Hi listers, I was browsing the list messages for this month and came across Alan's post about Hugh Carmichael and Mary McKay at Scarabus. That rang a bell, so I went and had a look at my family tree info and sure enough found a Hugh Carmichael married to a Mary McKay with 4 children, Donald, Duncan, John, and James.There may well be more children than the 4 that I have found . I have Hugh's parents down as Archibald Carmichael and Annabella Carmichael. Hugh may have married Mary McKay abt 1828 but that is just a rough approximation based on the birth of what appears to be Hugh's first son Donald . Here is Donald's O.P.R. baptism entry for the Parish of Bowmore, for 1833 :-"1833, July 28, Donald, Lawful son of Hugh Carmichael and Mary Mackay, Scarabus- Carmichael" Frame no. 0381. I also have Duncan's O.P.R. baptism entry for Bowmore for the year 1837. "1837, November 24th Duncan, Lawful son of Hugh Carmichael and Mary Mackay, Scarabus- Carmichael Frame no 0401. Donald married Rachel McCuaig on the 7 March 1860 in the Parish of Oa, and had a son Neil bapt. on the 10th of Dec. 1860, at Oa, Islay. Duncan married a Catherine Carmichael on the 7 March 1861 at the Church of Scotland church in the Parish of Kildalton and had 6 kids. These were Archibald, Christina, John, Anne, Hugh, and Christina. I don't know anything about Hugh Carmichael and Mary McKay's son John, other than the fact that he was probably born sometime abt. 1840 and that he was the informant at his brother James's death in 1862. James deid on the 14th Dec. 1862 at Port Ellen, of Bilious Fever. My connection to this lot of Carmichaels is through Duncan's wife, Catherine Carmichael, who was the sister of my great grandfather Donald Campbell's first wife, Isabella Carmichael. Grant Muckart _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now