Hello all, New to the list. Just beginning this journey. I have discovered that my branch of the Calder family originated in Islay. I believe that Thomas Calder was born in Kildalton, Argyle, Scotland in 1792. He and his wife, Catherine McNabb, b. 1797, left Scotland for the U.S. at some point after their marriage in 1818. Their first two sons, Donald b.1825 and Duncan b.1826 were born in North Carolina, U.S.A.. They then moved to Ontario, Canada and their next child, Andrew was b. 1829. They then had Thomas b. 1831, Catherine b.1838 and Margaret b.1840. Andrew Calder married Mary McNeil (also from Islay) b. 1838. Mary left Islay with her parents, Lauglin McNeil and Elizabeth McCuaig, at the age of approx. 6yrs. Her family settled in the same area of Ontario as the Calders. Andrew Calder and Mary Mcneil had 8 children one of whom was my great grandmother, Elizabeth May Calder. She married Henry Edward White and they had 5 children, the youngest being my grandmother, Mary Gertrude Victoria White. She in turn married Gordon Adams and they had two children one of them being my mother Sarah Glen m. Macartney. I have quite a bit of info. on the family here in Ontario but I am not at all sure about where to find information further back than Thomas and Catherine in Islay? Any suggestions would certainly be welcomed. Sincerely, Vicki

Hi Vicki: Welcome to the List! I also have a Catherine McNabb born on Islay abt 1803. Mine ended up in Ontario much later- abt 1870. Was your Catherine born in Kildalton? Possibly Lurabus or Ballychatrigan? These two farms have a variety of spellings- I just chose my favorites. You can find several Catherine's baptisms about 1800 in the database. My Catherine married a "cousin", John McNabb. I haven't been able to sort out her parents for certain. I do have John's. He just had two brothers. They were born 1808, 1809, 1810. I think it's interesting your McNabb's went to Carolina first. I'm sure there will be people who know about your other families. And there are other McNabb researchers who may be related to yours. Feel free to email off-list if you think we have any kind of connection. Carolyn Harmon, Springfield IL

On Aug 3, 2006, at 16:28, CPEN wrote: > > New to the list. Just beginning this journey. I have discovered that > my branch of the Calder family originated in Islay. There are so many!! Islay must have been very crowded at one time. Nancy MacLarty (who can trace her people back to 1753 on Islay)

Hi Vicki: I am very interested in this family for several reasons. First Thomas Calder MAY( I really have no idea) have been a brother of my GGG Grandmother Elizabeth Calder who married John Gilchrist. Elizabeth and most of her family also went to Canada (Victoria county Ontario). If you know things about Thomas, his parents, and his siblings I sure would like to hear them. My second reason on this one is the North Carolina thing. A group of Islay people went to North Carolina in about 1820 including a brother of the above mentioned John Gilchrist. The brother was Charles Gilchrist who spent the rest of his life in Moore county, North Carolina. I have been studying his life and would like to know more about who was on the 1820 trip and how were they related. Ted Larson CPEN wrote: >Hello all, > >New to the list. Just beginning this journey. I have discovered that my branch of the Calder family originated in Islay. I believe that Thomas Calder was born in Kildalton, Argyle, Scotland in 1792. He and his wife, Catherine McNabb, b. 1797, left Scotland for the U.S. at some point after their marriage in 1818. Their first two sons, Donald b.1825 and Duncan b.1826 were born in North Carolina, U.S.A.. They then moved to Ontario, Canada and their next child, Andrew was b. 1829. They then had Thomas b. 1831, Catherine b.1838 and Margaret b.1840. >Andrew Calder married Mary McNeil (also from Islay) b. 1838. Mary left Islay with her parents, Lauglin McNeil and Elizabeth McCuaig, at the age of approx. 6yrs. Her family settled in the same area of Ontario as the Calders. >Andrew Calder and Mary Mcneil had 8 children one of whom was my great grandmother, Elizabeth May Calder. She married Henry Edward White and they had 5 children, the youngest being my grandmother, Mary Gertrude Victoria White. She in turn married Gordon Adams and they had two children one of them being my mother Sarah Glen m. Macartney. >I have quite a bit of info. on the family here in Ontario but I am not at all sure about where to find information further back than Thomas and Catherine in Islay? >Any suggestions would certainly be welcomed. > >Sincerely, >Vicki > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Click on this link for some wonderful stories, and general information about Islay: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/misc.htm > > >. > > >

Hi Vicki, I just had a chance to check the book "They Came to Mara" and found your Calder family. Along with a family tree, some news clippings and photos, it lists the following information: "Thomas CALDER and his wife, Catherine (McNABB), were born in Islay, Scotland. Catherine was a daughter of John and Janet (Leitch) McNABB. The two oldest children of Thomas and Catherine were born in the United States; the remaining children were born in Canada. The CALDER family had settled in Mara by 1852. In 1862, Thomas purchased LOT 8 CON 2 where he spent many years with his family. Thomas, Catherine, and many of their descendents were interred in the Gamebridge Cemetary." Let me know off list if you would like a copy of the Calder info. I also have cemetary transcripts for Gamebridge. Christine CPEN <claudio@cyberbeach.net> wrote: Hello all, New to the list. Just beginning this journey. I have discovered that my branch of the Calder family originated in Islay. I believe that Thomas Calder was born in Kildalton, Argyle, Scotland in 1792. He and his wife, Catherine McNabb, b. 1797, left Scotland for the U.S. at some point after their marriage in 1818. Their first two sons, Donald b.1825 and Duncan b.1826 were born in North Carolina, U.S.A.. They then moved to Ontario, Canada and their next child, Andrew was b. 1829. They then had Thomas b. 1831, Catherine b.1838 and Margaret b.1840. Andrew Calder married Mary McNeil (also from Islay) b. 1838. Mary left Islay with her parents, Lauglin McNeil and Elizabeth McCuaig, at the age of approx. 6yrs. Her family settled in the same area of Ontario as the Calders. Andrew Calder and Mary Mcneil had 8 children one of whom was my great grandmother, Elizabeth May Calder. She married Henry Edward White and they had 5 children, the youngest being my grandmother, Mary Gertrude Victoria White. She in turn married Gordon Adams and they had two children one of them being my mother Sarah Glen m. Macartney. I have quite a bit of info. on the family here in Ontario but I am not at all sure about where to find information further back than Thomas and Catherine in Islay? Any suggestions would certainly be welcomed. Sincerely, Vicki ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Click on this link for some wonderful stories, and general information about Islay: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/misc.htm