hi Just met a man in Barrie Ontario who is from Islay(Jim Gillis) His brother still lives in Pt. Ellen Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: <sct-islay-request@rootsweb.com> To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:01 AM Subject: SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 28 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. McLartys of Isaly (Margaret Harris) > 2. Re: Macquilkans on Islay (George W. Durman) > 3. Margaret Harris/McLarty's of Islay (Sharon J. Huber) > 4. McQuilkans (Raymond Williams) > 5. Re: SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 20 (Rowena Curtin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:19:08 -0400 > From: "Margaret Harris" <mharris@scohs.on.ca> > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McLartys of Isaly > To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4532435C0200003500004F87@gwweb.scohs.on.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > October 15th > > My name is Peggy Harris. Donald McLarty who left Isaly in 1833 with > is wife Mary Love was my Great-great grandfather. I am trying to trace > four of his other siblings who did not emigrate to Ontario. They are > Dougall, James, David and Archibald. If anyone has any information or > ideas I would welcome them. Apparently some of the brothers may have > gone to the U.S. or South Pacific. > Thanks > Peggy Harris > >  > > **************************************** > This message and any attachments are directed in confidence to the > addressee(s). If you have received it in error, please delete it and > notify us immediately. > > Ce courriel y compris tout document joint ne s'adressent qu'aux > destinataires. Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le > supprimer et nous en aviser sur-le-champ. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:41:44 -0400 > From: "George W. Durman" <GermannaResearch@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Macquilkans on Islay > To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <200610151859.k9FIxJO2027364@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; x-AttchRem=yes; charset="us-ascii"; > format=flowed > > My maternal grandmother's family , WILKINSON, came from Argyll; > however, one of her g-g-g-g-grandfather's brothers was born on Islay. > WILKINSON was McQUILKIN when the family immigrated to the > Cape Fear River area of NC about 1760-70. I'm not sure if the surname > was spelled McQUILKIN in Scotland, but it was spelled with the "I" > instead of the "A" in NC (McQUILKIN vs. MCQUILKAN). I always > wondered why all the rest had birth places (in NC documents) in Argyll > while this one person is listed with a birth place as Islay. > > Sarge > > At 10/12/2006 10:41 PM Thursday, Toni Sinclair wrote: > *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* > >>Hi Angela, >>I never knew that the name Wilkinson was derived from >>"Macquilkan". If that >>is the case, did any of your "Wilkinsons" emigrate to Peel County? There >>are several of them buried in Boston Mills Cemetery, along with many >>other >>Islay emigrants. >> >>Toni Sinclair >>(snip) > **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:28:55 -0700 > From: "Sharon J. Huber" <sjhuber1@comcast.net> > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Margaret Harris/McLarty's of Islay > To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com>, <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002701c6f0a0$eb784840$6700a8c0@hsd1.wa.comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Peggy, > > According to the information I have received from one of the descendents > of the Archibald McLarty you mention in your posting you can reduce your > search by one person. Archibald married Catherine MacInnes and immigrated > to Quebec/Canada East in the late 1830's-early 1840's. His son Archibald > was born in Quebec in 1841 and son Charles was born in Quebec in 1844. > Originally this family lived in Bentinck, Grey County Ontario then moved > to the next township South, Egremont. From Egremont they moved to North > Dakota and can be found on the 1900 & 1910 U.S. Census. On both census > there is a Donald McLarty family in Pembina Twshp, North Dakota that I am > certain is part of the McLarty family I am tracing. Donald Indicated that > he was born in Canada and that his parents were both born in Scotland. I > am related to Isabella McLarty who married Dougald McCallum September > 1930. Islay, Scotland. My McLarty/McCallum family settled in Bentinck, > Grey County, Ontario. > > Sharon Huber, > Bellingham, WA > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:36:30 -0400 > From: "Raymond Williams" <Argyll@comcast.net> > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McQuilkans > To: <SCT-ISLAY@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001501c6ef31$2d04e7d0$ebdc2f44@RAY> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > All McQuilkans need to do a DNA test with Family Tree to really sort out > who we are. The DNA markers will tell us all who we really are. At the > moment only I and one other have tested and we need more results. Please > everyone this the way to sort all the conceptions out. > Yours Aye, > Ray McQuilkan > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:01:31 +0000 > From: "Rowena Curtin" <roweeee@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 20 > To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <BAY103-F28AFEAA3E20A2857E52471A5090@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Re 7. Is this an Islay picture? (Norma Callicott) > > I was most interested to see Norma Callicott's family photo. I have a > photo > of the man fourth from the left and possibly also the man on his right. My > photo has been sourced from the photo album belonging to Angus Rutherford > Johnston and it was taken at some time later and the hairline has receded. > Other photos in this collection date from around 1880 to 1900. > I have posted Angus's photo album on the net at > http://groups.msn.com/JohnstonsofIslay/homepage and this is photo 18. > Unfortunately we don't know who these men are either. > Angus Rutherford Johnston was the son of Angus Johnston (1801) and Mary > Campbell and grandson of Duncan Johnston (born 1765) and Catherine > McIntyre. > Angus was born in Glasgow in 1838 showed up in Islay for the 1841 census > and > then became something of an Indiana Jones figure travelling through South > America, was shipwrecked and captured by Indians, joining in on the San > Francisco gold rush and then goldmining in Canada before becoming a > successful merchant in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island > Angus's photos may be Johnstons, Campbells or his wife's family. > Fellow Johnstons are encouraged to post their photos on this site to share > our images and maybe even join a few missing dots. > Please contact me at roweeee@hotmail.com > Kind regards, > Rowena > Australia > > >>From: sct-islay-request@rootsweb.com >>Reply-To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com >>To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com >>Subject: SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 20 >>Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:01:08 -0400 >> >> >> >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Parrish Location? (Sharon J. Huber) >> 2. Re: Parrish Location? (genealgal2@execulink.com) >> 3. Re: Parrish Location? (Gary Turnbull) >> 4. Re: Parrish Location? (Les Horn) >> 5. Just back from Islay (Nancy A. MacLarty) >> 6. Parish Location-Thanks, (Sharon J. Huber) >> 7. Is this an Islay picture? (Norma Callicott) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 07:35:31 -0700 >>From: "Sharon J. Huber" <sjhuber1@comcast.net> >>Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Parrish Location? >>To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <002101c6eae7$02535b00$6700a8c0@hsd1.wa.comcast.net> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Does anyone know where Kilcalmel Parrish, Argyleshire is located? >> >>Thanks for your help/ >> >>Sharon Huber, >>Bellingham, WA >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 11:38:40 -0400 (EDT) >>From: genealgal2@execulink.com >>Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Parrish Location? >>To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <1197.216.75.189.57.1160321920.squirrel@216.75.189.57> >>Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 >> >>Hi Sharon >> >>I wonder if you mean Kilcalmonell? It is the only Argyll parish name that >>is close to "Kilcalmel". >> >>Kilcalmonell is on the west coast of the Argyll peninsula along West Loch >>Tarbert where Kennacraig is situated. BMDs for that parish: b 1777-1854, >>m 1784-1854 d nill. >> >>If you are interested in Clachan, there is an old photo online at >>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/robertwg/clachan.htm >> >>Cheerio >>Sue Visser >>Ontario, Canada >> >> > Does anyone know where Kilcalmel Parrish, Argyleshire is located? >> > >> > Thanks for your help/ >> > >> > Sharon Huber, >> > Bellingham, WA >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >>---------------------------- >>Powered by Execulink Webmail >>http://www.execulink.com/ >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 3 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 12:00:43 -0400 >>From: "Gary Turnbull" <garyturnbull@sympatico.ca> >>Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Parrish Location? >>To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <008f01c6eaf2$e921ced0$0bdafea9@Turnbull3> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >>Hi Sharon >> >>I believe the actual parish name is Kilcalmonel and Kilberry. Kilberry is >>in Kintyre >> >>Regards >> >>Gary >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Sharon J. Huber" <sjhuber1@comcast.net> >>To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:35 AM >>Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Parrish Location? >> >> >> > Does anyone know where Kilcalmel Parrish, Argyleshire is located? >> > >> > Thanks for your help/ >> > >> > Sharon Huber, >> > Bellingham, WA >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 4 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:16:36 +0100 >>From: "Les Horn" <leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> >>Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Parrish Location? >>To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <00f801c6eaf5$21a86910$13be87d9@yourvw9b0ghct7> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Sharon asked >> >> >> > Does anyone know where Kilcalmel Parrish, Argyleshire is located? >> >>Kilcalmonell is that part of the united Parish of 'Kilcalmonell & >>Kilberry' >>(Psh #516) to the SE of West Loch Tarbert - stretching from Kennacraig to >>Refliich (GB Grid Ref NR828633 to NR713499) >> >>I will send a map of the south Argyll Parishes, showing the location of >>Kilcalmonell, to Sharon off-List. >> >>Regards >>Les >>---------------------------------- >>For an excellent, current, map of Britain use the Ordnance Survey web-site >>: >>http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/ >>For an excellent 19th Century map use the Old-Maps web-site : >>http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ >>---------------------------------- >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 5 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 11:37:27 -0700 >>From: "Nancy A. MacLarty" <nanmac825@dccnet.com> >>Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Just back from Islay >>To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <fc8562f510ed81d1e127bbd4b9ac9d93@dccnet.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >>I'm back in British Columbia after 18 days in Scotland - 5 of which >>were on Islay. We had wonderful weather and I really enjoyed myself >>there. Visited the Family History Centre, Islay House, the Round >>Church in Bowmore, Kildalton Crosses, Port Charlotte, Port Askaig, etc. >>& stayed in Port Ellen. I am making up a page of photos of Islay and >>will send the URL for it soon. The oldest gravestone I could find was >>1790, but didn't find any McLarty's. However there seemed to be a >>connection there for me. I had always loved the sea, wind, rocks, etc. >> When I visited Newfoundland I loved it while my friend shivered! >>Must be because of my Islay ancestors' blood - earliest I have traced >>was my 4xGreat Grandfather James, Born 1753. >> >>Nancy MacLarty >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 6 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 13:34:09 -0700 >>From: "Sharon J. Huber" <sjhuber1@comcast.net> >>Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Parish Location-Thanks, >>To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <003c01c6eb19$1b9817e0$6700a8c0@hsd1.wa.comcast.net> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Thanks for all of the responses and to Les Horn for the map of the >>parishes. >> >>I took the spelling from an email I received about a possible Islay family >>located in Aldborough and Dunwich Townships. >> >>Sharon Huber, >>Bellingham, WA >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 7 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:21:19 -0600 >>From: "Norma Callicott" <norcal@telus.net> >>Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Is this an Islay picture? >>To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <000601c6eb5a$5ebc4aa0$d6843b8e@Norma> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Just wondering if any of you travellers to Islay have a photo that may >>match a mystery family photo of mine which can be viewed at: >> >>http://www3.telus.net/artnorma/johnston >> >>Do you have a photo which matches the hills or the building in the >>background?? >> >>thanks >>Norma Callicott >> >>------------------------------ >> >>To contact the SCT-ISLAY list administrator, send an email to >>SCT-ISLAY-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >>To post a message to the SCT-ISLAY mailing list, send an email to >>SCT-ISLAY@rootsweb.com. >> >>__________________________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com >>with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body >>of the >>email with no additional text. >> >> >>End of SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 20 >>**************************************** > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SCT-ISLAY list administrator, send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SCT-ISLAY mailing list, send an email to > SCT-ISLAY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 28 > **************************************** >

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