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    1. [SCOTS~GEN] John Campbell, Isle of Skye
    2. Hi Looking for help with leeds,links or info on John Campbell and Catherine MacDonald. Descendants of John Campbell Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 CAMPBELL was born Abt 1813 in Isle of Skye, Scotland, and died April 22, 1888 in Town of Cape North, First Presbyterian Church Cemetery. He married CATHERINE MACDONALD 1841 in School house of Borve, Scotland. Born Abt 1812, Died February 1907 Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Nova Scotia, Canada. Notes John Campbell, in the 75th year of his age. Deceased was a native of Skye Scotland, and emigrated to this country in 1841. One of his sons is the Rev. Mr. Campbell, of Woodville, P.E.I. First Presbyterian Church Cemetery. His head stone reads as follows: Campbell, John, native of Skye, Scotland, Died Apr 22, 1888, age 75 Erected by his son Rev. M. Campbell of P.E.I "Basically this is what I know so far". "My great great grandfather John Campbell, Skye came to Gillanders Mtn ( Middle River, Victoria County) with his wife Catherine MacDonald in about 1841. They settled close to Catherine's brother, Angus MacDonald. The family moved to Cape North (Big Intervale, Victoria County) in about 1868 and settled on a farm vacated by Murdoch MacDonald. Norman MacPherson of Bay St. Lawrence (northern tip of Cape Breton - Victoria County) was married to a sister of John Campbell and helped to get the family to Big Intervale. " Catherine Macdonald, wife of John Campbell Skye, obituary states in part "she was born some ninety-five years ago at Minguish (?), Isle of Skye ... at about age 8 the family moved to Skeabost, which came her home until she got married, spring 1841....about the 1st of August 1841 they sailed for America on the JOHN WILLIAMS, Capt. Walker in command ....they were of a dozen or so who landed at Sydney .....the rest went on to Quebec...... Marriage Notes: They got married, spring 1841... Their own parish minister Rev.Roy MacLeod of Kensalea (?) (Kensalyre), Parish of Snizort, being away from home, Rev. Coll. MacDonald of Portree agreed to meet the couple 1/2 way ...they got married in the school house of Borve...... Children of John Campbell and Catherine MacDonald are: 2. i. MALCOLM2 CAMPBELL, b. February 21, 1845, Gillanders MT, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; d. 1931, Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 3. ii. ANN CAMPBELL. 4. iii. ISABEL CAMPBELL. 5. iv. SARAH CAMPBELL. v. JOHN CAMPBELL. vi. DONALD CAMPBELL. .................. Thank you in advance for any help you can give John A Campbell [email protected]

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