Angus McLean b Scotland abt 1826

[Rdmclure]

Hi, I'm trying to trace my ancestor Angus McLean. He married Sarah McGillivray bef 1855. She was born abt 1821 in Scotland. I don't know if they married before they left Scotland.
I don't know when he came to Prince Edward Island, Canada.
He appears in the 1881 Canada census with his wife and daughter Isabella, she was born on Pei in 1855
Rod Mclure, Pei

[DavidG02]

Hi

Do you know where Sarah was born? And Angus as well.

I have a baptism of a Sarah McGilvray in 1821 Argyll to James and Mary

[Rdmclure]

No , I only have the Pei record. I know their children were raised catholic. It is possible Sarah had a brother Hugh.

Rod

[argyllshiregirl]

If I had to guess, I would say those are Mull names, Rod. The island of Mull is considered part of Argyll. I have MCLEAN from Mull too.

Mary

[Rosinish]

Does daughter Isabella's bc not give reference to when & where married?

We are lucky our scottish birth certs. have this info.

Annie

[Rosinish]

Does the death certs not give their father's names & occupations?

1st born would suggest Isabella to be named after one of her grandmother's.

What are the names of subsequent children as this can help if scottish naming pattern was used.

Annie

[argyllshiregirl]

I agree that Isabella is likely the given name of one of their first born's grandmothers, with the maternal grandmother being most likely. I want to point out that Sarah is interchangeable with Marion/Sally/Merrin etc. in Scotland, which seems strange I know. You may find her under those names too.

If they turn out to be Mull folks, this is a terrific website. http://www.mullgenealogy.co.uk/
This one is a great PEI site. My late mother-in-law was a PEI native (Nicholson, Gillis, Walsh, Thomas, Edwards, Gamble etc.) http://www.islandregister.com/

[Rdmclure]

Other names were
John Angus,
James Andrew,
And possibly Donald

[Rosinish]

Do you have Isabella's birth cert & William's marriage & death certs?

Annie