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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Inverness => Topic started by: spuddy on Tuesday 13 March 18 00:51 GMT (UK)
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Looking for descendants or ancestors of this family. The Gillis family came to PEI in the 1770's from the Isle of Barra or South Uist in Scotland. The other families that emigrated around the same time were the MacLellan, MacKinnon, see URL below:
http://www.islandregister.com/lot14_16.html
Families Listed!
Alexander Brown
Donald Macdonald
The MacLellan's - John and Angus
Alexander Cameron
The MacLean's - Roderick and John
The Other Maclean's - Hugh, Hector, and John
Donald McDongald (McDougall)
The McKinnon's - Neill and James
James Smith
Donald Gillis
The MacLellans - More on the MacLellans
Thank you.
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Looks like a sequence of web-sites ...........
http://www.islandregister.com/gillis6b.html
http://www.islandregister.com/gillis8.html
http://www.islandregister.com/gillis9.html
Sandra
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Hi Sandra: Thank you for your reply. I live on Prince Edward Island so I am familiar with those websites. I was hoping to find more about the Scottish end. We were at the Isle of Skye in 2015 and the guide was telling us about the link between Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald. Apparently she came from South Uist and the people there aided him. I was especially interested in the South Uist location as that is where many of my Scottish ancestors came from. The naming pattern in the Scotch and Irish families makes it difficult sometimes to find the correct John or Donald Gillis as there are so many of them. Good luck with your research.
Mary Cudmore
PEI Canada
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Maybe it might be worth transferring this thread to the Scotland board - a moderator could do that for you.
Its a wide spectrum of surnames you are asking about - perhaps trying asking about one at a time and that bring a better response. :-\
Sandra
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Yes, I agree but Barra and the Uist Islands were not included in Scotland, so I thought I would try to contact Canadian descendants of these families. Thank you.
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You could use Scotland General.............
Sandra
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Just to add that Barra and the Uists are classified as in Invernessshire:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/INV
Definitely in Scotland :)
Gadget
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John Gillis Sr. Lot 14, Prince Edward Island
« on: Tuesday 13 March 18 00:51 GMT (UK) »
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Looking for descendants or ancestors of this family. The Gillis family came to PEI in the 1770's from the Isle of Barra or South Uist in Scotland. The other families that emigrated around the same time were the MacLellan, MacKinnon, see URL below:
http://www.islandregister.com/lot14_16.html
Families Listed!
Alexander Brown
Donald Macdonald
The MacLellan's - John and Angus
Alexander Cameron
The MacLean's - Roderick and John
The Other Maclean's - Hugh, Hector, and John
Donald McDongald (McDougall)
The McKinnon's - Neill and James
James Smith
Donald Gillis
The MacLellans - More on the MacLellans
Thank you.
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Is this a list of the same families that you put up here?
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Looking for descendants or ancestors of this family. The Gillis family came to PEI in the 1770's from the Isle of Barra or South Uist in Scotland. The other families that emigrated around the same time were the MacLellan, MacKinnon, see URL below:
http://www.islandregister.com/lot14_16.html
Families Listed!
Alexander Brown
Donald Macdonald
The MacLellan's - John and Angus
Alexander Cameron
The MacLean's - Roderick and John
The Other Maclean's - Hugh, Hector, and John
Donald McDongald (McDougall)
The McKinnon's - Neill and James
James Smith
Donald Gillis
The MacLellans - More on the MacLellans
Thank you.
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Yes, I first posted in the Canada forum but a helpful person told me that Barra and South & North Uist are listed under Inverness, so I posted the same message there.
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Thank you for your help, I have posted the same message under Inverness, Scotland forum.
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Yes, I first posted in the Canada forum but a helpful person told me that Barra and South & North Uist are listed under Inverness, so I posted the same message there.
I think the 'helpful person' was me - well I recall telling you they were in Invernessshire on your other thread ;D
I think I know who might be able to help.
(Have just messaged the person)
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Gadget, Harris to Barra in Inverness, Lewis in Ross. Winter's back!
Skoosh.
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Gadget, Harris to Barra in Inverness, Lewis in Ross. Winter's back!
Skoosh.
That's cryptic ;D
I know Lewis is in Ross and Harris and Barra and the Uist are in Inverness. The OP is interested in the Uists and Barra as far as I am aware. I've been to all of them ;D
Not sure why you've mentioned Lewis and Harris ???
Gadget
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OP is interested in:
Looking for ......... ancestors of this family. The Gillis family came to PEI in the 1770's from the Isle of Barra or South Uist in Scotland. The other families that emigrated around the same time were the MacLellan, MacKinnon,
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Link to Inverness...........Good Luck spuddy.............
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Gadget, done the hills on them, apart from Benbecula ;D So the name is Gillies but beyond me I'm afraid.
Skoosh.
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Oh dear, I was hoping that you'd know :-\
I wonder if Annie has info as she knows about South Uist - but she's not been on since Ne'erday.
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Spuddy
Can you give us some full names of your ancestors, please? Also, what was their religion?
Gadget
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The Gillies who stayed behind on Barra were all Roman Catholic, so records will be very sparce. 19 baptisms on Barra - Craigston, St Brendans 1837-50. Many more marriages from early 19th C.
(Not many Church records before then. You'd need to go to other sources )
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I've messaged one of our members who has a lot of info on South Uist. Hope she can help.
Gadget
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Also this site:
http://www.hebridespeople.com/2012/07/emigrant-database-live/
http://www.hebridespeople.com/
Most of the info that I have are from specialist books, papers and oral accounts, especially relating to the Clearances, rather than individual families.
Gadget
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Some background that might be of interest:
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/hebrides_breton.htm
Gadget
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Gadget, you're doin good! One problem is that the folk used a patronymic amongst themselves but would need a surname to emigrate & these might not be very old.
Skoosh.
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Think I'll wait for Annie now.
The Hebridean emigrants site might throw up something for spuddy.
Gadget
(winter definitely returned - snow flurries)
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Thanks everyone for your replies and the links to the interesting articles from the Hebridies islands. I find it very interesting, especially after reading "Outlander" the last couple of days. When we were in Scotland & Ireland in 2015, the 1st place we stayed was at Fort William for two nights. As I mentioned before we also went up to the Isle of Sky and visited Flora MacDonald's grave. Our tour guide told us about the relationship with Bonnie Prince Charlie and her helping him hide out in South or North Uist Islands. It became more realistic to me, especially since my own ancestors hailed from there as well. One of the MacLellan researchers has stated that my MacLellan line was really part of the MacDonald clan, and we did see the ruins of a MacDonald castle in the highlands. I know one thing for sure, those highlanders had to be sturdy folk to be able to survive in those barren conditions. It rained nearly everyday and the sheep and highland cows had thick coats and long hair. It makes you appreciate what all our ancestors faced when giving up everything and emigrating to a new land. Alexander MacKinnon is another one of my highland ancestors. Thanks to all who replied. Your distant Canadian kin from Prince Edward Island.
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I am fairly sure, based on all of the information I have found I am part of the Gillis Family you are referring to but I am in the USA. I would love any information you may have found. I am very interested in this side of my family and found an Island named Gillis Island near PEI? I found out there is a road named after the family too? I am hoping to visit within the next year and hopefully meet some extended family as well!