann the daughter of Alex Boyd? Does anyone know which MacDonalds Lewis belonged to? I DO know that there is a connection to the "blue" MacDonalds - Angus Blue MacD, councillor in Glace Bay - but that doesn;t necessarily mean that the connection is thru these MacD's. The "blue" possible derived from "Gorm" of the Sleat branch?? Also posted to Pictou Board Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Check in Rankin's book "History of the County of Antigonish" and also on the web for information about the Loddy MacDonalds. Loddy is a nickname for descendents of Ludovick MacDonald, and Lewis is the usual English equivalent of the name Loddy (or Ludovick). This forename is not common among the gaelic-speaking people, so when Lewis does show up, it usually means the person is a descendent of the Loddys. Check out the links below for more information. http://www.clandonald.org.uk/cdm08/cdm08a19.htm http://www.road-to-the-isles.org.uk/westword/march2002.html http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? op=GET&db=windwalker32&id=I20154 http://www.oulton.org/cwa/newsns.nsf/a6040306c38ac84d85256588001c248a/ 0ba18380928b9f9c85256c2a0005faa6!OpenDocument Do check all the sources, as there may be errors in the above files. Good luck in your search. Marlene MacDonald Cheng On 18-Apr-07, at 1:57 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Lana_Cathcart > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/ > localities.northam.canada.novascotia.antigonish/196.1.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > >> From the records now available for Nova Scotia I have found the >> death records for 2 of Lewis's daughters - > and that their mother was Anna BOYD MacDonald not Margaret. I also > found a marriage record for widower Lewis MacDonald & widow > Margaret Smith 1876. > This all fits well as the youngest child shown on the 1881 census > IS my great-grandmother, Flora, who married Alex Gillis. Also shows > Flora's sister, Margaret, who married Stephen MacKenzie. I found > their death information and both records show the parents as Lewis > MacDonald & Anna Boyd. The Hist of Antigonish County, page 81, > indicates that Ann Boyd married Lewis MacDonald. Unfortunately, > Rankin did not say which MacDonald family Lewis belonged to. Also, > I find Rankin's information on the various generations of Boyds > more than a little confusing. > > Was Ann the daughter of Alex Boyd? > > Does anyone know which MacDonalds Lewis belonged to? > > I DO know that there is a connection to the "blue" MacDonalds - > Angus Blue MacD, councillor in Glace Bay - but that doesn;t > necessarily mean that the connection is thru these MacD's. The > "blue" possible derived from "Gorm" of the Sleat branch?? > > Also posted to Pictou Board > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If > you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > -- > This mailing list is for Antigonish County, NS, genealogy. It is > gatewayed to the Antigonish County message board. More information: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-NS-ANTIGONISH.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsantigo/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-NS- > ANTIGONISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message