I saw a few notes recently concerning McDiarmid from Glenturret. I thought I might toss in the McDiarmid family from Comrie area that connects to mine (DEWAR) and who moved to Canada ... just to see if there are any connections: Descendants of Daniel McDiarmid ------------------------------- First Generation 1. Daniel McDiarmid was born about 1755 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Daniel McDiarmid and Euphon McGrigor were married. Euphon McGrigor was born about 1750 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Family: +2 i. John McDiarmid, born in 17791; married Mary ? +3 ii. Duncan McDiarmid, born about 1780, Ardtrostan, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland; married Margaret McGregor, in 1802 or 1803, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland; married Mary McMillan McPherson, on 5 Mar 1816, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1836, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. 4 iii. Janet McDiarmid was born on 3 Jan 1790. +5 iv. James McDiarmid, born in 1793, Scotland; married ? McNaughton, about 1820; married Susan McDonald, on 26 Jan 1838, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died in 1880, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Second Generation 2. John McDiarmid (Daniel-1) was born in 1779. John McDiarmid and Mary ? were married. Mary ? was born in 1779. Family: 6 i. Angus McDiarmid was born in 1816. +7 ii. Peter McDiarmid, born in 1818; married Jane Bridget; died in 1892, Beckwith Twp, Family: Jennie, Annie, John, Peter 8 iii. Mary McDiarmid was born in 1823. 3. Duncan McDiarmid (Daniel-1) was born about 1780 in Ardtrostan, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. He died in 1836 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Information from writings of Dr. G.E. Kidd: According to family legend, Duncan had a falling out with the Perthshire McDiarmids sometime around his second marriage to Mary, and moved the family to Skye before immigrating to Canada in 1818. He apparently never had contact with them again. On the passenger list of the Brig Curlew he is listed with wife Mary, son John age 1 and daughter Catherine age 12. So far no one has come across evidence of the other children on any passenger list, but they were all here in the Beckwith census of 1820. Duncan McDiarmid and Margaret McGregor were married in 1802 or 1803 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret McGregor was born about 1780 in Ardtrostan, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. She died about 1812 in Ardtrostan, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Family: +9 i. Catherine McDiarmid, born about 1804, Perthshire, Scotland; married Alexander R Kennedy, about 1823, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died on 17 Jan 1890, Nepean, Carleton Co, ON, Canada. Family: Margaret, Donald, Catherine, Elizabeth, Janet, Christina, Duncan, Mary, Ann, Isabella, Catherine, Marjory Waugh, Ellen, Alexander, John +10 ii. Angus McDiarmid, born about 1806, Perthshire, Scotland; married Annie Livingston, in 1833 or 1835, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died on 3 Nov 1873, Prospect, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Family: Duncan, Donald, Peter, John, Janet, Margaret, James, Mary +11 iii. Elizabeth McDiarmid, born about 1807, Perthshire, Scotland; married Alexander Scott, about 1830. Family: Margaret, Janet (Jessie), Mary, Robert, Duncan, Elizabeth, James, Catherine, Alexander +12 iv. Christian McDiarmid, born about 1810; married Robert Kennedy, on 24 Jul 1834, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died on 26 May 1873, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Family: Catherine, Margaret, Janet, Mary, Elsabeth, Christina, Amy, Annie +13 v. Peter McDiarmid, born about 1811; married Janet Livingston(e), on 19 Oct 1838, First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; Family: Janet married Janet McIntosh, on 22 Apr 1842, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died on 26 Sep 1889, Prospect, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Family: Elizabeth, Peter, Duncan, Helen Jane, Margaret, Ellen, Alexander, Donald J, Christina, Kate Bella Duncan McDiarmid and Mary McMillan McPherson were married on 5 Mar 1816 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Mary McMillan McPherson was born about 1798 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Family: +14 i. John McDiarmid, born in 1817, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland; married Mary ?; died in 1876, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Family: Mary, Duncan, Eliza, Emile, Ann, Christina, Catherine +15 ii. Ann McDiarmid, born on 24 Jun 1820, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; married Alexander Ferguson, on 25 Jan 1839, Perth, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died on 26 Mar 1886, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada2. Family: Mary, Robert, Irene Jennet, Duncan, Annie, John, Ewen Alex, Hugh A, Peter J, Alexander, Angus D +16 iii. James McDiarmid, born on 29 Mar 1822, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; married Jane Morphy, in 1840 or 1841, Carleton Place, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died on 27 Oct 1882, Carleton Place, Lanark Co, ON, Canada2. Family: William, Mary JANE, Duncan S, Matilda, Sarah, James Robert 17 iv. Duncan McDiarmid was born on 2 Apr 1824 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. +18 v. Donald McDiarmid, born on 13 Mar 1826, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; married Elizabeth McIntosh, on 6 Mar 1847, Bathurst District, ON, Canada; died on 17 Aug 1902, Carleton Place, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Family: none known 19 vi. Hugh McDiarmid was born on 25 Aug 1829 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. He died in Toronto, York Co, ON, Canada. 5. James McDiarmid (Daniel-1) was born in 1793 in Scotland. He died in 1880 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. James McDiarmid and ? McNaughton were married about 1820. ? McNaughton was born about 1795 in Scotland. She died in 1837 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Family: 20 i. Catherine McDiarmid was born in 1826. 21 ii. Angus McDiarmid was born in 1826. 22 iii. Donald McDiarmid was born in 1830. 23 iv. Duncan McDiarmid was born in 1833. 24 v. Susan McDiarmid was born in 1834. 25 vi. Ann McDiarmid was born in 1837. James McDiarmid and Susan McDonald were married on 26 Jan 1838 in Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Susan McDonald was born in 1807 in Scotland. She died on 18 Jan 1894 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada. Family: 26 i. Christina McDiarmid was born in 1840. +27 ii. John McDiarmid, born on 24 Feb 1845, Beckwith Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; married Emily Code Robertson, on 14 Oct 1881, Drummond Twp, Lanark Co, ON, Canada; died in 1919. Family: Daniel, Robert, James, Annie, John Frederick 28 iii. Isabella McDiarmid was born in 1847. ------------------------------- END ----------------------------- Regards - Glen C. Bodie Web http://Bodie.CA Home mailto:glen@glenbodie.com or mailto:Glen.Bodie@gmail.com Cell mailto:TyTN@Bodie.ca (no attachments) Snail Mail: 76 Strathcona Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4J 1G8