Ken: You are correct, Malcolm McNiven and Flora Currie only had 10 children; I miscounted. Yes, my husband is descended from John McNiven and Bertha Vierhus. They had 8 children; son Alexander Vierhus is my husband's grandfather. He married Jennie Rice and had 2 children, Richard and Donald (my father-in-law). Back in the early 80's Don was researching the family and somehow had contact with a Becky (Mrs. Roy) McNiven, who apparently is not related but had some information about our family. She is the one who gave us the birth date for Flora Currie as 1 Jan 1819 and year of death as 1912. She and Malcolm were married 1 Jan 1840. The birth date she had for John is 7 Oct 1851. I keep finding differences in the years of birth, so am not sure which is correct. I have more dates and names of spouses for Malcolm & Flora's children if anyone is interested. -----Original Message----- From: KenHarrison11@cs.com [mailto:KenHarrison11@cs.com] Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 9:32 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] CURRIE/MCNIVEN In a message dated 16/07/2006 8:40:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, debmcn2@verizon.net writes: > I am a new subscriber who is trying to research my husband's family. I am > looking for information on Malcolm McNiven and Flora Currie. Flora is the > daughter of Lachlan Currie and Jane McNiven Currie and was born Island of > Islay on 12 Jan 1819. Flora emigrated to Ontario, Canada in the early > 1830s. She married Malcolm McNiven and had 11 children. Their son, John > Currie, b. 1852 or 1852 Brant Township, Ontario, is my husband's GG > grandfather. Any information or leads would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Debbi McNiven Debbi, Welcome to the Islay List !! I assume that your husband is descended from Bertha Vierhus, wife of John McNiven. Right? This family has had quite a bit of discussion on this List over the past several years. I suggest that you trawl through the Archives to see what has been uncovered. There are several Currie and McNiven researchers on the List and I am sure that they will be happy to help you. You seem to have a bit of data which I don't think has been mentioned before, such as the birth date of Flora Currie. What is your source for this date? You also state that she had 11 children. I know of Lachlan, John, Margaret, Peter, Malcolm, Jane, Annie, Mary, Alexander & Duncan. Do you have the same? Who is #11? I have the birth date of John as 8 Oct 1853, but am not sure of my source ..... Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as PROGRESS ... HARRISON Yorkshire > Staffordshire > London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GREAVES Yorkshire > London GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark > Orkney > Glasgow > Canada + Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire > Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness > Swaziland + S. Africa SPENCE Orkney FOTHERINGHAM Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire > Dumbarton > Glasgow > Australia (Vic) MORRISON Islay > Ontario BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk > Yorkshire AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannanshire > Ontario McNABB Islay > Ontario MURRAY Dumfries > Renfrew SINCLAIR Perthshire > Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries + Lanark CALDWELL Tyrone > Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone > Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== To visit the website associated with this project, visit: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/data.htm