Mull MacGillivray Genealogy
We all have stories to tell, but it all starts with knowing where we came from, what our ancestors did to allow us a better life than they had, the sacrifices they made. So let's start tracing those journeys here, together, as ancestors of the MacGillivray's of Mull.
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1. Information that we classify as a certainty must be verified or verifiable.
2. Assumptions/possibilities will be noted as such until the "facts" can be verified.
3. I have used MacGillivray as a standardised method of spelling. This will encompass all alternatives that will be found in documents relating to individuals.
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Malcolm MacGillivray was born in Ardalanish, Isle of Mull, around 1795. He was married to Catherine Campbell on March 29th 1825. Below is their direct family including marriages that are verified so far.
One of their children, Christina MacGillivray, married Donald McKinnon and emigrated to New Zealand aboard the Peter Denny, on 24 August 1875 bound for Canterbury.
The photo below is of Shiaba, where some of the family lived in 1851. This family forms a part of the story in Echoes of the Clearances.
Christina MacGillivray and Donald Mckinnon were married in Clyde, Scotland on 29 November 1870. They emigrated to New Zealand on board the Peter Denny, 24 August 1875 sailing from Clyde to Otago.
Below is a photo of the ship Peter Denny, (Credit - De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925. The sailing ship Peter Denny in Otago Harbour. De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives. Ref: 1/2-015489-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23188466)
John 's date of birth and place is non verifiable, but we do know lots about him and his family. John married Annie McLean in 1860 in Torrans. John and Annie built the farmhouse Cnocoran on the Isle of Iona's West End in the late 1860's after relocating from Killunaig on Mull. Their story is the subject of my book Echoes of the Clearances.
