I have 10 John McDonalds in my tree but I don't have the names of all their spouses.The cost is just too prohibitive on Scotlandspeople to get them all and also several Janet Grants.Do you have a birth year for either or an age to give a rough idea? --- Heather Higgins <higgins.global@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > > > > Hi Karen > I see you have lots of McDonald's & Grants. My > gggrandparents are John > McDonald & Janet Grant, married in Inverness. In > Apr 1841 John McDonald > emigrated to Nelson, NZ on the Whitby, one of the > preliminary ships with the > surveyors to lay out Nelson prior to the emigrants > arriving in the new > year. John's wife, Janet (Grant) McDonald and their > son, William(10yrs) > sailed in Sept 1841 on the Bolton along with all the > other wives & children > or the preliminary men, to arrive in Nelson Mch > 1842. Along the way, there > were 65 children to die. On the Whitby with John > was a George McDonald who > we assume could be a brother or relative, their > embarkation & disembarkation > numbers running consecutively, although nothing > proven as yet. George's > wife, Euphemia & their 14mth old son, Ronald sailed > on the Bolton with > Janet, with Ronald one of the 65 children to die. > Johns died in 1852 aged 42yrs according to his death > cert, which gives his > birth at approx 1810, but it doesnt list his > parents. Janet's died in 1884, > aged 80yrs according to her death cert, and her > parents are listed as John > Grant & Janet Grant, although it doesnt list her > maiden name so we are not > sure as yet whether Grant is her mothers maiden name > as well or not. > This is our brickwall we have been trying to get > through in the last 12mths > so would appreciate any help or suggestions you > might have. > Kind regards from down under in Auckland, NZ > Heather(MacDonald) Higgins > > > > On Tue, 3 May 2005 16:06:01 +0100 (BST), karen > donald > > <karenadona@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Hi Marnie > >> > >> I have a load of Calders buried in Inverallan > too.Any > >> idea of Jane Grants parents. Have lots of them as > >> weel!!Along with McDonalds and Cruickshanks. All > same > >> area. > >> > >> Karen Donald > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - > Release Date: 27/05/2005 > > > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > MORAY OPR's. The OPR's for the Moray area are now > starting to be transcribed and volunteers are > needed. Would anyone interested in transcribing the > OPR's for our area please contact me via my usual > email address or visit the Moray Rootsweb pages and > contact me via the mailing list Admin. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >