Slios? Nova Scotia

[kiwicatz]

Where on earth (well in Nova Scotia) is this?

Some one gave me the following:

' Apparently 2 sons had left home and were living on the Slios in 1871 F1 60 63'
I assume this is a census reference?
All info appreciated
Jan
Pottsville NSW Australia

I did Google this but got nothing

[aghadowey]

Could we have names please?

[kiwicatz]

Sorry

Duncan McKenzie M 30 M NS Scotch Presb CH L P Seaman
Jessy McKenzie F 29 M NS
Roderick McKenzie M 4 NS
Donald McKenzie M 2 NS
Donald McKenzie M 28 NS (I think this one is a McKenzie too)

Duncan's parents and siblings are living at Kempt Head  E1 34 34 and some of the family had moved from Slios to Kempt Head

Regards
Jan

[aghadowey]

There's a N.S. death registration for a Duncan McKenzie of Kempt Head in 1924- son of Donald and Mary- born 1840 Boulanderie, N.S.
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/

Exactly what is the source for "living on the Slios in 1871"- could it be a mistranscription?

[kiwicatz]

That's him - he is buried at Man O'War Point  as is his wife Jessie,d 1924; daughter Flora d 1957 and a son, Roderick d 1938.  Duncan's parents Donald and Mary (nee MacLellan) are at this time living at Kempt Head (1871 Census of NS E1 34 34) They have 9 children living at home.I get the idea that Slios is an island - the person sending the email refers to  Dan Carmichael's list of families on Slios in 1884.

The reference to Slios is in an email I got froma relative in NS a few years ago, however I have lost touch with her. All my  NS family stuff has been stored away for about 8 years and I am just going through it.

Jan

[aghadowey]

Closest I could find in the area is a Seal Island.

[kiwicatz]

Thank you - I guess it remains a mystery for now.
Jan

[aghadowey]

If "2 sons had left home and were living on the Slios in 1871" you could start searching 1871 census for the 'missing' McKenzie sons.

[valeriec]

The word Slios appears to be Gaelic. I found some sites that may help you in your search. Boularderie Island would have had a large population of Scot descent that would have spoken gaelic. Even at the start of the First World War, a large number of enlisted personnel that joined the Cape Breton Highlanders and Nova Scotia Highlanders spoke gaelic.

http://www.boularderie.org/

Bouldarderie Island Historical society
http://www.bihs.ca/

Gaelic College (in Victoria County, Cape Breton)
www.gaeliccollege.edu/

www.capebretongenweb.com/

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/index-e.html