Rory "Torlach" MacNeil

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Rory "Torlach" MacNeil

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Isle Of Barra, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: Benacadie, Cape Breton, NS, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Torlach MacNeil
Husband of Ann MacNeil (MacNeil)
Father of Peter MacNeil; Paul MacNeil; Jonathan MacNeil; Larry MacNeil; Sarah MacNeil and 3 others

Managed by: John William Jarrett
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About Rory "Torlach" MacNeil

From page #129 in "History of Christmas Island Parish":

Rory McNeil “Torlach"
When this man came to this parish, he settled at Benacadie on the farm now owned by Hugh D. Farrell. He was married to Ann, daughter of Rory McNeil (John’s son), of Barra. Issue: — Peter, Paul, Jonathan, Larry, Jane, Sarah, Mary, and Catherine.

  • All the sons left the parish early in life. Some of them settled in the colliery towns of Pictou County.
  • Jane married Malcolm McLean (Gobha), of the Highlands.
  • Mary was the second wife of Murdock McKenzie (Donald Hector). She died in Pictou where two of her sons live.
  • One of the other daughters was married to a Mr. Carter, of St. Peters, and had a family.
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Rory "Torlach" MacNeil's Timeline

1831
August 12, 1831
Benacadie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Isle Of Barra, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland, United Kingdom
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