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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Inverness => Topic started by: dalek39 on Tuesday 27 April 10 02:37 BST (UK)
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Can anyone help please...looking for McDonalds of Tomore..Skye.........McGillvrays.. from Aird..Isle of Skye......... and McIntyres from Kilmallie Argyle..Scotland......... The first name I have is Flora McDonald..but I have no idea of her relatives....I think she is connected to Glencoe...anything would be great...thanks... :)
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Hi I'm also researching MacDonalds of Skye who emigrated to Canada in the 1920's. My tree starts with Norman MacDonald who died in Edinbane in 1800, he was married to Alexanderina MacLean. If you are a member of Ancestry I have a public tree on there under the name Chadbourn.
Cheers Mo
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Can anyone help please...looking for McDonalds of Tomore..Skye.........McGillvrays.. from Aird..Isle of Skye......... and McIntyres from Kilmallie Argyle..Scotland......... The first name I have is Flora McDonald..but I have no idea of her relatives....I think she is connected to Glencoe...anything would be great...thanks... :)
you may find this intresting and possibly irrelevant as you have not stated any dates for flora mcdonald ie year of birth.....
Flora McDonald a Jacobite heroine .
In 1746 she had met Bonnie Prince Charlie, on the run after Culloden. She helped him escape to the Isle of Skye.
She was later arrested and sent to London. On her release the following year she got this painting commissioned and gave it to the captain of the ship which had taken her south, in thanks for his kindness.
macdonalds have lived in Glencoe since the 14th centuary see also the battle of glencoe if relevant.
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Lynne Katherine....
I have not gone back past The arrival of the McDonald clan in Aussie..but I do know that Donald McDonald 1851 was born at Tomore.Skye. Inverness Scotland...As for what you have found, its interesting..There is a connection in my tree to the McDonalds of Glencoe...but I need to investigate this further...Flore McDonlad ?? Peter McIntyre ??..There is nothing obtainable before Skye in the early 1800's about These McDonalds..John , we believe was born in Ardvassar, Sleat, Inverness and the family worked on the property Tomore...I take it Tomore may have been the name of the land they had, not a place..I can't find it on the map. :)
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i have quite a bit of research on this area and would not be quite sure what might intrest you, as a half mcdonald myself born in scotland and ansestry fron this area of your intrest. The names you mention are very common and you do not need to share your info with me, however if i can help then you can send me a message.
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Thanks Lynn Katherine..Appreciate that...My McDonalds came from a place called Tomore, Skye Inverness Scotland..John and Mary McDonald came out to Australia abt 1852, had a son Donald McDonald, who was one yr at the time..This Donald was my Grandmothers father....I haven't a lot of information on this family on the Scotland side..heaps on the Australian side... Wanted to know where Tomore is..Is it a place or a district...I can't find it on the map..maybe it was a property...When they arrived in Aust. they all went on the land as farmers....I am unsure John and Mary's DOB...but that John was born in Skye Inverness....thankful of any information I can get....I was told by an Aunt that our McDonalds were connected to the Glencoe lot..but thats only talk..no factual evidence so far...hope this helps....Dalek.. and a Merry Xmas to you also... :) :-*
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Sorry about the repeats on my thread...must be the christmas spirit.. ;D
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There are so many MacDonalds particularly on Skye - which is NOT in Inverness, but, an island I live on off the West coast of the Highlands! I really can't believe that someone has posted re the most famous MacDonald of all who is known worldwide for for her connection with the Bonnis Prince. Her grave is at the end of my road. if you are researching MacDonalds you need to make sure they come from the same area you are researching as there are so many branches of this family. Jonathon MacDonald, who runs the Museum of Island life, again on the road I live on, and is also a well known historian/ genealogist, has no knowledge of the ones I am researching in Edinbane on Skye Such is the diversity of the branches.
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Just in case anyone is misled into looking in the wrong places, for the purposes of this board, Skye IS part of the historic county of Inverness. The famous Flora MacDonald, however, was not a Skye Macdonald, except by marriage as she was from the Clanranald, from Balivanich in Benbecula.
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this may be a possibilty i found the following info....
mary age 34 b.1820
john age 30 b. 1824
duncan age 3 b. 1951
ages in 1854 when sailed to portland bay from liverpool
they sailed on the Arabian 06/03/1854
their residence was Tormore on the estate of Lord Mcdonald, parish of Sleat county of Inverness.
i have'nt put too much info here in case this is not the mcdonald your looking for, however will have a good sift through and try and link a bit more info togeather .
hope you had a merry christmas also x
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so sorry my lovely oooopssss.
i have written duncan it is actualy donald age 3 big appologies there in case anyone notices that one .
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Tormore An Tòrr Mòr (the big hill)
a farm tenanted by the mcdonald family up until about 1890's
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Thanks Lynne Katherine..they are "my lot" from Tomore...Duncan may have been a brother to Donald who was one year old when they came out on the Arabian to Portland, Australia....
Donald McDonald is my direct ancestor..the father of my gran, Mary Jean McDonald..born 1881 Charlton Victoria Australia....
Sorry I have not answered this before..been away...place called Warnambool on the southern coast of Victoria, quite historic as its where a lot of settlers went and started their life in Aus ..don't know a lot of history re Scotland... that is where I am at a disadvantage...so need all the help I can get please.... ;D
Have a great New Year...to all..and I will be back after New Years day.... :)
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hi there please disregard the duncan it was due to being tired and reading too much. now i know we have the right people i can start to send you some info....
you may have to bear with me for a while as i have so much info its starting to blend into one blur....
ive found the place they lived and other relatives they came out to portland with and possibly flora's marriage (aird).
can i just ask, did you want some info also on mcIntosh from skye and is it definalty mc donald not mac donald as it gets a little difficult when finding mc's n mac marriages ha ha .... re. cousions marrying.
will get back to you as soon as
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the family of mcdonalds that sailed togeather were as follows, i will link then in when ive found my other file... see if you recognise any names possibly..
they were all of the same family.....
mary and john the oldest, it shows their ages when sailing
MCDONALD JAMES 28 b.1826
MCDONALD JANET 26 b.1828
MCDONALD KATE 22 b.1832
MCDONALD RANALD 32 b.1822
MCDONALD ISABELLA 34 b.1820
MCDONALD JOHN 12 b.1842
MCDONALD CATH 10 b.1844
MCDONALD ANN 8 b.1846
MCDONALD PEGGY 6 b.1848
MCDONALD ALEX 0 0.. meaning not yet 1 year old
MCDONALD NEIL 24 b.1830
MCDONALD CHRISTY 29 b.1825
MCDONALD DONALD 3 b. 1851
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they are "my lot" from Tomore...Duncan may have been a brother to Donald who was one year old when they came out on the Arabian to Portland, Australia....
i just wanted to check with you before doing more posts re. above you say Donald was one year old when he came out on the Arabian now i have him as being three years old when the ship set sail in 1854 yet he was born in 1851 ?? bit confussed there. , as i could not find another family from Tormore..
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Thanks m'dear for all that info..great..much appreciated...Donald McDonald, as I have it, may have been three, I have him as one, but the family is mine...definately..and the McIntoshes are also mine, as my great grandmother was Christina McIntosh...Will have to get my books out and get what I have and let you know..may take a day or two, if you'll bear with me..OK back after the New Year..have a good one... 8) ;D
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hi there. have a happy new year and yes it may take a bit longer for me to sort the papers i threw on the floor last night, I chuckle to myself.
however i just wanted to make sure it wasn't a goose chase as I'me not any kind of professional genealogist and the mcdonald/macdonald family's have passed on so many first names also...
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Thanks Lynn, but, you are right in that these are not the MacDonalds I'm looking for as they lived in Edinbane.
Angusm there's really no need for your comments re Flora. Perhaps, as she is only a MacDonald by marriage you should not even be mentioning her on a MacDonald topic??????
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Not sure what the problem is with my wee comment. Just trying to help the unwary. You do need to have your facts right though. Flora was a daughter of Ranald MacDonald II of Balivanich & Milton, a descendant of the MacDonalds of Clanranald and, via an entirely traceable genealogy, of Somerled himself. Not only that, her mother was Marion MacDonald so she could hardly have been more firmly Clan Donald by descent.
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Och I......My decendants..as I have it ..John McDonald..1790 1841..Ardvasar..Sleat..Inverness...married..Mary McPherson..1791 ..1876..She died at Penshurst. Scotland..
( not sure where these lot fit in, think they are the children of John and Mary.)
Ranald McDonald..1815-1899 Tomore..Scotland...
John McDonald...1842-1921..Sleat..Isle of Skye.
Ronald McDonald.1865-1936 born at Hamilton Victoria..
Then I found a Donald McDonald who maried Christina McLean, they had a child Christina McDonald...b 1807 and died 1895 in Charlton Victoria...
Then I found Neil McDonald.( my direct line) b 21 Jun. 1828 Sleat Inverness Scotland... His son Donald McDonald...1851 Inverness Scotland...
Neil immigrated to Aust. from the Isle of Skye with his wife Christina, and son Donald along with his mother and other members of his family.From the shipping records he was classed as a Labourer..and was employed at Portland Victoria. Australia. He took up 42 acres in Parish of Bochara (Nth.Hamilton) He died at his daughters home, Margaret McInnes..Hamilton.
Children of Neil McDonald and Christina Robertson were.
Donald McDonald. 1851.
Christina. 1855 Harrow. Vic. Aust.
Ann McDonald. 1859 Sth Hamilton.
Margaret . 1861 Vic. Aust.
Sarah, 1862 Hamilton.Vic. Aust.
John .1864 Harrow. Vic. Aust.
There you have it....so far.. ;D
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My family-lore also says we are all from Skye. All descended from some Macdonalds that moved to London, England. But I'm hitting the infamous brick-wall of birth certificates or census records in England that say nothing more for birthplace than "Scotland". Which gives zero clues as to where I should be looking.
I got excited when GEDmatch told me my very closest genetic match was someone called "Hedgie" in Australia. Trouble is, "Hedgie" put a "@bigpond.com.au" email address on his GEDmatch profile, and now bigpond.com.au no longer exists! :'(
I've got to a stage which is more like divining than proper research, by trawling through "Find a Grave" records, looking for places that have a higher proportion of similar first names from my family tree (Henry, John, Thomas and William)
So frustrating! :)
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Boreades:
Have you tried dropping the " .au " from the email address?
I have been using my email address " ...@bigpond.com " for many years and is still current.
Cheers.....esprit9