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Argyllshire / Re: Mc cormack or maKinnon iona or mull
« on: Saturday 28 November 09 22:13 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I've been trying to use the Mull Genealogy site but there is a lot missing and I don't find it especially easy to follow. What I can say is that I believe my great grandfather was William MacCormick (my name) born1 Aug 1868, Isle of Iona and died 20 (I have 29) Oct 1915 in an accident on board HMS Hannibal. He was a Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class in the Royal Navy and the family had moved to the Medway where my grandfather Ewen MacDonald MacCormick went to school at Rochester. He trained to be a teacher and having been seriously wounded in the Great War and, rather shockingly (for then), got my grandmother pregnant before they were married they returned discreetly to Iona where my grandfather was the school teacher and my father was born there in September 1921 (in the house that is now the visitor centre as I recall). They then moved back south to London where my grandfather carried on as a teacher and were my father's two brothers and two sisters were born.
So, my gg gparents were: Niel Lamont MACCORMICK and Annabella Campbell MACLACHLAN and my g gfather married Mary MACDONALD on 31 Dec 1889 which is where, I presume, the MacDonald comes from that we all keep amongst our names.
From what I can see, my gg gfather Niel Lamont MACCORMICK had a brother Donald born 30 Jun 1864 but he, coincidentally, married a Marion MacDonald in 1897. Wrong Marion! I can see your Donald McCormick , Ann MacCalum and Marion McCormick but how you try to cross check that strand of the family against the rest I really don't know. Unfortunately, the family member trying to put together the family tree for a web site has had a recurrence of their cancer and, sensibly enough, is concentrating on his treatment. As and when he becomes available again I will see if he can shed any further light on this.
I've been trying to use the Mull Genealogy site but there is a lot missing and I don't find it especially easy to follow. What I can say is that I believe my great grandfather was William MacCormick (my name) born1 Aug 1868, Isle of Iona and died 20 (I have 29) Oct 1915 in an accident on board HMS Hannibal. He was a Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class in the Royal Navy and the family had moved to the Medway where my grandfather Ewen MacDonald MacCormick went to school at Rochester. He trained to be a teacher and having been seriously wounded in the Great War and, rather shockingly (for then), got my grandmother pregnant before they were married they returned discreetly to Iona where my grandfather was the school teacher and my father was born there in September 1921 (in the house that is now the visitor centre as I recall). They then moved back south to London where my grandfather carried on as a teacher and were my father's two brothers and two sisters were born.
So, my gg gparents were: Niel Lamont MACCORMICK and Annabella Campbell MACLACHLAN and my g gfather married Mary MACDONALD on 31 Dec 1889 which is where, I presume, the MacDonald comes from that we all keep amongst our names.
From what I can see, my gg gfather Niel Lamont MACCORMICK had a brother Donald born 30 Jun 1864 but he, coincidentally, married a Marion MacDonald in 1897. Wrong Marion! I can see your Donald McCormick , Ann MacCalum and Marion McCormick but how you try to cross check that strand of the family against the rest I really don't know. Unfortunately, the family member trying to put together the family tree for a web site has had a recurrence of their cancer and, sensibly enough, is concentrating on his treatment. As and when he becomes available again I will see if he can shed any further light on this.