When researching remember names in Gaelic are different: for instance
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Ian is John and Eachon is Hector.
J. Neil McLean b. 1806, Colls Island, Scotland, of Acha.
Info. from betty MacDougall of Coll in letter dated 10 Aug. 1980.
Betty makes note: By 1st Wife, Mary MacKennon of Gorton, Scotland, 9 Nov. 1836
had dau. Julie b. 16 Oct., bapt. 22 Oct. 1838. It is thought they both died.
2nd m. Mary MacLean of Hynes 18
Feb. 1840
Children of J.
Neil of Acha & Mary of Hynes:
1. John "Ian" McLean b. 18 May 1841 Isle of Coll, Scotland, bapt.
29 May 1841
2.. "Black" Neil McLean b. 11 Aug. 1842-43 Isle
of Coll, Scotland, bapt. ca 19 Aug. 1842
There are, according to findings in Uncle Angus's book, five more children born to Neil
of Acha & Mary of Hynes:
Uncle Angus wrote that his father was about one year old and was accompanied by his
brother Ian age 3.
"Black Neil's father whose name was also Neil (John Neil) , left the little island of
Coll on the west coast of Scotland at the time when crofters were evicted to make room for sheep.
Angus later states that 5 other children were born to Neil & Mary:
Upon arrival to Cape Breton:
1. "Black" Neil One year old Carried by his father Neil MacLean
1842/43--1920 m. Peggy MacRae
2. Ian "John" Three yrs old. 1841-1879. According to MacDougall's
Hx. of Inverness County, 1922, John married a daughter of Ellen McDonald of Seeley's Cove, Christy MacDonald.
Born after arrival to Cape Breton:
3. Hector "Eachon" 1847-1923 m. Jessie Livingstone
4. Dan (Donald) ((Donald Dan)) 1845-1902 m. Mary MacRae in 1886 -
sister to "Peggy" MacRae-MacLean
5. Allan 1846-1932 married Joanna MacLeod of Boulardarie
6. Margaret - never married
7. Flora - never married
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Search of the 1891 Census Reveals the following:
RDe1 Family #81
McLean, Neil - Male age 48 Head of Household - Farmer (born about 1843 Isle of Coll)
Maggie - Female age 39 Wife
John H. - Male age 10 Son
Neil - Male age 8 Son
Duncan Dan - Male age 6 Son
Maryann M. - Female age 4 Daughter
Catherine J. - Female age 4 Daughter
Florah Maggie - Female age 2 Daughter
Colin Dan - Male age 1 Son
(Angus & Allan not yet born)
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RDe1 Family #80
Donald McLean - Male age 40 Head of Household - Farmer (born about 1851)
(According to MacDougall Donaold married Mary MacRae in 1886)
Mary - Female age 27 Wife
Neil John - Male age 4 Son
Katie Florah - Female age 2 Daughter
Sophie Jane - Female age 3.12 Daughter
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Why1 Family # 46
Allan MacLean - Male age 43 Head of Household Farmer (born about 1848)
(According to MacDougall Allan married Johanna)
Johanna - Female age 38 Wife
C. Flora - Female age 15 Daughter
M. Jessie - Female age 14 Daughter
John Dain - Male age 12 Son
D. Robert - Male age 10 Son
N. John - Male age 8 Son
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RDe1 Family # 79
Hector MacLean - Male age 43 Head of Household Carraige Maker (Born 1846)
Jessy - Female age 37 Wife
John A. - Male age 10 Son
Dan Norman - Male age 8 Son
Neil Hugh - Male age 6 Son
Malcomn D. - Male age 2 Son
Ellen Jane - Female age 9.12 Daughter
Mary A. - Female age 6 Neice
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Hawk Family # 74
John MacLean - Male age 52 Head of Household Carpenter (Born about 1839)
Rachel - Female age 40 Wife
Norman - Male age 23 Son
Daniel - Male age 21 Son
John - Male age 12 Son
Katie - Female age 9 Daughter
Ida - Female age 7 Daughter
Angus - Male age 2 Son
Bella - Female age 5 Daughter
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MacDougall's History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Chapter XXX111 - River Dennis - page 24 - 25 of this
chapter asfound online...
The brother, John Cummings, took up the lot at Basin River Dennis adjoining the Western
side of the Matheson lot to be referred to below, and later owned by Neil McLean (Ur). .....
We stated above that Neil McLean (Ur) acquired tge John Cumming lot adjoining the Matheson
lot. This Neil was a late immigrant from Coll, hence the addition of Ur to his name to distinguish him from the old
Neils.
He died comparatively young leaving five sons and two daughters. The son
John remained on the lot and married a daughter of Ellen MacDonald of Seeley's Cove, and died many years ago leaving a family
who now own the lot.
Two sons, Neil and Donald, aquired a lot known as the Compton Mill Lot, at Seal Cove
and each died there lately leaving a widow and a family.
A son, Allan, acquired a lot at Whycocomagh and is still living.
A son, Hector, acquired the Howard lot as already stated.
Two daughters, Margaret and Flora died unmarried.
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Remember that Great Uncle Angus wrote: "I have a recollection that my father told me
that his father was of the Lochbuie people, and his mother of the Duart, but the mention of this recently brought strong protest
from others of my family."
Black Neil McLean b. 11 Aug. 1842-43 Isle of Coll, Scotland, Son
of Neil of Acha & Mary MacLean of Hynes,
Married Margaret "Peggy" McRae, b. 23 April 1852, Nova Scotia.
Margaret's parents: Duncan McRae & Katherine.
Black Neil & Margaret had 9 Children:
1. John H. b. 11 May 1880
2. Neil b. 8 Feb. 1882
3. Duncan D. b. 19 Jan. 1884
4. Mary Ann "Maggie" b. 13 June 1886
- Lu Dawn's Paternal Grandmother
Twin to Katherine
5. Katherine "Katie" b. 13 June 1886
Twin to Mary Ann "Maggie"
6. Florence M.b. 28March 1888
7. Colin D. b. 18 April 1890 (Still Living 1980)
8. Angus H. b. 9 May 1892, d. Fall of 1969 in New York State, USA
Angus married Ruth Rogers in 1922. Angus & Ruth had three children:
-Allan MacLean 1924 - 1924
-Colin Duart MacLean 1st m. Sharon Delong
2nd m. Gail Krause
Had: Duncan Prasad MacLean
and Luther Lawrence MacLean
-Susanne m. Gary McGregor Boone
Had:
Andrew MacLean Boone
He 1st m. Gail Marie Schneegold
and had Caden Boone
2nd m. Darlene Grace Lundgren
and
Kail McGregor Boone (female)
m. Ralph Wakefield Cadman
Kail had four children:
Gregor Boone Cadman
Tyler Stevenson Cadman
Alexander
MacLean Rogers Cadman
9. Allan C. b. 11 Oct. 1894
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Mary Ann "Maggie" MacLean
married Norman Ross
Mary Ann & Norman had 6 Children:
(See Ross)
Neil
Harton
Fulton
Colin
Frank
Irene
Mary Ann 2nd married Neil MacKay in Mass., USA on 28 November 1930, Malden, Massachusetts
by the Rev. George Edwin Heath,
and had one additional son:
Roy MacKay, born 17 July 1932 in Brockton, Mass.
Roy & his wife Shirley had three children:
Gary, Scot, Kevin
There are many fond memories of Grandmother MacKay. My sister & I knew
Mary Ann as our Grandmother MacKay and that is how we referred to her and what we called her.
She was always a Lady. She enjoyed knitting, hooking rugs, & baking
bread. I learned how to knit sitting on the front porch of her home in West Bridgewater, Mass., watching her fingers
fly.
I remember asking her to slow down so I could see what she was doing. Her
reply was for me to watch as "I'll not be stopping or I'll be dropping a stitch".
Another time we vsited her in West Bridgewater and she had made homemade bread for our
visit.
Upon taste-testing a slice of her bread, she became upset and apologised over and over,
as she had forgot to add salt to the recipe. My recollection is that the bread was delicious, salt or no salt!
We were never allowed to go into her bedroom as she said there was a plant in
there that was poisonous if one ate any of it. She was fearful we may take to chewing a leaf and become ill. The
name of it eludes me, but it was more like a small tree. I remember standing there looking up at it and at that time
it seemed so very tall.
One thing I remember clearly about our visits to Grandmother MacKay's home was
the fruit in the refrigerator bin. She always had an ample supply of large, delicious peaches in that bin whenever we
visited. It was a delicious tase-treat to run in there and get ourselves one of those 'big' peaches out and
eat it!
In later years my sister, Dad, and a couple of our children, went to visit Grandmother
MacKay in the nursing home she was staying in. We brought a tape recorder with us hoping she would tell us of her family
and perhaps get some family lineage from her.
When she heard what we wanted, her reply surprised and shocked us all at the same time
- She replied something like:
"Ah, that be what you be wanting now, after all these years! Well, I'll not be
telling you now."
What she did do for us was to sing a highland song in her beautiful 'Gaelic' broug and
a story about her and her twin sister Catherine:
Grandmother MacKay told us that she enjoyed working outdoors, but that Catherine did
not like to do the barn work at all. Catherine preferred to do the house work. So she, Mary Ann 'Maggie', was
the one that cleaned out the barn of manure and the like, while Catherine got to stay in the house and do the house cleaning.
Later, sissy & I discovered that one or more of our young children had tampered
with the tape recorder, the batteries were not in correctly, and we had absolutely nothing recorded on it!
All we have is the memory of what she said & the song she sang for us - but no words
to put with it !
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Letter to Lu Dawn From Amateur Genealogist
Betty MacDougell, Arinagour, Isle of Coll, Argyll, Scotland, PA 78 6SY Dated 10 August 1980
(Search for Neil MacLean)
Dear Lu Dawn Fassett,
Your letter of inquiry was passed on to me
by the local registrar as only very up-to-date records are held in the island. All older records are in RegisterHouse
Endinburgh.
I am an amateur genealogist & island historian
and have collected all the__tant information. Do to time of your ancestor, there were no statutory records being made
in Britain, that did not happen till 1855 as there are no official certificates to be duplicated. The only entries were
in the Kirk Session Records of baptisms and marraiges. Then births were also recorded.
For your inquiry I have the following:
Neil MacLean (of) Acha married
Mary MacLean (of) Hyne 18-2-1840
John, born 18 May, bapt. 29 May, 1841
Neil, born 11 Aug, bapt. 19 Aug. 1842
and nothing further on the family, must have
migrated soon after Neil's birth.
i suspect that this was a second marraige for
the father as I have a previous marraige of a Neil MacLean (of) Acha to a Mary MacKinnon, Gorton, 9-11-1836 with Julia born
16 Oct., bapt. 22 Oct. 1838------no further record.
Father Neil appears on the 1841 Census as age
35, as quite mature for a newly married man. This is why I suspect the first wife & child died.
No coat-of-arms I am afraid but you can wear
the badge of MacLean of Coll ---- difficult to obtain but can be made to order.
If you wish I can send you two of my books
on Coll. ---
Guide to Coll 36 p.
Folklore from Coll 80 p.
plus postage of course.
Yours sincerely,
Betty MacDougall
(Betty also sent second letter from her Glascow
address:
37 Cranworth Street
Hillhead
Glascow, Scotland
G12 8 AF)
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Books Written By Angus hector MacLean
Brother to Mary Ann "Maggie" MacLean-Ross-MacKay
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The Wind in Both Ears by Angus Hector MacLean (Paperback - Jun 1987) |
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The galloping Gospel, by Angus Hector MacLean (Hardcover - 1966) |
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God and the devil at Seal Cove by Angus Hector MacLean (Unknown Binding - 1976)
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I began in Cape Breton: By Angus Hector MacLean by Angus Hector MacLean (Unknown Binding - 1969
I have read all these and
I found the Galloping Gospel most enjoyable while God and the Devil at Seal Cove filled with genealogical infomation! -
Lu Dawn
Clicking on a title will take you to Amazon.com (Lu
is not affiliated with that site.) |
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A great big THANK YOU to Aunt Irene for first telling
me about these books and sending so many photos & info about Grandmother MacKay ! | |
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