Hi Donna I'm working on the McEachern line as well. If I run into any connections I'll be sure to let you know... Good luck in your search. Micki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dona Findlay" <donafindlay@biscituk.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Researching McEachern, McDonald, McArthur & McQuilkan( various spellings) > Hi List, > > I am a new subscriber and for many years have enjoyed reading the > list and picked up a few tips along the way to help me with my family > history. > > I live in a small town called Helensburgh on the West coast of > Scotland and visit Islay at least once a year where the family grave > (Macdonald) is at Kilnaughton cemetery. I now have problems with my > great, great grandmothers relatives and hope someone on the list may > be able to help me find out more about her family. > > KIlmeny Census of 1851 Portnellan Farm shows the following: > > Age Born > Duncan McArthur 35 Bowmore Parish ( He died 5/5/1888 at > Lagavulin his parents were Peter McArthur schoolmaster & Betsy > McQuilkan married 14/2/1807) > > Catherine MacEachern 38 Ballochroy Parish (She died 27/10/1878 > at Ardbeg her parents were Alexander McEachern Seaman & Janet > McCallum ) > > Peter 12 > Mary 10 Keppols > Betty 9 > Alex 4 > Janet 1 My g grandmother married to Donald McDonald > > I cannot find a date of birth or any record of Catherine McEachern's > marriage but do know that a Alexander McEachern & Janet McCallum of > Callumkills emigrated to Canada in the 1850"s Does anyone know if my > Catherine is part of this family ? > > Also I am trying to find out if Betsy McQuilkan was widowed and > remarried a Neil McAllister around 1816?as i cannot find any trace of > her death. > > Hopefully > > Dona Findlay > > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 visit: > HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/195 - Release Date: 08/12/2005 > >