I have gained quite a bit of information in the last couple of days, re my original post. I Googled "Findlay & Anderson", the cattle operation that imported the herd that James accompanied. That brought me to a brochure which told all about their cattle operation, as well as more about the herd. The full names of "Findlay and Anderson" were George Findlay and James Anderson. It was George's brother, William, who was a cattle dealer in Aberdeen, who picked out the cattle to be included in the herd. I also contacted the American Aberdeen-Angus Association and the UK Aberdeen-Angus Association. The American Aberdeen-Angus Association was able to provide me with 8 pages out of a book written about the Aberdeen-Angus breed, published in the 1930's, that pertained to Findlay & Anderson's cattle operation, as well as specific information about the herd. A man named Grant brought in the first Aberdeen-Angus into the US in 1873, but they were all bulls. The Aberdeen-Angus that James accompanied was the first herd of Aberdeen-Angus, a bull and 5 females. Using birth dates provided for James Anderson and George Findlay, in the Aberdeen-Angus breed history book, I went to the ScotlandsPeople site and found that the were both born in Old Deer, which is where my husband's great-grandfather's family was from. Using info from the brochure and the history book, I now knew where the herd entered North America. It was Quebec. I now also knew it was summer of 1878 that the arrangement was made for shipping the herd and that they had to have arrived in Illinois in time for "annual show of Christmas fat stock in Chicago,
starting December 1878". I then went to the Ship'sList website and found James King, cattle tender, on the ship's manifest for the SS Canadian leaving Glasgow on 16 Aug 1878 and arriving Quebec 29 Aug 1878. Just thought you would like to know my additional info.
