Hi Debbie Your McDougall/McCaskie (Caskie) line are related to one of my Ferguson families through Mary's sister Margaret who married Peter Ferguson of Portnahaven. Hope this provides a wee bit more. Regards Iain See below: MCDOUGALL Allan MCDOUGALL, b. circa 1820 at Kilchoman, d. before 1901 at Portnahaven +Mary MCCASKIE, b. 20 Nov 1822 at Nerabus, Kilchoman, m. circa 1842 at Portnahaven, d. 21 Aug 1913 at Portnahaven +-- Allan MCDOUGALL, b. 9 Dec 1842 at Lossit, Portnahaven Parish +-- Dugald MCDOUGALL, b. 13 Mar 1847 at Lossit, Portnahaven Parish +-- Margaret MCDOUGALL, b. 3 Mar 1850 at Lossit, Portnahaven Parish │ +Peter FERGUSON, b. 2 Apr 1837 at Portnahaven, m. 7 Dec 1876 at Portnahaven │ +-- Marion FERGUSON, b. 8 Oct 1877 at Portnahaven, d. 1 Sep 1878 at Portnahaven │ +-- Isabella FERGUSON, b. 10 Sep 1879 at Portnahaven │ +-- John FERGUSON, b. 25 Jul 1882 at Portnahaven │ +-- Marrion FERGUSON, b. 9 Apr 1887 at Portnahaven │ L-- Peggy FERGUSON, b. 6 Oct 1889 at Portnahaven +-- Neil MCDOUGALL, bap. 21 May 1854 at Lossit, Portnahaven Parish +-- Mary MCDOUGALL, b. 7 Jun 1857 at Portnahaven Parish +-- Bell MCDOUGALL, b. 5 Nov 1860 at Lossit, d. 21 Jan 1877 at Portnahaven L-- John MCDOUGALL, b. 1871 at Govan, Lanark FERGUSON Donald FERGUSON, b. circa 1811 at Claddach, Parish of KIlchoman +Marrion FERGUSON, b. circa 1808 at Kilchiaran, Parish of Kilchoman, m. 12 May 1833 at Portnahaven?, Parish of Kilchoman +-- Barbara FERGUSON, b. 1828 at Portnahaven │ +Alexander BROWN, b. 24 Sep 1825 at Tormisdale, Parish of Kilchoman, m. 2 Apr 1863 at at Torrony Schoolhouse in the, Parish of Portnahaven, d. 31 Mar 1903 +-- Duncan FERGUSON, b. 6 Feb 1834 at Claddach, Parish of Portnahaven │ +Bella MCINTYRE, b. 6 Nov 1846 at Balameanach, m. 29 Apr 1875 at Portnahaven │ +-- Marion FERGUSON, b. 21 Feb 1876 at Portnahaven │ +-- Neil FERGUSON, b. 17 Jan 1878 at Portnahaven │ +-- Donald FERGUSON, b. 17 Jun 1880 at Portnahaven │ +-- Margaret FERGUSON, b. 18 Sep 1882 at Portnahaven, d. 28 Dec 1952 at Edinburgh │ +-- Isabella FERGUSON, b. 1 Oct 1885 at Portnahaven │ L-- Kitty McIntyre FERGUSON, b. 17 Jan 1888 at Portnahaven +-- John FERGUSON, b. 31 Mar 1837 at Port Wemyss +-- Peter FERGUSON, b. 2 Apr 1837 at Portnahaven │ +Margaret MCDOUGALL, b. 3 Mar 1850 at Lossit, Portnahaven Parish, m. 7 Dec 1876 at Portnahaven │ +-- Marion FERGUSON, b. 8 Oct 1877 at Portnahaven, d. 1 Sep 1878 at Portnahaven │ +-- Isabella FERGUSON, b. 10 Sep 1879 at Portnahaven │ +-- John FERGUSON, b. 25 Jul 1882 at Portnahaven │ +-- Marrion FERGUSON, b. 9 Apr 1887 at Portnahaven │ L-- Peggy FERGUSON, b. 6 Oct 1889 at Portnahaven -----Original Message----- From: deborah robertson [mailto:drobertson26@btinternet.com] Sent: 10 May 2006 18:50 To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McDougall and Caskie family from Portnahaven Hello, Is anyone else researching McDougall/ Caskie familys from Portnahaven? My 3xgreat grandmother was Mary McDougall born 7 June 1857, Portnahaven. Her parents were Allan McDougall and Mary Caskie. Other children for Mary Caskie and Allan McDougall are: Allan born 1842 Isabella born 1843 Dugald born 1847 Margaret born 1850 Neill born 1854 Bell born 1860 Mary Caskie died August 1913, age 92, Portnahaven, Islay death was registered by John Ferguson - Grandson. I would love to hear from anyone researching these names! Debbie P.S This is now the 3rd day i have tried to post this message so if 3 copies suddenly appear i apoligize ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 visit: HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/