The Lost Families of Stratherrick, Strathnairn, and Dunmaglass, Inverness-shire, Scotland

 

Contact Ann if you have any information of the ancestors of Alexander McGilivray.   Alexander left Inverness, Scotland, with bagpipes under his arm for Nova Scotia about 1826.  Eventually the family traveled to the Black River area of Wisconsin where they operated a ferry. 

Generation No. 1

 1.  ALEXANDER2 MACGILLIVRAY  (UNKNOWN1)1 was born 15 Jul 1804 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, and died 17 Jun 1878 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.  He married CATHERINE RANKIN 06 Oct 1835 in Kouchibougouac, Gloucester County, New Brunswick.  She was born 06 May 1813 in New Glasgo, Nova Scotia, and died 02 Dec 1875 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.  

Notes for ALEXANDER MACGILLIVRAY:  immigrated to Nova Scotia about 1826. Ran the McGilivray Ferry on the Black Rever in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.

        Children of ALEXANDER MACGILLIVRAY and CATHERINE RANKIN are:

2.                i.    GILBERT ODDIE3 MACGILLIVRAY, b. 10 Nov 1853, Trempealeau, Wisconsin; d. 07 Jan 1926, Walla Walla, WA.

3.               ii.    MARY ISABELLE MACGILLIVRAY, b. 27 Nov 1839, Canada; d. 17 Jun 1876, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

4.              iii.    COLIN RANKIN MACGILLIVRAY, b. 05 Sep 1842, Canada; d. 04 Mar 1921, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.

                 iv.    JOHN ALEXANDER MACGILLIVRAY, b. 04 Aug 1847, Canada; d. 21 Feb 1915.

                  v.    WILLIAM DONALD MACGILLIVRAY, b. 05 Dec 1848, Canada; d. 08 Oct 1894, Caledonia, Wisconsin.

                 vi.    ANGUS JOHN MACGILLIVRAY, b. 17 Jan 1851, Canada; d. 21 Jul 1924, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.  

Generation No. 2  

2.  GILBERT ODDIE3 MACGILLIVRAY (ALEXANDER2, UNKNOWN1) was born 10 Nov 1853 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, and died 07 Jan 1926 in Walla Walla, WA.  He married OLIVIA LYDIA CAMP 28 Feb 1877 in Caledonia, Wisconsin.  She was born 24 Aug 1856 in Boone County, Wisconsin, and died 08 Jul 1929 in Walla Walla, WA.       

Children of GILBERT MACGILLIVRAY and OLIVIA CAMP are:

                   i.    GEORGE4 MACGILLIVRAY, b. 12 Aug 1878, Caledonia, Wisconsin; d. 29 Jul 1963, Lomita, Los Angelese County, California.

                  ii.    COLIN HOLDEN MACGILLIVRAY, b. 30 Sep 1880, Caledonia, Wisconsin; d. 11 Jun 1966, Walla Walla, WA.

                 iii.    MYRA LYDIA MACGILLIVRAY, b. 23 Mar 1883, Caledonia, Wisconsin; d. 30 Sep 1938, Walla Walla, WA.

                 iv.    STUART ALEXANDER MACGILLIVRAY, b. 23 Jan 1886, Caledonia, Wisconsin; d. 15 Dec 1970, Lane County, Oregon.

                  v.    WILLIAM ARGYLE MACGILLIVRAY, b. 21 Aug 1888, Caledonia, Wisconsin; d. 17 Oct 1890, Caledonia, Wisconsin.

                 vi.    MARY ISABELL MACGILLIVRAY, b. 06 Dec 1890, Caledonia, Wisconsin; d. 18 Feb 1967.

                vii.    IVIA CATHERINE MACGILLIVRAY, b. 09 Mar 1896, Caledonia, Wisconsin; d. Abt. 1980.  

3.  MARY ISABELLE3 MACGILLIVRAY (ALEXANDER2, UNKNOWN1) was born 27 Nov 1839 in Canada, and died 17 Jun 1876 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  She married RONALD MACDONALD.  He died 1870 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.       

Children of MARY MACGILLIVRAY and RONALD MACDONALD are:

                   i.    KATHERINE ISABELL MACDONALD4 MACDONALD, b. 21 Feb 1865, LaCrosse, Wisconsin; d. Feb 1957, Madison, Wisconsin; m. BURR W JONES; d. 09 Mar 1935, Madison, Wisconsin.

                  ii.    ANGUS RONALD MACDONALD, b. 26 Jun 1868, LaCrosse, Wisconsin; d. 11 Jul 1897, California.

                 iii.    RONALDENE MACDONALD, b. 20 Oct 1870, LaCrosse, Wisconsin; d. 20 Jun 1897, Santa Barbara, California.    

4.  COLIN  RANKIN3 MACGILLIVRAY (ALEXANDER2, UNKNOWN1) was born 05 Sep 1842 in Canada, and died 04 Mar 1921 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.  He married JEANETTE BIGELOW 04 Apr 1870 in Caledonia, Wisconsin.  She died 07 Nov 1933.       

Child of COLIN MACGILLIVRAY and JEANETTE BIGELOW is:

                   i.    KATHERINE4 MACGILLIVRAY, b. 1877; m. FRANK CARL UTTER, Abt. 1890, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.