Hi Jacqueline, Don't forget that the maclean.org website has extensive genealogy records. Ian On 2 October 2011 23:25, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Margaret: > I am still trying to put all these McLeans together as there are so many > Johns and Lachlans. Have started making up a card for each Mclean and > after > I get through all the messages plus what I have, maybe something will come > up better. > Thank you for your information. If you have any pictures of the McLeans or > Colquhouns, would it be possible to get a scanned copy from ;you as I have > many old pictures from the farm that I have no idea who they are, but most > are taken in Toronto, Ontario. > Thanks again. > Jacqueline > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:38 PM > Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] MacLean/Druimighigha/Toloisk Isle of Mull > > > > The following is from an article published in the Standard Freeholder > > newspaper, Cornwall, Ontario, 1951, by Jenny MacLean [my aunt]. She > > reproduced the article about "Finch" Township by Sara Eamon written in > > 1931. The following might be of interest: "Peter MacLean landed at > > Montreal, ascended the Ottawa River to B ytown and followed the Rideau to > > Perth where some of his people had settled.and where he, too, expected to > > settle. Later he came to Finch to visit relative, Lachlan MacLean, > father > > of George L. MacLean [my grandfather..mc] Hector MacLean, a brother, and > > sister, Ann, settled on next farm. They walked all the way from Perth > > .......the MacLeans had an adventurous passage across the Atlantic. They > > came over on the vessel "The Catharine of Belfast"....." > > > > The aforementioned Hector MacLean, first cousin to my great grandfater, > > Lachlan MacLean, wrote an article for a Montreal newspaper about the > > 'crossing'. They began the journey from Tobermory on the Catharine of > > Belfast in May 1843, but the ship floundered after some weeks at sea and > > landed in Belfast where the passengers had to wait until September 2nd, > > 1843, to board another ship, "The John and the Robert". Many of the > > passengers landed near Canso, and twenty two others continued on to > Quebec > > City where my gt grandfather and his siblings and widowed mother, and > > Hector and his widowed mother and siblings continued to join relatives in > > Cornwall. The venture to Perth didn't last too long for Peter[Padraig] > > and Hector. Peter MacLean is buried in the Goldfireld Cemetery west of > > Finch Village, and Hector and Lachlan, my gt grandfather, are buried in > > the Finch Cemetery. Some of this might be familiar to you because it > has > > been posted a few years ago, but I thought, perhaps! > > , that more information might be forthcoming about the MacLeans in/or > near > > the town of Perth in Ontario. > > > > There is a cemetery named "The Colquhoun" Cemetery just east of the > > village of Williamsburg in Dundas County, Ontario [SDandG] [my > graunduncle > > is buried in the Colquhoun Cem] Also, I knew members of a Colquhour > family > > a long time ago which had lived in Cornwall.at one time but I don't think > > there are any members of that family now living in Cornwall. The name > > "Colquhoun" was not a name connected to SDandG. That was interesting to > > note that they might have come from Lanark County. and from Isle of > Tiree. > > I do know that I was always told that my grandfather was 'related' to the > > MacLeans at Perth, and the family in Cornwall, but not to the MacLean > > family at Osnabruck Centre [south of Finch] who came from Kinlochaline] > > but I don't have any details. In the same way, a descendant of John > > MacLean, son of Neil MacLean, born 1759 Dervaig, Isle of Mull, toldl my > > cousin and me that we descended from his "John", but I can' t find the > > detailsl, although from a photograph I have of m! > > y great grandfather, Lachlan MacLean, he resembles Archibald MacLean, > born > > 1791 [son of Neil] in a very uncanny manner. I do know we are related to > > the family that had lived in Cornwall. The family at Finch[Goldfield] > > was also known as the 'Duart" MacLeans. it's difficult to trace back on > > these families for more details, even though there is a relationship. > > i.e. = the MacLeans of Moose Creek, Ontario, and the family at Dunvegan > > migrated form the Isle of Skye, and the MacLean family which had settled > > at Greenfield, Ontario, emigrated from Lochaber. The MacLeans at > > Goldfiield were related to each other, but another MacLean family three > > miles north of Finch village at Berwick had emigrated in the Selkirk > > emigration and came from Isle of Uist.. I was curious about Lanark and > > town of Perth because of what was told to me. John MacLean who was > > married to Flora MacInnes was born about 1789 on Mull. These families > > were so large and had so many children...all, usually, wit! > > h the same first names..... Was your John MacLean related to the John > > MacLean who remained in Lanark County, and to the Lachlan MacLean of > > Lanark County? They seem to have been a geneartion older than Hector > and > > Lachlan, my gt. Sometimes, these families settled together in one > > location[i.e Finch[Goldfield] Cornwall//Stormont/and, or Lanark]. > > Druimighigha seems to be the key word. > > > > > > The locations named Redel [Reudle] Burg and Druimighigha on the Torloisk > > property seemed to be 'connected' to my Goldfireld MacLeans. > > I think that John MacLean who married Flora MacInnes was from Fanmore, > not > > too distant to Burg and Reudel [also on Torloisk property][two of his > > descendants told me that my Mother was their third cousin]. Hector was > > born at Druimighigha.[my gt grandfather's first cousin] > > If our MacLeans havea connection to Druimighigha and settled in Lanark, > > then they might possibly be distantly related to Hector and Lachlan. > Just > > a thought. > > > > Margaret Cameron > > Long Sault > > Ontario > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >