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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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John Oag MCPHEE |
- In the record of John's marriage to Christ'n in 1786, his middle name is 'Oag'. This is a Gaelic word meaning 'younger', 'junior' or 'son of'. It is the similar to 'Oig', 'Oige' and 'Og' in records of other men.
Some genealogical websites have wrongly transcribed his middle name as 'Page'.
'Oag' indicates that there is a older person in the family with the same name, John McPhee. This might be an older brother, father, or grandfather. In this case, our John was the last of a line of tenants of the Crieff farm - handed on from father to son. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all named John McPhee.
(This note by Don Gordon, 20th June 2020)
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Crieff Scotland  [1] |
- Year of birth: 1759 is entered as the year of birth by CraigSievenpiper1 in Family Search. No evidence was presented to support this entry but it might have been based on the 1851 census when a John McPhee was 92 years old (ie born 1759) and living in Camagahel which is near Fort William. However this census record could not have been our John because that household had a Margaret, born about 1787 which is the same year as our Christina. Margaret and Christina could not have been full sisters if they were born in the same year. John was not the father of them both, so the census record must have been a different John McPhee.
Although this census is probably not our John, nonetheless the year 1759 is reasonable because that year would have made him 28 years old when his daughter Christina was born in 1787.
See our D55 in SMALL PRINT on the home page for research notes about this.
Further evidence would be welcome.
(This note by Don Gordon on 20th June 2020)
- Place of birth: Because John was probably the last of four generations of tenants of the Crieff farm (all named John McPhee), it is almost certain that he was born at Crieff.
See our D55 in SMALL PRINT on the home page for research notes about this.
Further evidence would be welcome.
(This note by Don Gordon, 20th June 2020)
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c1700's |
Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT |
Extensive,evidence,persuasive narrative in SMALL PRINT MENU on HOME PAGE MENU
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- John is entered as dieing 'after 1841' by CraigSievenpiper1 in Family Search. No evidence was presented to support this entry. We have found only one instance in the 1841 census that CraigSievenpiper1 might have had in mind. There was a John McPhee who was born about 1766 and was living in Blarmachfoldachy which is a little south of Fort William. He was in the 1841 census but might have died before 1851 because he could not be found in the later census. However, there was nothing to directly confirm that this record is our John.
See our D55 in SMALL PRINT on the home page for research notes about this.
Further evidence would be welcome.
(This note by Don Gordon on 21st June 2020)
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I-7872 |
Christina and Donald McLean |
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7 Mar 2021 |
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Christian (Christ'n) CAMERON |
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00 Mar 1786 |
Loch Arkaig Scotland [2] |
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It would be surprising if John and Christ'n only had only one child, Christina. In those times, there were often many children in each family.
There are no confirmed records of any of Christina's siblings. Several public genealogical websites have Catherine (born 1787), Margret (1789 or 1811) and Ewen (1791) - these have been entered without evidence and we have discounted them because there is no documentation specifying that the mother is Christ'n Cameron.
See our research notes D55 in SMALL PRINT on the homepage.
Further evidence would be welcome.
(This note by Don Gordon on 20th June 2020)
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 | John Oag McPhee & Christ'n Cameron - married March 1786
* Groom: John Oag McPhee in Crieff
* Bride: Christ'n Cameron in Achnacarry.
* Date: Scotland's People has it as 28th Feb 1786 but it was actually in March of that year.
* Source: Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers Marriage - 520/10229 Kilmallie - page 229 of 243. |
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OPR SP BIRTH 1787 Christina McPhee dau to Christian CAMERON and John Og McPhee |
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OPR SP 1786 MARRIAGE John Oig McPhee and Christian Cameron 1786 |
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Evidence of THE BIRTH PLACE of Crieff Village, Inverness. Destroyed by fire bgy British soldiers on return home from Culloden Battle in 1846/7 |
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1851 CENSUS page18 John McPhee 82yoa + son35 +wife70 from SP |
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BDM MARRIAGE McPhee and Cameron 1786 Crieff Argyll Scotland |
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CENSUS 1851 VISITOR JOHN MCPHEE 84 yoa |
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OPR MARRIAGE 1.3.1786 KILLMALLIE Parish Village Crieff. FHL 1041070 John Oag McPhee m Christian Cameron |
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John McPhee was the last of a line of McPhee tenants of Crieff farm. Christ'n Cameron was probably born in 1771 in Achnacarry to parents Jane Robertson and Donald Cameron, the saw-miller. John and Christ'n were married in 1786 and their daughter, Christina, was born the next year. In 1788 John took over the Crieff tenancy after his father died. In 1804 they were evicted because of the clearances for farming sheep rather than cattle. They settled on the outskirts Fort William.
(Updated September 2020)
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- [S-87] BDM Scotlands People requires own login , 9 Mar 2020 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
attached OPR offers marriage of John Oig McPHee and Christian Cameron 1786
- [S-87] BDM Scotlands People requires own login , 9 Mar 2020 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
The OPR of their Kilmallie Parish marriage is attached to this profile.
It is difficult to read the date of the marriage on the OPR. Scotland's People have wrongly transcribed it as 28th Feb 1786. Maybe it is 1st March or 31st March. The important thing is that the year is definitely 1786. (This note was by Don Gordon on 26th Feb 2019.) I find that the date is 1st of March 1786, partly due to the faded ink and the refreshed ink writing. The year nor the location is in doubt 1786 in Kilmalllie Parish.(Note by researcher Lorna McLean on 3 March 2020).
- [S-87] BDM Scotlands People requires own login , 9 Mar 2020 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
OPR SP BIRTH Christina is unlikely to be an only child in a world where there were a bakers dozen
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