Hi Zelda Thankyou for the offer but unfortunately all I know is in what I laid out yesterday. The information on the children born in New Zealand came to me from a descendant a long, long time ago. Christine Highland Hearts http://www.highlandhearts.com/ -----Original Message----- From: George Matheson [mailto:DORNOCH@XTRA.CO.NZ] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:37 PM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Passengers to Otago, New Zealand Hi Christine With reference to William MACKAY and Elizabeth GRANT who came to Dunedin New Zealand on the "Lady Egidia" do you know where they might have settled - then I may be able to help. Best wishes from a veeerry frosty Dunedin morning Regards Zelda Matheson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Stokes" <chris@northants26.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 12:21 AM Subject: RE: Passengers to Otago, New Zealand > Thought I would follow up Peter's interesting news with some detail of the > Mackay family. > > WILLIAM MACKAY [born 17/11/1816] married ELIZABETH GRANT > [6/8/1833-17/2/1910] > William, a millwright, is the son of Adam Mackay and Jannet Sutherland (MC). > William was a widower, aged 44 of Inchomnie, Rogart, with a son William, > when he married Elizabeth (Betsy). Betsy was from Gruids, Lairg, daughter of > Alexander Grant and Margaret Murray. The marriage took place in Lairg Free > Church, Gruids, on 8 February 1859 (MC). They then had a son: ADAM, born 10 > November 1859 Rogart (IGI). Later, in October 1860, William and Betsy left > Scotland with William and their infant son and emigrated on the "Lady > Egidia" to Dunedin, New Zealand. Sadly baby Adam, in company with many > other children, died on the voyage. Arriving in Dunedin William and Bessie > bought "waste land" which eventually became a productive and prosperous > farm. They had the following children (MACKAY) born in New Zealand: > Margaret Grant, born 4 December 1861; Jessie Sutherland, born 13 January > 1865; Isabella Henrietta, born 28 October 1867; Adam Alexander, born 25 > August 1869 and William Grant born ?. Margaret Grant Mackay was the only > child of Elizabeth Grant and William Mackay to have children. After > William's death, Betsy managed the farm until she died on 17 February 1910. > > Would be great to find any other news of this family. Does anyone know when > William Mackay died? > > Christine > Highland Hearts > http://www.highlandhearts.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Morag Godfrey-Grant & Peter Grant > [mailto:morag&peter@godfrey-grant.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:05 PM > To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Passengers to Otago, New Zealand > Importance: High > > Just a few Sutherland names from a passenger list I was looking at this > evening for a ship named the "Lady Egidia" which sailed from Greenock 12 > October 1860 and arrived at the Scottish settlement of Dunedin, Otago, New > Zealand 26 Jan 1861 (one of my ancestors was on board also): > > Alex and Betsy McGREGOR, Dornoch > Daniel McLEOD, Gruids, Lairg > William McKAY, wife and 2 sons, Golspie > Catherine MURRAY (residence not given, but appears directly below William > McKAY and family above) > > Might be of interest to someone? > Peter Grant > London (ex Dunedin, New Zealand) > > > ==== 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 > > > --- > Incoming 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 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.263 / Virus Database: 135 - Release Date: 6/22/01 > > > ==== 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/ > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > ==== 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 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.263 / Virus Database: 135 - Release Date: 6/22/01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.263 / Virus Database: 135 - Release Date: 6/22/01