Are there any Reid's or McMillan's around Machrihanish or Campbeltown that are related to the late Agnes Reid ( nee) 1885 to 1979, or the late Alexander McMillan 1889 to 1971, who were my Great Grandparents. I was in Campbetown in 1977 and should have done more research, but I was 19, what can I say. I met my great gram's sister and her daughter Polly and while I was travelling the UK great gram's sister died, often wondered if it was our long hair that shocked her? I also met a cousin of great gram's while lunching at the Argyll Arms hotel where a friend and I stayed for a week. Gram also said she worked a farm as a lass that Paul McCartney had bought.
My Great Grand parents came to Victoria BC Canada in 1911, a city with a harbour much like Campbeltown in a sense. Other brothers and sisters came here or went to Australia. Enough rambling , any Reid's or McMillan's around their old town?
Great Grandmother's Mom and Dad were MR & Mrs James Reid of Stewarton. In 1972 Gram went to Campbeltown for a reunion and there was a article with a picture in the Campbeltown courier. One brother John stayed and worked at High Knockrioch farm for 47years, there was one other brother Hugh from Victoria BC. Some sisters went to Victoria or Australia, while others remained in the Lochgilphead area. The sisters were Mary, Sarah, Tessie, Elizabeth, Agnes, and Margaret.
Great Grandfather's Mom and Dad were Alexander & Agnes McMillan, they worked at the Knocknaha Mill till sometime in 1901 when they worked the Torchoillean farm till his death in 1908. Their children were all boys except for Jessie the lone girl.Donald, Duncan, Alexander, James, Andrew ?, John, Matthew, Hugh, Jessie, Charles, Archibald, and Hector. Some came to Victoria B.C., others went to Australia and I guess some stayed around Campbeltown.
Donald, Duncan, Alexander, John, Jessie, Archibald, Hector, and their mother Agnes McMillan came to Victoria B.C.