Hi Pat, Alexander Garland age 32 of Gloucester from Trinity Harbour, Newfoundland s/o Alexander and Jane Hiscock married Christina B MacNeil (Maiden name MacLeod) Gloucester 36 housekeeper born Margaree d/o Roderick MacLeod and Mary J. Ross 2nd marriage Aug 29, 1899 Gloucester. Vince ----- Original Message ----- From: "al&mc" <pallon@telusplanet.net> To: "Vince MacNeil" <vs.macneil@ns.sympatico.ca>; <ns-cape-breton@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 7:50 PM Subject: RE: [NS-CB] MacNEIL, Creignish Rear > Hi Vince, > > Yes, I think this is the family I'm looking for. Joseph's mother Christie > is living with Joseph & Christie (McLeod) on the 1881 census and I have a > birth date for Murdock as approximately 1887. An uncle who is researching > the McLeod family has this note in his records for Joseph Sr.: "He was a > "Fisherman" working out of Glouchester. Mother Christy living with them > shown in 1881 census as 59 and 1891 census as 70." Unlike me, my uncle > does > not source his data so I have no idea where this came from. > > I would truly appreciate any information you wish to share and would > gladly > provide details of the McLeod side if you are interested. I know there is > a > picture of Christie and her mother Mary Ann Ross McLeod (my 2Xggm) in a > museum on CB - I believe it is in Port Hastings. > > Thanks very much for your response - you've made a cloudy, thunderous and > soon to be rainy Calgary a much brighter place! > > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince MacNeil [mailto:vs.macneil@ns.sympatico.ca] > Sent: August 3, 2008 4:30 PM > To: al&mc; ns-cape-breton@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] MacNEIL, Creignish Rear > > > > Hello there, > Does this look like the family you are looking for? Do the dates fit? > I > can tell you a bit more about their ancestry if you think this is the > family. > > Vince > > Name: Joseph MacNeil > > ---------------------------------------- > > Birth: abt 1850 > > Mother: Christy (~1821-1917) > > Marriage: abt 1879 > > ---------------------------------------- > > Spouse: Christina > > ---------------------------------------- > > Birth: abt 1860 > > Death: bef 1901 > > > > Children: > > ---------------------------------------- > > 1 F: Mary MacNeil > > Birth: abt 1880 > > ---------------------------------------- > > 2 M: Murdock MacNeil > > Birth: abt 1887 > > ---------------------------------------- > > 3 M: Joseph A. MacNeil > > Birth: abt 1890 > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Last Modified: 2 Apr 2007 > > Created: 3 Aug 2008 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "al&mc" <pallon@telusplanet.net> > To: <ns-cape-breton@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:50 PM > Subject: [NS-CB] MacNEIL, Creignish Rear > > >> Anyone with connections to Joseph MacNEIL who married Christy MacLeod, >> daughter of Rory MacLEOD and Mary Ann ROSS before 1881? Christie was >> born >> at Big Intervale. I have been led to believe they met in Glouchester, MA >> and returned to Port Hastings at some point. I believe they had four >> children: Mary, John, Murdock, and Joseph. >> >> Christie, my ggaunt, later married Alexander Garland and she died in Port >> Hastings in 1956 at the age of 95. I have been unsuccessful locating a >> death for Joseph Sr. I also have been unsuccessul locating her marriage >> to >> Alexander. I'm also very curious about what happened to the four >> children - >> the only info I have is that Murdock may have had US military service. >> >> Any suggestions will be most appreciated. >> >> Pat in Calgary, Alberta >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NS-CAPE-BRETON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >