Hello All,
I am trying to find out we (my close family) still have family in the Campbeltown/Kintyre Area. My mother has done extensive work trying to find out our lineage and on the McDougall side this is what she has come up with.....Maybe to someone it will look somewhat familiar. Most of my close family resides in the Chicago, Illinois USA area...but my Great-Grandfather John McDougall Smith was born in 1886 in Campbeltown, Scotland, and left Campbeltown to go to Nova Scotia, Canada around 1902, he would have been around 16 years old.
My Great-Grandfather's father's name was Archibald Smith and was born in 1857, his death is unknown at this point. Archibald was a Blacksmith by trade..My Great-Grandfather was also a Blacksmith even after he moved to the United States.
Archibald's wife's name was Jane McDougall, b.1857 d. 1903
-Jane's Parents:
1. Father of Jane: John McDougall b. 1818 d. 1896
-John's Parents:
1. Dougald (Spelling?) McDougall b.1789
-Father of Dougald: John McDougall b. 1760 d. 1856
--Father: John McDougall b. 1712 d. 1776
--Mother: Mary McNiven: birth and death unknown presently
-Mother of Dougald: Isabel Watson
2. Catherine Curie: birth and death unknown presently
2. Mother of Jane: Christine McNiven birth and death unknown as of right now
-Parents of Christine McNiven are unknown.
I am really hoping that the information above will sound familiar to someone out there.