Elaine, I think that I can help a little with at least one of the branches. Flora Campbell was born in 1805 in Carsaig and died in Infirmary in Paisley in 1874. Flora's parents were Alexander Campbell and Janet Lamont . I reckon that John McKinnon was born around 1800. I notice that in the famous Siaba clearance documents there is a John MacKinnon signatory ...was it same one ?? There seems to have been only one John McKinnon there at the time of appropriate age. John and Flora had the children you mention in your email . I am descended from the son Lauchlan MacKinnon , b 1837. As you know the whole family were in Paisley in 1851. Lauchlan married Janet Barr in 1859 and they were in Wardrop Streep Paisley in 1861, in 1871 they were in Neilston Road Paisley , and in 1881 Wallneuk Street , Paisley. Their children were Colin , Flora, Mary b ~1866 ,John , Lauchlan , and Isabella . Lauchlan senior seems to have fallen on hard times living in Paisley Model Lodging house in 1891 , dieing 1917 in Craw Road Paisley. Mary MacKinnon ( b ~1866) married John Adam in Paisley and they had children including Janet Adam b 1895. This Janet Adam was my Grandmother . Several of my grandmother's Adam siblings emigrated to Canada . She herself actually emigrated to Canada ( Montreal) in her late teens and stayed there a couple of years . On her way back to Scotland she met a sailor called James Johnston who was from Islay ( another Argyll island) . Their children included my mother Janet Adam Johnston who married my father William McDougall. Elaine , if you are also descended from the "original" John MacKinnon and Flora Campbell seems like we could be distant relatives. Regards, John In a message dated 25/09/2007 00:55:40 GMT Standard Time, elainer@stn.net writes: I am trying to find out more about the following family: John McKinnon and Flora Campbell children: Charles Feb 27 1828 Shiaba Mary Nov 22 1829 Shiaba Catherine Nov 22 1829 Shiaba Angus May 1 1832 Hugh Nov 17 1834 Lauchlan Jul 22 1837 Hugh Jan 7 1842 Donald abt 1846 In 1841 census in Shiaba , Angus and Lachlan are with John and Isabella?? (I think this is an error) while Charles Catherine and Mary are next door with John and Mary Beaton. In 1851 the whole family is in Paisley: John and Flora, Donald, Hugh, Charles, Catherine, Angus and Lachlan. 1861 in Paisley Flora is head of the family with Angus, Hugh and Donald living with her. I haven't located the others in this census. I haven't found any of them in Paisley area in the 1871 census but I know that Donald came to Ontario in 1874. Did any of the others come to Ontario? Elaine Robinson Georgetown Ontario Looking for McKinnons in Ontario and Mull ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message