https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/ 2026-04-17T10:13:53+00:00 https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/ https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2021-11-15T23:05:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/doku.php?id=start&rev=1637017550&do=diff This a collection of additional biographies which do not appear in “The Dictionary of Glengarry Biography”, but nonetheless are notable historical figures. * Archibald 'King' MacGillivray * Archibald 'King' MacGillivray and 'Big' Alexander McLeod text/html 2021-11-15T20:20:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/doku.php?id=archibald_king_macgillivray_big_alexander_mcleod&rev=1637007648&do=diff Untold Stories and Unsung Heroes by Maj. Geo. (Duff) Mitchell, MC,CD,UE, Ontario's Glengarry County is studded with 20 bronze plaques along its highways and byways which give us fascinating glimpses of its early history as well as its Highland and Loyalist pioneers who settled there from 1784. text/html 2021-11-15T20:01:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/doku.php?id=temp4&rev=1637006479&do=diff MacLeod Settlement: In 1793 some forty families, 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 f… text/html 2021-11-15T15:57:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/doku.php?image=mcleod_plaque.jpeg&ns=&rev=1636991838&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=b06d59&amp;media=mcleod_plaque.jpeg" alt="mcleod_plaque.jpeg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2021-11-15T15:49:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://glengarryhistoricalsociety.com/dokusoft/!add/doku.php?id=temp3&rev=1636991347&do=diff 'Big' Angus MacMillan and with her 10 children she, too, began a dynasty. The present 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 'King' MacGillivray family and what tales it could tell! Direct descendant Anne MacGillivray still occupies it with her mother, née Ruth MacGillivray, who celebrated her 90th birthday October 2002 at the old Manse opposite Kirkhill United Church. With many MacGilli…