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Electric Scotland News
Job Opportunity - Executive Director, Clan Donald Centre and Museum of the
Isles.
Micro Button Advertiser - Celtic Journeys
The Flag in the Wind
The Scottish Nation
The Celtic Monthly
The Southern States of America
Skye Pioneers and "The Island"
History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia
Scots Minstrelsie
Clan Newsletters
History of Scottish Medicine to 1860 (new book)
Maps of Clan Lands
Biographical Record of the County of Kent, Ontario
Scottish Canadian Newspaper
A Homily
Annonymous In Stoney
ELECTRIC SCOTLAND
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I got in an email from Julie, who is currently living in Wales, telling me
of a debate that was on the Panorama program on BBC about the "Act of
Disunion". I thought it was rather interesting and you can watch this at
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=newsnight&scope=all&tab=av&recipe=all&x=62&y=14
Marjorie Bruce Presents the Music of Jean Langlais and Scotland in Lectures
and Recitals
- Recitals - Works of Jean Langlais and the Ste. Clothilde School
March 2, Metropolitan United Church, Queen & Church Sts., Toronto 7:30 pm,
$20 at the door
March 9, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 54 Benton St., Kitchener 7:30 pm,
$20/15 at the door
March 11, Knox Presbyterian Church, 20 Quebec St., Guelph Benefit Concert
for the Masai Aids Project 4:00 pm, by donation
- Lectures at the University of Guelph
March 6, "The Music of Jean Langlais (1907-1991)" 10 am, 107 MacKinnon, free
admission
March 6, "Haddo House - Music with the Marchioness" 2 pm, OAC Boardroom,
Johnston Hall, free admission
A great job available with Clan Donald... see details below and if it isn't
for you but you know of someone that might be interested please forward on
the details :-)
I am working on another site re-design at the moment to carry the site
forward. Mind you this type of re-design can take an enormous amount of work
as the site is just so large. I am busy getting some quotes for this
re-design as I likely need to apply scripts to capture all the data and then
covert it into a new web structure. I hope to get this done for our 10th
anniversary which is March 2007 :-)
ABOUT THE STORIES
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Some of the stories in here are just parts of a larger story so do check out
the site for the full versions. You can always find the link in our "What's
New" section at the link at the top of this newsletter and pick up poems and
stories sent into us during the week from Donna, Margo, Stan, John and
others.
Executive Director, Clan Donald Centre and Museum of the Isles
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Major Bruce W Macdonald, ret'd
Tòiseach & Castle Duntulm Councillor
The Council of Finlaggan
Clan Donald (International)
sent me in the following and asked if he could advertise this job
opportunity on Electric Scotland so hopefully someone on this list will have
the needed qualifications or know someone that does and would pass this on.
Sounds like an opportunity of a lifetime :-)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Clan Donald Centre and Museum of the Isles
Armadale Castle, Isle of Skye
http://www.clandonald.com
The Clan Donald Lands Trust welcome applications (from both men and women)
for the position of Executive Director. The post will fall vacant in August
2007, and it is hoped to have the successful candidate appointed by June.
Are you an outstanding leader experienced in developing, building, and
energising diverse teams? Have you had: successful financial centre
responsibility preferably in Tourism and Leisure Destinations;
responsibility for new construction and refurbishment of historic buildings;
experience in retail merchandising; experience in implementing strategic
goals and objectives effectively; raising funds through international
appeals and grant applications? Are you passionate about the Highlands and
the history of the Clans?
A Degree-Qualified Person with a proven track record is sought to lead and
grow the activities of the Trust and Estate.
Interested Candidates will be provided with a Statement of Qualifications
and Job Description by e-mailing
Toiseach@clandonald.co.uk
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SCOTLAND: HISTORY AND MYSTERY
August 24, 2007 - 10 nights - $3,750 per person Including the Edinburgh
Military Tattoo!
Discover the highlights of Scotland's history and secrets of Scotland's
mystery on this tour which takes you to Neolithic sites autographed with
Viking graffiti, bloody battlefields imprinted with Scotland's unrelenting
fight for freedom, majestic castles, the rugged beauty of the Highlands and
Island, while meeting people all along the way. Cover ths history of battles
from the 6th Century and the mysterious prehistory dating back 5,000 years!
Highlights include Rosslyn Chapel, Stirling Castle, Kilmartin Glen and Fort
Dunadd, Glenfinnan, Glencoe, Duart Castle and private tour with the
Ancestral Chief of Clan Maclean, Iona Abbey, Culloden Battlefield, Pass of
Killiecrankie, Bannockburn, and Orkney: Ring of Brodgar, Standing Stones of
Stenness, Maes Howe, The Churchill Barriers, Scapa Flow, Italian Chapel and
much more! Tour begins in medieval Edinburgh with the Tattoo and is limited
to 12 guests. Includes many extras. Phone 703 941 6455 or e-mail
judy@celticjourneys.us for more
information.
THE FLAG IN THE WIND
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Mind that The Flag is now in two sections (1) Political and (2) Cultural.
The political section is compiled this week by Jim Lynch. This week he gives
us the state of the British Forces...
Soldiering on – or not?
I have briefly looked at the biographies and qualifications of the Secretary
of State for Defence, Des Browne, and the Armed Forces Minister, Adam
Ingram, and I shudder to think of the “defence” of our country being in the
care of people who do not even know one end of a gun from the other. First
Browne (with an “e”) says the Army is too big, and has to be reduced; then
he says the Army is overstretched and needs to expand. Then he says he
didn’t say that, but the Army does have a crisis in recruitment. Oh no they
don’t, although there is an increase of 30% in recruits coming from
overseas, and Adam Ingram just nods his head!
The Armed Forces are in a shambles, mainly, but not entirely, due to Labour
mismanagement; the Royal Air Force has more Group Captains than it has
combat jets, and it has 70 Squadron Leaders for every squadron, must get a
mite crowded at the Mess dinner table. At present the UK has 354 combat
aircraft, compared with 363 in Saudi Arabia and 402 in Israel. Mind you,
when they are selling new aircraft built for the RAF to Saudi Arabia, no
wonder we are a wee bit short. But do not worry, the RAF has to cut its
manpower from 48,000 to 41,000 by 2008, by the orders of Gordon Brown
(without an “e”) so it will be a race to see what we run out of first,
people or planes. At the same time a lot of the most experienced aircrew are
seeking redundancy, no idea of how many are Group Captains or Squadron
Leaders. And Labour politicians mock the SNP about defence forces in an
independent Scotland!
You can read the rest of this article at
http://www.scotsindependent.org
Peter reminds us that today is Candlemas...
Today (2 February 2007) was Candlemas, the first of the Scottish Quarter
Days. It was traditionally the day that pupils used to give gifts to their
schoolmasters – originally peat for heat or candles for light but this in
time became siller or a cockerel.
Candlemas was originally a festival for the return of Spring held by the
Romans in honour of Februa, the daughter of Mars. They carried torches
through the city on February the first (the same date which was celebrated
by the Celts as the first day of Spring). This festival was Christianized as
the Purification of the Virgin Mary and was held on February the second. In
medieval Scotland it was a day of pageants, processions and religious plays
in honour of Our lady, as we can see from the Burgh Records of Aberdeen for
30 January 1505 –
‘The provest and baillies statut and ordanit that the said craftsmen and
thair successoris sal in order to the Offering in the Play pass twa and twa
togedir socialie; in the first the flesheris, barbouris, baxteris,
cordinaris, skineris. Couparis, wrichtis, hatmakeris and bonatmakaris
togider; walcaris, litstaris, wobstaris, tailyeouris, goldsmiths,
blaksmithis, and hammermen; and the craftsmen sal furnyss the Pageants.’
Also from the North-East comes a rhyme to help us fix the date of Easter
(alternatively just contact Jim Lynch!) –
‘First comes Cannlemas and syne the new meen,
The neist Tyesday efter that is Festern’s Een;
That meen out and the neist meen’s hicht,
And the neist Sunday efter that’s aye Pace richt.’
As this is being compiled on a cranreuch caul day prior to Candlemas, it is
too early to know the outcome of the bittie Scottish weather lore which goes
–
‘If Candlemas day be dry and fair,
The half o the winter’s to come and mair;
If Candlemas day be wet and foul,
The half o the winter’s gane at Yule.’
February can be a snell month so this week’s recipe is designed to heat us
all up! Carrot and Orange Soup is just the ticket.
Carrot and Orange Soup
Ingredients: 1 chopped onion; 1lb (450g) sliced carrots; 2 ozs (65 g or ½
stick) butter; 2 ozs (65 g or ½ cup) plain flour; 1 pint (600ml or two and a
half cups) chicken stock; 1 pint (600ml or 2½ cups, scant) milk; 1 orange
(juice and rind); Salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 oz (one rounded
tablespoon); chopped parsley
Method: Melt the butter and add the onions and carrots. Cook gently (without
colouring) then stir in the flour and cook for a further 1/2 minutes.
Gradually add the milk and chicken stock. Season with salt, pepper and
nutmeg. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, then simmer for 20/30 minutes.
Liquidise before adding orange juice (including shredded rind) and reheat -
but do not boil. Serve sprinkled with parsley.
You can view MSP Linda Fabiani's weekly diary at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/fabiani/index.htm
Email Linda at
Linda.fabiani.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
The Scottish Nation
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My thanks to Lora for transcribing these volumes for us.
Now completed the E's and moved onto the F's and added this week are
Falconer, Falkland and Farquhar.
Here is how the account of Falkland starts...
FALKLAND, Viscount, a title in the peerage of Scotland, first conferred in
1620, by James the Sixth, on Sir Henry Cary of Berkhamstead, county of
Hertford, the son of Sir Edward Cary of Aldenham, in the same county, master
of the jewel office to Queen Elizabeth and King James, and descended from a
family long seated in the counties of Devon and Somerset. In Douglas’
Peerage, it is stated that Sir Henry was the first who brought intelligence
of the death of Queen Elizabeth to Scotland in 1603. This, however, is a
mistake, as the messenger on that occasion was Robert Cary, earl of
Monmouth. Sir Henry Cary was one of the gentlemen of King James’ bedchamber,
and in 1608 he was made a knight of the Bath at the creation of Henry prince
of Wales. In 1607 he was appointed controller of the household, and on
November 10, 1620, he was created, in the Scottish peerage, Viscount
Falkland, (that is, Falcon-land, from the Suio-Gothic falk, the Anglo-Saxon
vealth, or the Teutonic valck, a species of hawk,) which title, with his
naturalization, was confirmed by Charles the First, by diploma, in 1627. On
6th November 1622, he was appointed lord deputy of Ireland, but in 1629 he
was recalled, by the intrigues of the papists. Having broken his leg by
accident in Theobald’s park, he died in September 1633. A letter by his
lordship to James the First, being a petition to the king for the release of
his son lucius, who for challenging Sir Francis Willoughby had been thrown
into the Fleet prison, preserved in the Harleian MSS. (in which there are
four original letters of his lordship to the duke of Buckingham,) has been
printed in the Cabala; and an Epitaph by him on Elizabeth Countess of
Huntingdon is given in Wilford’s Memorials. Walpole also copies it, in which
there is a portrait of him. There was found among his papers, and published
in 1680, ‘The History of the most unfortunate Prince, King Edward II., with
choice political observations on him and his unhappy favourites, Gaveston
and Spencer,’ folio and 8vo, with preface by Sir James Harrington. By a
remarkable invention of his lordship, to prevent his name from being
counterfeited, by artfully concealing it in the successive years of his age,
he detected a forger who had not observed so nice a peculiarity. His second
son, Sir Lawrence Cary, was killed, fighting under Sir Charles Coote, when
he defeated the Irish rebels at Swords in 1642.
His eldest son, Lucius, second viscount, born about 1610, celebrated for his
virtues and rare qualities, previous to entering on public life, devoted
himself to retirement and study, but after succeeding to the title he went
to court, and was appointed one of the gentlemen of the king’s bedchamber.
In 1639 he served as a volunteer in an expedition under the earl of Holland,
to oppose an expected irruption on the Scottish borders, when Waller
addressed some complimentary verses to him on his departure, and Cowley
wrote a congratulatory poem on his return. In 1640 he was chosen member for
Newport in Cornwall, and at first was on the parliament’s side, but
afterwards, distrusting the designs of its leaders, he joined the king’s
party, and in 1642 was prevailed on to accept of a seat in the privy
council, and was appointed secretary of state. He attended the king at
Edgefield fight, at Oxford, and at the siege of Gloucester, and was so much
concerned at the civil war in which the country was involved that,
frequently when sitting among his friends, after a long silence, he would
exclaim, with deep sighs, “Peace,” declaring that he could not live in such
a state of perpetual grief and anxiety. On the morning of the first battle
of Newbury (20th September 1643) he called for a clean shirt, and being
asked the reason, said that if he were slain, they should not find his body
in foul linen. Venturing himself in the first rank of Lord Byron’s regiment,
he received a musket ball which killed him. “Thus Falkland died, the
generous and the just,” in the thirty-fourth year of his age. He was
generally esteemed the most virtuous public character of his time, and his
intimate friend, Lord Clarendon, has highly eulogized him in his History of
the Rebellion. His praises indeed, have been so resounded by poets,
historians, and moralists that they are, as it were, interwoven with English
literature. He id said to have been in no degree attractive in his person,
being small of stature, and ungraceful of motion, and his voice so harsh
that it offended the ear. It was a saying of his that he pitied unlearned
gentlemen on a rainy day. A portrait of his lordship is given in Park’s
edition of Walpole’s Royal and Noble Authors, volume v., which contains a
list of his political speeches, and pamphlets concerning episcopacy and
against the papacy. His celebrated speech against the bishops is dated
February 9, 1640. He is said to have assisted Chillingworth in his book
called ‘The Religion of Protestants,’ and he wrote an Eclogue on the death
of Ben Jonson, published in the collection called ‘Jonsonus Viribus,’ which
is not remarkable for either elegance or pathos.
You can read more of this entry at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/falkland.htm
You can read the other entries at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/index.htm
The Celtic Monthly
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A magazine for Highlanders
Added the May 1912 issue at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/celtic/may1912.htm
This contains...
The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, Sketches of Highland Life and
Character, The Passing of the Titanic, Gaelic Proverbs, The Late Lieut.
Donald Campbell R.N., To all Highland Hearts, The Religion in the Gaelic
Language, The Tongue of the Gael, The Sons of Rob Roy, Celtic Notes and
Queries, Fionn's Wars with the MacGregors, Notes on the Celtic Year, Death
of a Notable Highlander, The Clan MacKay Annual Gathering, The MacLarens and
the Appin Stewarts, Our Musical Page.
You can see the issues to date at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/celtic/index.htm
The Southern States of America
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Published in 1909.
Added this week are...
The History of South Carolina - Chapter II
South Carolina, A State in the Federal Union, 1789 - 1860
The History of South Carolina - Chapter III
South Carolina in the Confederacy, 1860 - 1865
The History of South Carolina - Chapter IV
South Carolina, 1865 - 1909
The History of Georgia - Chapter I
The Colony of Georgia, 1732 - 1776
Here is how The History of Georgia - Chapter I starts...
Georgia a Part of Carolina.
THE land which, in 1732, was granted to the "Trustees for establishing the
Colony of Georgia in America" was originally granted to the Lords
Proprietors of Carolina; but as no act of settlement beyond the right shore
of the Savannah River was exercised by the proprietors, Sir Robert
Montgomery obtained from them, in 1717, the right to the use of the
territory between the Savannah and the Altamaha rivers for a settlement to
be called the Margravate of Azilia. It was expected that the Montgomery
colony would at once take steps to improve the land so secured, and that the
prosperity of the new undertaking would be assured. Such was the prediction
of those who were directly interested in the project, but their efforts were
not properly guided, and it remained for a man of greater ability and of
more decided energy to carry to a successful issue the scheme proposed by
Sir Robert Montgomery. James Oglethorpe was the man who was to be the leader
in this great work, and the circumstances which led to his taking charge of
it may be said to be providential.
Georgia a Distinct Proprietary-Oglethorpe's Settlement.
The story of the investigation by a committee of Parliament, headed by
General Oglethorpe, of the methods pursued in the matter of the imprisonment
of unfortunate Englishmen, has been so often told that it need not be here
fully rehearsed. The result of the investigation brought about the needed
reform in the prison system, but the most far-reaching and fruitful result
was the founding of the Colony of Georgia. Oglethorpe, who had been the
chief instrument in bringing about the great change, was chosen as the
leader of the band to prepare the way for departure to the new country which
they were to develop and change into a great state among a sisterhood of
states forming the grand Union which is one of the world's powers. For an
accurate and true account of the reasons for establishing the colony,
succinctly stated, no better can be found than that given by Gov. Robert
Johnson, of South Carolina, in the preamble to a proclamation issued by him
Jan. 13, 1733, calling on his people to assist their new neighbors in
Georgia. In it occurs this statement : "I have lately received a power from
the Trustees for establishing a colony in that part of Carolina between the
rivers Altamaha and Savannah, now granted by his Majesty's charter to the
said Trustees, by the name of the Province of Georgia, authorizing me to
take and receive all such voluntary contributions as any of his Majesty's
good subjects of this province shall voluntarily contribute towards so good
and charitable a work as the relieving of poor and insolvent debtors, and
settIing, establishing and assisting poor Protestants of what nation so ever
as shall be willing to settle in the said Colony." It maybe well for our
readers to have before them also the words of the charter granted by George
II., giving the reasons as follows: "Many of our poor subjects are, through
misfortune and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as
by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and
their families; and, if they had means to defray their charges of passage
and the expenses incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle
in any of our provinces in America, where, by cultivating the lands at
present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable
subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies
and increase trade, navigation and wealth of these, our realms."
James Oglethorpe, the philanthropist and Christian gentleman, was also by
choice a soldier, leaving college to take up arms in defense of a cause
which he considered right. His character was right in every respect, and in
undertaking the establishment of a colony under such circumstances he was
literally carrying out the noble sentiment expressed in the motto adopted
for the seal of the Province: Non sibi, sed alliis. Whether he foresaw the
success of his scheme, or not, cannot be determined, but certainly true was
the statement made by a newspaper not long before his death: "General
Oglethorpe can say more than can be said by the subject of any prince in
Europe, or perhaps that ever reigned; he founded the Province of Georgia in
America, he has lived to see it flourish and become of consequence to the
commerce of Great Britain; he has seen it in a state of rebellion, and he
now beholds it independent of the mother country, and of great political
importance in one quarter of the globe."
The first company of the colonists, comprising 130 individuals, or
thirty-five families, came over in the latter part of the year 1732, in the
ship Anne, which set sail on November 17. Oglethorpe was one of the party.
They reached Charleston, S. C., Jan. 13, 1733, and were there cordially
welcomed by Governor Johnson, who assisted them in getting to the place
where the first settlement was to be made - Savannah. Leaving the others at
Beaufort, on the way, the General, guided by some of his Carolina friends,
proceeded on his way in order to select a spot for the permanent location of
his followers. He found what he sought, and a better selection than the site
of the present prosperous and flourishing city of Savannah could not have
been made. Indeed, no one would now wish for a change. On the spot he found
a village inhabited by Indians, of whom Tomochichi was the chief, and who
soon discerned the true character of Oglethorpe. The two men at once became
friends and the Indians and Englishmen remained friendly as long as the
General lived in Georgia. A treaty was afterwards made which was strictly
observed, and the Colony of Georgia had scarcely any troubles with the
aborigines. The plan of the city of Savannah has been greatly admired, and
it would seem that it had been carefully prepared before the colonists ever
set foot upon the soil. Oglethorpe, having chosen the spot, went back for
his followers, reaching Yamacraw Bluff Feb. 1 (old style), 1733 (Feb. 12,
new style), and, after landing, they united in a prayer of thanksgiving and
praise to God, lodging that night in tents. The work of building houses for
the people began the next day, and the settlement was called Savannah. In
the work of making homes for themselves the colonists were greatly assisted
by their neighbors of Carolina, who even then exhibited that social spirit
for which they have ever since been noted.
You can read the rest of this chapter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/south/south27.htm
The book index page is at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/south/index.htm
Skye Pioneers and "The Island"
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by Malcolm A. MacQueen (1929).
Have now started on the Belfast family histories including...
The Munros of Orwell, Alberry Plains, and Lorne Valley
Family of Dr. Angus MacAulay, Point Prim
The MacKinnons of Uigg
Ancestors and Descendants of Annabella MacLeod, Wife of Dr. James Munro,
through The MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles
The MacLeods of Glashvin (Pinette)
Murdoch "Tailor" MacLeod and family of Orwell Cross-Roads
These histories really contain some excellent information as well as good
genealogy. Here is one of the smaller complete entries just to give you a
flavour of what's available...
Belfast Families - Murdoch "Tailor" MacLeod and family of Orwell Cross-Roads
Murdoch MacLeod was born in Harris, Scotland. At an early age he joined the
navy and fought in the Napeolonic Wars, being present at the Battle of
Trafalgar, according to family tradition on the Victory. He emigrated to P.
E. Island in 1816, and after living in Flat River a number of years he
married Mary MacLeod, a cousin of Neil MacLeod, who lived near Orwell
Bridge. Prior to 1840 he took up a hundred acre farm, and on it built a log
cabin a few yards west of Orwell cross-roads. This farm was later increased
by additions on the east and west sides, until there were about four hundred
acres occupied by himself and his three sons, Alexander, Murdoch and Neil.
Murdo's descendants occupy these farms today.
To distinguish this family from the numerous other MacLeods in the district
they were always known as "Tailor." Murdoch Tailor died at Orwell, May 23,
1860, aged 76. Both himself and consort are buried in Belfast churchyard.
Their issue were:
I. RACHEL, wife of William MacLeod, Lyndale, with issue:
six daughters and one son, Donald, at present living on the old homestead in
Lyndale;
II. MARGARET, wife of Norman MacSwain, Portage, Belfast, without issue;
III. DONALD, in U.S.A.;
IV. JOHN, married Miss Nicholson, Orwell Cove, without issue;
V. WILLIAM, Dundee, married Catherine Biggs, Newtown, with issue, among
others:
1. NEIL, Orwell, married Elizabeth Musick, Kinross, with issue:
Percy, and Evelyn, wife of Otis MacLeod, of Uigg;
2. MURDOCH A., b. 1864, d. Nov. 1927, married Jessie Munro, Alberry Plains,
with issue:
1. ALICE, wife of Mr. Stewart;
2. GWENDOLINE, wife of John Mackay;
3. MUNRO;
4. GLADYS, wife of Ernest Charlton;
5. MARGARET, wife of Mr. Campbell;
6. MARY;
7. IVAN ;
8. ARTHUR.
VI. BELLA, d. 1927, aged about 93, wife of Allan Buchanan, Mount Buchanan,
with issue;
VII. NEIL, d. Aug. 25, 1910, aged 81, married Isabella McDonald, d. March
13, 1892, sister of Peter Findlay MacDonald of Orwell, with issue, among
others: Neil, Murdo, Mary, Christy, Bella, and Jessie, on the homestead;
VIII. CATHERINE, d. 1903, wife of Donald MacLeod, Orwell, with issue, among
others: Murdoch, Vancouver;
IX. MURDOCH, b. Nov. 8, 1832, d. Sept. 17, 1917, married Anne H. Enman, d.
May 12, 1893, aged 44, daughter of David Enman, Vernon River, with issue,
among others: Lawrence, living on the old homestead; Frank, Florence, and
Mary, wife of William Greenwood;
X. NORMAN, d. July 5, 1889, aged 63, Dundee, married Margaret Buchanan, with
issue;
XI. ANNE, b. Jan. 8, 1842, wife of Richard Wood, Orwell, with issue, among
others: Cyrus, Norman, married Miss Macpherson, Dundee, with issue, and Mary
Jane, wife of Mr. McInnis, with issue; (It is believed that Mrs. Wood is the
only woman living whose father was a combatant in the Battle of Trafalgar.
At 87 years of age she is in excellent health.)
XII. ALEXANDER, Sr., b. in Orwell, one of the ablest and most astute
business men P.E.I. ever produced. Master mariner, and ship owner; this
masterful character was recognized as one of the most sagacious and capable
seamen of his day. He owned the farm adjoining the one on which his father
lived, and when his business career was over settled down to a life of
useful retirement. He died on June 14, 1893, aged 70. His devoted wife,
Jessie Campbell, who was born in Skye, died on January 18, 1893, aged 70.
Captain MacLeod was part owner of, and for many years commanded, the S.S. "Gulnare,"
employed by the British Government in surveying and charting the coasts of
Eastern Canada and Newfoundland. So wide a reputation had he as mariner
that, when the first Atlantic cable was being laid, he was employed as
advisor in connection with the work on the Newfoundland coast. On his
retirement from command of the "Gulnare" he was succeeded in command by his
son Alexander, Jr.
To Alexander MacLeod, Sr., and his wife Jessie Campbell, were born the
following children:
1. MURDOCH, living in Texas;
2. ARCHIBALD, B.A., M.D. (McGill), d. Oct. 15, 1884, aged 25 years; one of
the first to practice medicine in New Westminster, B.C.;
3. NORMAN, b. 1852, Vancouver, married Mary Ann MacSwain, daughter of
Alexander MacSwain, of Portage, Belfast, d. Nov., 1927, aged 77, with issue:
1. FLORETTA, wife of Professor Lemuel Robertson (M.A. McGill), Vancouver,
with issue: Norman (B.A., U. of B.C. Oxon.) Rhodes Scholar, married
Henriette J. Welling, The Hague; Mary (U. of B.C.), wife of John C. Oliver,
and Barbara (U. of B.C.);
2. MAXWELL, Nanaimo, married Henrietta McLaren, with issue: Maxwell McLaren;
3. MARY, wife of George Beveridge, with issue: James;
4. SAMUEL A., married, without issue;
4. HUGH D., b. 1856, d. April. 15, 1927, married, first, Katherine A. Munn,
of Orwell, d. Sept. 22, 1893, aged 37, with issue: Jessie, wife of Oscar
Nielson, Vancouver, with issue: one daughter; May, wife of Alexander
Stevens, Vancouver, son of Dowager, Lady Peel, England; second, married
Jessie Munn, with issue: Mildred and Ada;
5. ALEXANDER, Jr., Master Mariner, b. 1858, d. April 26, 1909, married Kate,
daughter of Alexander Mackinnon, Orwell North, with issue surviving: Daniel
Alexander, Jessie, wife of Malcolm Buchanan with issue: Anne, wife of John
MacLeod, with issue: Leslie, married, with issue: and Helen;
6. JOHN O., Vancouver, married Anne Mutlow, Orwell, with issue: William,
married, with issue: Jessie, wife of Frank Donaghy, with issue.
You can read all the chapters at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/skye/pioneersndx.htm
History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia
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By J. L. MacDougall (1922)
Inverness County is part of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. I am now up to the
District Sketches which contain a ton of genealogical information. You can
read the chapters at
http://www.electricscotland.com/canada/inverness/index.htm
The Districts added so far are...
The Town of Inverness
Port Hawkesbury
District No. 1 Port Hastings
North West Arm and Sugar Camp
Melville and Barberton
Port Hastings
District of Judique
River Inhabitants
Princeville, R.I.
Here is some of the information contained in the huge account of the
District of Judique...
The district of Judique is an important part of Inverness County. It was
settled early. It is a large, rich and beautiful piece of country. It has a
pleasant and accessible coast with some fine coves and beaches. The place is
well adapted to fishing and farming pursuits. The virility and prowess of
its pioneer settlers were proverbial. Judique was the cradle of religious
organization for the lonely immigrants to this forest land. That fact has a
right to be remembered. It is unquestionable that the triumph of our fathers
in the forbidding wilderness of the new world was due to three principal
causes. First, the physical strength and vigor of those hardy pioneers;
second, their fine freedom, for the first time, from feudal laws and
landlords; third, and greatest of all, their strong, simple and sincere
faith. No matter what denomination of Christians our fore-fathers belonged
to, they all harboured in their bosoms that clear, strong, light of faith
which could only be extinguished in their graves. Out of these graves,
today, there comes to us a voice that cannot be denied.
When Father Alexander MacDonnell came to America in 1811, there was no
resident clergymen of any creed between Cheticamp and the Strait of Canso.
Although he crossed the ocean in 1811 Father MacDonnell did not come to
Judique until 1816, having remained five years at the Gulf shore of
Antigonish with the veteran Scottish priest, Reverend Alexander MacDonald.
On coming to Judique in 1816 he took up his abode at Indian Point where
lived his cousin, Thomas MacDonnell (Bin). A part of the barn in which he
used to say mass is still standing. His jurisdiction covered the whole
county of Inverness except the French communities of the extreme North. His
field was large, his work arduous. He lived in Judique for twenty-five
years, died at his home at Indian Point on 25th September, 1841, and was
buried by Rev. Father Vincent of the Monastery of Petit Clairvaux, Tracadie,
Nova Scotia.
The district of Judique runs along the coastal waters Northwardly from the
Northern boundary of Creignish near Long Point to the Southern boundary of
Port Hood near Little Judique. It is subdivided into Judique North and
Judique South, and elects two representatives to the County Council. Duncan
MacDonnell of Judique Banks, Merchant, and the late Allan MacLellan,
afterwards Sheriff of Inverness, represented the district for a long time,
whilst the Old Reliable, Hugh Gillis, has been a foremost member of the
Municipal body for so long that "the memory of man runneth not to the
contrary."
The physical features of Judique are strikingly picturesque. The shore road
leading from Port Hood to Port Hastings cuts through this district from side
to side within half a mile of the sea, and parallel there to. It is a good
road, affording full opportunity to view the scenic sights, on either side.
The homes and houses of the people lie along this road, suggesting in
various ways lives of peace and contentment.
The farms are prettily laid out and cleared, and in some cases highly
cultivated. They would all be well cultivated but for the unfortunate exodus
from these shores of the younger people in former times. In a smaller degree
that exodus still continues.
In the centre of this shore settlement of Judique there have stood, for
several generations, a handsome Catholic Church and Presbytery, with other
appropriate glebe buildings, and a good school house. The first church,
glebe house and cemetery were down near the sea towards Indian Point. We
regret to record that the most recent church in Judique was destroyed by
lightning two years ago. It is missed by all the travelling public. We trust
it may soon rise from its ashes more resplendent than ever to remind us all,
as we pass along, of its mission and its need. There are other settlements
in Judique besides the shore one. On the rear there are several communities,
on different heights, such as Hillsdale, River Dennis Road, Rear Long Point,
and Rear Little Judique. All these are peopled by honest, forceful sons of
toil.
The first settlement of white men in Judique was effected by Michael
MacDonald, Sea Captain and Poet of Uist, Robert MacInnes of Blair Athole,
Mason, Allan MacDonnell of Glengarry, Alexander MacDonald, Retland, Ewen
MacEachern of Kinloch-Moidart, John Graham (Veteran of the American War of
Independence) and Donald Ban MacDonald, a scion of the brave "Chloinn
Sheamis". The first three named were married to sisters of Bishop MacEachern
of Prince Edward Island, who died in 1835 after a long period of devoted and
difficult labour as priest and bishop. The Donald Ban here mentioned was the
grandfather of that noble Scotsman, the late Donald J. MacDonald, who was
Registrar of Probate and County Treasurer for the County of Inverness; and
who married Mary one of the daughters of the late widow McDonald, who for
many years kept house for the late Vicar General Rev Alex. McDonald at Mabou.
There is lots more and also particular details on various families...
THE MacMILLANS OF GRAND JUDIQUE
MacDONALDS OF JUDIQUE BANKS
THE MacDONALDS OF JUDIQUE AND LITTLE JUDIQUE
THE MacDOGALLS OF REAR LONG POINT
SKETCH OF THE BEATONS
THE MacEACHENS OF HILLSDALE
THE MacLEANS OF JUDIQUE INTERVALE
THE GILLISES OF LITTLE JUDIQUE
THE MacDOUGALLS OF JUDIQUE INTERVALE
MacISAACS OF JUDIQUE
MacISAACS (MAJOR)
THE MacISAACS OF REAR JUDIQUE INTERVALE
THE CAMPBELLS OF JUDIQUE
THE MacKINNON FAMILY
MacMASTERS
THE DONALD CAMERON FAMILY
THE O'HANDLEY FAMILY
THE MacLEANS OF LONG POINT
THOMAS MacDONNELL (BAN) AND FAMILY
JOHN MacLELLAN AND FAMILY OF HILLSDALE
JOHN GILLIS AND FAMILY REAR JUDIQUE BANKS
CHISHOLMS
COLIN CHISHOLM FAMILY
CHISHOLMS (ALEXANDER BAN)
CHISHOLMS (JOHN BAN)
THE MacISAACS
THOMAS MacDONNELL AND FAMILY
"CLAN FHEARRACHER". Family of Farquhar MacDonell, of Rear Long Point
"CLANN EACHUINN" OR "THE SONS OF HECTOR." Family of John MacEchen (lain
MacEachuinn), Gobh
THE DESCENDANTS OF OLD JOHN GRAHAM
THE MacINNES FAMILY
and you can read all about them at
http://www.electricscotland.com/canada/inverness/chapter17.htm
Scots Minstrelsie
-------------------------
Started work again on the final volume 6 of this publication complete with
sheet music. The index page is at
http://www.electricscotland.com/music/minstrelsie/index.htm
To volume 6 I added...
O This Is No My Plaid
Weel May The Keel Row
My Highland Lassie, O
Come Sit Thee Down
Will Ye No Come Back Again?
The Dance
You can see these at
http://www.electricscotland.com/music/minstrelsie/volume6.htm
Clan Newsletters
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Added the Jan 2007 newsletter from Clan Logan at
http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/newsletters/logan/index.htm
History of Scottish Medicine to 1860
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by John D. Comrie (1927).
A new book for you and I have up another two chapters which you can read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/medical/scottish_medicinendx.htm
Chapter III - Medical Renaissance in the Time of James IV
Health Regulations in Cities - James IV. and Medical Progress - The Seal of
Cause granted to Surgeons and Barbers - Anatomical Books - Acts regulating
practice of Surgeons, Barbers, Apothecaries and Surgeon - Apothecaries.
Chapter IV - Practice at Edinburgh in the Sixteenth Century
First Scottish Military Surgeons - Steel Hand of Clephane - Action against
unlawful practice - Medico-legal cases - Early Specialists in Surgery -
Medical Officers, public and private - Jerome Cardan - Robert Auchmowtie.
Maps of Clan Lands
----------------------------
I have made some progress on this project and you can see the clans I've
managed to add at
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/maps/index.htm
Added Clan Sinclair to the list at
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/maps/sinclair.htm
Biographical Record of the County of Kent, Ontario
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Our thanks to Nola Crewe for sending in more of these...
Crichton, Rev. Charles at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/kent/crichton_charles.htm
Haggart, Peter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/kent/haggart_peter.htm
Ferguson, Robert at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/kent/ferguson_robert.htm
Here is the account of Robert Ferguson
ROBERT FERGUSON, who departed this life September 7, 1901, was numbered
among the distinguished residents of Thamesville as a man of prominence in
politics and entitled to special notice. Mr. Ferguson was a member of
Parliament, a retired business man, free to devote much of his time and
attention to maters of moment to the community and the country at large.
John Ferguson, grandfather of Robert, was a native of Scotland, and passed
his entire life in that country. Among his children was a son, James, father
of Robert, who was born in Scotland in 1792, and there married Miss Margaret
Brash, by whom he had the following children: Elizabeth, widow of William
Stainforth; Ellen, widow of John Ferguson; Margaret, deceased; John,
deceased, who is mentioned elsewhere; Janet, deceased; Robert; Catherine,
wife of Daniel McFarlane, of Thamesville; and James, retired farmer residing
in Thamesville. In 1854 James Ferguson emigrated to the County of Kent,
Ontario, settling in Howard township, where for a time he and his sons
worked at the carpenter’s trade, and later engaged in the lumber business,
which they made very successful. The father died in Thamesville in 1866, at
the age of 75 years. The mother had died in Scotland in 1850, aged 56 years.
Robert Ferguson was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, Agusut 16, 1832, and
came to the County of Kent with the family in 1854. In Scotland he learned
the carpenter’s trade, which he followed for a time after settling in the
Dominion, and he later embarked in the lumber business, in which he was
eminently successful, and from which he retired about 1890, afterward
devoting himself to public affairs and looking after his large interests in
Thamesville and elsewhere. Mr. Ferguson was a self-made man, having begun
his business life with no capital and worked himself into the enviable
position of one of the wealthiest and most respected men in the County of
Kent.
Besides attaining success financially Mr. Ferguson became very prominent
politically. While residing in Thmamesville he was reeve of Camden township,
and also warden of the county. For 17 years he was a member of Parliament,
and in all the deliberations of that body proved himself a wise judicial
legislator, working for the best interests of the people whom he
represented. His political opinions made him an ardent Reformer, and he
steadfastly upheld the principles of his party upon all occasions. In 1885
Mr. Ferguson erected his fine brick residence on Ann street, Thamesville,
where he resided until his death, making a home for his sister Margaret
until her death, in 1896. He never married.
For many years Mr. Ferguson was a consistent member of the Presbyterian
Church, and took an active part in all work connected with that body.
Although a firm believer in the doctrines of his particular church Mr.
Ferguson was a broad-minded, liberal man, and always ready to forward any
Christian work. Upon many occasions this distinguished gentleman laid the
foundation stone for new church buildings of other denominations, and made
appropriate addresses upon those occasions. Among his highly prized
mementoes of a long and useful life were numerous trowels presented by
grateful church organizations for his assistance, inscribed with his own
name, that of the church, and the date of the laying of the cornerstone.
As an honourable and successful business man, energetic and progressive
political leader, and faithful church worker, Mr. Ferguson had few equals.
His charity was great, and he was always ready to lend a helping hand to
those in need, while all enterprises calculated to prove beneficial to the
people and the community met with his hearty approval.
You can read other biographies at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/kent/index.htm
Scottish Canadian Newspaper
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Added another two issues of this newspaper...
March 12, 1891 issue at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/scotscan/issue16.htm
March 19, 1891 issue at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/scotscan/issue17.htm
A Homily
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From Nola Crewe
Got in a homily that Nola gave on 31st December 2006 which I thought I'd
share with you as it also discusses new year resolutions :-)
You can read this at
http://www.electricscotland.com/bible/nola/061231.htm
Annonymous In Stoney
---------------------------------
Got in a charming story from the Bard of Banff...
My parents met an elderly woman 'Jean Kemlo' while on holiday and mentioned
my poetry, she is 82, nearly 83 now.
My mother sent her down a copy of my book 'Bard o' Buchan Vol 1' which she
enjoyed very much. She took the book along to the group at the local old
folks home and started reading / reciting some of my poems, she said that
usually the old folk in the group don't have much to say and the group
meetings are usually a bit boring, but not this time as she recited from the
book the folk came to life as each place in Buchan was mentioned they
recalled their experiences and memories of the past and the whole place was
buzzing for a change, she'd never seen anything like it!
Jean had written three poems and she then sent them to me to use (Wanting to
be kept annonymous hence the title).
With no idea what to do with these I went through my photo collection and
dug out all my photograph's of Stonehaven (Stoney as known by the locals)
and put them alongside her three poems, I wrote some of my own to go with
hers and researched some interesting history on Stonehaven which I then
inserted.
So I then had around fifteen pages, this I then sent back to her in the post
with another three pages added but left blank with the text 'Jean to add a
poem here'. A couple of weeks later the booklet returned with the three new
poems, I inserted these and thought it's still a bittie slim so I did some
more digging and researching and added some more pages. I added Jean's name
to the front as the author and mine as the editor and photographer.
With 26 pages I then got fifty colour copies printed and took then down to
Jean, she phoned the next day to say they were all sold, so I went down with
another fifty, same thing a call the next day they're all gone.
Now Jean's been asked to recite two poems every month for the talking
newspaper so I'm delighted for her and we're now going to print another two
hundred copies (Paper supplied free by DNV in Aberdeen). Money raised is
going to Dunnottar Church, the local Alzheimer's group and the unit Ardoe in
Stonehaven hospital where the patients need 24 hour one to one care.
Quote from Jean "Stanley you've opened up a whole new scene for me, wishing
you all the best, and thanking you for giving me so much of your time and
inspiration, yours Jean".
Stan Bruce
26th January 2007.
You can read one of Jean's poems and see her picture at
http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/banff/stoney.htm
And that's all for now and I hope you and your families all have a great
weekend and a Happy Candlemas :-)
Alastair
http://www.electricscotland.com
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