m(a)cvicar glassary 1800's to now

[ev]

hi all

interested in mcvicars of glassary argyllshire
donald mcvicar b. c1823 maybe died fort william c1861 drowned
donald mcvicar b. 1859 his son
mary mcvicar b. c1821 died 1902 glassary his wife
have built up the family from various sources and now trying to prove it
does this ring any bells ?
john mcvicar son also.

ev

[karenlee]

Hi Ev

Have you found any of these people on the Scottish Census?  I can have a look for you if not, but did not want to post any details in case you already had that information

Cheers
Karenlee

[MonicaL]

Hi Ev

I'll leave it for Karenlee to do the census searches if required. Doing a parent search on IGI indicates that the last child showing as born to Donald and Mary Mitchell is early 1862, so Donald looks to maybe have died just before his birth if you have a likely death for him in 1861:

1. MARY MACVICAR Birth: 03 JAN 1847 Glassary, Argyll, Scotland
2. CHIRSTIAN MACVICAR  Birth: 01 FEB 1850 Glassary, Argyll, Scotland
3. JANET MACVICAR Birth: 14 FEB 1852 Glassary, Argyll, Scotland
4. JOHN MCVICAR Birth: 12 JUL 1854 Glassary, Argyll, Scotland
5. PETER MAC VICAR  Birth: 13 MAY 1857 Glassary, Argyll, Scotland
6. DONALD MACVICAR Birth: 12 JUL 1859 Glassary, Argyll, Scotland
7. DUNCAN MACVICAR  Birth: 16 JAN 1862 Glassary, Argyll, Scotland

Their marriage entry from the OPRs:

DONALD MACVICAR Marriages: MARY MITCHELL    
Marriage:  13 DEC 1845  Glassary, Argyll, Scotland

Regards.

Monica

[ev]

karenlee/monica

thank you for your replies
i have census returns for this family plus possible connections aunts and
uncles
i have a copy of a hand written note of the marriage of donald mcvicar and
mary mitchell signed by the minister of the parish
"the within mentioned parties were married this 25th day of december
   1845 by donald jackson minister kilmartin"

as far as i know the children were-

mary mcvicar 1847 - 1929
christian mcvicar 1850 - 1881
janet 1852 - ?
john 1854 - 1917(?)(hand note(signed) of birth 12th july 1854 from records)
peter mcvicar 1857 - 1880(death ballimore cottage glassary)
donald mcvicar 1859 - 1926(death perth perthshire)
duncan mcvicar 1862 - 1863(father deceased on death cert.)

the only record of a death for the father is 1st nov 1862 fort william where
a donald mcvicar and john hunter were found drowned age given to both as
40 years no information on parents as this was the results of proculator
fiscal
i am inclined to accept this as he is on the 1861 census but deceased on sons
death cert.  duncan 1863
mary mitchell his wife lived untill 1902 and died at ballimore cottages glassary
maybe this will help anyone else looking for mcvicars in glassary

happy hunting

ev

[paulsplace2009]

hi ev

ive just started tracing family tree and i have got lots of mcvicars!!

get in contact with me and we can have a chat



paul

[ev]

hi Paul 

mcvicar/macvicar(or any of the other variations) are very common in argyllshire
my mcvicar's look to have been in glassary argyll from c1778 to 1902
i have since found out that donald macvicar died 7th nov. 1862 at glassary
and did not drown at fort william in oct. 1862
chances are that we are not related but you never know
if you can get your mcvicar's back to about 1881 i would be willing to help
trace them further back

ev

[paulsplace2009]

Hi ev

thanks for getting back.

the earliest mcvicar i have is duncan mcvicar, born 13th april 1795.
he married janet mcnab, she was born 1801 and died 1883.

duncan and janet had 7 children

ann mcvicar - born 1821
mary mcvicar - born 1823
john mcvicar - born 1826
james mcvicar - 1831
peter mcvicar - born 1831
nevin mcvicar - born 1838
jannett mcvicar - born 1840

do any of these names ring any bells?

for some reason, i am most fascinated with my ancestors that come from argyll.

thanks

paul

[ev]

looks like your family were at kames glassary in 1841
mine were at darnnanach glassary
using the freeCEN website there are 71 m*cvicars in glassary in 1841
so we might be related , but trying to sort them out could be a hard task   

by 1851 my family are at knockalva glassary
niven mcvicar 50 widower farmer 30 acres
john mcvicar 25 son
catherine mcvicar 52 sister
john mcvicar 73 brother in law shepherd
mary mcvicar 67 sister
duncan mcvicar nephew 34
mary mcvicar 27 niece
agnes mcvicar 25 niece
all born glassary

john mcvicar(73) and mary mcvicar(67 her maiden surname) are my line

ev

[ev]

using the IGI there are 10 possible children for duncan mcvicar and janet mcnab -
ann 1819
mary 1821
donald 1824
john 1826
archibald 1828
duncan 1830
james 1832
peter 1835
niven 1836
janet 1839

ev