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From: "Jane Nicholson" <>
Subject: Fw: [NS-CB-L] MARY CAMPBELL
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:41:18 +0100

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From: "Jane Nicholson" <>
To: "Angus MacLean" <>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [NS-CB-L] MARY CAMPBELL


> Dear Angus...
>
> Sorry for the delay. We have been on holiday and I am just back. To
answer
> your question about the families of John Campbell and Mary MacDonald being
> from St. Ann's area....
>
> John Campbell's father was Arthur Campbell (Artar mac Artais) from
> Na-h-Artaraich (McArthur), who came to Nova Scotia around 1823 from Uig
(and
> from Lewis to Uig before that). He settled in Rocky Side between South
> Haven and Englishtown. He is buried in the MacLeod Cemetery in Shaw's
Cove,
> North St. Ann, with his wife, who was either a Buchanan or a MacLeod.
>
> In addition to John, Arthur and his wife Sarah had the following children:
> - Donald
> - Murdoch
> - Archibald (died in infancy)
> - Archibald
> - Mary
> - Jane
> - Ann
> - Catherine
> - William John
>
> John was born in 1802 in Scotland and died in 1889 in Big Hill and is also
> buried at Shaw's Cove. I have no information about his wife Mary
MacDonald
> other than that her parents were Norman MacDonald and Jane Munroe, so do
not
> know if they were from the St. Ann area.
>
> As I mentioned on my post concerning this family, this is oral tradition
> passed down from Kate Campbell MacKenzie and I have not corroborated it as
> yet. Hope it helps.
>
> Jane in Paris
>

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