----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Campbell" <brainiac@nbnet.nb.ca> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:15 AM Subject: [Campbell] Hebridean Campbell lines... > > It's been some time since any Campbell-L mail has appeared on my monitor's > screen. Does this reflect a slow period, or might I somehow have been cut > off from the list? > > Recently, I was able to break through one of my brick walls in my Campbell > family research, and push back my family tree an additional four > generations to the Outer Hebridean Island of Barra, and beyond that to the > Inner Hebridean Island of Skye, and only perhaps, to Uist. > > Are there any Campbell researchers on this list who have connections with > the Hebrides? I'm interested in discovering if we might have ancestors in > common, something of the Campbell Hebridean connections, and even > something of the history of the Hebridean Islands themselves. > > My earliest connection, thus far, is one John Campbell, a resident of the > Isle of Skye. Family tradition, which is scanty at this point, suggest > that he had about seven children, including at least one daughter. John's > line was Catholic, and I believe, Jacobite supporters in the '45. > > At least two of John's sons, a daughter, and possibly others, departed > Skye which at this point had become hostile to Catholic Highlanders, for > Barra which was predominantly Catholic. Among them were Colin, Hector > [b.1777], and Duncan the Piper [b.1781]. I descend from Duncan's line. > > Hector and Duncan emigrated from Barra with their wives and families > around 1806 for Nova Scotia where the two families eventually settled in > the Red Islands District along the Bras D'Or Lakes in Cape Breton. Hector > was married to a MacMullen, and Duncan to a Mary MacInnes. > > Purportedly, a sister also emigrated; first to Nova Scotia and eventually > to the US. Similarly, two other brothers emigrated to Upper Canada > [Ontario] before moving on. > > I'd love to hear from anybody with connections in the Hebrides. > > Yours, aye > > Mike Campbell > _______________________________________ > > Remember to search the archives use this address > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL > > Browse the archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ > > Contact the List Manager > mailto:campbell-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAMPBELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message