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Inverness / MacKillop/MacDonald/MacGillivray/MacCallum from Kinloch Hourn/Glenelg area
« on: Thursday 04 July 24 17:28 BST (UK)  »


Hello all,

I have hit a brick wall with ancestors and wondering if anyone can please help with any information on them. My grandfather Donald MacKillop b.1913 was born and brought up in Lochhournhead, Scotland. His mother Maggie never married and her parents were:
Angus MacKillop (1850 - Nov 9 1928) and Sarah MacPherson (c1849 - Dec 28 1913).
Angus' parents were:
John MacKillop (c1798 - Feb 15 1888) and
Margaret MacMillan (1807 - June 20 1870).
John's parents are named as Donald MacKillop and Euphemia MacLeod on his death cert. I suspect Donald may have been a brother of Duncan 'Scotland' MacKillop from Lochaber, but found no info to confirm this. Fairly certain I am related to Duncan MacKillop's family somehow but can't pinpoint it.

Margaret MacMillan's parents were Angus MacMillan (c1785 - between 1841 and 1851) and Isabella MacDonald (c1779 - Jan 6 1874). Isabella's parents are named as John MacDonald And Rachel MacGillivray on her death certificate on SP but I can't find any other info on them anywhere. How does anyone narrow down which John MacDonald they are related to when there are so many?!

My G Grandmother Maggie MacKillop's mother Sarah MacPherson's parents were Neil MacPherson and Mary MacCallum, who are named on Sarah's death cert on SP. Unable to find anything beyond Neil and Mary.

They were all from around the Glenelg area, as far as I'm aware, except from Angus MacMillan who was from Kilmallie. I have been using DNA matches on MH and 23andme for around a year to try and make connections, but going around in circles and it's driving me crazy.

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Thursday 20 July 23 17:56 BST (UK)  »
Yes, I'm struggling to find clarification on that. Their parents were Hugh and Catherine (Gillis) MacMaster. John Duncan married in 1920 and Charles married in 1923 so either one could have been over visiting Scotland before then. I have a 3rd cousin DNA match and his great, great grandfather was my great grandfather's brother (if I've worked it out correctly lol). I set it all out on a tree on my heritage and it looks correct (hopefully).

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Thursday 20 July 23 17:30 BST (UK)  »
Hello, just a wee update. I followed the DNA and narrowed it down to either John Duncan MacMaster (born 1888) or Charles Angus MacMaster (born 1891), brothers from Port Hood, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. I'm relying on shared DNA connections via their wives to hopefully determine which one was my grandfather's father. Thanks for your help  ;)

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Wednesday 12 July 23 18:58 BST (UK)  »
I've had time to think, and unsure if John could be my grandfather's father. His mother was 21 when she had him and John was 34....so there's quite an age gap. I think we're on the right track with the relations beyond John, but something is niggling that it's possibly not him. What do you think?

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Wednesday 12 July 23 08:15 BST (UK)  »
This provides names to research and hopefully find living relatives of them to rule out or confirm DNA with. Thank you very much

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Tuesday 11 July 23 22:50 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for this information. Do you know if they were any relation to Ronald and Mary (Cameron) MacMaster?

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Tuesday 11 July 23 21:02 BST (UK)  »
I have the 1911 Census for John MacMaster living with his aunt and uncle in Barrisdale. There is a female visitor in the household with the surname MacEachern. I have DNA matches with the surname MacEachern, just to add to my confusion  :D

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Tuesday 11 July 23 20:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi Isobel, thanks for your reply. If I'm not mistaken, this particular MacMaster family had 3 sons, Alexander, Angus and (I can't remember the 3rd) who emigrated to America before 1912, so they can be ruled out. I have DNA connections with people from Massachusetts and Halifax, Canada who have MacMasters in their family surnames but I'm struggling to pinpoint anything. Connections with Cape Breton, Canada is a real possibility too.

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Inverness / Re: MacMaster/McMaster.
« on: Sunday 02 July 23 23:30 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your help  :)

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