I have been following this thread because I am researching a family of McLean who came form Mull to Canada in 1820. I would like to have access to the Census of the Duke of Argyll in 1779 referred to by Elizabeth. Please let me know how to access this. Since the McLeans left Mull in the 1820's it could help identify a location. Enjoy reading your information . Elizabeth, Canada On 2013-11-26, at 4:00 AM, sct-isleofmull-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > PLEASE don't reply with the whole digest attached. Remember when replying to a message, which was received through the digest. You'll have to change the subject line to reflect which message your responding to. You'll have to cut and paste the necessary information into a new message then cc the list and original poster. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Angus McLean - Duke of Argyll (elizabeth mcdonald) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:03:02 +0000 > From: elizabeth mcdonald <moshi94@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Angus McLean - Duke of Argyll > To: isle of mull roots <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU173-W3375F0C1C9CCFCC22639DEB2ED0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Dana, > I believe the tachsman was the one who collected the rents for the Duke. But, perhaps he was a civil servant for the government. Ian could probably tell you. > > I don't know who Sandy would be, only that Sandy is short for Alexander for the Scots. I once asked why so many Alexanders and Hectors in Scotland and the answer I was given was that probably they were the suggestions of the Presbyterian ministers, who, being the only literate or educated people in the community, (till the 1790's) favoured the heroes of old Greece, once the traditional names were exhausted - ie the paternal grandfather, the maternal grandfather and then the father. Your Angus McLean was mentioned only in the sentence I quoted. No further info was given on him. > > To get more info on your Angus's parents you would need to follow up on Sandy the brother who appeared, as of 1849, to still live on Mull. Certainly your finding a Sandy as a son of a Hector is encouraging. Try the 1841 census to find Sandy and Christina McLean on Mull and see the sequence of names of the sons and where they lived exactly on Mull - Killunaig? Then compare it with the 1861 census for Mariposa to see if the sequence of names is the same for your Angus. > > Though I favour the Hector as father because of location, Killunaig, the eldest son of your Angus is a Donald. So match my guesses with Ida's. > > All the best. > Elizabeth. > > >> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:00:15 -0600 >> From: rdkelly24@gmail.com >> To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Angus McLean - Duke of Argyll >> >> Dear Elizabeth, >> I have a few questions. What was a taxman? I have a brother for Angus, son >> of Hector, named Alexander b. 18 May 1800 in Kilninian. He married a >> Christina McEachern on 8 August 1832 in Kilfinichen and Kilvickinen. The >> letter you have is so great! Who would Sandy be? Thanks, Dana >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:30 AM, elizabeth mcdonald <moshi94@hotmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear Dana, >>> You are hoping to find the parents of your Angus McLean born in >>> 1792. You note that your Angus McLean was the miller at Killunaig before >>> emigrating with wife and family to Mariposa in 1833. >>> >>> Looking at the Duke of Argyll's 1779 census the miller of >>> Killunaig in 1779 was a Hugh McLean aged 40 (b. 1739). Also in Killunaig >>> in 1779 is an Alex. McLean taxman, aged 55, with son Hector aged 5 and an >>> Angus McLean aged 40. Those three are the only adult males listed in >>> Killunaig in 1779. >>> >>> It appears both Angus the miller and Hugh were bachelors at the >>> age of 40 as no wife nor children are listed with either man. I would >>> doubt they would marry at this point in their lives. Conversely, at >>> Torrenbeg (Estate) which sits directly back of Killunaig which is on the >>> water, are John, 22, taxman and Charles his brother 14 and Neil a herder. >>> My supposition is that all three are older sons of Alex, taxman of >>> Killunaig, who set his eldest son up as taxman in Torrenbeg. >>> There is also another Charles in Torrenbeg aged 20. >>> >>> Lastly in 1779 there is an Alexander McLean, aged 80, (b 1699) at >>> Beluich just close by. >>> >>> So my input re your ancestors of Angus McLean is, as supposition, >>> - your Duncan, father Angus (1792), then grandfather Hector, (1774) then >>> great-grandfather Alexander (taxman at Killunaig) (1724) and the >>> great-great-grandfather Alexander (1699 Beluich). >>> >>> Since we all are trying to help, perhaps something new above will, >>> from Ida or Ian or Linda, strike a note that can help us all. >>> >>> Finally, I have in my possession the transcription of a letter >>> written in 1849 and in it it says "i did not see Angus McLean, Sandy's >>> Brother but they are well... They are about 60 miles from here". The >>> letter is written from Vaughan and in my deduction it definitely refers to >>> your Angus, Dana. Not much help in giving a brother named Alexander but >>> perhaps we all can solve the jig-saw puzzle together. >>> >>> All the best. >>> Elizabeth. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SCT-ISLEOFMULL list administrator, send an email to > SCT-ISLEOFMULL-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SCT-ISLEOFMULL mailing list, send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of SCT-ISLEOFMULL Digest, Vol 8, Issue 249 > **********************************************