Hello Irene I would think McIlchonnel could easily translate from Gaelic into Donaldson (son of Donald) My great great great grandmother started off life as McVurich and finished it as McPherson. Don't know about the Christian and Elizabeth though, perhaps they were sisters Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: <PERTHSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <PERTHSHIRE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:03 AM Subject: PERTHSHIRE-D Digest V04 #17