Hello Merri, I can't really help you with your names, but perhaps I can send you in the correct direction. The first URL is for a site that if you go through it carefully you may come up with something, an email to one of the people who run the site may produce info. The second URL is an article that I read a long time back about a cemetery in ruin, and the first person buried there was a William MacPherson. http://websites.epidirect.com/~chateauguay/Default.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~qchuntin/calvin/caltext.htm There is an area of Edinburgh known as Gladstone's Land, that may be where your ancestors hailed from. Good luck. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merri Vinton" <merzi@arvig.net> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 7:07 PM Subject: [SCTCDN] MacPherson-Knight-Leduc > I'm trying to find information about my MacPherson family in Quebec in > the early 1800's in the area of Beauharnois. William MacPherson (d by > 1822) is said to have married a Mary Ann Knight of Ireland...I don't > know where nor on which side of the ocean. Their son William (aka > Guillaume) was married to Mathilda Leduc. Family legend is that they > came from the Isle of Gladstone, Scotland, but there is not (nor was) > such a place. I hope these names or locations will ring a bell with > someone who is able to shed some light on the matter. Any suggestions > are welcome. My Canadian history is very rusty at best, so any > information will be helpful. Thanks. > > Merri > > ALLEN, BOTTORFF, BOGGS, BOUVIER, BOWEN, BRIDGMON, BROWN, CAMMERER, > CARRIER, CLARK, CLINE, COURVOISIER, CHRISTIAN, ECKERT, EVANS, FARLEY, > GIBSON, HAMILTON, HENDRIE, HOKE, JAMES, JOHNSON, KNIGHT, LEDUC, > McCAULEY, McPHERSON, MILLS, TITUS, VINTON, WARNER, WILSON, WHITE > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > Whoever said "seek and ye shall find" was not a genealogist! > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Numbers of Irish facing starvtion in Ireland elected to immigrate to Quebec,Canada on what came to be known as 'coffin ships'. Substantial numbers of children whose parents died on the voyage or shortly after reaching Quebec were adopted by French families. Some of those children retained their Irish names which can still be found in Quebec yet, albeit, with a French accent. JDW

I'm trying to find information about my MacPherson family in Quebec in the early 1800's in the area of Beauharnois. William MacPherson (d by 1822) is said to have married a Mary Ann Knight of Ireland...I don't know where nor on which side of the ocean. Their son William (aka Guillaume) was married to Mathilda Leduc. Family legend is that they came from the Isle of Gladstone, Scotland, but there is not (nor was) such a place. I hope these names or locations will ring a bell with someone who is able to shed some light on the matter. Any suggestions are welcome. My Canadian history is very rusty at best, so any information will be helpful. Thanks. Merri ALLEN, BOTTORFF, BOGGS, BOUVIER, BOWEN, BRIDGMON, BROWN, CAMMERER, CARRIER, CLARK, CLINE, COURVOISIER, CHRISTIAN, ECKERT, EVANS, FARLEY, GIBSON, HAMILTON, HENDRIE, HOKE, JAMES, JOHNSON, KNIGHT, LEDUC, McCAULEY, McPHERSON, MILLS, TITUS, VINTON, WARNER, WILSON, WHITE

For anyone who hasn't discovered this yet, here is a cemetery transcription in Queensbury, York, NB, CAN to check out. Scotch Settlement Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbyork/cem/scotchsettle.html Sharyn

Here are two entries I ran across while looking for the one Merri requested (that I didn't find). Birth Nov 5 1781 Baptism Nov 5 1871 at Ste. Genevieve, Pierrefonds, QC Parents: Murdoch McPherson and wife Anne (Infant was first baptised at home by the midwife) Birth Jan 13 1784 Baptism Jan 15 1784 at Lachenaie, QC Parents: Alexis McPherson and wife Catherine McGeaye Regards, Sharyn

Hello Len, The message I have copied and pasted below came in via another Rootsweb list I subscribe to......it came in earlier this afternoon, and the name rung a bell, but I had to read a few messages to find your, I am only copying the body of this message another thing you mentioned Quebec, but where this cemetery is, is Ontario but that really is nothing, as a lot of people landed in Quebec somewhere and ventured on to other provinces. I will gladly send you the name of the searcher once I know whether you feel it could help. ________________________________________________________________ ***Does anyone have access to the Clinton Public Cemetery in Hullett township, Huron County? I am interested in finding out more about John MCGARVA and Margaret Wallace MCGARVA who are buried there. Any suggestions?*** _________________________________________________________________ Christine original message Hello list, my request is to try to trace an uncle who migrated to Canada around 1929. his name was John McGarva, I believe that he landed in Quebec but have no details beyond that. It is known that he

Hi All, With apologies and thanks to Christine for helping me out, I am reposting my interest in David Caughey (Caughie) who was born in Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1831 and died in St Stephens, Newfoundland on 17th February, 1857. Any information will be gratefully received. I am a descendant of his brother Robert. Jim Rodger

Hi, As the list is very active at the moment, I would like to take the opportunity to repost my interest in David Caughey (Caughie) born in Wigtownshire in 1831 and who died in St Stephens, Newfoundland on 17th February, 1857. Any information would be gratefully received. Jim Rodger ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Jim, Your post only came to me on your initial sending, you had the wrong address .. you have to drop the word "request" if you want to post for all to see... below is the correct address to send mail to, just copy into your address book. Christine SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com

" A Viking Greeting " Could any body tell me if there was ever a John McWatters in the time of the French and Indian War. He was Scotish or English.. I am having a hard time finding this person where he came from 1804 and earlyer I can't find him. So this I believe that he was in the Frence and Indian War.This name was John McWatters. He live in Montreal Quebec.Thanks Is there a place that I can check the soldiers of that time? Best Regards Jim Ludwigsen

Rosemary, I wrote off a quick note to you before saying I would translate your document, I will certainly, but on closer reading you can't send it to the list with an attached message, as it won't go through, Rootsweb don't accept attachments, if you send it to me off list I gladly will translate. Christine cjjoud@rogers.com -------Original Message------- From: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Date: 05/04/04 11:39:05 To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCTCDN] Scottish soldiers in Quebec 1759 Hello: I am researching one of my husbands lines "Ross" which apparently came over with Fraser's Highlanders in 1759 and fought on the Plains of Abraham. My challenge to myself is to link a particular Ross soldier to our Ross line. To that end, I think that the land grants would be a great place to search. The National Archives of Canada refer my to a Quebec site that is totally in French (no surprise there.) My problem is my lack of French - or at least French beyond grade ten, many, many years ago. If I sent a particular item (scanned to a Word document then attached to a message) could SKS do a basic translation? An earlier Ross family researcher has traced this family line back to his marriage in 1774 in Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, complete with legal extracts from the Church, so we know for certain this is the right one. The gap lies in connecting to the British (Scottish) regiment. And, yes, the Ross family was thoroughly French-Canadian by the time our generation was born. My husband is bi-lingual, but only for conversation, does not read or write French. Thank you, Rosemary Boyd ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== Genealogists don't die, they just lose their census. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hello Rosemary, By all means send it...I can translate it. Christine -------Original Message------- From: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Date: 05/04/04 11:39:05 To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCTCDN] Scottish soldiers in Quebec 1759 Hello: I am researching one of my husbands lines "Ross" which apparently came over with Fraser's Highlanders in 1759 and fought on the Plains of Abraham. My challenge to myself is to link a particular Ross soldier to our Ross line. To that end, I think that the land grants would be a great place to search. The National Archives of Canada refer my to a Quebec site that is totally in French (no surprise there.) My problem is my lack of French - or at least French beyond grade ten, many, many years ago. If I sent a particular item (scanned to a Word document then attached to a message) could SKS do a basic translation? An earlier Ross family researcher has traced this family line back to his marriage in 1774 in Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, complete with legal extracts from the Church, so we know for certain this is the right one. The gap lies in connecting to the British (Scottish) regiment. And, yes, the Ross family was thoroughly French-Canadian by the time our generation was born. My husband is bi-lingual, but only for conversation, does not read or write French. Thank you, Rosemary Boyd ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== Genealogists don't die, they just lose their census. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Dear Sheila, If I can be of any help to you/or anyone/ that is looking for someone in the MA. census I am willing to try and locate them for you. Jim

This is a good site that has been kindly transcribed by volunteers and is FREE. This also has a search engine. I tried for the name of Patterson and received 161 marriage records,,,,,,Nathaniel Paterson http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/ontmarr.htm Marriages in Ontario 1800 - 1924 Also on this site: * Huron Co., Convictions <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Emaryc/convicti.htm> by JP's, Dec. 1867 to March 1868 * miscellaneous birth <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Emaryc/births.htm> and death <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Emaryc/deaths.htm> registrations from Ontario civil records * 1891 census inmates of Toronto Asylum <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Emaryc/asylum.htm>

Hello: I am researching one of my husbands lines "Ross" which apparently came over with Fraser's Highlanders in 1759 and fought on the Plains of Abraham. My challenge to myself is to link a particular Ross soldier to our Ross line. To that end, I think that the land grants would be a great place to search. The National Archives of Canada refer my to a Quebec site that is totally in French (no surprise there.) My problem is my lack of French - or at least French beyond grade ten, many, many years ago. If I sent a particular item (scanned to a Word document then attached to a message) could SKS do a basic translation? An earlier Ross family researcher has traced this family line back to his marriage in 1774 in Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, complete with legal extracts from the Church, so we know for certain this is the right one. The gap lies in connecting to the British (Scottish) regiment. And, yes, the Ross family was thoroughly French-Canadian by the time our generation was born. My husband is bi-lingual, but only for conversation, does not read or write French. Thank you, Rosemary Boyd

Your not the only one that is not looking for Scotish ancestory in Quebec. I have ancestory dating back to the 1700s in PEI, Ontario. and early 1800s Manitoba. Some did go from Pei to MA. Sheila Behan SuprGramps@aol.com wrote: >I am certainly happy to see this list up and running again, but before it >becomes a Quebec web site let me place PEI on it again. We also had a few Scots >there as well. My Grandfather, Roderick J. McInnis, was born on PEI on 4 July >1864. His parents were both from Scotland, but sadly yhat is all the factual >info I have on them, other than my mother said that his parents' name was John >and Mary. Roderick arrived in the US in 1881 and missed both Census takers. He >married Catherine Doucet from Inverness Co Nova Scotia in the 1890's. I >believe either in Gloucester, MA. or PEI as the family of Doucet believes. I find >him in 1900,1910,1920 census while he was living in Massachusetts. He was a >crpenter by trade. Roderick died on 15 August 1929 while living in West Roxbury, >MA. >I have received info on Roderick A. McInnis, but alas not on mine. If you >know any one who could use info on Roderick A. let me know and I would be glad to >supply thaem with what I have. My Rodericks' children started passing away in >the 1980's, but they also had children and I find it hard to believe that >they too must want to know about their ancesters. I thought I'd have heard from >them by now, but no. Thank you for your time, Jim > > >==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== >Genealogists don't die, they just lose their census. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Hi listers: I am trying to get more information regarding the Hunter Clan from Scotland. My husband is one of them. His father's name was Edward Holt Hunter, grandfather was William Wallace Hunter. I could go on and on. If anyone thinks they're connected or knows about Hunters, let's talk. Lianne Hunter

I am certainly happy to see this list up and running again, but before it becomes a Quebec web site let me place PEI on it again. We also had a few Scots there as well. My Grandfather, Roderick J. McInnis, was born on PEI on 4 July 1864. His parents were both from Scotland, but sadly yhat is all the factual info I have on them, other than my mother said that his parents' name was John and Mary. Roderick arrived in the US in 1881 and missed both Census takers. He married Catherine Doucet from Inverness Co Nova Scotia in the 1890's. I believe either in Gloucester, MA. or PEI as the family of Doucet believes. I find him in 1900,1910,1920 census while he was living in Massachusetts. He was a crpenter by trade. Roderick died on 15 August 1929 while living in West Roxbury, MA. I have received info on Roderick A. McInnis, but alas not on mine. If you know any one who could use info on Roderick A. let me know and I would be glad to supply thaem with what I have. My Rodericks' children started passing away in the 1980's, but they also had children and I find it hard to believe that they too must want to know about their ancesters. I thought I'd have heard from them by now, but no. Thank you for your time, Jim

Len -- I did some McIntosh research and found the same surname -- but in Canada was changed to McGarvey. Possibly you should research both surnames. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Logan" <nagee@bigpond.net.au> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 7:14 PM Subject: [SCTCDN] long lost uncle > Hello list, > my request is to try to trace an uncle who migrated to Canada around 1929. his name was John McGarva, I believe that he landed in Quebec but have no details beyond that. It is known that he married there and had a family, however their whereabouts is not known either. He was the son of Thomas McGarva and Mary Jane McDowall married at Glenluce 1897. He was only 16 years of age when he left Scotland, so it is likely that he lied about his age and may also given a false christian name as well, is there someone out there who may be able to track him down. > Len. > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > Great, great, grandpa, Where are you? > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Len, This might be of interest to you: The National Archives of Canada holds immigration records from 1865 to 1935. The names of immigrants arriving from overseas are recorded in passenger lists. Those arriving from or via the United States are recorded in border entry lists. A series of old nominal indexes exist for the 1925 to 1935 records. In cooperation with the National Archives of Canada, the Pier 21 Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has input the information from the passenger list indexes into this database. Also included are border entries for individuals whose surname starts with the letter C. Jenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Logan" <nagee@bigpond.net.au> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:14 PM Subject: [SCTCDN] long lost uncle > Hello list, > my request is to try to trace an uncle who migrated to Canada around 1929. his name was John McGarva, I believe that he landed in Quebec but have no details beyond that. It is known that he married there and had a family, however their whereabouts is not known either. He was the son of Thomas McGarva and Mary Jane McDowall married at Glenluce 1897. He was only 16 years of age when he left Scotland, so it is likely that he lied about his age and may also given a false christian name as well, is there someone out there who may be able to track him down. > Len. > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > Great, great, grandpa, Where are you? > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Sharyn, That would be a great idea, I think it could possibly be a help to some of those who have Scottish ancestors in Quebec. A lot of Scottish Soldiers remained in Quebec after their regiments were disbanded, some men did returned to Scotland, but after a few years back on Scottish soil quite a few returned to Quebec. I know of two areas of the province with good settlings of soldiers, around Malbaie (Murray Bay) on the North Shore, and Riviere du Loup on the South Shore. You had these soldiers marrying French Canadian girls and integrating into the French Canadian families, the paternal names carried on in the male line, I personally knew a family of MacNeil's who couldn't speak a word of English, only French. Whatever you find would be welcomed to be archived. Many thanks Christine List Admin -------Original Message------- From: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Date: 05/03/04 20:36:40 To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCTCDN] Any interest in this? Frequently while going through Quebec marriage registers I run across Scottish and Irish names (can't tell them apart in that context). Would there be any interest on this list in my posting what I find from time to time, even if it is not names anyone has asked about? I know that some lists like this and some don't so I wanted to ask before posting anything. I also have a subscription to PRDH (U. of Montreal, Quebec genealogy before 1799) online and also run across non-French names there. I can't take lookup requests unless they are for a specific location in Quebec. Most of what I have is "strays" outside the usual places the Scots and Irish settled, so I can't help with Montreal or most of the Eastern Townships. Please reply off-list rather than clutter up the archives with a lot of yes-no type responses. Regards, Sharyn McGlinchey Hay ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== Whoever said "seek and ye shall find" was not a genealogist! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237