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Alexander of Gairloch Scotland and children murdoch, roderick, john, duncan, Jessie

swayball20  (View posts) Posted: 7 Nov 2009 5:34AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: macdonald, MacLellan, Macleod
Yeah! A family member just sent me a hand written family genealogy done by a now deceased ancestor - It confirms some siblings I had figured out on my own (though never really had confidence in). Plus, gave me many more names - Unfortunately, I don't have any real data or dates and knowing how common these names are - may not help to list the info - but here goes...

Alexander MacDonald of Gairloch, Scotland m. ? was Kepper of the guns and huntsman for the Duke of Edinburgh.
had Murdoch (who remained in Scotland and was Kepper of the Crown jewles and of William Wallace's Sword)
(Murdoch had:

William, Alexander (went to New Zealand), Murdoch, John, Donald, Mary, Isabel, Annie, Helen, Sophia)
Roderick
John
Duncan (my great great grandfather)
Jessie

Duncan was born circa 1799 and I believe arrived to Cape Breton, Boularderie Island with wife Anne MacLellan in 1831. They lived for sometime on what family says was land granted from the King on Boularderie (to whom I am not sure - also not sure which other siblings of Duncan's or Anne's came over.

They had
Alexander (who had John, William, Mary, Henry, Harriet, Austin, Lillie)
Murdoch (who had Hannah, Tillie, Mamie(?) - all who died of TB - Roderick, Cahrles, Annie)
John (who had Josie - John died young enough that "josie was raised by other family)
Donald (died in infancy)
Duncan (stonecutter - died at age 25)
Donald (my great grandfather - moved to Mass, USA - married Janet Scott Anderson, had 12 kids)
Roderick (had John, William, George, Mary)
Margaret (married a McLeod)
Mary - or May Ellen (married a MacDonald had Janet and Nena) (later married Capt John MacMillan, Uncle of Donald Baxter MacMillan - who was from Cape Breton)
Isabella (married a McLeod - had Duncan, Annie, Dolly)

Hopefully something here rings a bell for someone...

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