Brenda The 1871 census on line for Ontario is head of household and strays only. But it gives you the location of finding the family much more easily than having to go thru the census page after page as you do on the rest of the years Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Triggersons" <the.triggersons@sympatico.ca> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: Re: Zorra > Hi All, > Zorra (East & West) had a whole host of Mackay's present for the 1871 Census - > there were 82 recorded and there weren't too many ladies included, so they > might have only recorded single and widowed ladies. > The entries are shown as mainly Presbyterian/Farmers. > The oldest were two ladies, Mayan & Jane, both 84/b. Scotland. There was no > Christian but (1) Christena 65/b. Scotland and (2) Christy 48/b. Scotland. One > Neil shown as a farm lab./45/b. Scotland. The oldest Alexander was 78/b. > Scotland and the youngest was 21/b. Ontario. > There were two Johns - the elder was 52/b. Scotland and the younger was John > Sutherland McKay/29/b. Ontario. Does this help - or just confuse the > situation? > BW > Brenda T. > Hamilton, ON., Canada > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christine Stokes <chris@northants26.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 June, 2001 2:38 PM > Subject: Zorra > > > > Hi List > > Seems very quiet on here this week! > > Can anyone in Ontario help out with information on the following? > > > > Neil Mackay married to Catherine Sutherland had the following children born > > in Rogart, quite possibly at Ardchue: > > ALEXANDER, born circa 1790 [died circa 1841-51] [married Ann Sutherland]; > > HELEN (Nelly), born 7 August 1805; HUGH, born 25 April 1807; ELSPET, born 5 > > August 1809 [died 24 March 1888 Ardochue, Rogart] [married Colin Mackay]; > > HUGH, born 5 August 1811; JOHN, born 22 April 1813; ANN, born 12 July 1815; > > CHRISTIAN, born 28 November 1817 and DONALD, born 18 July 1820. > > > > As their daughter Elspet married and died in Rogart we had assumed that Neil > > and Catherine did also. However, looking at the Old Log Church cemetery > > inscriptions on the internet last night I found a gravestone for Neil and > > Catherine - this Neil and Catherine? > > > > Neil is not a common Mackay name in Rogart and the chances of finding two > > couples with these names seem slender to me. Does anyone have access to > > census records for Zorra - did the Neil and Catherine on the gravestone have > > children with the above names? > > > > Any help most appreciated. > > Thanks > > > > Christine > > Highland Hearts > > http://www.highlandhearts.com/ <http://www.highlandhearts.com/> > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 5/17/01 > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can > do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > >