Hi List, I have been looking at old archives to see if I can find a connection to certain people from my family tree and came across an entry on the 16th September 1999 sent by Robyn Young who was enquiring about descendents of Donald McDonald and Marion Clark. I have e-mailed the address attached (robynyoung@mpx.com.au )but it has been returned with the message no such user.If anyone knows the current e-mail address for Robyn Young can they please contact me off line. Just in case anyone has a connection I have attached my message to Robyn. I believe my family of McDonalds are related to your's. My Great Great Grandfather was Archibald born 1823, the first child of Donald McDonald and Marion Clark. He married Meran Johnstone at Kildalton on the 258 September 1846 and they had three children. Donald born 1847 (my Great grandfather), Mary born 1849, and Archibald born1850. The Free Church records of Port Ellen show an entry on the twelfth of January 1847 that reads "Archibald McDonald and Mary Johnstone compeared before the Session and confessed being guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication After an address by the Moderator( the elders being previously conversing with them) they were freed from the scandal of their sin. The census of 1851 shows that Meran was a grocer, now a widow but to date I can find no trace of her death although she was still alive in 1868 when my Great Grandfather Donald married Jessie Macarthur of KIlmeny in Glasgow. Please contact me off line if you have a connection as I have quite a large family tree that may interest you. Dona Findlay

Sorry marriage date is 28th September 1846 On 19 Jan 2006, at 19:18, Dona Findlay wrote: > Hi List, > > I have been looking at old archives to see if I can find a > connection to certain people from my family tree and came across > an entry on the 16th September 1999 sent by Robyn Young who was > enquiring about descendents of Donald McDonald and Marion Clark. I > have e-mailed the address attached (robynyoung@mpx.com.au )but it > has been returned with the message no such user.If anyone knows the > current e-mail address for Robyn Young can they please contact me > off line. > > Just in case anyone has a connection I have attached my message to > Robyn. > > I believe my family of McDonalds are related to your's. My Great > Great Grandfather was Archibald born 1823, the first child of > Donald McDonald and Marion Clark. He married Meran Johnstone at > Kildalton on the 258 September 1846 and they had three children. > Donald born 1847 (my Great grandfather), Mary born 1849, and > Archibald born1850. > The Free Church records of Port Ellen show an entry on the twelfth > of January 1847 that reads "Archibald McDonald and Mary Johnstone > compeared before the Session and confessed being guilty of the sin > of antenuptial fornication After an address by the Moderator( the > elders being previously conversing with them) they were freed from > the scandal of their sin. The census of 1851 shows that Meran was a > grocer, now a widow but to date I can find no trace of her death > although she was still alive in 1868 when my Great Grandfather > Donald married Jessie Macarthur of KIlmeny in Glasgow. > > Please contact me off line if you have a connection as I have quite > a large family tree that may interest you. > > Dona Findlay > > > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: http:// > homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm >