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From: "Dorothy Bell" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] IslayBells, Johnstons & Sinclairs
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:49:11 -0400
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Hi Toni:

When we were on Islay in mid September, Donald Bell, a great grandson of
Duncan, son of Duncan and Mary gave me a name of Mr &Mrs John Gefrsh, Jr.,
from Minot, N. Dak. On the back of the picture states "Our sister Mary's
granddaughter".

The plot thickens.

Dorothy Bell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Toni Sinclair" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] IslayBells, Johnstons & Sinclairs


> Thanks Lorne and Dorothy. If you don't already have this information,
while
> looking through my Minto twp, Wellington Co. papers, I found a NEIL BELL,
a
> native of Islay, was an early settler on lot 16, con 14. The family were:
> Mrs. Archibald McLean; Mrs. Johnson, Dakota; John on the homestead;
> Angus,Dakota; and Mrs. Woodmansey."
> (This is from the Guelph Daily Mercury column by W.F.McKenzie, around the
> turn of the century).
>
> Is this Neil, the son of Duncan Bell and Mary Sinclair Bell? If that is
> so, Sandy Sinclair mentioned in the had to be married to either Catherine,
> Ann, or Mary.
>
> Also interesting that Neil's son, Angus Bell, and a daughter who married a
> Johnson, also went to Dakota. The mind boggles at all these coincidences,
> OR could Angus Johnston (writer of the letter mentioned in Finlay Payne's
> message) have been mistaken about the relationships in his letter to Mr.
> Campbell?
>
> Very confusing!
>
> Toni
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Lorne Campbell" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Islay Johnstons Campbells
>
>
> > I agree with the info provided by Dorothy Bell concerning Duncan Bell's
> > family. I had thought the "Sandy" may have been Alexander Bell son of
> Duncan
> > Bell and Mary Sinclair but my records indicate he died in 1897.
> >
> > From my point of view, "Aunt Christy" would undoubtedly be Christena
> > Campbell, daughter of Donald Campbell and Ann Sinclair, who married
Donald
> > Johnston in Bowmore, 1827.
> >
> > Lorne
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dorothy Bell" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 7:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Islay Johnstons Campbells
> >
> >
> > > Hi Toni:
> > >
> > > Duncan Bell married Mary Sinclair, daughter of Alexander Sinclair and
> > > Catherine Sinclair, maiden name Sinclair.
> > > Their children are as follows:
> > > 1. Angus - died at Islay
> > > 2. Neil
> > > 3. Catherine
> > > 4. Ann
> > > 5. Mary
> > > 6. Donald - emigrated to Manitoba in 1884
> > > 7. Duncan - remained on Islay
> > > 8. Alexander - emigrated to Erin Township, Co. Wellington, Ont. in
1843
> > and
> > > married (1) Isabella McLellan, dau. of Dougal McLellan and Ann
Campbell
> > > Marr. (2) Joanna McAuley of Sunnidale Corners, dau. of Gilbert McAuley
> and
> > > Joanna .............
> > >
> > > Dorothy Bell
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Toni Sinclair" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:00 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Islay Johnstons Campbells
> > >
> > >
> > > > This is certainly complicated! Would that make "Aunt Christy" the
> > > > Christena Campbell, who married Donald Johnston in Bowmore , 1827,
and
> > the
> > > > daughter of Donald C. and Ann Sinclair?
> > > >
> > > > However, in your book (page 82) it reads "They were taken in and
> raised
> > by
> > > a
> > > > family of Sinclairs, also from Tallent, who were related to their
> > > > mother...." ???
> > > >
> > > > Now, also, the question of "who was Sandy Sinclair?" I've checked
> > > through
> > > > the Sinclair data I have, The Bell, and the Johnston papers, and I
> have
> > to
> > > > admit - I don't know.
> > > > I have to find a combination of an Alexander Sinclair who married a
> > Bell.
> > > > There was one in Minto township, around the correct timeframe, but
he
> > was
> > > > married to Annie McLellan "natives of Islay".
> > > >
> > > > Do any of you Bell researchers know who they were? Could she have
> been
> > > one
> > > > of the daughters of Mary and Duncan Bell of Gearrach?
> Toni
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Finlay Payne" <>
> > > > To: <>
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:42 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Islay Johnstons Campbells
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello All: I think I can throw some light on the story of Angus
> > > > > Johnston and Catherine Campbell since I've just uncovered a copy
of
> a
> > > > > letter,which must have come from Marion Sundby, which her father
> > > > > Angus Johnston, wrote to a Dan Campbell of Cheltenham,Ontario in
> > > > > 1936. In the letter Angus J. says,"....My grandfather died of of
> > > > > Typhoid in Scotland.Grandmother came to Canada with two babies
Maria
> > > > > (Mrs.Boyd) and my father(Angus Johnston).The former was two years
> and
> > > > > the latter six months. On the voyage my grandmother died of
cholera
> > > > > and was buried in the Gulf of St.Lawrence. My grandfather's Aunt
> > > > > Christy - Donald Johnston's wife cared for the children until they
> > > > > were grown." So that seems to settle the matter of who raised the
> > > > > children.
> > > > > Angus J. also raises the question of another relative with Dan
> > > > > Campbell, he asks,"Who was Sandy Sinclair.Where did he come in
among
> > > > > the relatives.Forty years ago I visited at your home. You and your
> > > > > sisters drove to his place. I remember him as an old man. He was
an
> > > > > uncle of my mother, as I remember and was married to a sister of
my
> > > > > grandfather Neil Bell who lived in Minto Township. Can you tell me
> > > > > anything more about him?"
> > > > > --
> > > > > I don't have a record of Dan Campbell's reply to Angus' query.
Angus
> > > > > died in 1944. FJP
> > > > >
> > > > >
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