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alexena
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Hello Debbie,
I have recently discovered some ancestors who come from Sleat in Skye and wondered if you had any information about them.
Alexander Robertson (34) Calligary, married Catherine MacPherson (27) Ord. on 24th November 1857. Alexander was a fisherman - his parents were Archibald Robertson & Christina McKinnon. Archibald was a cottar. Catherine's parents were Ewen MacPherson & Mary Robertson.
Alexena
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bigmac1
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Debbie, I think you are correct. Niel McLure and Margaret were listed in the 1841 census , he was 50 and she was 30. would put her birth at about 1811. I recieved your file thru my e-mail but I was unable to open it. I don't have microsoft 2000. Is it possible to send the file some other way.?
Could you list the first 10 children that you have for Niel's marriage to the fist Margaret McGillivary? I only have 7 listed.
Thanks --- John McClure
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Debbie in B.C.
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Hi John, I have re-sent the file in plain txt format. The first file was a Family Tree Maker 2005 generated report in rtf format.
You will lose some of the formatting, but the info should remain the same.
Let me know if you are able to open it successfully.
I goofed on the 10 children for Neil and Margaret - I believe there was 8 to the first marriage, and 2 to the second marriage.
The first 8 are -
Mary, Alexander, Donald, Neil, Donald, James, Ann, John
Deb
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bigmac1
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Thanks Debbie, I had all of them except for the first child Mary. I'll add the other individuals in the next few days and then get back to you.
Thanks again. John
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colkitto
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Hi everyone,
my 4x G Grandfather was a Neil Nicolson married to Mary McClure probably from Sleat or maybe Strath. I'm descended from their son Alexander b.c. 1786 who was in living in Waterloo in 1841. He was married married to Janet McKinnon and they had 10 or 11 kids. I think the earlier kids were born in Sleat and the later ones in Strath.
Do you think this could be the same Neil you are talking about? I hope so as I know virtually nothing about him. Any information would be great.
Cheers
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colkitto
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Hi Debbie,
thats a pity, Mary is my only McClure out of what must be in the hundreds of relatives in Sleat. You must be a bit of a rare breed. I do know a few present day McClures in Sleat, so back to the drawing board.
Many thanks for looking for Mary.
Regards Andrew
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colkitto
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Hi Debbie,
Im sure we must be related somewhere! My family have lived in Sleat for as long as records exist! I think David works for Cal Mac ferries now. His father and mother know my parents well. David and his brothers were toddlers when I was still on Skye. ( I'm 39 ) I would love to find a link with the McClures. I find this whole link fascinating.
My name is Andrew Macdonald and my family still live in Kilmore. Mcvitie on this link is a Kennedy and my cousin Angus Macdonald is married to Ishabel Kennedy and they live in Dunpark in Ferrindonald in Sleat.
I noticed in the thread there is reference to MacInnes as well. I went to Primary school with the Hannah children who are the kids of Marion MacInnes from Drumfearm and Norman Hannah.
best regards
keep in touch
Andrew
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Debbie in B.C.
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hi Andrew,
Yes, David was working on the ferry when we were last over there. 
His email addy is bouncing now though, that's what made me think he possibly has moved.
I did a little booklet for the Clan Donald library, a History of the McLure families of Sleat. I gathered as much info as I could find from all the census, parish registers, and other researchers, and put it all together in one little booklet.
So I have tons of info on my computer including all the collateral families.
Lots of MacInnes, MacDonald, MacPherson, Nicolson, MacLean, Kelly, MacKinnon etc.
I keep everything I find on the Sleat families, you never know when it might come in useful!
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