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Colin McGregor 1817–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 May 1817

Birth Location: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 JAN 1882

Death Location: Hill of Coull

Father: James McGregor

Mother: Janet Ferguson

Spouse(s): Helen Coutts

Children(s): Jessie McGregor, James McGregor, Sophia McGregor, William McGregor, Isabella McGregor, Sally McGregor, Alexander McGREGOR

The story of Colin McGregor began in 1817 in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1841, Colin McGregor resided in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Colin McGregor married Helen Coutts, and had children including Alexander Mcgregor, Isabella Forbes Mcgregor, James Mcgregor, Jessie Mcgregor, Sally Mcgregor, Sophia Jane Mcgregor, William Mckenzie Mcgregor. Colin McGregor passed away in 1882 in Hill of Coull.

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Biography

  • The story of Colin McGregor began in 1817 in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • In 1841, Colin McGregor resided in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • Colin McGregor married Helen Coutts, and had children including Alexander Mcgregor, Isabella Forbes Mcgregor, James Mcgregor, Jessie Mcgregor, Sally Mcgregor, Sophia Jane Mcgregor, William Mckenzie Mcgregor.
  • Colin McGregor passed away in 1882 in Hill of Coull.

Immediate Family

Parents

James McGregor
1797–
Birth Location: Scotland
JM
Janet Ferguson
1775–1871
Birth Location: Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JF

Spouses(s)

Helen Coutts
1816–1895
Birth Location: Aboyne, Aberdeen, Scotland
HC

Children(s)

Jessie McGregor
1840–1914
Birth Location: Coull, near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JM
James McGregor
1837–1881
Birth Location: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JM
Sophia McGregor
1843–1882
Birth Location: Coul, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SM
William McGregor
1845–1910
Birth Location: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
WM
Isabella McGregor
1849–
Birth Location: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
IM
Sally McGregor
1852–
Birth Location: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SM
Alexander McGREGOR
1857–1867
Birth Location: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland., Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
AM

Colin McGregor's Ancestors

Self
Colin McGregor
1817–1882
Birth Place: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
James McGregor
1797–
Scotland
Janet Ferguson
1775–1871
Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Colin McGregor's Descendants

1.
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Colin McGregor (13 May 1817–8 JAN 1882) m. Helen Coutts (21 May 1816–3 July 1895)
  1. 1. Jessie McGregor 1840–1914 m. William Young 1844–1926
    1. 1. Christina Young 1870–1943 m. John\James Reid 1874–1946 m. Peter (John) Gibson 1862–1940 m. James (Forbes) Donald 1866– m. Robert (Leslie Polson) Sutherland 1874–1954 m. William Mitchell 1853–1938
      1. 1. Jeannie (Duncan) Mitchell 1901–1959 m. Alexander (Thomas) Bruce 1896–1961 m. Henry (George) Clydesdale 1900–1940
        1. 1. William (Watt) Clydesdale 1926–1982 m. Alice (Rose) Boyle 1920–1990
        2. 2. Robert (Mitchell) Clydesdale 1922–1992 m. Gwendoline Weighell 1923–1997
        3. 3. Christina Clydesdale 1924–2019 m. Brian Lindley 1926–
      2. 2. Jessie Mitchell 1898–1961 m. Robert Fenton 1894–1965
        1. 1. Dorothy Fenton 1920–1984 m. Alexander (Simpson) Nicol 1911–1986
        2. 2. Robert Fenton 1921–1981 m. Margaret (Joan R (aka JOYCE Anderson ( Fotheringham or) Thomson) 1930–1999
      3. 3. James (Donald) Young 1891–1892
      4. 4. Isabella (Reid Young) Struthers 1890–1965 m. George (Nicholas) Struthers 1887–1961
        1. 1. Isabella Struthers 1914–1983 m. George (Stewart) Allan 1911–1986
        2. 2. Marguerite (May) Struthers 1918–1938 m. Alexander Brown 1915–
        3. 3. Williamina Struthers 1910–1912
        4. 4. Catherine (Yule) Struthers 1912–1994 m. George (Beverley) Fraser 1909–1987
        5. 5. George Struthers 1916–1966 m. Eliza (Pyper Keith Farquhar) Struthers 1917–2001
        6. 6. Mary (West) Mitchell 1908–1985 m. William (Andrew) Thompson –1984
      5. 5. Helen (Watt) Mitchell 1911–1970 m. Charles Crombie 1905–1988
        1. 1. Elizabeth Crombie 1930–2002 m. John Yule 1931–2013
      6. 6. Elsie (Christie Sutherland) Young 1893–1969 m. Stewart (Simpson) McLeod 1891–1979
        1. 1. Colin McLeod 1926–1994 m. Else (Gertrud) Fenske 1924–1982
      7. 7. Robert Mitchell 1895–1918
      8. 8. James Mitchell 1905–1975 m. Maggie McLeod 1905–1961
        1. 1. Marjory Mitchell 1925–1992 m. Donald Manson 1920–
        2. 2. Robert Mitchell –2023
      9. 9. Christina Mitchell 1907–1977 m. James (Mitchell) MacDonald 1906–1986 m. Alexander (Thomson) Mcintyre 1889–1982
        1. 1. James (Mitchell) McDonald 1929–2010 m. Lillian (Hazel) Reid 1931–2018
        2. 2. Walter MacDonald 1932–1976 m. Lily (Deans) Rae 1933–1976
        3. 3. Richard MacDonald 1934–1972
      10. 10. William (Gibson) Young 1886–1963 m. Eliza Kemp 1887–1947
        1. 1. Margaret (("Peggy")) Young 1905–1982 m. Otto Ormiston 1905–1974
        2. 2. Robert (John) Young 1909–1968
        3. 3. Christina (Mitchell) Young 1911–1972
        4. 4. James (Alexander) Young 1913–1970
        5. 5. Gibson Young 1917–1983
        6. 6. Hazel Young 1917–1976
        7. 7. Mary (Anne) Young 1919–1973 m. John (James) Hill 1916–1977
        8. 8. Stuart (William) Young 1921–1988
        9. 9. Frederick (Russell) Young 1926–1962
        10. 10. Melvin (Leslie) Young 1928–1981
        11. 11. Lilias (Henderson Kemp) Young 1907–1985
      11. 11. Joan (Gibson) Young 1889–1943 m. James Sutherland 1884–1963
        1. 1. Mary (Gibson) Sutherland 1913–2008 m. David (Rae) Thorburn 1908–1996
    2. 2. Sophia (Jane) Young 1869–1940 m. Charles Aitken 1868–1921
      1. 1. Janet ((Jessie)) Aitken 1889–1976 m. William Taylor 1884–
        1. 1. Alice (Aitken) Taylor 1922–1992 m. Albert (McLellan) Riddell 1922–2001
        2. 2. Netta Taylor 1918–1994 m. Alexander (Hendry) McLean –1976
      2. 2. Helen (Young) Aitken 1891–1986 m. William (Ramsay) Swinton 1888–1970
        1. 1. Ella Aitken 1917–1950
      3. 3. Charles Aitken 1893–1961 m. Margaret (Jessie Wilson) Blake 1898–1979
        1. 1. Ronald (George) Aitken 1926–1947
        2. 2. Elsa Aitken 1923–2013 m. Cornelius YOUNG 1924–2018
        3. 3. Angus Aitken 1929–2023 m. Wilma Smith 1934–2007
      4. 4. Albert (Ernest) Aitken 1897–1979 m. Margaret Galbraith 1897–1947
      5. 5. Jane ((Jeannie) Aitken) Esslemont 1895–1985 m. James (Kidd) Esslemont 1893–1974
        1. 1. Marjorie Paterson 1923–2001
        2. 2. Charles (George) Esslemont 1921–1988 m. Isobel (Barbara) Chapman 1926–1990
      6. 6. Margaret (Rae) Aitken 1903–1990 m. William (Hendry Robert) Dinnes 1901–1959
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Jean) Dinnes 1937–2015
        2. 2. Helen (Sophia) Dinnes 1929–2018 m. James (Thomson) Cowie 1921–2001
      7. 7. Elizabeth Aitken 1900–1985 m. John (Cormack) Watson 1897–1974
      8. 8. Elsie (Walker) Aitken 1908–1951
    3. 3. James Young 1873–1946 m. Helen Pirie 1866–1927
      1. 1. William Cruickshank 1881–
      2. 2. Alexander Cruickshank 1891– m. Annie Cruickshank 1901–
        1. 1. Charles Cruickshank 1920–2009
      3. 3. Elsie (Mitchell) Cruickshank 1892–
      4. 4. Ardrew (C) Young 1894–
      5. 5. Jane (Pirie) Cruickshank 1896–1972
    4. 4. Jessie (Stuart) Young 1875–1958 m. Alexander Presly 1873–1951
      1. 1. William (Young) Presly 1897–1922
      2. 2. James (Y) Presly 1898–1973
      3. 3. Nellie (Forbes McIntyre) Presly 1901–1987
      4. 4. Alexander (C) Presly 1894–1975
      5. 5. Harry Presly 1907–1939 m. Jeannie (Ann) Duncan 1908–
      6. 6. Georgina Presly 1909–1989 m. Charles Chisholm 1907–1998
      7. 7. Walter Presly 1911–1991
      8. 8. Bessie Presly 1902–
      9. 9. Fredrick Presly 1904–1980
    5. 5. Helen Young 1877–1958 m. Aexander Watt 1876–1965
    6. 6. Isabella (Forbes) Young 1883–1959 m. Robert Allan 1879–1963
      1. 1. McGregor (Forbes) Allan 1914–2004 m. Agnes (Jane Moir) KERMACK 1911–1996
    7. 7. Alexander Young 1882–1948 m. Ann (Bower) Cruickshank 1884–1940
      1. 1. Allan (Graham) Young 1907–1978 m. Myrtle (Mary) Dodd 1909–1991
      2. 2. William (James) Young 1911–2001
      3. 3. Colin (McGregor) Young 1912– m. Helen (De Etta) Hammer 1917–
    8. 8. Margaret (Sutherland) Young 1880–1880
    9. 9. Helen Young 1864–1867
    10. 10. William Young 1867–1949 m. Mary Lawrence 1874–1956
      1. 1. Alexander Young 1906–1967
      2. 2. Colin (McGregor) Young 1902–1974 m. Helen Robertson 1909–1980
        1. 1. Mary Young 1934–2003
        2. 2. colin (mcgregor) young 1937–2022
      3. 3. Alice (Wilson) Young 1910–1975
      4. 4. Jessie (Bella) Young 1909–1988 m. James (Dickson Davidson) Will 1901–1966
        1. 1. James (Alexander William) Will 1945–2001
      5. 5. Mary Young 1912–2004
      6. 6. William Young 1915–1974
      7. 7. george young 1903–1903
      8. 8. jane young 1914–1914
      9. 9. william young 1901–1901
  2. 2. James McGregor 1837–1881
  3. 3. Sophia (Jane) McGregor 1843–1882 m. Charles Rattray 1840–1881
    1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Rattray 1877–1930 m. James Low 1876–1918
    2. 2. Charles Rattray 1879–1959
    3. 3. Helen (McGregor) Forbes 1870–1938
      1. 1. Lizzie (Innes) Beaton 1904–1963
        1. 1. Joseph (Butter) Coull 1934–1976
    4. 4. Jammie Rattray 1885–1914
  4. 4. William (McKenzie) McGregor 1845–1910
  5. 5. Isabella (Forbes) McGregor 1849– m. James (Forbes) McAndrew 1851–
    1. 1. John (Colin) McAndrew 1874–
  6. 6. Sally McGregor 1852–
  7. 7. Alexander McGREGOR 1857–1867

Colin McGregor's Timeline

8 Records

1816
2 September 1816
Birth of Colin McGregor in Towie, ABERDEEN, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Towie, ABERDEEN, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1817
13 May 1817
Birth of Colin McGregor in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 24
Colin McGregor resided here in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 34
Colin McGregor resided here in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 44
Colin McGregor resided here in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 54
Colin McGregor resided here in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 64
Colin McGregor resided here in Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1882
8 JAN 1882
Age 65
Death of Colin McGregor in Hill of Coull
Hill of Coull

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 September 1816
    Event Place: Towie, ABERDEEN, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Coull; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 1350; Year: 1841
    [2] 1851 Scotland Census
    [3] 1861 Scotland Census
    [4] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Coull; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1871_36
    [5] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Coull; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 20; Roll: cssct1881_56
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 May 1817
    Event Place: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Coull; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 1350; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Coull; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1871_36

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Coull; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 20; Roll: cssct1881_56

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Place: Crofter

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 JAN 1882
    Event Place: Hill of Coull
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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