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| + | ==== Family ties ==== | ||
| + | Loyalists and their descendants from the MacLeod emigration have left their marks upon | ||
| + | the Glengarry scene. \\ | ||
| + | Archie ' | ||
| + | likely died by then, but sister Ann wed Duncan MacMillan(1782-1841) in January 1809 | ||
| + | while wintering at her father' | ||
| + | happy event, as he had also done for Archie and Catherine' | ||
| + | Church, in Williamstown. Duncan' | ||
| + | 1794. In 1810 my ancestors Ann and Duncan | ||
| + | ' | ||
| + | In 1797 Donald ' | ||
| + | Catherine (MacDonell) and Donald McMillan (UEL). Their ten children all married, | ||
| + | including sons ' | ||
| + | dynasties. \\ | ||
| + | The only son of Ann (McGillivray) and Duncan MacMillan, became known as ' | ||
| + | the Hook' MacMillan (c1819-1896) when he lost his right arm at age 28 in a threshing | ||
| + | accident. He married Ellen MacLeod (1828-1907), | ||
| + | Township, and they settled on his father' | ||
| + | children. With a hook he "could chop wood, plough, mow, and was considered the best | ||
| + | teamster in the county." | ||
| + | "He was a very congenial spirit, one of the good old stock, always kind, generous and | ||
| + | neighborly ...." There were 120 carriages in his funeral procession — one of the largest | ||
| + | ever held at St. Columba Church.< | ||
| + | Ann and Duncan' | ||
| + | (1794-18664), | ||
| + | Breadalbane, | ||
| + | who was to receive his father' | ||
| + | other 170-acre section of this lot north of the King's Road was sold in 1840 to lawyer, | ||
| + | later Ontario' | ||
| + | Archie ' | ||
| + | deny his claim in 1836. About 80 that fall, Archie deeded most of his Lochiel lot to son, | ||
| + | Donald ' | ||
| + | After their first child was born, John Munro set up his smithy at MacGillivray Bridge, | ||
| + | Charlottenburgh, | ||
| + | coopers, were important to pioneers of that era. My great grandfather, | ||
| + | Monroe (1842-1936) was the second son born at MacGillivray Bridge in a family | ||
| + | of ten. After junior school there he lived with his maternal grandmother Ann and learned | ||
| + | Gaelic in upper grades at Kirkhill, but quit school at 14 to clerk in a store at Buckingham, | ||
| + | Quebec, for seven years, where he learned French. Settling in Cornwall he was store | ||
| + | clerk for 13 years with ex-mayor, Wm. Mattice. He then opened an insurance business | ||
| + | which expanded across ten counties in Ontario and Quebec. After 30 years he was | ||
| + | " | ||
| + | his old firm retained his name. He was a Dunvegan Volunteers during the Fenian Raids | ||
| + | of 1866 and 1870; he received a medal and 160 acres of now profitable bush land near | ||
| + | New Liskeard, Ontario. \\ | ||
| + | Archie' | ||
| + | Lochiel when he wed Mary MacMillan (1804-1884) in March 1822. She was a sister of | ||
| + | ' | ||
| + | log house is believed to have been built about 1830, but has long since been sheathed | ||
| + | over, inside and out. This vintage homestead is still with the ' | ||
| + | and what tales it could tell! | ||
| + | Direct descendant Anne MacGillivray still occupies it with her mother, née Ruth | ||
| + | MacGillivray, | ||
| + | opposite Kirkhill United Church. With many MacGillivray and other kin present, as well | ||
| + | as the presentation of a fine plaque from the Township mayor, it Was a very special | ||
| + | occasion. We only regretted that Mrs. Myrtle (McGillivray) Stanger of Drumheller, | ||
| + | Alberta, the chief chronicler of ' | ||
| + | April 2003. \\ | ||
| + | John Duncan MacLeod (1901-1968), | ||
| + | Kenyon Township, graduated from Kemptville College. He held senior appointments | ||
| + | with Ontario' | ||
| + | farm and opened a seed-cleaning plant. \\ | ||
| + | John D., as he was known, was the prime mover in forming the Clan MacLeod Society of | ||
| + | Glengarry (later of Canada), and initiated preparation of //The MacLeods of Glengarry, 1st | ||
| + | Edition (1971)//. Revised Edition (1993) has a wealth of family history edited by | ||
| + | Madeleine McCrimmon, also a MacLeod emigration' | ||
| + | and advice were sorely missed after he was killed by a tractor in 1968. \\ | ||
| + | About 1840 ' | ||
| + | MacLeod (1810-1889) moved to share Lot 25.9th Kenyon. Norman, who had married | ||
| + | Captain Alexander' | ||
| + | Glengarry Militia during the 1837 Rebellion. Their son Alex served during the Fenian | ||
| + | Raids with the 39< | ||
| + | Roderick (Rory)' | ||
| + | (1871-1952). They had five children, of whom John D. was the most prominent in | ||
| + | Glengarry' | ||
| + | It would be heartwarming to think that, with the new millennium, perhaps the time has | ||
| + | come to erect a new plaque to supplement that on the " | ||
| + | would recognize the roles played by Sergeant Archibald ' | ||
| + | `Big' Norman and cousin Kenneth MacLeod, in | ||
| + | ensuring the success of the emigration and the parts | ||
| + | played by their descendants in building a prosperous | ||
| + | Glengarry. Failing that initiative, perhaps these brief | ||
| + | comments will serve to revive interest in Upper | ||
| + | Canada' | ||
| + | more aware of their fascinating and heroic heritage. | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | including members of several clans, emigrated from | ||
| + | Glenelg, Scotland, under the leadership of Alexander | ||
| + | MacLeod and landed at St. John's Island (now PEI) The | ||
| + | following year they came to Glengarry County and | ||
| + | petitioned for land. In August, 1794 the majority were | ||
| + | authorized to occupy 200 Acres each in the vicinity of | ||
| + | Kirkhill, which was for many years known as Glenelg. | ||
| + | Alexander MacLeod who was located on this property in | ||
| + | 1794, was instrumental in founding on of the earliest | ||
| + | Presbyterian parishes in Upper Canada here in Lochiel | ||
| + | Township. During the War of 1812 he served as a | ||
| + | Captain in the 2< | ||
| + | died March 4, 1850. // | ||
| + | Board of Ontario.// Erected by Clan MacLeod Society of Glengarry 1965. | ||
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| + | ==== Endnotes ==== | ||
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| + | 33-34. It irks this writer and descendant of Archie ' | ||
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| + | little resemblance to | ||
| + | MacLeods 2< | ||
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| + | family trekked north to settle on Lot 6.4th of Cornwall Township. but not without their prized rose shoots — claimed to date | ||
| + | back to Damascus in Crusader times. The rose flowers, stalks, leaves and hips were vital to pioneers as medicines, tea, | ||
| + | etc. He lived into his 100< | ||
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| + | Spirits//, tells much more about Ann (McGillivray) and Duncan MacMillan' | ||
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