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From: "James Morison" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Mull Genealogy
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:11:59 +0100
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Hello Janet,
John Campbell the Bunessan postman wrote down a family tree
including a Colin Campbell born 1787, parents Donald Campbell and Mary
Cameron, who married a Mary Cameron.in 1810. They lived in Culburg (Iona?)
til 1840 then Culdamh, West End Iona. If this is relevent to you I can give
you more.
Sorry I dont know much regarding your other questions.
Jim Morison


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From: "Janet" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Mull Genealogy


> Hello James, Thank you so much for giving us this insight. Do you have
> any thoughts or
> ideas on why a CAMPBELL line cannot be traced back any earlier than 1797?
> Do you know
> anything about how Scots migrated to Mull from the North of Scotland? I
> believe its
> possible they came when the fishing industry was being developed in Mull.
> The Gaelic
> Society of Inverness seems to have known something about it.
> I have a Duncan CAMPBELL born Mull about 1797 who fathered with Margaret
> McKINNON whose
> parents may have been John McKINNON and Mary McLEAN but I think I have
> found more than one
> family about the same time whose parents had those names.
> The son of Duncan Campbell and Margaret McKinnon, one David CAMPBELL whose
> marriage to
> Elizabeth INNES born Banff for whom I have not yet identified or
> purchased the OPR but
> their first son was born 27 June 1848 so, presuming - which I dont like to
> do often -
> Elizabeth met David Campbell in Mull the time frame for their arriving in
> Mull would be
> about 1847. There is no entry for a marriage in Banff, nor Tobermory,
> Salen or
> Kilfinichen. Interestingly, their second son John had the middle name
> "BUCHANAN" so its
> possible it has a significance in the identity of grand parents.
> Is any of this familiar or am I truly in a dry stone wall.
>
> Janet
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Morison" <>
>> Hi Ian,
>> I visited your place in Bunessan in May 2009 and was made
>> welcome,
>> thank you. Since then I feel I have made considerable progress with my
>> family tree, and have been comparing it with the info on your site. I am
>> surprised to find that there seems to be no mention of John Campbell born
>> in
>> Iona in 1905, died 1999 in Bunessan. John was a postman in Bunessan and
>> part
>> time policeman and a real local character. He knew everyones family tree,
>> wrote gaelic poetry and was a mine of folklore. I am sure that a lot of
>> useful memorabilia were tossed out in 1999 when his house at Fruachmor
>> was
>> cleared. His mother Euphemia Campbell is on your site born 1/1/1872 and
>> his grandmother Catherine Campbell nee MacDougall born about 1845.
>> According to John, Catherine had the second sight.
>> Catherines mother was a Margaret Brown born about 1821 in Mull, who is
>> listed on your site as the wife of Hector MacKinnon (Shoemaker of
>> Shiaba).
>> Margaret did not raise Catherine as Hector was not the father (a John
>> MacDougall was) so Catherine was brought up by her Grandfather Alexander
>> MacDougall (born 1781 Torosay).
>> Another person not mentioned is John Johnston 1842-1904 who is
>> listed
>> in the 1851 census with the family of Hector Mackinnon and Margaret
>> Brown.
>> Again Hector was not the father, but an Alexander Johnston (almost
>> certainly
>> from Islay). Margaret Brown was his mother. Alexander must have died
>> young
>> as Margaret remarried in 1846. John Johnston later returned to Islay
>> married there and had a family which included Duncan Johnston (1881) who
>> became renowned as the Bard of Islay winning the Gold Medal and crowned
>> Bard at the Mod in 1834. One of his songs is the Barge of Gorry Crovan,
>> as
>> sung nowadays by the Corries and others.
>> I have an extensive family tree for John Campbells Iona Campbells,
>> much of it from John Campbell and subsequently verified.
>> If you would like more info, let me know.
>> James Morison
>>
>>
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