For Cynthia: 1816 is awfully early for immigration to Canada. None of the west was settled at all and most of what is now Ontario was unmapped bush. Victoria county may have been settled that early and perhaps some of the eastern townships of Ontario. The border between Canada and the US was very blurry at that time as well. I don't even think the canals were built until the 30's or 40's so travel would have been very difficult indeed. Your best bet, in my opinion, would be to look in the eastern provinces or the north-eastern states. There is a well established Scottish heritage in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton and it feels likely that he would land somewhere on the east coast. Any idea what his occupation might have been? There were some big coal mining operations in Nova Scotia as well as fishing, sealing and ship building. Most settlers to Ontario farmed the land. Just some thoughts. You may be able to find a transcript from his graveyard if you can narrow things down a bit. People tended to settle in clusters, family or friends from the same tiny area either travelled together or met up on this side and created a new version of their old neighbourhood. Virtually all of the older stones in the graveyard where our ancestors are buried show the deceased being born on Islay or in Argyllshire. Many were former as well as "current" neighbours. Do you know any Scottish neighbours or close family names that can give you further clues? Perhaps from a tenant list? For Elizabeth: Quebec is still THE major landing area for immigrants. By 1926 the whole country was getting settled and travel by rail as well as road pretty much as easy as it is today. Any ideas on where others from Ardtalla may have settled or where there is a cluster of relatives? Most of the letters are lost but folks did keep in touch, for generations. Did any of his war buddies immigrate? Their location could give you a starting point. The Canadian Archives have quite complete census data and the database is searcheable but I thinkso the data has to be 90 years old before it's made public so you may have to wait a bit for the next one in line to become available. You might have to search all 10 provinces but if this chap was here for any appreciable time before his death, there should be a record somewhere. Good luck to you both.

Great recap Carol. Just to add to this list, Selkirk area of Manitoba was settled between 1814 - 1816. (Hudson Bay), Islay folk were also found there. Marilyn Favaro ________________________________ From: Carol Bell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, July 24, 2010 10:36:32 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Deaths in Canada For Cynthia: 1816 is awfully early for immigration to Canada. None of the west was settled at all and most of what is now Ontario was unmapped bush. Victoria county may have been settled that early and perhaps some of the eastern townships of Ontario. The border between Canada and the US was very blurry at that time as well. I don't even think the canals were built until the 30's or 40's so travel would have been very difficult indeed. Your best bet, in my opinion, would be to look in the eastern provinces or the north-eastern states. There is a well established Scottish heritage in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton and it feels likely that he would land somewhere on the east coast. Any idea what his occupation might have been? There were some big coal mining operations in Nova Scotia as well as fishing, sealing and ship building. Most settlers to Ontario farmed the land. Just some thoughts. You may be able to find a transcript from his graveyard if you can narrow things down a bit. People tended to settle in clusters, family or friends from the same tiny area either travelled together or met up on this side and created a new version of their old neighbourhood. Virtually all of the older stones in the graveyard where our ancestors are buried show the deceased being born on Islay or in Argyllshire. Many were former as well as "current" neighbours. Do you know any Scottish neighbours or close family names that can give you further clues? Perhaps from a tenant list? For Elizabeth: Quebec is still THE major landing area for immigrants. By 1926 the whole country was getting settled and travel by rail as well as road pretty much as easy as it is today. Any ideas on where others from Ardtalla may have settled or where there is a cluster of relatives? Most of the letters are lost but folks did keep in touch, for generations. Did any of his war buddies immigrate? Their location could give you a starting point. The Canadian Archives have quite complete census data and the database is searcheable but I thinkso the data has to be 90 years old before it's made public so you may have to wait a bit for the next one in line to become available. You might have to search all 10 provinces but if this chap was here for any appreciable time before his death, there should be a record somewhere. Good luck to you both. ------------------------------- 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