Hi Carolyn Your packet arrived today. I've started reading it already. I don't know how or when it can be made available to others. Ron Steenvoorden said he possibly could help but we'll see how it progresses. Thanks again, Sue Visser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Harmon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 2:19 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] departures > Hi listers: Somebody wrote about a family leaving Islay in the 1850's. I > have a copy of "Not A Ship..Not a Man: The Record of Capt. John McNab" by > John McKay. I needed to get it out to check the dates and names again. > The > story begins when Robert McNab tried to leave Islay with his family and > the > McPhee's among others in 1850. The overloaded boat was blown back to Port > Ellen and wrecked. He mentions the McPhee's sailed from Greenock two > years > later, with the McNab's following in 1856. Robert McNab was Capt. John > McNab's father. They settled in Sullivan twp, Grey County. There is more > information about Robert's children- born in Islay and Ontario. Of > course, > the main focus is Capt. John's experience on the Great Lakes. I thought > Capt. John McNab and my John McNabb were cousins (born 1843 and 1842) > since > there was a Robert McNabb born in 1810 to the same parents as my John's > father, John, born 1809. I still haven't figured out if this is the > correct > Robert. My John supposedly left Islay to visit his cousin on the Great > Lakes and he also spent many years as a ship engineer. Capt John lived in > Owen Sound and my John was in Collingwood in 1871. > > I really had to do some digging to track down this book/booklet a few > years > ago. I was able to get it from John McKay's widow, who was pretty old at > the time. I do believe they wouldn't have a problem with me sharing the > booklet- but it's about 50 pages long! I think there was a copy in the > Library of Canada but not sure about others. > > Carolyn > ------------------------------- > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. Please don't do it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks for letting me know Sue! I was just starting to wonder if it was going to make it. I just wish I could figure out if Robert McNabb, Capt John's father, was my John McNabb's uncle. There really isn't that much about Islay- it's almost all Ontario. So maybe just the first section could be made available? Did I tell you my John McNabb married Margaret Galloway in Oswego NY in Nov 1868? They supposedly both worked on a Great Lakes ship- and their daughter was born in early 1869. She might have been premature? Margaret was from the Port Hope area and they were in Collingwood in 1871. I've never been able to figure out the ship. I tracked down the church in Oswego, since I have their original marriage certificate. The page with their marriage was ripped out of the book- which had survived a fire!~ Enjoy! Carolyn

This book sounds interesting . When I hear someone left Greenock around `1850 my ears pick up right away Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Visser" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] departures > Hi Carolyn > > Your packet arrived today. I've started reading it already. > > I don't know how or when it can be made available to others. Ron > Steenvoorden said he possibly could help but we'll see how it progresses. > > Thanks again, > Sue Visser > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Harmon" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 2:19 PM > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] departures > > >> Hi listers: Somebody wrote about a family leaving Islay in the 1850's. >> I >> have a copy of "Not A Ship..Not a Man: The Record of Capt. John McNab" by >> John McKay. I needed to get it out to check the dates and names again. >> The >> story begins when Robert McNab tried to leave Islay with his family and >> the >> McPhee's among others in 1850. The overloaded boat was blown back to >> Port >> Ellen and wrecked. He mentions the McPhee's sailed from Greenock two >> years >> later, with the McNab's following in 1856. Robert McNab was Capt. John >> McNab's father. They settled in Sullivan twp, Grey County. There is >> more >> information about Robert's children- born in Islay and Ontario. Of >> course, >> the main focus is Capt. John's experience on the Great Lakes. I thought >> Capt. John McNab and my John McNabb were cousins (born 1843 and 1842) >> since >> there was a Robert McNabb born in 1810 to the same parents as my John's >> father, John, born 1809. I still haven't figured out if this is the >> correct >> Robert. My John supposedly left Islay to visit his cousin on the Great >> Lakes and he also spent many years as a ship engineer. Capt John lived >> in >> Owen Sound and my John was in Collingwood in 1871. >> >> I really had to do some digging to track down this book/booklet a few >> years >> ago. I was able to get it from John McKay's widow, who was pretty old at >> the time. I do believe they wouldn't have a problem with me sharing the >> booklet- but it's about 50 pages long! I think there was a copy in the >> Library of Canada but not sure about others. >> >> Carolyn >> ------------------------------- >> >> Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor >> netiquette. Please don't do it. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. Please don't do it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message