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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Argyllshire => Topic started by: wmonks on Tuesday 22 November 16 21:10 GMT (UK)
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I'm searching another side of the family, of Robert Mitchell b 1826 in Lochgair, Argyllshire, he married a Margaret Mitchell also born in Lochgair, Argyllshire on 1830, Margaret Mitchell's parents are Duncan Mitchell and Catherine Leitch Mitchell. I'm looking to find who Robert Mitchell's parents were, and possibly the parents of Duncan Mitchell, the father of Margaret. This is a bit confusing, since it seems that they may have been related before the marriage.
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One of your dates must be an error.
Have you found them in the 1841 and 1851 census? That might provide useful material. If they were still alive in 1855, then the best way to find out about their parents is from their death certificates.
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Hi- My information shows that the first offspring to Robert and Margaret was born in Ontario Canada in 1853. I have not yet looked in the census for 1841 or 1851. Thank you for your help. This is a great source.
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One of your dates must be an error.
Agree GR2,
wmonks can you confirm whether Margaret was born in 1830 or married in 1830 please?
If married in 1830, her husband Robert could not have been born 1826?
Is it the wording that is confusing us?
Annie
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My apologies. What my info says is Robert Mitchell was born May, 1826 in Lochgair, Argyllshire, he married Margaret Mitchell in 1852, Margaret was born in 30/08/1830 also in Lochgair, Argyllshire. Margaret's parents are Duncan Mitchell and Catherine Leitch. I know Robert and Margaret had left Scotland by 1853, as their first child is born in Ontario in 1853.
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Here's my token contribution...the only two the fit in Argyll but not in Lochgair. No marriage recorded in Scotland for a Robert/Margaret Mitchell 1849-1853.
MITCHELL MARGARET 26/11/1826 Campbeltown Parents: DUNCAN MITCHELL/ISOBELL MARTIN
MITCHELL ROBERT 19/11/1826 Campbeltown Parents: WILLIAM MITCHELL/SARAH MCNAIR
They may have married on the ship or in Canada or he may have married another Margaret with a completely different last name.
Canadian Census here http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx see if they are in the 1861/71.
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Don
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Actually this is possible. Though one document we have was written in 1931 says that on this date of June 1931 they celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the landing of their forefathers on thus continent which was Canada. So maybe they all immigrated in 1831 and Robert and Margaret did marry in Canada. I just assumed they were married in Scotland. So you were very helpful i will look there for more info to that. I know that Duncan lived 1795 to 1875 and his wife Catherine lived 1799-1879. They helped in the founding of kilmartin presbyterian church in and around St Thomas Ontario. They left Scotland from ardrischaig Scotland.
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Information on Margaret Mitchell listed on your other post arriving 1831 Canada along with her father Duncan and Christina Leitch ???
Rosie
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Death for Robert Mitchell on 26 November 1889 Detroit Michigan information on parents names unknown ...Family tree has them listed as John Mitchell and Nancy McLean
Rosie
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To those looking for information re. the Mitchell Family that left Argyllshire, went to Canada, and some of whom ended up in Detroit (we live in Detroit), I can possibly help if you give me specific questions. That is my husband's family and we have gone to the Mitchell family reunion here several times over the past 45 years. I have done genealogy work on the family in the past and his father, Donald Mitchell Fuller, also wrote a "lite" family history.
I am just refreshing my memory on all this as my husband wants to pop over to that part of Scotland to see where his Scottish family hailed from, and when pulling out my old records, can see if I can answer anything you are looking for-
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SEEKING FURTHER INFO ON THE MITCHELLS OF BUTE/ARGYLL who came to Canada and some of whom ended up in Detroit -- Specifically who was wife of of Donald Mitchell (b. 1790 in Rothesay, Bute or Argyll, d. 1844 Canada). Also who were his parents? By family tradition, we believe he was married to a Jean MacAlpine (or Jean McAlpin) also born in Scotland, but we see other references to an Agnes/Ann McLean.
Gladys Elise Mitchell is my husband's grandmother (Birth: 1894 Ontario, Canada;Death: 1987 Detroit, Michigan USA);Gladys was the daughter of Donald Mitchell (b. 1863 Canada) and Augusta Fitzpatrick. Gladys Mitchell married 15 Jun 1915 to Stephen F. Fuller, son of Jacob Fuller and Mary Lanning (these Fuller's are those that came over on the Mayflower).
Gladys' grandfather was Archibald Frederick Mitchell (went by Fred) b. 1841 Eckfield, Butte, Scotland and d. 1865 Canada?
Her g- grandfather was Donald Mitchell b. 1790 (maybe in Rothesay, Bute or Argyll, Scotland) and died in 1844 in Canada. It is he who may have been married to Jean MacAlpine (McAlpin) or to Ann/Agnus Mclean. Any information appreciated - as I look at these dates, I'm wondering if I am missing a generation since this would make Donald b. 1790 quite old to father Fred b. 1841.
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Good Day, we too live in the Detroit area. My husband's Mitchell family immigrated from Scotland to Canada and then to Detroit. His great-great grandmother is Margaret Mitchell, who married William Allan. It would be great to see if we can compare notes. Margaret's parents were Robert and Margaret, both born in Lochgair, Argyllshire Scotland. Margaret was born in Southwold, Ontario. I don't see a Donald in my documentation. I have two Duncans though.
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I am a descendant of the Duncan Mitchell Catherine Leitch Mitchell spoken of in this post. They immigrated from Lochgair Argylshire Scotland in 1831 and settled on the farm i once owned in Mosa Township, Middlesex, Ontario. The Robert Mitchell you inferred to immigrated as a child. Three children came to Canada. I have a detailed family tree in Canada of much of this family on Ancestry.ca.
I have an original photo of Catherine Leitch Mitchell as taken from the Mitchell Family Bible of John Mitchell, a son of Duncan and Catherine and sibling to Robert.
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In the same family Bible I have several photos. One has Agnes Mitchell written on it. Perhaps that is the same person as was mentioned
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Information on Margaret Mitchell listed on your other post arriving 1831 Canada along with her father Duncan and Christina Leitch ???
Rosie
Hi Rosie...
Can you post a link to the other post please to save duplication of effort?
Annie
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I am from Argyll and I have cousins who connect to this Mitchell family, I believe. My father's first cousin, a MacInnes, married a MacVicar from Lochgair in the early 1960s. This MacVicar is a grandson of Archibald MacVicar (1857 - 1929) and Catherine Mitchell (1866 - 1946). Catherine was the d/o Robert Mitchell and Catherine Fletcher. That Robert was the s/o another Robert Mitchell and Catherine MacVicar.