Hi, I don't know if you are aware of it but a three Borrodale MacDonalds settled in Inverness County in Cape Breton on a farm now called "Dungarry". They were locally called the "Shugarry" MacDonalds and were the children of Rory MacDonald. They were Iain "Mor" MacDonald, his brother Alexander "Mor" and their sister Mary. Iain "Mor" married Catherine MacNeil of Little Judique and had descendants; Alexander "Mor" married a Miss MacGillivray of Inverness-shire, Scotland and had descendants. Their sister Mary married John MacLeod "mac Niall" from the Isle of Eigg. Her eldest son, Fr. William Bernard MacLeod, V.G. (Jun. 17,1798-May 20, 1881) , was the first native son of the Diocese of Antigonish to be ordained to the priesthood. His younger brother, Msgr. Neil MacLeod, V.G. (1807-Nov. 16, 1891) was born at Knoydart (then in Arisaig parish), Nova Scotia, and was the first domestic prelate in the diocese. These MacLeods would be be the same family that the noted Canadian author Alistair Macleod belongs to. The MacLeods in Dunvegan and Broad Cove and those of Glencoe, all in Inverness County, are all related. They were all "Eiggach". Allan J. Gillis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Val Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [Antigonish] Introducing ourselves > Hi Joe, I must have missed the post that suggested we introduce ourselves > but I would like to do so as well. > > For the past two years I have been trying to trace some of the missing links > into two Cadet lines of Clan Donald, those of Barrisdale and > Kinlochmoidart.. > > From a very old Family Bible transported to, 'The Carolinas' a > transcription was taken around late 1800's of the marriages and births in > the family of Mary Margaret daughter of Coll MacDonell 2nd of Barrisdale and > James MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart. > > Now we all know the difficulty of tracing 18th Century Scottish Catholic > records during these Penal Years, and as the Bible record is a transcript of > an old (now lost bible) it is not admissible evidence without corroboration > from another source......and that brings me here to the CAN-NS-ANTIGONISH > list. > > Both the Kinlochmoidart line and the Barrisdale lines connect into the > MacDonalds who migrated to PEI and other Canadian areas, Mary Margaret was a > cousin to Spanish John, and it is recorded in old letters that she and James > went north from the Carolinas during the period 1772-1776 for family, which > being troubled times in that period, indicates that the Family business must > have been important. > > What I cherish is, that some of those researchers who descend from these > Clan Donald lines may have also kept old family letters which may make > mention of family coming from the Carolinas to visit, any Borrodale, > Kinlochmoidart or Barrisdale descendants out there who would like to make > contact? > > Val Smith Sydney Australia. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Quirk" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 3:17 AM > Subject: [Antigonish] Introducing ourselves > > > > ==== CAN-NS-ANTIGONISH Mailing List ==== > Antigonish County GenWeb Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsantigo/ > >