> Thank you so much for your reply.. > > This was definitely new information: > > Many Islay people who lived in Minto Twp were buried in > Bethel Pioneer > > Cemetery in Arthur Twp (if you look at a map, these two > twps are side by > > side separated by Hwy 6) Wellington Co. including > CAMPBELL > Catherine d 27 > > Nov 1867 dau of Colin & Catherine Campbell. > > I had located the census and marriage records you had passed along.. and > looked again at those and I think I may have straighten out the two > marriages of Dougald McConnachie... then again maybe not. > > Colin Gordon Campbell (b. 1825) still has me mystified... and your > revelation that he may have had land: > > In the Wellington County Historical Atlas, Colin Campbell > had 100 acres at > > lot 15 concession 3 > > I was thinking that he never made it to Canada... I have found unsourced > information that has him dying in Ireland around 1866, but I haven't > committed to that. I do know his son William was born 25 Apr 1867 in > Scotland. And I also, thanks to you, know that his daughter died in Nov > of > the same year in Canada. By the time of the 1871 census, Colin's wife is > a > widow. If Colin did make it to Canada and owned land in Minto Twp., you > would think he would be buried at the same place as his daughter. But > he's > not.. and no Canadian death document. Still, the land is becoming > persuasive... I now think he did make it to Canada. (but so did a lot of > Colin Campbells!) Well, at least the emigration year is solid - it has to > be 1867. > > These families are not specifically mentioned in "the way it > was, A History > > of Minto Township" but it does mention that a number of Minto > residents > > migrated to North Dakota and called their settlement there > Minto. > > Yes, there definitely is a Minto, North Dakota... many of the Campbells > I'm > related to are buried there. Although, my family was, for the most part, > a > bit North of there at St Thomas and Glasston... all in NE North Dakota - > just South of Winnipeg. > > I know none of this has a place in your tree, but if you want me to > generate > any genealogy reports for you, just ask. I'd be happy to do so. > > Keldon Reichert > Phoenix, AZ > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.14280 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/