Lookup Request: WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada v2

[mrspethel]

Hello! If someone has this text, would you be willing to let me know what it says about Alexander McKillop? A photo is just fine - no need to retype for me. Thank you!!

Name:   Alexander McKillop

Arrival Year:   1766-1830

Arrival Place:   New Brunswick, Canada

Primary Immigrant:   McKillop, Alexander

Source Publication Code:   9758.1

Annotation:   Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, place of origin, place of destination, date of birth and death, parentage, occupation, and other historical and family data may also be provided.

Source Bibliography:   WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society. Volume 2, 1995. 435p.

Brandy Pethel

[*Sandra*]

Have you explored here :-

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~bwo/can_gr.html

Sandra

[COLINBALLINGALL]

did you have any luck with this book, i am trying to find a copy.

[J.J.]

Alexander McKillop, cabinetmaker, immigrated to the Miramichi area (formerly Douglastown) in 1820 from Arran, Scotland ( shows his residence built prior to 1850)
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8912
The 1851 census confirms Alexander McKillop, now a farmer, with wife Flora, 8 dau. & one son, arrived in June 1820
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002293943

[genealogyem]

did you have any luck with this book, i am trying to find a copy.

I was not able to find a free digital copy but I did find a list of 145 Canadian and American public libraries that have physical copies.

https://search.worldcat.org/title/A-dictionary-of-Scottish-emigrants-to-Canada-before-confederation/oclc/13585948

[J.J.]

 The poster was looking for his ancestor...but this was not the correct Alexr McKillop/McCaleb/M'Caleb
 
 The young lad he's searching for signed up as a drummer for the revolutionary war against the British, as a young teen & served in "Canada" & the U.S. / imprisoned in St. John's N.B.
https://archive.org/details/mackillopmccaleb02head/page/n553/mode/2up?q=Page+275
 There's a FamilySearch tree for him...Says b. Scotland - taken from cemetery records. Tree also has a different birth date than the publication - also taken from cemetery records.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KN6W-L2F

[mrspethel]

Thank you JJ. I think I might have figured out some of how to use the board. I apologize for not responding. Any help to find information on him is greatly appreciated!

The poster was looking for his ancestor...but this was not the correct Alexr McKillop/McCaleb/M'Caleb
 
 The young lad he's searching for signed up as a drummer for the revolutionary war against the British, as a young teen & served in "Canada" & the U.S. / imprisoned in St. John's N.B.
https://archive.org/details/mackillopmccaleb02head/page/n553/mode/2up?q=Page+275
 There's a FamilySearch tree for him...Says b. Scotland - taken from cemetery records. Tree also has a different birth date than the publication - also taken from cemetery records.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KN6W-L2F

[J.J.]

Just a reminder that the poster wants information prior to his service, such as place of birth ( 20 Feb 1759 or  Feb 21, 1761?) and of course, his ancestors, as there is information after that...(He's in the 1820-40 Maine U.S. census, although little info given back then. )
  Modified* Having read through some family in the publication... the footnotes several pages in have some speculative information, but with no tie-ins found, if anyone wants to look at it.
https://archive.org/details/mackillopmccaleb02head/page/n571/mode/2up?q=Page+284

[J.J.]

Someone on the FS Tree found Alexr's dau. Abigail Wilson as Nelson on the 1880 census. She also seemed to think her father was born Scotland. Hard enough to prove the later arrivals, though, let alone that far back!
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ4-PDV

mrspethel: Was shocked to see that children as young as nine yrs. of age were allowed to be drummers...Apparently a 16 yr. old was considered a "man". Many joined their fathers on the battlefield...but perhaps some may have already lost their fathers. Some changed their names so parents couldn't find them, but that caused even more problems later.  Ugh to war, and the damage it does, especially to children.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/children-civil-war-battlefield