Hi Judy I am replying to your email about your families. My James Rose McKay was born on 18 June 1819 to 1822 and was, according to his enlistment records in the 71st Highland Light Infantry Regiment in 1835 from the Parish of Dornoch. Not 100% sure of date of birth as he seemed to vary his birthdate according to needs. According to family bible his father was Alexander McKay and mother Anne Sutherland. Alexander died in 1852 (where I don't have the faintest idea) and Anne in 1826. Anyway, there must be some reason why Rose appears as his middle name I just haven't unearthed it yet. James came to Lachine, Lower Canada in 1835 with the Regiment. He was discharged in Montreal in 1838 and in 1839 married Mary Peck. Mary and he had two sons, Alexander born 1843 and James born 1845, both in Odelltown which is now in Quebec. Mary died in 1845. In 1848 he remarried Elizabeth Barbour in Woodstock, East Zorra township, Oxford, Ontario Anyway, everyone is probably getting tired of reading this story again, but you mention many of the family names that may connect. Put away in a box somewhere and who knows there might be a connection later on down the track. Regards from Christchurch, NewZealand Mary-Ann Farr judy rogers wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just reposting my family interests. The first being the family of ALEXANDER > SUTHERLAND. He was born February 1756 Golspie and in December 1785 married > MARON MCKAY (MACKAY) in Dornoch. Maron died July 1830 at Birichen, Dornoch. > They had the following children: > > David born 1785 Dornoch . > James born 1790 Dornoch. > John born 1791 Dornoch, > Margaret born 1793 Dornoch. > John born 1795 Dornoch. > Helen born June 1804. (My gg grandmother) > Kenneth born 1809. > > I have not yet been able to verify who their spouses were with the exception > of Helen. The surnames I think may be possibilities are ROSS, MACKAY, > GRANT, MATHESON, MCLEOD and MCDONALD. > > My other family is the family of ANGUS MUNRO and CHRISTINA GRAHAM. > Angus was born September 1770 in Cromarty and married Christina Graham in > 1787. Their first three children William 1788, Hector 1790, Hugh 1793 were > all born in Ross & Cromarty . > Their next son Donald was born c 1801 Sutherlandshire, but I can find no > record of his birth. The next three children Margaret 1802 Dornoch, James > 1805 Skibo Dornoch and Christian 1808 Cyderhall Dornoch. > > Spouse possibles for the above except Donald who married Helen Sutherland in > 1826 Dornoch are ROSE, MANN, FRASER and MCKAY. > > If anyone has a connection with these families or any of the surnames > mentioned I would like to hear from them. I know that Sutherland and Munro > are very common names but I hope that someone may be able to at least let me > know if I am on th right track. > > Regards, > > Judy. > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com