Ann MacNeil (MacDougall)

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 27 2024, 0:13:29 UTC

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"History of Christmas Island Parish" - page #95:

Neil, commonly called "an gobha ruadh,” was a blacksmith. He was a Justice of the Peace, and a very intelligent man. Judging by his writings, he must have been a man of fair education. He settled at Big Beach and married Ann, daughter of Archibald McDougall.

Issue: — Mary, married to Michael McDonald (Patrick); Michael, a schoolteacher, who died in Boston; James, who died out West; Frank, who died young; Peggie Ann, who married a McKinnon from Rear Big Pond and living in California; Archy, who died young; Lucy, out West, and John H., on the old homestead. He married Mary Ann, daughter of John J. McNeil. Issue: — Neil Francis and Alex Leo.

From page #33 in "History of Christmas Island Parish":

Before settling permanently on his land at Christmas Island, Archibald McDougall worked a number of years in the lumber woods of Miramichi. About the year 1813, he married Catherine, daughter of John McNeil (Dubh) of Arisaig, Antigonish Co.

Issue:— Malcolm, Mary, Ann, Donald, Unice, Katie, John, Michael, William and Margaret.

Ann was married to Neil McNeil, Esq.