Christine: Here's a quote from On the Crofters' Trail - In Search of the Clearance Highlanders, written by David Craig (1990): "In the Old Log Church Cemetery, above a marsh near Embro, Oxford County, which Woody showed me on the way to the farms of the various Mackays, and Rosses and Sutherlands, and MacKenzies and MacDonalds; one of them, Isabel, born in the year of the 'Forty-five, was the daughter of a blacksmith who had straightened scythe-blades to make swords for Culloden. For his pains his grandson Angus had had to emigrate, taking his aged mother with him." There are family history books on the Mackays, who played a large part in the pioneering of Oxford County. If you hear no other comments from the listers, I can search these references for you. Chris Chandler Oxford County, Ontario

Hi Chris Would very much appreciate any information on McKay/Barbour families. I found the family listed in the 1851 Census in the East Zorra township (Woodstock) as follows (living in a log cabin) Barbour Robert 45 born Scotland, farmer (Baptist) Mary 45 born Scotland, Baptist Allex 21 born Scotland, Baptist James 17 born Scotland, Baptist David 14 born Scotland, Baptist Mary 13 born Scotland, Baptist McKay, James R 32 born Scotland, Methodist (Joiner) James E 6 born Scotland ???? I think this is incorrect and could be Odelltown, Lower Canada (now Quebec) Elizabeth, 20 born Scotland, Methodist Mary Grace, 2 born Scotland (should probably be Ontario). Found again in 1871 census Barbour, Robert, 65, born Scotland, Regular Baptist, farmer Mary, 66, born Scotland, Regular Baptist James, 25 born (looks like a 6 - could be Ontario or Quebec) ? Barber, Mary, aged 10 born Ontario James Rose McKay emigrated via Melbourne, Australia to NZ with his second wife, Elizabeth Barbour and two children, Mary Grace and Robert Barbour McKay in the 1850s. He left his two sons by his first marriage (Alexander born 1842 and James born 1845) to a Mary Peck (believed to be in Lachine) with Robert and Mary Barbour in Canada - would like to find out what happened to these two sons. James Rose McKay was discharged from the Army in Montreal in July 1839. He was a carpenter/joiner so I guess he would have been involved in a great deal of construction around the place. any information would be very helpful. Mary-Ann Farr Christchurch, New Zealand ChrisC wrote: > > Christine: > Here's a quote from On the Crofters' Trail - In Search of the Clearance > Highlanders, written by David Craig (1990): > > "In the Old Log Church Cemetery, above a marsh near Embro, Oxford > County, which Woody showed me on the way to the farms of the various > Mackays, and Rosses and Sutherlands, and MacKenzies and MacDonalds; one > of them, Isabel, born in the year of the 'Forty-five, was the daughter > of a blacksmith who had straightened scythe-blades to make swords for > Culloden. For his pains his grandson Angus had had to emigrate, taking > his aged mother with him." > > There are family history books on the Mackays, who played a large part > in the pioneering of Oxford County. If you hear no other comments from > the listers, I can search these references for you. > > Chris Chandler > Oxford County, Ontario > > ==== 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