Re: Do You Have Famous Ancestors?
You are very lucky! ?All of us wish for Rob Roy in our tree!
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My sons, James
Macgregor Watson and Andrew Buchanan Watson, are descendants
of Rob Roy Macgregor through their mother, Karen Sue
Macgregor, and her father, Robert James Macgregor, former past
president of the Clan Gregor Society. This has been
confirmed through family history research and DNA testing.?
The family is descended from Rob Roy through his youngest son,
James Mohr Macgregor.
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Re: Do You Have Famous Ancestors?
No idea what so ever!!
Diane
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On 10 Sep 2022, at 20:53, marsha moses <mosesm@...> wrote:
?I just received results from a yDNA participant who has surname of McGregor. My family folklore on this line is very romantic. Much to my disappointment, the man who did the testing for me does not match a single person with McGregor as surname.
At 111 markers my participant matches the following surnames: Beveridge, Patterson, Gilleland, Boling, Donaldson, Branham, Borrowman, Bolin, Dunegan, Boyle
Anyone have any thoughts for me on this puzzle? marsha hawkins moses
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Re: Do You Have Famous Ancestors?
My sons, James
Macgregor Watson and Andrew Buchanan Watson, are descendants
of Rob Roy Macgregor through their mother, Karen Sue
Macgregor, and her father, Robert James Macgregor, former past
president of the Clan Gregor Society.
This has been
confirmed through family history research and DNA testing.?
The family is descended from Rob Roy through his youngest son,
James Mohr Macgregor.
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Chris Watson
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the things I cannot change,
the COURAGE to change the things I can,
and the WISDOM to know the difference.
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Re: Do You Have Famous Ancestors?
I just received results from a yDNA participant who has surname of McGregor. My family folklore on this line is very romantic. Much to my disappointment, the man who did the testing for me does not match a single person with McGregor as surname.
At 111 markers my participant matches the following surnames: Beveridge, Patterson, Gilleland, Boling, Donaldson, Branham, Borrowman, Bolin, Dunegan, Boyle
Anyone have any thoughts for me on this puzzle? marsha hawkins moses
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Do You Have Famous Ancestors?
Do you have famous ancestors? Diane and I would love for you to share your
information with this group. To make this easier we are suspending the rule
of only discussing members of your direct line. If you are a Smith but your
famous ancestor is a Jones that is OK for this discussion. We want you to
feel free to join in and let us all enjoy some interesting stories.
Who will be first?
Jim and Diane
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MCGREGOR or MACGREGOR Family Photograph
I've recovered an old photograph of Flora MCGREGOR which was taken at the Metcalf Studio in West Newton, MA. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890's with Flora likely in her teens or 20's at the time it was taken. Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding Flora and her family:
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Flora Belle MCGREGOR or MACGREGOR was b. 16 Jun 1872 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada to parents John D. MACGREGOR (1840-1928) and Ann “Annie” ROBERTSON or ROBINSON (1847-1922).? Flora was one of 12 children born to this couple including John Daniel; Flora Belle; John M.; Mary; Margaret Ann; Duncan Donald; Mary Jessie; Margaret J.; Jane; Daniel “Dan” Edward “Ed”; Catherine; and Maria Jane MCGREGOR, all born between 1871 and 1892.?
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Flora married William Pitt FESSENDEN (1877 or 1878-1952) in May 1899 in Weston, MA and they had three children including William Henry; Anne “Annie”; and Edward William FESSENDEN, all born between 1906 and 1909.? Flora died 31 Jul 1957 in Newton, MA and is buried in the Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA.
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I am hoping to locate someone from this family so that the photograph can be returned to their care.? If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me.
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Thanks,
Shelley
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Re: A New Year and New Opportunities
thanks, Jim. I just bought a webinar from Family Tree about doing research in Ireland. My grandmother on my dad’s side was born with maiden name McGregor and had a grandfather whose tombstone said he was born in Edinburg. My best calculation would have him born there c.1816. He moved to California during the gold rush. The censuses say his occupation was miner. He lived up in the hills in Cherokee. I visited the site of his grave probably 20 years ago and someone was caring for the cemetery even though the town itself was a ghost town. His wife was from Ireland and the two of them ended up on the same boat to New York in the time of he Irish famine. It is a very romantic story about this couple.
My qustion is does anyone know any sources for a webinar for Scottish research. I see lots for Scotch-Irish….but I am not aware of anything for actual Scots! Unfortunately my McGregor family had no boys on these shores so I have no one to do yDNA…..Oh, wait …that is not accurate. It is possible that there could be a male descendant that I do not know about. Robert McGregor and his wife Mary Ann Hare had seven children in California and four of them were male: James (my ancestor), William, Uncle George, and Robert, But my grandmother did not think she had cousins except for a female cousin who was the child of one of the three sisters: Katie and Emma and Annie. But the truth is it is not impossible that one of the males had a son that no one knew about.
I have done my own autosomal dna at all five of the big sites: Ancestry (MarshaMoses), FTDNA (Marsha Moses), MyHeritage (marsha moses), 23 and me, and Living DNA. And I have uploaded to gedmatch: (T648837) I sure would love to find a McGregor match someday! Take a look if you are into dna to see if we are matches.
marsha hawkins moses
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encouraged to send in your questions, comments and any related information
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A New Year and New Opportunities
With the New Year I hope we can get back to our family research. You are
encouraged to send in your questions, comments and any related information
you would like to share.
Best wishes,
Jim and Diane
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Saying Thanks To Our Front-Line Workers
First of all,
To all of you who are involved in the "front lines" of this corona virus war
- Thank You for all you are doing. Without you we would be in dire straits.
Secondly,
Diane and I thought it would be a good thing to share what is happening in
your locations as far as showing appreciation to everyone involved in
fighting the spread of this horrendous pandemic that has plagued the world.
Please feel free to share what your community is doing in that regard. We
have all seen the firefighters gathered to applaud the health workers.
Diane says that she and her neighbors stand outside their doors and clap for
the health workers. She suggests singing (to the tune of "Happy Birthday")
the following:
Thank you very much,
Thank you very much,
Thank you front line workers,
Thank you very much.
What ideas do you have? What have you witnessed in your communities? We
are together in this and shall come out of it stronger.
Jim "Pops" Jackson and Diane Sowden
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Re: McGregors in Australia
Thanks Jim. I look forward to reading other MacGregor stories and will spread the word about this group as I find MacGregor connections. ? Lyn Lees ? Sent from for Windows 10 ?
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From: Jim JacksonSent: Monday, 10 February 2020 12:56 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [MacGregor] McGregors in Australia ? Hi Lyn, ? You are most welcome!? I am glad you are here.? I enjoyed reading your family story and hope others of you will join in with yours. ? Best wishes, ? Jim ? ? Thank you Jim and Diane for inviting me to join the group. I would like to tell you about my husband's 2Xgreat grandfather, Alexander McGregor. Alexander and Agnes Aitken had 5 children in Sydney, Australia between 1865 and1871. Details given on the birth certificate of first child Agnes, stated that they married 1863 in Campbell Town, New South Wales. Alexander's middle name was Campbell, age 33, born Perth, Scotland. I could find no marriage or evidence of a likely birth c1832 in Perth but there was a baptism in Gorbals, Lanarkshire in 1825, son of Alexander McGregor and Elizabeth Campbell. Another son, William Campbell McGregor, emigrated to Utah and I have verified the relationship through DNA matches with several of his many descendents there. I suspect that Alexander was unable to marry Agnes due to a previous marriage and have found a possible candidate. Alexander McGregor and Mary Lees married in 1851 in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire and had 4 children 1856-1862. In the 1861 census, Alexander, and Engine Grinder, is with his family in Glasgow but when his daughter died in 1867, Mary's father was the informant and in 1871 Mary is recorded as married but Head of the Family. There is no further trace of Mary's husband in Scotland. I think he left the family around 1862/3 and emigrated to Australia. Several Australian documents show Alexander as having similar occupations, Grinder and Engine Finisher. I hope to eventually find DNA matches with descendents of Alexander and Mary Lees to prove that these two Alexanders are the same person though will probably never know what prompted his actions.
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Hi Lyn, ? You are most welcome!? I am glad you are here.? I enjoyed reading your family story and hope others of you will join in with yours. ? Best wishes, ? Jim ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lyn Lees
Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2020 11:53 PM
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Subject: [MacGregor] McGregors in Australia? Thank you Jim and Diane for inviting me to join the group. I would like to tell you about my husband's 2Xgreat grandfather, Alexander McGregor. Alexander and Agnes Aitken had 5 children in Sydney, Australia between 1865 and1871. Details given on the birth certificate of first child Agnes, stated that they married 1863 in Campbell Town, New South Wales. Alexander's middle name was Campbell, age 33, born Perth, Scotland. I could find no marriage or evidence of a likely birth c1832 in Perth but there was a baptism in Gorbals, Lanarkshire in 1825, son of Alexander McGregor and Elizabeth Campbell. Another son, William Campbell McGregor, emigrated to Utah and I have verified the relationship through DNA matches with several of his many descendents there. I suspect that Alexander was unable to marry Agnes due to a previous marriage and have found a possible candidate. Alexander McGregor and Mary Lees married in 1851 in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire and had 4 children 1856-1862. In the 1861 census, Alexander, and Engine Grinder, is with his family in Glasgow but when his daughter died in 1867, Mary's father was the informant and in 1871 Mary is recorded as married but Head of the Family. There is no further trace of Mary's husband in Scotland. I think he left the family around 1862/3 and emigrated to Australia. Several Australian documents show Alexander as having similar occupations, Grinder and Engine Finisher. I hope to eventually find DNA matches with descendents of Alexander and Mary Lees to prove that these two Alexanders are the same person though will probably never know what prompted his actions.
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Thank you Jim and Diane for inviting me to join the group. I would like to tell you about my husband's 2Xgreat grandfather, Alexander McGregor. Alexander and Agnes Aitken had 5 children in Sydney, Australia between 1865 and1871. Details given on the birth certificate of first child Agnes, stated that they married 1863 in Campbell Town, New South Wales. Alexander's middle name was Campbell, age 33, born Perth, Scotland. I could find no marriage or evidence of a likely birth c1832 in Perth but there was a baptism in Gorbals, Lanarkshire in 1825, son of Alexander McGregor and Elizabeth Campbell. Another son, William Campbell McGregor, emigrated to Utah and I have verified the relationship through DNA matches with several of his many descendents there. I suspect that Alexander was unable to marry Agnes due to a previous marriage and have found a possible candidate. Alexander McGregor and Mary Lees married in 1851 in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire and had 4 children 1856-1862. In the 1861 census, Alexander, and Engine Grinder, is with his family in Glasgow but when his daughter died in 1867, Mary's father was the informant and in 1871 Mary is recorded as married but Head of the Family. There is no further trace of Mary's husband in Scotland. I think he left the family around 1862/3 and emigrated to Australia. Several Australian documents show Alexander as having similar occupations, Grinder and Engine Finisher. I hope to eventually find DNA matches with descendents of Alexander and Mary Lees to prove that these two Alexanders are the same person though will probably never know what prompted his actions.
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I wrote a blog post just after Christmas that might be of interest to this group. ?I sure had a lot of fun with it. ?
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Hi Marsha. Thanks. I look forward to hearing more as you discover ? Ros
On Sat, Feb 1, 2020, 16:02 marsha moses, < mosesm@...> wrote: Thanks Ros.? It is hard to believe that I have researched the Potato famine so little…..But I use that idea when what the family folklore actually says is that both of Mary Ann Hair’s parents had died of Cholera and she and an aunt came to New York while her brother received the family plot.? I guess in my mind the potato famine was mid century…..with no more exact dates.? I will do some more looking at the entire story.? I absolutely love to be corrected or have small details that may not have been accurate pointed out to me.? That is how I Learn.? Thank you so much!
But you are right 1854 might be correct.? I looked at my data base and I actually have written Robert’s birth date as c.1854….probably an estimate from a census. ?
Perhaps your ancestor came across in 1854? That would fit better with the potato famine, I think And if he was born in 1816 ... Amazing story!!! Thanks! Ros Macgregor On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 11:43, marsha moses < mosesm@...> wrote: Thank you, Jim, for your welcome and for having set up the ?mail list for the surname McGregor.? I do not expect to find anyone who connects to me via this list.? But I am going to accept your invitation to tell the story of my own McGregor family.? It is as romantic as the surname itself.? My McGregor family would be found in California.
Robert McGregor was the captain of a boat (according to family lore he was captain….I have never found a Captain of a boat who fits his description) that carried Irish potato famine victims from Ireland to New York.? During one voyage he fell in love with a young Irish woman named Mary Ann Hair.? They were married in New York.? Their first child was born in New York.? This child was born c.1754.? I don’t remember where I came up with this date.? I have not put a source to the date.
Sometime after the birth of Robert, James took work on a ship going to California.? And after he was settled, Mary Ann and baby Robert sailed from NY to the isthmus of Panama where they rode a mule from the shore on the Atlantic to the Pacific.? They then took another ship from there to San Francisco. I think that I have been told that one could take a boat from San Fran to Sacramento at that time….and that Robert met them in Sacramento. ?
The couple raised their family in Cherokee, CA.? It is now a rather well preserved spot in the California mountains.? I was lucky enough to have visited more than 12 years ago.? Robert’s tomb stone still can be read in the cemetery there.? His stone says that he was born c. 1816 in Edinburg, Scotland.? The family consisted of two other male children besides my grandmother’s grandfather, James.? James had three brothers: ?William, Robert, and George. ? I have no information of any sort about brother Robert….except that he is listed as miner in a census.? William was a miner and George very little about George either As I look through my files this morning, I see that in the census of 1900 Mary is listed as the head of the household at the age of 68,? Annie (42). George (39), Kate (29) and William (32) are listed as living in the household--
In the Butte County 1890 Census: William Newton McGregor ? 21 ? B. Ca ? Miner
The three sisters were teachers as was James for a while.? One of the sisters was married to a James Riley.? However, Tim Purdy found a divorce record for this couple in 1910.? But there could be descendants from this couple.? The surnames with a connection would be Riley, Hitt, and Mathans, Buchell, Santiago. ?
I have done DNA testing at all five of the large companies.? My results are identified by some combination of Marsha Ann Hawkins Moses on all five sites.? I would love to hear from anyone who might be a McGregor match to me!? I have recently sent a message to a match on Ancestry to a person who is an X match to me but is on my father’s side.? That almost has to be either a McGregor or McKinsey match.? But unfortunately Ancestry does not provide e-mail addresses and it might take years to hear back from that person.? Best of luck to everyone with research.? I am happy to share anything that I might know. ?marsha
-- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.
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Thanks Ros. ?It is hard to believe that I have researched the Potato famine so little…..But I use that idea when what the family folklore actually says is that both of Mary Ann Hair’s parents had died of Cholera and she and an aunt came to New York while her brother received the family plot. ?I guess in my mind the potato famine was mid century…..with no more exact dates. ?I will do some more looking at the entire story. ?I absolutely love to be corrected or have small details that may not have been accurate pointed out to me. ?That is how I Learn. ?Thank you so much!
But you are right 1854 might be correct. ?I looked at my data base and I actually have written Robert’s birth date as c.1854….probably an estimate from a census. ?
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Perhaps your ancestor came across in 1854? That would fit better with the potato famine, I think And if he was born in 1816 ... Amazing story!!! Thanks! Ros Macgregor On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 11:43, marsha moses < mosesm@...> wrote: Thank you, Jim, for your welcome and for having set up the ?mail list for the surname McGregor.? I do not expect to find anyone who connects to me via this list.? But I am going to accept your invitation to tell the story of my own McGregor family.? It is as romantic as the surname itself.? My McGregor family would be found in California.
Robert McGregor was the captain of a boat (according to family lore he was captain….I have never found a Captain of a boat who fits his description) that carried Irish potato famine victims from Ireland to New York.? During one voyage he fell in love with a young Irish woman named Mary Ann Hair.? They were married in New York.? Their first child was born in New York.? This child was born c.1754.? I don’t remember where I came up with this date.? I have not put a source to the date.
Sometime after the birth of Robert, James took work on a ship going to California.? And after he was settled, Mary Ann and baby Robert sailed from NY to the isthmus of Panama where they rode a mule from the shore on the Atlantic to the Pacific.? They then took another ship from there to San Francisco. I think that I have been told that one could take a boat from San Fran to Sacramento at that time….and that Robert met them in Sacramento. ?
The couple raised their family in Cherokee, CA.? It is now a rather well preserved spot in the California mountains.? I was lucky enough to have visited more than 12 years ago.? Robert’s tomb stone still can be read in the cemetery there.? His stone says that he was born c. 1816 in Edinburg, Scotland.? The family consisted of two other male children besides my grandmother’s grandfather, James.? James had three brothers: ?William, Robert, and George. ? I have no information of any sort about brother Robert….except that he is listed as miner in a census.? William was a miner and George very little about George either As I look through my files this morning, I see that in the census of 1900 Mary is listed as the head of the household at the age of 68,? Annie (42). George (39), Kate (29) and William (32) are listed as living in the household--
In the Butte County 1890 Census: William Newton McGregor ? 21 ? B. Ca ? Miner
The three sisters were teachers as was James for a while.? One of the sisters was married to a James Riley.? However, Tim Purdy found a divorce record for this couple in 1910.? But there could be descendants from this couple.? The surnames with a connection would be Riley, Hitt, and Mathans, Buchell, Santiago. ?
I have done DNA testing at all five of the large companies.? My results are identified by some combination of Marsha Ann Hawkins Moses on all five sites.? I would love to hear from anyone who might be a McGregor match to me!? I have recently sent a message to a match on Ancestry to a person who is an X match to me but is on my father’s side.? That almost has to be either a McGregor or McKinsey match.? But unfortunately Ancestry does not provide e-mail addresses and it might take years to hear back from that person.? Best of luck to everyone with research.? I am happy to share anything that I might know. ?marsha
-- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.
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Perhaps your ancestor came across in 1854? That would fit better with the potato famine, I think And if he was born in 1816 ... Amazing story!!! Thanks! Ros Macgregor
On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 11:43, marsha moses < mosesm@...> wrote: Thank you, Jim, for your welcome and for having set up the ?mail list for the surname McGregor.? I do not expect to find anyone who connects to me via this list.? But I am going to accept your invitation to tell the story of my own McGregor family.? It is as romantic as the surname itself.? My McGregor family would be found in California.
Robert McGregor was the captain of a boat (according to family lore he was captain….I have never found a Captain of a boat who fits his description) that carried Irish potato famine victims from Ireland to New York.? During one voyage he fell in love with a young Irish woman named Mary Ann Hair.? They were married in New York.? Their first child was born in New York.? This child was born c.1754.? I don’t remember where I came up with this date.? I have not put a source to the date.
Sometime after the birth of Robert, James took work on a ship going to California.? And after he was settled, Mary Ann and baby Robert sailed from NY to the isthmus of Panama where they rode a mule from the shore on the Atlantic to the Pacific.? They then took another ship from there to San Francisco. I think that I have been told that one could take a boat from San Fran to Sacramento at that time….and that Robert met them in Sacramento. ?
The couple raised their family in Cherokee, CA.? It is now a rather well preserved spot in the California mountains.? I was lucky enough to have visited more than 12 years ago.? Robert’s tomb stone still can be read in the cemetery there.? His stone says that he was born c. 1816 in Edinburg, Scotland.? The family consisted of two other male children besides my grandmother’s grandfather, James.? James had three brothers: ?William, Robert, and George. ? I have no information of any sort about brother Robert….except that he is listed as miner in a census.? William was a miner and George very little about George either As I look through my files this morning, I see that in the census of 1900 Mary is listed as the head of the household at the age of 68,? Annie (42). George (39), Kate (29) and William (32) are listed as living in the household--
In the Butte County 1890 Census: William Newton McGregor ? 21 ? B. Ca ? Miner
The three sisters were teachers as was James for a while.? One of the sisters was married to a James Riley.? However, Tim Purdy found a divorce record for this couple in 1910.? But there could be descendants from this couple.? The surnames with a connection would be Riley, Hitt, and Mathans, Buchell, Santiago. ?
I have done DNA testing at all five of the large companies.? My results are identified by some combination of Marsha Ann Hawkins Moses on all five sites.? I would love to hear from anyone who might be a McGregor match to me!? I have recently sent a message to a match on Ancestry to a person who is an X match to me but is on my father’s side.? That almost has to be either a McGregor or McKinsey match.? But unfortunately Ancestry does not provide e-mail addresses and it might take years to hear back from that person.? Best of luck to everyone with research.? I am happy to share anything that I might know. ?marsha
-- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.
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I love the story!? Thank you, Marsha, for sharing it.? I hope this inspires others to join in. ? Jim ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of marsha moses
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2020 10:08 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MacGregor] MacGregor Family? Thank you, Jim, for your welcome and for having set up the ?mail list for the surname McGregor. ?I do not expect to find anyone who connects to me via this list. ?But I am going to accept your invitation to tell the story of my own McGregor family. ?It is as romantic as the surname itself. ?My McGregor family would be found in California. Robert McGregor was the captain of a boat (according to family lore he was captain….I have never found a Captain of a boat who fits his description) that carried Irish potato famine victims from Ireland to New York. ?During one voyage he fell in love with a young Irish woman named Mary Ann Hair. ?They were married in New York. ?Their first child was born in New York. ?This child was born c.1754. ?I don’t remember where I came up with this date. ?I have not put a source to the date. Sometime after the birth of Robert, James took work on a ship going to California. ?And after he was settled, Mary Ann and baby Robert sailed from NY to the isthmus of Panama where they rode a mule from the shore on the Atlantic to the Pacific. ?They then took another ship from there to San Francisco. I think that I have been told that one could take a boat from San Fran to Sacramento at that time….and that Robert met them in Sacramento. ? The couple raised their family in Cherokee, CA. ?It is now a rather well preserved spot in the California mountains. ?I was lucky enough to have visited more than 12 years ago. ?Robert’s tomb stone still can be read in the cemetery there. ?His stone says that he was born c. 1816 in Edinburg, Scotland. ?The family consisted of two other male children besides my grandmother’s grandfather, James. ?James had three brothers: ?William, Robert, and George. ? I have no information of any sort about brother Robert….except that he is listed as miner in a census. ?William was a miner and George very little about George either As I look through my files this morning, I see that in the census of 1900 Mary is listed as the head of the household at the age of 68,? Annie (42). George (39), Kate (29) and William (32) are listed as living in the household-- In the Butte County 1890 Census: William Newton McGregor ? 21 ? B. Ca ? Miner The three sisters were teachers as was James for a while. ?One of the sisters was married to a James Riley. ?However, Tim Purdy found a divorce record for this couple in 1910. ?But there could be descendants from this couple. ?The surnames with a connection would be Riley, Hitt, and Mathans, Buchell, Santiago. ? I have done DNA testing at all five of the large companies. ?My results are identified by some combination of Marsha Ann Hawkins Moses on all five sites. ?I would love to hear from anyone who might be a McGregor match to me! ?I have recently sent a message to a match on Ancestry to a person who is an X match to me but is on my father’s side. ?That almost has to be either a McGregor or McKinsey match. ?But unfortunately Ancestry does not provide e-mail addresses and it might take years to hear back from that person. ?Best of luck to everyone with research. ?I am happy to share anything that I might know. ?marsha ?
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Thank you, Jim, for your welcome and for having set up the ?mail list for the surname McGregor. ?I do not expect to find anyone who connects to me via this list. ?But I am going to accept your invitation to tell the story of my own McGregor family. ?It is as romantic as the surname itself. ?My McGregor family would be found in California.
Robert McGregor was the captain of a boat (according to family lore he was captain….I have never found a Captain of a boat who fits his description) that carried Irish potato famine victims from Ireland to New York. ?During one voyage he fell in love with a young Irish woman named Mary Ann Hair. ?They were married in New York. ?Their first child was born in New York. ?This child was born c.1754. ?I don’t remember where I came up with this date. ?I have not put a source to the date.
Sometime after the birth of Robert, James took work on a ship going to California. ?And after he was settled, Mary Ann and baby Robert sailed from NY to the isthmus of Panama where they rode a mule from the shore on the Atlantic to the Pacific. ?They then took another ship from there to San Francisco. I think that I have been told that one could take a boat from San Fran to Sacramento at that time….and that Robert met them in Sacramento. ?
The couple raised their family in Cherokee, CA. ?It is now a rather well preserved spot in the California mountains. ?I was lucky enough to have visited more than 12 years ago. ?Robert’s tomb stone still can be read in the cemetery there. ?His stone says that he was born c. 1816 in Edinburg, Scotland. ?The family consisted of two other male children besides my grandmother’s grandfather, James. ?James had three brothers: ?William, Robert, and George. ? I have no information of any sort about brother Robert….except that he is listed as miner in a census. ?William was a miner and George very little about George either As I look through my files this morning, I see that in the census of 1900 Mary is listed as the head of the household at the age of 68,? Annie (42). George (39), Kate (29) and William (32) are listed as living in the household--
In the Butte County 1890 Census: William Newton McGregor ? 21 ? B. Ca ? Miner
The three sisters were teachers as was James for a while. ?One of the sisters was married to a James Riley. ?However, Tim Purdy found a divorce record for this couple in 1910. ?But there could be descendants from this couple. ?The surnames with a connection would be Riley, Hitt, and Mathans, Buchell, Santiago. ?
I have done DNA testing at all five of the large companies. ?My results are identified by some combination of Marsha Ann Hawkins Moses on all five sites. ?I would love to hear from anyone who might be a McGregor match to me! ?I have recently sent a message to a match on Ancestry to a person who is an X match to me but is on my father’s side. ?That almost has to be either a McGregor or McKinsey match. ?But unfortunately Ancestry does not provide e-mail addresses and it might take years to hear back from that person. ?Best of luck to everyone with research. ?I am happy to share anything that I might know. ?marsha
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Welcome to the MacGregor Group
Welcome to Groups.io, our new home for genealogical discussions. This is an
exciting time with a very impressive website and the opportunity to rekindle
our communications and, perhaps, revive research that has been set aside for
a time.
Diane and I want to encourage you to make us of this group with your brick
walls, successes, questions and whatever answers you may have for others'
queries. To begin with, introductions are encouraged, including some
history about yourself etc. If we can feel like a "family" we might get
more out of being here. We definitely do not want to make this such a strict
environment that you are discouraged from entering or starting discussions.
We want you to enjoy being a part of this group and be glad you joined in
the first place. If you have other group connections where you may spread
the word about us that will be great as well.
Looking forward to hearing from you all,
Jim "Pops" Jackson and Diane Sowden
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Jim Jackson
