CLANS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > CLANS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 12 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CLANS-L] CAN ANYONE HELP WITH MY [Betty Stewart <bstewart@qcislands.] > #2 [CLANS-L] Mcqueen, Nova Scotia [Eleanor Marshall <marmac@hurontel.] > #3 [CLANS-L] Surname Catt ["Dana Kos" <danacatt@hotmail.com>] > #4 [CLANS-L] STUART FRASER. ["viola seward" <olla@eot.com>] > #5 [CLANS-L] McKinster--does anyone k ["Patricia J. Popple" <ppopple@cent] > #6 [CLANS-L] Clan query ["maybelle" <maybelle@dataline.net.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CLANS-D, send a message to > > CLANS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CLANS-L] CAN ANYONE HELP WITH MY MACDONALD BUNCH? > Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 09:02:09 -0800 > From: Betty Stewart <bstewart@qcislands.net> > To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com > > Greetings from British Columbia: > > I believe this is my first posting here (don't always keep track), and I > wondered if SKS could help me with my Mac/McDonald dilemma. The > information I have is as follows: > > I have been researching my husband's (Greg) Mac/McDonald family for over > 10 years. We finally found the first sign of our MacDonald family in > Fox Harbour, Nova Scotia. The entry is in the 1841 Scottish Christening > Records for Tarbat, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. Alexander McDonald & > Isabella McMichael of Fox Harbour, Scotia, had a child, Archibald, born > 25 Sept 1840. The bottom of this page is signed by an H. MacKenzie > (there are initials behind his name but they are too difficult to read) > and we have been told that he was a Minister from Tarbat who came to > Canada and made a note of Canadian-born children who were born to people > who originally came from his parish). We have been able to reconstruct > most of the family tree from Archibald down, but nothing is known about > Alexander or Isabella. Apparently, the McMichael's were not from Ross & > Cromarty. The first names of Alexander, Archibald, Angus & Charles > appear in most, if not all generations from our first Alexander > onwards. Alexander & Isabella also lived in Westchester & River Philip, > Nova Scotia, with some of the family finally settling in Springhill, > Nova Scotia. The last name ORMOND was given as a second name to one of > Alexander's descendants. Is this a surname common to Ross & Cromarty? > > Any help or guidance would be most welcomed. > > By the way, the page from the Christening Records mentioned above also > contains these entries: > > 1. Alexander MATHESON & Ann MCIVER of Gulf had a child born 8 July 1841 > named _________ Christian > > 2. Norman MCLEOD & Eunice (last name illeg.) of Gulf had a child born > 14 Apr 1840 named _________ Donald > > 3. John McLEAN & Janet MCLEOD of Gulf had a child born 16 Jan(?) 1841 > named Margaret > > 4. John MCLEOD & Isabella NICHOLSON of Gulf had a child born 6 Feb(?) > 1841 named Roderick > > 5. Norman MCLEOD & May REID of Gulf had a child born 12 Mar 1841 named > John > > 6. John MCAULAY & Ann NICHOLSON of Fox Harbour had a child born 19 Jan > (?) 1841 named (illeg) Nicholson > > 7. George MOODY & Janet ROBERTSON of Fox Harbour had a child born 15 > Jan (?) 1841 named William > > 8. James SCOTT & Margaret NICHOLSON of Fox Harbour had a child born 7 > Oct 1840 named Anabella > > 9. Alexander MCDONALD & Nancy MCDONALD of Big Cove had a child born 1 > Jan (?) 1841 named Duncan > > 10. David R_____(illeg) & Margaret (no last name) of McLennan Cove had > a child born 14 Oct 1840 named Roderick > > 11. Welwood MCNAB & Sarah WAUGH had a child born 14 Aug (?) 1840 named > Welwood. > > Where I have put question marks in the dates means that the writing > appears to be the month I have written. The writing is very difficult > to make out for a lot of it. > > Our Mac/McDonald information has been put onto our webpage at: > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/8316 > > Betty Stewart > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CLANS-L] Mcqueen, Nova Scotia > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:14:37 -0500 (EST) > From: Eleanor Marshall <marmac@hurontel.on.ca> > To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello List, > > I am looking for ? Mcqueen. Unfortunately do not know his first name - > possibly Barnabas. He was married to Mary Ann Marshall, b abt 1823, > d 29 Oct 1875. They lived at Acadia Mines, Colchester County, NS. Could > possibly have been in Pictou County before moving to Colchester. > > Can anyone help? > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CLANS-L] Surname Catt > Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 16:46:01 PST > From: "Dana Kos" <danacatt@hotmail.com> > To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone have any information abou the surname Catt. I have found > lots of Catts in England and just a few in Scotland. I located some > information that the name originated with the Norman "LeChat" and came > to Scotland with William the Conqueror. I also read that the Catts came > from Scotland down to England. I would really like to know if this > information is correct. Oral family history is very definite in that > the name is Scottish and there is a detailed story about an ancestor > whose family came to America from Scotland and the adventures that > followed. I realize oral history can't be relied on completely but I > don't think it is wise to disregard it either. Any info would be > appreciated. Thanks. Dana. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CLANS-L] STUART FRASER. > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:25:29 -0600 > From: "viola seward" <olla@eot.com> > To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com > > My great aunt Annie Mcleod married Stuart Fraser. Had a son Ted. My > grandmother Chrissie Mcleod had a son by a Fraser. They lived at Colleston, > now Cecil, Sask. Any one know this Fraser family? > Viola. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CLANS-L] McKinster--does anyone know if there is CLAN? > Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 22:29:13 -0800 > From: "Patricia J. Popple" <ppopple@central.ecasd.k12.wi.us> > To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com > > I am new at this so please bear with me... > > I have joined several Rootsweb groups and have been able to find out > very little about the McKinster family. My mother's father was > Alexander McKinster. He eventually settled in Eau Claire/Chippewa > Falls, WI area and he and his wife raised a large family. I understand > that he moved to Hamilton, Missouri from Potter Co. Pennsylvania and > that he may have been born somewhere in New York. (?) His father > according to my best information was Joseph McKinster and Samantha Belle > Jones McKinster.His Grandfather, Titus McKinster, and his grandmother > was either Hannah or Anna Peters or Peterson(Dutch-Holland)McKinster. > One of the Census documents from Potter Co. lists Titus as having come > from New Jersey...another lists Rhode Island. In a another handwritten > note, Icke McKinster is noted as Titus' father with his mother being > Hannah Peterson(or who knows? Anna Peters???) I have not been able to > find any of these names on shiplists, census reports--------but it is > said that they emigrated to America very early. I have searched the Clan > lists and do not find McKinster. Every list I see I look for the > McKinster name---------Does anyone know any connection with Scotland. It > has to be a very rare name---or perhaps it may be a variation of another > name(McAllister?????) > In some of the handwritten pieces, the name is written Mac Kinster as > well as Mckinster...my mother says it could have been McKinstry. Does > anyone have any insight into the origin? Has anyone seen this name in > any of the genealogical documents. I know the names of his Alex's > brother and sisters...but am just unable at this point to go back any > further than his siblings and parents. I do not know where Titus and > Hannah or Anna or Icke and Hannah or Anna are buried. I do know that > Titus and "Hannah" lived for awhile in Sharon Center in Pennsylvania > with their son Joseph and daughter in law Samantha---and their > children. Any assistance you can give me would be appreciated. Pat > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CLANS-L] Clan query > Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 15:28:18 +1000 > From: "maybelle" <maybelle@dataline.net.au> > To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com > > Afternoon all, > Is there anyone out there in "bagpipes and haggis land" who can tell me > what clan the DHU name belongs to.Cheers May Dhu > maybelle@dataline.net.au -- Cris Stimson Unanderra, NSW AUSTRALIA ________________________________________________________ Searching Family Names (1): Bailey, Barrett, Batten, Conner, Dixon, Jeffrey, Liggins, Mathews, Monks, Nicholls, O'Hara, Pittaway, Richards, Scott, Smith, Todkill - NSW, Australia Dixon, Monks - New Zealand Batten, Todkill - England Searching Family Names (2): Armstrong, Barrett, Breen, Davies, Denwood, Hughes, Marceau, Morgan, Simpson, Waples, Waugh - NSW, Australia