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Rory "Ruairidh Breac" MacNeil

Also Known As: "Rory MacNeil", "Rory 'Roderick Rory' MacNeil", "Roderick "Rory" (John "Piper") MacNeil"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barra, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Death: October 05, 1864 (94-95)
Piper's Cove, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Hector Mac Neil; Iain Phiobaire "John Piper" MacNeil and Mary Margaret MacNeil
Husband of Ann MacNeil (MacKinnon) and Jane MacNeil
Father of Norman MacNeil of Pipers Cove; Alex "Alasdair Mac Ruairidh" Alexander MacNeil; Donald MacNeil; Mairi "Ruairidh Breac" MacKinnon (MacNeil); Malcolm "Calum-Mac-Ruairidh" MacNeil and 3 others
Brother of Malcolum Piper McNeil; Hector "Piper" MacNeil; Donald "Domhnull Piobaire" MacNeil; Neil "Geal" MacNeil, #265; Margaret MacKinnon (MacNeil) and 3 others

Managed by: Marilyn Anne McLean
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About Rory "Ruairidh Breac" MacNeil

Passage from page #082 in "History of Christmas Island Parish":

Rory McNeil, Piper, had a son named John who married and had seven sons:— Hector, Rory, Malcolm, Donald, Neíl, Angus and Allan.

Hector and Rory were amongst the three hundred and seventy immigrants that came from Barra to Pictou in 1802. The following summer they came and staked out lands at Piper’s Cove.


From page #089 in "History of Christmas Island Parish":

Rory McNeiI, John the Piper’s son, came to Piper’s Cove with his brother Hector in 1805, and settled on the land adjoining that of his brother. He was married to Ann, daughter of Donald McKinnon (Ban). The issue of this marriage was: Norman, John, Malcolm, Alex, Donald and Mary.


"History of Christmas Island Parish: page #79-80:

Donald McKinnon. “Domhnall Ban MacChaluim” and his descendants at Cooper Pond.

This man came to Pictou in 1802 but did not remain there more than two or three years. When his friends, John McNeil (Rory) and Neil McNeil (Ban), were coming to Grand Narrows, he came with them and staked out lands at Cooper Pond. He was married to Ann McInnis. Issue: — Neil, Flora, Ann, Allan, Rory, and Charles.

Ann married Rory McNeil (John the Piper), of Piper’s Cove.

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