Rory "Ruairidh Neill" MacNeil, #265 & #266

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About Rory "Ruairidh Neill" MacNeil, #265 & #266

Family #265 from "All Call Iona Home"

Neil "Geal" MacNeil, one of the "Piper's" of Piper's Cove, came from Scotland. He married Catherine (Angus "Og") MacLean in Scotland. They settled in Washabuck and their family: Ann, Catherine, Christy, Lucy, Jane, Rory and John. 265

Rory (Neil "Geal"), a carpenter, married Mary (Hector, John "Og") MacKinnon. They lived in Lower Washabuck and their family: Hector, John, Michael, Neil, Ann, Mary, and Kate. 266



"History of Christmas Island Parish" page #92:

Rory, commonly known as “Ruairidh Neill” was a carpenter. He married Mary, daughter of Hector McKinnon (Mac Iain Oig).

Issue: Hector, John, Michael, Neil, Ann, Mary and Katie. All the sons were carpenters; and they constituted the great Boston firm of contractors and builders known as McNeil Bros. All of them are dead now.



'From page #70 in "History of Christmas Island Parish":'

Hector married Margaret, daughter of Hector McNeil (Piper). Issue: — Mary, Ann, and Neil.

Mary married Rory McNeil (Neil), of Washabuck.

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Rory "Ruairidh Neill" MacNeil, #265 & #266's Timeline

1796
1796
Barra, Inverness-shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1815
March 29, 1815
Age 19
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1832
1832
1836
1836
Lower Washabuck, Victoria County, NS, Canada
1842
1842
Washabuck, Victoria County, NS, Canada
1843
1843
Washabuck, Victoria County, NS, Canada
1843
Lower Washabuck, Victoria County, NS, Canada
1844
1844
Washabuck, Victoria County, NS, Canada
1844
Washabuck, Victoria County, NS, Canada