Clan MacDonald

[only_1_Highlander]

dose anyone out there know where in Scotland the MacDonald came from when they came over to Canada on the ship HECTOR. I;m not to sure if my clan is from Glencoe so plese help me if you have any idea It will help thank you so please email me or post it..

[pearlms]

I only found Moneymore Northern Ireland as a good possibility. I suggest you spend some time researching this for Alex McDonald, who was a boy on the ship Hector.

[HollyElise]

If i'm not mistaken, Clan Donald was the largest clan. There are certainly all sorts of MacDonalds from several areas in Scotland. My mother was a Daniels... which is a sept of MacDonald... and they seem to have come from Aberdeen.

Here are a few links to get you started...

http://www.clandonald-heritage.com/

http://www.electricscotland.com/webc...onald/don.html

http://www.clan-donald-usa.org/history.htm

http://www.clandonald-mideast.org/donald1.htm

[SherbrookeJacobite]

I am married to a MacDonald, whose people originally cam to South Carolina, from, we think, Skye.

To find out where the MacDonalds on the Hector came from - I would start looking around Loch Broom, where the Hector left from. The MacDonalds were a huge Clan, with many branches in the Western Highlands and Hebrides. The Glencoe branch was relatively small compared to the others.

Do you know that your ancestor came over on the Hector? There were many, many other immigrant ships that brought Scottish Highlanders to Nova Scotia. I had an ancestor on the Hector, a McKay. My Cameron ancestor came over much later.

If your ancestor came on the Hector, here are some more websites you might find interesting. The last one is the passenger list.

Good luck with your search.

Slainte,

John

http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/le...number107.html

http://www.scotland-inverness.co.uk/loch-broom.htm

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nspictou/pa...ps/hector.html

[Raingeanach]

Originally posted by only_1_Highlander
dose anyone out there know where in Scotland the MacDonald came from when they came over to Canada on the ship HECTOR. I;m not to sure if my clan is from Glencoe so plese help me if you have any idea It will help thank you so please email me or post it..

Beware of amateur historians!

If you are proud to be a member of Clan Donald, learn Gaidhlig, our true Scots language.

My grandmother,Ann MacDonald, was born and raised in Carnach village, Glencoe, Scotland. Does that mean tha she was a descendant of successive clan chiefs who were entitled exclusively to the name MacDonald (or NicDhomnaill in the case of women)?

She declined the claim because it was common knowledge that many people by that name had migrated to the area to find work in the nearby slate quarry at Ballachulish, established about 1700.

Beware of amateur historians!

Learn to love Clan Campbell.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...20438240/print

[HollyElise]

OH MY! chuckle.

I believe we've been chastized.

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Beware of amateur historians??? What does that mean? Do I infer from that tidbit that you are a professional historian? I would think that most of us here are "amateur" historians.

And what does it mean when you say "successive clan chiefs who were entitled exclusively to the name MacDonald (or NicDhomnaill in the case of women)?"

The name MacDonald is not exclusive to the Chiefs of the Clan - it is proudly, and correctly, borne by many MacDonalds the world over. It is only incorrect for a Clan member to take the title of the Chief, which in the case of the Glencoe MacDonalds, was MacIain. It would be similarly improper for a Cameron to refer to themselves as "of Lochiel" unless they were a member of the Chief's family.

And as for the last sentence, should we begin with Glenlyon, in learning to love the Clan Campbell? Who, with a regiment raised from Campbell lands made such a distinguished mark on Highland history.
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/glencoe/

Of course I'm only an amateur.

Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil!

A son of the hounds,

John

[Edited by SherbrookeJacobite on 9th November 2004 at 16:16]