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From: "Jim Baird" <>
Subject: Re: Islay names in "Reminiscences of the Highland Pioneers in Eldon township"
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 23:11:23 +0800
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Hi Toni,
Cunecarie - possibly Kynagarry?
All the best
Jim
in warm and sunny Western Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toni Sinclair" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 10:45 PM
Subject: Islay names in "Reminiscences of the Highland Pioneers in Eldon
township"
> Here are all the Islay folks who were recited by Hugh Ray, son of John:
>
> John Darrach and family was from Kildalton, Islay
> They left Islay in 1818
> Angus (Hugh's father), the third eldest was 10 yrs.
> Effie MacFayden (Hugh's mother) was second child of Arch. MacFayden, was 4
> Angus Ray was employed on one of barges on the Fear River, on which James
> MacLachlan (brother-in-law of A. MacFadyen) was skipper, and all the crew
> were Islay men.
> Angus eventually graduated from the Fayetteville Academy, and started to
> teach school.
> a Mr. MacMillan, who came to Canada direct went to N.C. to visit his 2
> brothers, and convinced them to come to Canada, as well as -
> Colin Campelll, whose son, John, was principal of a school here, James
> MacLachlan, A. MacFayden, Don and Duncan Calder, John Ray and their
> families, also John Mathieson, a bachelor who had been jilted twice and
> remained single all his life. They did not all come together. Some came
in
> 1828, 1830 and 1832. In 1834, Angus Ray who was teaching in the South,
came
> to Canada to visit them, and was persuaded to stay, and teach school in
> Eldon.
> Sarah Ray, daughter of John, married Duncan Cameron of Inverness
> John and Archibald Smith (sons of Gilbert) came to Canada ca 1828. Arch
> married * Janet McCorquodale
> Christina McCorquodale married Duncan Sinclair, steamboat captain
>
> Ronald MacEachern and family - Donald, Archibald, Ronald, John, Neil,
Peter
> and Margaret settled in the swamp north of Argyle ([village]
> Two brothers, Archibald and John MacDougall came to Eldon about 1835.
> John's son, Neil, was Sheriff of Victoria County. Archibald, known as
> "Baldy Beg" settled on part of Lot 6, Conc. 2, Eldon, children - Robert.
> Flora and Mary (Mrs. Smith) and youngest son Gilbert lived in Toronto.
Also
> Archibald who went to California.
>
> Mrs. A. MacFadyen (Hugh's grandmother) had been bitten by a rattlesnake in
> N.C.
> Colin MacFayden, son of A. MacFadyen was a good hunter of bears and wolves
> The Calder brothers had brought a black girl with from N.C., who spoke
> Gaelic
>
> Rev. McMurchy, born in the "Manse in the Parish of Cunecarie, Islay" [?],
> came to Woodville [Eldon] in 1858, and served for 22 years, he died in
1866
> "Red" John McArthur, who was from the same parish in Islay as Mr.
MacTavish,
> used sometimes to take too much drink. One day Mr. MacTavish found him
> sleeping by the roadside. He roused him up and said "Where do you suppose
> you would be if you passed away in your sleep?" John replied, "In
> Cunecarie, undoubtedly." [Does anyone know where this is?]
>
> Hugh Ray had a brother, Neil A. Ray, also a teacher who became a lawyer
>
> * There is a fairly long narrative about the McCorquodales from Knapdale,
> but I thought they were Islay folks. Does anyone want this?
>
> Well, that's my Saturday morning lesson. I hope you all enjoyed it.
> Toni
>
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