CLANN AN T-SACR

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SICH NA H-EIREAG

In the years immediately following the end of the Napoleonic wars, the crofters of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland found themselves increasingly more pressed to make a living for themselves and their families. It was not only that the soil of these northern parts of Britain was not naturally fertile enough to make an affluent society even if all other factors were in their favour, but the absentee owners of the lands that the farmers rented were showing an ever-increasing tendency to raise the already too-high rents which were the heaviest burden the crofters had to bear. Ugly rumours had already begun to circulate amongst the Uists and Lewis and the other Hebridean Islands that worse measures were being contemplated than an increase in rents. It was said that the Duchess of Sutherland had already set in motion a plan to clear the crofters out of most of her estates and leave the land thus freed to the raising of sheep, which she and her agents could see was a much more lucrative way of using her vast holdings, especially with the demand for woven and knitted fabrics growing by leaps and bounds. No consideration was given to the fact that in most cases the land occupied by the tenants had been in the family since time immemorial; nor was any thought given to how the dispossessed family was to live-the only concession made to compassion and humanity was to offer to resettle the farmers on stretches of the most barren, unproductive land near the coasts of Sutherland — land which was fit for no known crop or method of agriculture.

It was becoming increasingly clear that what was happening in Sutherland would also eventually come to pass in Uist. What was to be done? In olden times, the thing to do was to bring it to the clan chief for decision. But the clan system had been broken down after the ill-fated attempt of “Bonnie Prince Charlie” to regain the throne of his fathers. The estates, which for centuries had been looked upon as being held by the clan chiefs in trust for the whole of the clan, were given to be the personal possessions of absentee landlords. They had no personal feelings of sympathy for their tenants, but looked upon them as instruments for the enrichment of the landowners.

Two choices were open to the wretched crofters if things in Uist and the other Hebridean Islands came to be the same as in Sutherland. One choice was to remove themselves and what belongings they could salvage to desolate shores and seacoasts that were considered useless. There they would drag out a life of the most degrading misery until a merciful death would end their wretchedness. The other choice was to take advantage of the British government’s offer of free land in Canada — an offer that was already being urged on the island crofters by agents of the shipping companies who were hired to entice settlers to come to the New Land. These agents visited places where there was poverty, hardship or political oppression. There they found fertile hunting grounds for the immigrant game. And where was there any greater poverty, hardship or political oppression than in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland? It is not surprising, therefore, that the people of these Islands and Highlands should welcome a chance to flee from poverty and oppression and make a new life for themselves in a new land.

Among those who must surely have found it difficult to make up his mind about the alternatives offered him was Angus MacDonald, Master Carpenter of Cairinis, North Uist. He was already a man in his early forties with a family of seven, and another expected. One does not decide the destiny of nine people as casually as the flip of a coin. Long and deep must have been his thoughts. Earnest and heart wrenching must have been the discussions with his wife, Margaret. The great decision was finally made. They would go. Once the decision was made there was no turning back. Much was to be done, many arrangements were to be made, and before the great day came, one more child was added to his family. Little Catherine was a babe in arms when they said good-bye to Uist.

Although the year officially given for the settlement of Loch Lomond is 1828 and the date is repeated on many tombstones in Loch Lomond cemeteries, and on the cairn that was erected to the memory of these brave settlers, the possibility cannot be ruled out that an earlier wave of pioneers had already taken up land previous to that date. If so, it is likely that they came first to Pictou, and made their initial exploration and survey of the country using that community as a base. The story is told three of these early arrivals, one Chisholm, one Bethune, and one other, making their way up the Grand River in a homemade boat or raft, after leaving their families at Pictou. They had smooth going until they reached the falls, or rapids, in the river. There one of them climbed a high tree in the vicinity, and on being asked by his companions what he saw, he reported that he saw the river widening out into a large lake. Thus heartened, they kept on until they stood on the shores of what is now called Loch Lomond. On those shores they marked out the farms to which they later returned with their families to claim and settle.

If all of this is to be true, the group that came with Angus MacDonald — the Big Carpenter or An Saor Mor — was a second wave. They more likely came by way of Sydney, which was then hardly more than a hamlet. They would then have made their way to the Loch Lomond area byway of the East Bay- Irish Cove route. They would have found the land along the Bras D'or Lake taken up then by the MacNeils, the MacPhees, and the MacPhersons from Barra and South Uist. It is possible that they would have spent their first winter among these Roman Catholics of Irish Cove and Irish Vale (rather unwelcome guests, one would think, in view of the difference of religion and the far from affluent position of the Barra men!).

It would be difficult indeed to exaggerate the hardships faced by our forefathers in making a home for themselves in the Wilds of Cape Breton. An almost unbroken wall of forest stretched from the thin settlement along the lrish Cove-Hay Cove line to the chain of lakes that was to be the centre of the Uisteach community. Enough of this had to be felled to provide space for the log houses, which were to shelter them for the second winter, and for the crops of potatoes and oats that were to be planted among the stumps. Then almost every article of clothing, household furniture, equipment, building material, and even the very tools with which they had to work, had to be found or devised by themselves. These expatriate Scots showed an amazing degree of skill in adapting themselves to life in the woods, learning to make spoons, ladles, bowls, furniture, farm implements, articles of clothing including even shoes from animal products, and medicines, tonics, salves and poultices from herbs and bark. They were also cut off from the kindly social communications that they were used to in the old country where they lived so close together that neighbors saw each other almost daily, where evening gatherings of song and story were prized and frequent; and cut off too from religious services, a deprivation which they felt keenly, especially on the Sundays which were their only respite from constant toil. Although quite aware that the clergy of the established Scottish Presbyterian Church had been inclined to take the aide of the landlords in the question of the clearances of the land in the Highland and the Islands and had not shown the compassion their calling enjoined when their flocks were being cast out and left homeless, the crofters had remained true to the faith of their fathers, and swerved not one iota from their fierce determination to keep the burning bush of Presbyterianism alight. The Shorter Catechism was never forgotten, and the Gaelic Bible had its honored place in homes where there might be no other book in the family's possession. Early in the history of the Loch Lomond community, a rough church was built on the spot where a cairn now stands to honor the memory of the pioneers from North Uist. Even when no ordained minister came to minister to the lonely settlers, families would worship morning and evening - in Gaelic. English was known but used only in contacts with the outer world, ensuring that the Word of Life was heard daily by the children.

Very early in the life of the Loch Lomond settlement, a road was made from the infant community to the Bras D'or Lake area, from which contact could be made with the world outside. This road was first a rough trail, and soon grew into a road capable of carrying wheeled traffic when horses came to be used. It followed the line of the county boundary between Cape Breton and Richmond counties for a part of its course, bur came out into the Loch Lomond area a few miles south of this boundary - where the farm of Angus Archie MacDonald is now. Unfortunately, the Irish Cove end of this road ran through a farm owned by one of the Barra gantry, and we are told that this enterprising gentleman refused to allow the Loch Lomond farmers to use his end of the road except on payment of a toll. The story had come down to us of how this entrepreneur was outfoxed by George MacKenzie and his friend the "Grudaire". George was a man of powerful physique, and on a trip he and the Grudaire were under the necessity of making, he persuaded the latter to allow himself to be shut up in a large barrel or hogshead, which the burly MacKenzie then proceeded to hoist on his shoulders; he then paid the toll for one man rejoicing - not so much at the saving of the small fee but at the neat way he had out-witted his adversary.

We may be sure that in all the developments of the little settlement, whether it was a matter of clearing more land or building the church or establishing a school for the children of the district, An Saor Nor was always at the forefront of the councils of the men. Also, we may be just as sure that his wife Margaret was a leader among the women. Their energy must have been tremendous, Besides the work of clearing land, cutting wood, planting and harvesting crops, doing his share of maintaining the roads and doing endless chores, Angus was no doubt in demand as a master carpenter. Margaret was busy with the demands of a large household and a growing family to take up her time. After coming to Loch Lomond, two more children were born to increase the family size to ten - three boys and seven girls.

DONALD

Donald, the oldest of the Carpenter's children, was born in Scotland in 1807. He married Mary MacMillan (sister of Ishbel Mhor and Lucy MacKenzie, and thus an aunt of the late Annie MacKenzie and a great-aunt of Bella Henry. Donald and Mary lived on the farm bordering the county line between Cape Breton and Richmond counties. Their children were:

1. Isabel, who married Donald MacLeod of Framboise

2. Katie, who married John MacLeod of Framboise (brother Donald MacLeod).

3. Sarah, who died unmarried.

4. Effie, who died unmarried.

5. Annie, who died unmarried.

6. Margaret (peggy), who married Mr. Northway of Boston. They had two children, Eve and Don.

7. At least two boys died young.

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CHRISTIE

Christie, the oldest of the Carpenter's daughter's, was born in Scotland in 1810. She was married to John MacDonald (John Chilleasbuig) who was a brother to Angus MacDonald, the grandfather of Dan Davy MacCuish. Christie and John had the farm at Enon where her grandson, Johnnie Allan, lived. Their children were:

1. Kenneth, who married Sarah Morrison and lived on a farm next to that of his uncle Donald, on the Cape Breton side of the county line. He had a large family - Archie, Allan and Norman (twins), Mary (Mrs. Dan Morrison, mother of Archie Allan ' s wife), Angus A. (married to Katie Munroe), Effie (married to Jack Smith. Angus A. and Effie were also twins), Christie (married to Mr. Cameron), Katie Ann (married to "Big Alex" Macdonald), John A. (married to Katie MacCormick of Big Pond), and Sarah (who married Angus W. MacDonald).

2. Alexander (Alasdair Mor), who occupied his father's farm at Enon, married Annie Morrison (sister of Sarah Morrison). He had three sons - Angus, Archie and John Allan (married to Helen Barnie, grand-daughter of John an t-Saor), and four daughters -Ada and Christine (both married to Tuckers in Framingham, Mass.), Marion (married to Manley West), and Effie (married to Mr. MacKillop).

3. Angus lived at Big Glen and was married twice. His first wife was Ada Loemer, Halifax County, by whom he had a son, John Wellington, who married Katie Anne Boyd and lived at Salem Road. Later Angus married Rachael MacDiarmid from Framboise by whom he had two daughters – Ada (married to Hugh Munroe) and Margaret (married to Donald A. MacDonald).

4. Archie died at Cow Bay.

5. Donald was drowned.

6. Allan was drowned.

7. Mary, the oldest, married John MacDonald of St. Peter's. Their children were Donald Allen, Flora (Widow of Angus MacCuish, himself a grandson of the Carpenter), Angus and the Rev. Archibald MacDonald.

8. Effie married Malcolm MacDonald and had four sons -Dan Matthew, John Allan (lost at sea between Louisbourg and Fourchu with his father), Archie and Kennie.

9. Margaret married a Mr. Loemer, Halifax County, a cousin of Ada Loemer.

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ANNIE

Annie, born in Scotland in 1813, married Archie Morrison, of Loch Lomond, and lived on a farm about halfway between the present Loch Lomond Church and Richmond county line. Her children were:

l. Norman who married Helen MacDonald of Enon and had three sons: Norman (married to Maggie, daughter of Dan Tailor of Silver Mine), Angus (married to Mary Boyd), and Archie (who died unmarried at Marion Bridge where he lived with his sister Mary); and two daughters, Mary (Mrs. MacLean of Marion Bridge) and Margaret (Mrs. Ferguson, Tattie Ferguson's mother.

2. Duncan married a girl from PEI.

3 Mary married Kenneth MacCuish, Salem Road.

4. Rachel died unmarried;

5. Margaret (Peggy Blan) died unmarried.

6. Sarah married “Little Archie” MacDonald of North Glen whose mother was a sister to the Big Carpenter's wife; Sarah had several children including William (Willeam Ghilleasbuig Bheag) and Angus (Angan). *

3. Another Sarah (Sarah Bheag) married John MacVicar, Enon.

* There were also other children -an older Angus, a son Donald Archie, and two daughters Christie and Katie

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SARAH

Sarah, born in Scotland in 1814, married Duffie (Dubh-sith) MacCuish of Salem Road. Their farm was at the point the MacVicar Road came out onto the Salem Road. Sarah and Duffie had several children:

1. Alexander, born in 1840

2. Margaret married Donald "Ban” MacDonaid, son of John MacDonald, of Sandfield, Mira; these MacDonald's trace their origin to Gladdach Kyles, North Uist. Margaret's children were Archie, Neil, John Hector, John David, Margaret, Sarah, and Donald Angus.

3. Another Margaret (Peggy Bheag) died unmarried.

4. Kate married "Archie MacCuish of Big Glen" and had three daughters. They were Christie Effie and Flora (both were never married) and Sarah who married Angus MacLeod and she died in childbirth.

5. Archie died out west.

6. Alex lived in Louisbourg.

7. Mary died young.

8. Dan married Kate, daughter of Kenneth MacCuish of Salem Road. His children were Sarah, who married Donald MacDonald of Whycocomagh by whom she had a daughter, Donalda; Agnes, who married John MacCormack; Kenneth, who was killed while still a young man in a highway accident at Big Pond; and Mary, who married Angus Allan MacDonald.

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MARGARET

Margaret, born in Scotland in 1817, married Donald Munroe "Donald Ruadh", and lived at Salem Road on the farm where her great grand son, Neil, lived. She lived to the age of 93 years. Her children were:

1. Hugh (Uisdeadean Ruadh) lived in Sydney where he was Superintendent of water works for the City of Sydney. He was married three times. His first wife was Dana MacLeod of Whycocomagh. Next, he married Ada MacDonald, daughter of Angus MacDonald, Big Glen. (See Christie's children). His third wife was Mary MacAskill of Loch Lomond, who survived him. There were no children.

2. Annie married a Mr. MacLeod and lived at Drummondville. She had a daughter, Maggie, who married Angus MacSween, North Glen, and lived for many years at the Town Hall, Glace Bay; and a son, Dan, who was unmarried.

3. Margaret married John Murray and lived for a time on a farm near her mother’s, next to the Salem Road school. She had a son, Don.

4. Angus married a Miss Marsali Blue, from Blue's Mills near Orangedale. They had at least one daughter, Ellen.

5. Sarah worked for many years in the U.S.A., but retired in the old homestead. She was unmarried.

6. Catherine (Kate Ruadh) married Archie MacDonald, son of Angus MacDonald, Terra Nova (Aonghus Ghilleasbuig -brother of the John Ghilleasbuig who married Christie an t-Saor). Kate and Archie took up land on the Big Pond Road, the last home in the Loch Lomond district. Their children were:

Kennie, who married a girl from Westville, lived most of his life in Glace Bay where he was a miner. He had a large family including two boys, Archie and John, who both died young; Cassie, Marie, and May who were all married in the U.S.A.; Annie, who was married to John Joe MacNeil in New Aberdeen; Chris and Sadie, who died unmarried.

Angus, who married Sarah (daughter of Kenneth MacDonald -see Christie's children), lived first at Big Glen and later in Port Morien. He was a councillor for the district of Loch Lomond for some years. His children were Mildred (married Archie MacDonald, son of Angus Seann Dathaich (Angus the Old Country)); Morrison (married Effie MacKinnon); and Archibald(who never married).

Dan, who married Florrie MacKenzie from P.E.I., lived on the old homestead on the Big Pond Road where he was county councillor after his brother Angus. He had no children.

Maggie Anne married Arthur Geldert of Milton, N.S. She had no children.

Mary Flora married Wm. Sutherland from New Glasgow. They had several children: Ernest, married in Foxboro, Mass; Gladys, married to Ernest Tickner, Boston; and Betty, married to a Gillis in Boston.

Margaret (Maggie Mhor -sin agad mhathair) was married to Rod Morrison from Estmere. He was a cousin of Dan MacDonald who married Catriona's daughter, and of Christie MacDonald, who married Rory Munroe. They had the following children: Nellie (Mrs. Wm. Lloyd of Detroit), Catherine (Mrs. Gardiner MacKenzie of Sydney), Peter (killed in Italy in 1944), Margaret (Mrs. Frank Lloyd of Windsor, Ontario), Archie (sin agad mifhein) postal clerk in Sydney, Florence (Mrs. Ben Brown of Sydney), Mary (Mrs. Cliff Graham, Windsor, Ontario), and Agnes (Mrs. Wm. Thaver, Ont)" There were also two Johns, one of whom died young and one who died after being lost in the woods.

7. Rory, the youngest of Margaret an t-Saor's children, lived on the old homestead at Salem Road. He married Christie MacDonald, daughter of Norman (Taylor) MacDonald, one of the Tailor clan who were mainly centred at Dutch Brook, and traced their origin back to the Butts of Lewis. Christie and Rory had the following children:

Donald Angus, who lived at Roslindale, Mass.

Norman, who lived at Sydney River, had two daughters –Marjorie (Mrs. Allen MacKenzie, Sydney River) and Dodie,

John Murdock married Jane MacLeod from Leitches Creek and had several children.

Malcolm died of appendicitis in his teens.

Sarah married Alex MacDonald (Little Alex) of Mt. Auburn. Their children were Donald, Melvin, Rachel, and Christie.

Mary married Wm. C. Shaw and had several sons and daughters, including Rod, Alastair, Florence, Mary, Helen, Malcolm, and Willie.

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JOHN

John, the second of the boys, was born in Scotland in 1819. He married Catherine, the daughter of Angus MacDonald and Isabel Mhor MacMillan. This Angus MacDonald was a cousin of Margaret, the wife of the Big Carpenter, and so John and his wife were second cousins; Isabel Mhor was also the mother of Donald Mhor, Bella Kennie's father. John took up land in Terra Nova, which is commonly known today as "Zion Hill". His wife Catherine died while seeking refuge from the August Gale of 1873; she left the house and went to the barn, thinking it would be safer, carrying her youngest child, Angus Allan, in her arms. A beam from the barn fell on her, killing her instantly. John lived after her for 32 more years, dying in 1905. He kept amazingly active in his old age, so active that he walked from Terra Nova right through to Big Glen to visit his nephew, Angus, when over 80 years of age. He was said to be a man of very kind nature and loved children. His children were:

1. Angus J., born in 1846, married Harriet Moorehouse and lived most of his married life in Sydney. Angus served a term as MLA in Halifax and had a large store in Sydney. His children were Moorehouse, who was for many years assistant postmaster in Sydney; John G., who with his brother George operated the store after his father's death; Arthur, who married a Miss MacDonald from Gabarus Lake and had a son and a daughter; Ella, who married Matt MacQuarrie and had two sons, Alasdair who died young and Angus who lived on Kings Road; George, who operated the store with his brother, married a Miss Bryson and lived on King's Road near his father's place; Harriet (Tat) who married Wm. MacIntosh, was a nurse - her son John ran an insurance business in Sydney; Elizabeth (Bess) married Wm. Townsend; Maize married Percy Keyes and had three children - Harriet, Walter, and George. Another son and daughter of Angus J. died young.

2. Margaret (Peggy), born in 1851, married Angus MacDonald of Mount Auburn. Her children were Alec, who died in Vancouver, unmarried; John D. who also died unmarried; Hugh John (Hughie Peggy) died unmarried; Agnes married Allan MacLeod, Framboise and had two daughters; Mildred married John Morrison and lived in Brighton, Mass.-her children were Angus, Margaret, and Norman..

3. Archie, born in 1855, died unmarried in Edmonton.

4. Isabel, born 1853, married Robert Watson of Glasgow, Scotland. She had no children.

5. Mary, born in 1855(?), was married to Adam Barnie of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Boston. She had two daughters -Katie and Helen. Katie married Charles Edwards and had one daughter, Mary (Mrs. Wm. Wignall). Helen married John Allan MacDonald, grandson of Christie an t- Saor, and had one son, Angus, who married Effie (Hector) MacDonald and is living on the old homestead of his great- grand-father at Enon.

6. Catherine, born in 1859, married Norman H. MacNeil of Marion Bridge. Her children were Hugh George, 1879 -1918; John Duncan, who married Christine MacDonald, with one son John; Margaret Louise; Kate, who married F.W. Mitchell and had three sons and a daughter; Hector Neil married Amy Philips and had one son and two daughters; Archie Angus; and Catherine Hughena, who married H. MacGriffiths, and had one son and one daughter.

7. Sarah was born in 1861. She married John Hector MacLean of Marion Bridge. Her children were John A., who died unmarried in 1957; Christine, who married Thomas Mikkleson of Denmark; Hector, who died unmarried in 1951; Kate married Mr. Robinson and had a son Frank and two daughters, Blanche and Kate; Dolera, "Dolly", who married Wm. MacPherson, and had a son Ted, who married a daughter of Allan MacDonald, Big Glen.

8. Annie, born in 1864, married Wm. Lamond of Trout Brook. She had two sons and a daughter. John died unmarried; Donald had a son Fraser and a daughter, Anne, and Kate who died young.

9. Effie, born in 1867, married Alex J. MacCuish (Miller) of Loch Uist. She left two daughters, Kate; and Cassie, who never married.

10. Angus Allan, who lived on the old farm at "Zion Hill". He married Mary MacCuish, a granddaughter of the Big Carpenter’s daughter Sarah. He died without issue.

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JANE

Jane was born in Scotland in 1822. She married Archie MacCuish (Gilleasbuig Mor) of Loch Uist, who was born in 1813 in Scotland. Their children were:

1. Mary, born in 1844, was married to Allan Morrison of Big Pond; she had a daughter Jane, and a son A.D., who lived in Big Pond.

2. Katherine, born in 1847, married Norman MacLeod, St. Peters.

3. Margaret married Philip “Ban” MacDonald of Sandfield, Mira, and had one daughter, Margaret Anne, who died unmarried.

4. Angus, born in 1851, married Flora MacDonald of St. Peters and had a daughter Jean and a son Ian.

5. A second Margaret, born in 1854, married Murdock MacLeod of Loch Lomond.

6. Annie married Kenneth MacBeth of Grand River and had two sons - Archibald, of New York and Frank who died young.

7. John, born in 1860, died out West, unmarried.

8. Allan, born in 1862, lived on the old homestead at Loch Uist. He married Kenneth Morrison’s daughter, Christie, of Loch Lomond, and had one son, Archie, who married Maggie Sarah MacDonald.

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CATHERINE

Catherine, or Catriena, was born in Scotland in 1833. She married Alexander MacDonald of Morrison Road. She died there in 1914. Her children were:

1. Angus (Curly Angus) married at Reserve Mines, and had three boys, Alex, John and Murcock; and two girls.

2. Dan married in Bridgeport; his son John A. was active in the U.M.W. His daughters were Dolly (Mrs. Murdock MacPhee, Rockdale Ave, Sydney); Kate (Mrs. Angus MacDonald); and Jeannie (Mrs. MacLellan).

3. Archie lived on the old homestead at Morison Road, where his son Eugene also lived. There was also a daughter, Helen, who lived at Catalone Gut.

4. Catherine married Alex MacLean, Morrison Road. Her children were Alex, Margaret, and Catherine (Mrs. Ronald MacDonald).

5. Mary was Mrs. Wm. Fortune, Dominion. She had one daughter, Cassie, who married Andy Turnbu1l.

6. Margaret married Donald (Tailor) MacDonald of Silver Mine, brother of Rory Munroe's wife. (See Margaret ant-Saor's children.) They had a daughter Maggie who married Norman Morrison of Big Glen (see Annie's children) and lived at Whitney Pier with her brother Angus. There were also several sons ~ Norman; Malcolm (married to Margaret Walker of Big Ridge with three children, Lloyd, Charlie, and Helen); John Alex, who never married; Angus, also unmarried; Murdock and Dan in Ontario.

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ANGUS

Angus, the youngest son of the Carpenter, was born in Cape Breton in 1830. He worked the farm originally occupied by his father, the Big Carpenter, on the shores of Loch Uist. His wife was Effie, daughter of Norman MacDonald (Norman Scholar or Tormod Sgoilean), who was born in 1832 and died in 1902; Their children were:

1. Angus, born in 1858 and died in 1875.

2. Archibald, born in 1860, was unmarried.

3. Allan, born in 1862, lived in Sydney and was married to Beatrice Boutilier.

4. Mary, born in 1865, was married in Boston.

5. John, born in 1868, was unmarried. He lived on the farm his father occupied before him.

6. Margaret, born in 1869, was unmarried; she died in 1894.

7. Christie, born in 1871, married Dan Stevens, and had a son Urquart, and a daughter Effie.

8. Another Archie died when only 2 years of age.

9. Another Angus died unmarried.

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MARY

Mary, the youngest of the Carpenter's children, was born after the emigration to Cape Breton. She was married to John MacDonald (Ian Shalmon) from Salmon River. She died when she was only in her fifties. Her children were:

1. Annie, who died young.

2. John J., who was born in 1861 and died in 1890.

3. Katie, who was born in 1864 and died in 1886.

4. Allan, born in 1872 and died in 1891.

5. Mary Anne, who married a Mr. MacKeigan, had two sons, Allan (Buffalo) and John, and a daughter, Sarah.

6. Sarah married Dan MacKinnon from Salmon River.

7. Annie (a younger one) married a Ferguson man of Port Morien and had two girls. One of them was a Mrs. Daye in the U.S.A.

8 Angus died out West.

9. Donald (Dohnell Ian Shalmon) lived at Whitney Pier and died there unmarried.