Dorothy Jenkins has left a new comment on your post "Clan Shenachie":
In an attempt to stress to all McGillivrays how important Roy McGilvray's collection is, I am going to attach a sampling of the information he sent me. By way of introduction to this information, my McGillivray relatives had literally spent years driving around Ontario trying to find where our ancestors had settled. I was lucky enough that my grandmother Catherine Lillian had that one unusual middle name for a McGillivray. When I contacted Roy, he knew in an instant which line I belonged to. Before I contacted Roy, I had only one other solid lead, that being an oral history that my grandfather was one of nine brothers, and that two were named John, also that they lived somewhere in eastern Ontario. I believed I had found the family on the census, but it was Roy who provided me with the valuable information that traced them back to Scotland. For those of you who continue the to ask generally here on the FB page if anyone knows of their own family history, you likely have to do the same sort of thing I did. Gather snippets of information and then start looking through census records yourselves. They are an excellent initial source if information. I spent nearly a year building our tree. I also only added names to the tree at ancestry.caonce I had official government documents to verify the name. As a result, my tree has been recognized by ancestry.ca as a good tree. I have not yet added the names that Roy gave me which tracks the
family back to Scotland as I still don't have documents, but I am determined to find those ..documents. I intend to dig into records (including municipal) in Glengarry, Ontario and even in Scotland. What I am trying to say is that searching the ancestry is a lot of work, and it can also be expensive. That being said, someone in your family has to be willing to make that commitment. I have traveled everywhere in Ontario, even to the National Archives in Ottawa to get more information about military records. This FB is great for discussing HOW to start searching, but it is the individuals in the family who have to conduct the search themselves - beat the trails and spend a bit of money. I am lucky that in my family, there has been someone from every ancestral line who has taken on this task. I took it on for the McGillivray line. I have not yet even started with the MacRae line. I am also fortunate that my tree is quite large. I have 40 first cousins. As a result, there are others tracing the tree at ancestry.ca, which is also an excellent place to start searching and well worth the fee. I believe Roy to be one of, if not the MOST, important authorities of the McGillivray lines. And as for many, if not most, Americans, it is highly likely that your ancestry searches will also bring you back to Canada. I am uploading the valuable information Roy sent me.
Adding to Beverly's story, see below for the information Roy provided on my family line. I sent Roy the information that cousin Gary McG and June Leafblad gathered and had added to Rootie.org Website . Now I want to add a disclaimer (sounds better than an excuse lol) that I have not yet reviewed this information well. A quick look tells me it definetly is my family line. There are lots of abbreviations, which Roy has since enlightened me with his system. Contact me for questions on this info or Roy for more info!
Roy's Website Link
"This is what I have; (I live in Ottawa & was in Lachute a week ago) Let me know of mistakes or if you have more info <1880."
Roy
ALEX (my #32) (MORAY) b.c 1750 + Janet Nicol
Wed 14 Dec 1775; Dyke (& for all kids)
He mason & F. & both d.in '57.
[IF he was 47 when wed he could be grd-SO Alex 78 + Agnes Leall]
Desc= Ruth/Ann Strouse email bounced
Gary/L McG* is on www.mcgillivray.us (goto 31)
5011-184th Ave NW, Anoka, MN 55303 no e-m
1-612-753-1513
(see c:\family\contacts for site details)
Info from his cousin June Leafblad, grd-DO Ed McG
[There is a Wm b.1842; Thurso, with Angus 6
=Jim 24 Nov 1776 (mom=?)
likely + Anne Barron 8 June 1808; Rafford, Moray
[but Peter in Oz has her 2nd wo Jim in Alex 78]
[& maybe Jim 44]
Emigrated to Lachute, Que 1835 (see Don 49)
'42 census has older fem with son Wm
She d.1859; Lachute; widow (OPR)
"History of Lachute" by GR Rigby has much info on
Barron fam. Thos B. was 1st Scot settler 1809 & was
from Morayshire. He bought up all land where Lachute
is now.
=Anne 10/15 Mar'09; Rafford, Moray (all kids)
(Dyke is 8mi w) dad from Upper Pharp
(Phorp is 3 mi s of R.)
wits= Alex Davidson in Warend, Jim Paul in
Bothies, Thos Buie & Pebter Barro, both in
Locnavando.
+ Wm Barron 25 July'26; Rafford
He wit to mom-in-law's d.in '59
She d.18 June'88; 79. He d.30 Dec'73; 76; cem
=Isa 10/15 Mar'09 (some Cdn records have her b.1811
+ Thos Stornach
=John 9/18 Apr'11 dad in Phorp wits= John Laing
in Breach & John Barron in Lochnavandor
=Wm 4/11 Sept'14 wits= Wm Malker in Baremuir &
Wm Bruce in Craigrou
'42 census he F. at Jeruselum. d.1842/47
+ Mary Loggie wed 17 Mar'40; Dalesville (5mi
from Lachute), Baptist Ch, DO F., 3mi w of D.
on 14-9R, she b.Lachute; d.15 Apr'47; Lachute.
=John 15 Mar'41; Dalesville. Presby
d.13 Feb'93; Staples, MN killed while
driving his team over RR track
+ Mary Jane Hudson wed 5 Dec'64; Brist
Que (her res) (or maybe in Ottawa); she
b.16 Dec'42; Bristol, DO Henry/Smith H.
& Ellen Fairburn; he dairy farmer. Her
family disinherited her for this marr.
She d.23 Aug 1933; Tacoma, Wash, bur
Staples. Info from Staples newspaper
'71 Kaministikuia, Algoma p.23; he 30 Que,
Presby, lumberer; she 28 Que
[no other Ont b.m.d links to this family in Pt A]
'78 to Duluth; then to Motley
'79 Apr 1, to Staples twp, Todd Co, Minn
homesteaded on sec'n 22
=Wm Henry 4 Nov'65; New Mkt, Ont;
+ Minnie/Maud Frary wed 1 May'89
he bur Birchdale, Minn
He wit in 1934 to bro Alex's b.;
he 9yr older; of Birchdale; & 11
yrs older than Ellen when he wit
her b. in 1934; his res Sault,
Minn. Both these places are in
Koochiching Co (≈Ft Francis, Ont)
6 Ont in '71
=Robt/John 19 Nov'67; Thornbury, Ont
4 + Emma Borchart
res Alder, Wash
=(Ed)/Jim 22 Jan'70; Thornbury
1 + Alice/Pearl Mooney
d.20 Dec 1946; Zion City, ILL
=Alex b.28 Jan'74; Pt Arthur, Ont
in Spanish/American War. d.1957
+ Maud Goodrich =12 kids Staples
=Ellen/Jane 10 Aug'76; Pt Arthur
+ Willard Olin
She d.1923; Duluth
=Fred 16 Dec'71; Pt Arthur d.1943
+ Minnie Zachow res Zion City
=Benj 26 Aug'79; Staples d.1942 Staples
+ Ethel Dobson res Duluth
=Geo (twin to Benj) res Tacoma, Wash
=Mary/Jane (Minnie) 15 Dec'81; Staples
=Jim 7 Dec'42
=Wm 15 Dec'44
d.23 Aug'44 (error); Jerusalem, Que
≈Don b.1816 d.28 Jan'92; Lachute tombstone says
he native of Moray, also to Cda 1835. He's
the only other McG fam at Lachute
'42 census has him on same p. as Wm
+ Flora Loynachan
she d.10 July'77; Lachute, age 44, native
=Jane b.1849; Lachute
Maybe the Jean McG (1847-1935) who was
2nd wo John/W Todd (1835-1903)
= Guy/P (1886-1967)
= Gilbert (1890-1942) (Lachute Cem)
=John/Loynachan 24 Sept'50; Lachute
He d.14 Feb 1927; bur Lachute
+ Mary McAllister wed 14 June'82; Lachute
She 20 Sept'53-23 Apr 1924
=Flo/May 24 Feb'83 + Oliver/J Wood
wed c1924; Breadalbane Bapt Ch; she
42s b.St Jeruselem res Vankl; he 53w
SO Jim & Mary McG
She d.13 Dec 1969
=Gladys/M 29 Apr'86 + Chas McFaul
d.16 Oct 1956 = Don (has Clothing
store in Lachute in 1980's)
≈Agnes (McAllister) McG (d.22 Apr 1922)
+ Percy Nichols
=Simon 25 Jan'51; Lachute
+ Cath/Walker Craizer 10 Nov'75; Lachute
=Edna 5 in '81
=Maggie/Robina 3 d.1 Apr'84; 6yr4d
,=Don 9 Apr'52; Lachute
=Alex 19 July 1778 (mom= ?) (Likely Alex 95 + Jessie Ralph)
=Margt 17 Sept 1780 (mom= ?)
=Isa 10 Mar 1783 (mom= ?)
'41 she 45s (really 56) looking after Ross family below
'51 she 65s& housekpr to sister Janet's family
She d.13 Jan'57; Kintessack, (2nw of Forres) Moray; 74s;
wit= John Ross, nephew
=Janet 7 Aug 1785 + John Ross
'41 Kutepack, Dyke (7)p.8; It appears both parents have d. &
her sister Isa is looking after 2 kids; all Y;
'51 Kintessack vill, Dyke (2)p.6; Isa 65s is still the
housekpr to her nephews, all masons;
= John 10/28 Dec'16; Dyke (McGillevray) 33 mason in '51
= Alex 27 May'20 (McGillavray) 26
= Jim 20 Mar'24 24
= Janet 20 Mar'20 15 in '41
= Frederick 23Apr/28 May'28 10 20
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