I just had a pretty nice breakthrough in my research. Some hard work and a little bit of luck.
I have locked things down with John MacDonald and his wife Ann MacPherson, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1815.
They were aboard a ship, the Dorothy.
Going by the ages on the passenger lists, John MacDonald was born around 1767/1768 and Ann MacPherson was born around 1775.
They both set up shop and lived out their lives in Ontario, Canada.
They were from Callander, Perth, Scotland. At least that was where they lived with their family before leaving for North America. I don't know for sure if they were born there.
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I am seeing a number of trees in Europe going all the way back to the beginning of time, so I wanted to tread carefully and verify any steps that go further up than John and Ann.
Once things hit Scotland and Europe, I don't have much or any evidence. I've seen some marriage dates and parents, but no hard evidence or original documents.
Their kids on the Dorothy were Christian (maybe Christina), Margaret, Thomas, Agnes, Donald and John.
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If anyone can help me lock anything down from Scotland going backwards up the tree, or anything like a baptism or marriage entry in the parish journals, I welcome your help as always and am grateful as always.
This could be an interesting trip up the tree, if I can get a few footholds.
I have locked things down with John MacDonald and his wife Ann MacPherson, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1815.
They were aboard a ship, the Dorothy.
Going by the ages on the passenger lists, John MacDonald was born around 1767/1768 and Ann MacPherson was born around 1775.
They both set up shop and lived out their lives in Ontario, Canada.
They were from Callander, Perth, Scotland. At least that was where they lived with their family before leaving for North America. I don't know for sure if they were born there.
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I am seeing a number of trees in Europe going all the way back to the beginning of time, so I wanted to tread carefully and verify any steps that go further up than John and Ann.
Once things hit Scotland and Europe, I don't have much or any evidence. I've seen some marriage dates and parents, but no hard evidence or original documents.
Their kids on the Dorothy were Christian (maybe Christina), Margaret, Thomas, Agnes, Donald and John.
- - -
If anyone can help me lock anything down from Scotland going backwards up the tree, or anything like a baptism or marriage entry in the parish journals, I welcome your help as always and am grateful as always.
This could be an interesting trip up the tree, if I can get a few footholds.
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