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Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil 1805–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1805

Birth Location: South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: before 1881

Death Location: Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Lachlann MacNeil

Mother:

Spouse(s): Peter MacMillan

Children(s): Anne McNeil

In 1805, Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil entered the world in South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Lachlann Macneil And Anna Macneil. Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil married Peter Pedair Peter The Priest Macmillan, and had children including Anne Mcneil. Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil passed away in 1881 in Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1805, Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil entered the world in South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Lachlann Macneil And Anna Macneil.
  • Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil married Peter Pedair Peter The Priest Macmillan, and had children including Anne Mcneil.
  • Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil passed away in 1881 in Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lachlann MacNeil
1785–
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Peter MacMillan
1805–1875
Birth Location: South Uist, Invernesshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Anne McNeil
1828–
Birth Location: , Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
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Margaret MacNeil's Ancestors

Self
Margaret MacNeil
1805–1881
Birth Place: South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Lachlann MacNeil
1785–
Grandparents
Neil McNeil
1744–1814
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret MacNeil's Descendants

1.
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Margaret ((Mairead)) MacNeil (abt 1805–before 1881) m. Peter ((Pedair) "Peter the Priest") MacMillan (17 Sep 1805–Before 1875)
  1. 1. Anne McNeil 1828– m. Hector McNeil 1822–1903
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) McNeil 1861–1943
      1. 1. Mary McNeil 1891–1944 m. Walter (Joseph) Maguire 1882–1933
        1. 1. Walter (Joseph) Maguire 1914–1976 m. Catherine (Margaret) Bouffard 1914–1998
    2. 2. Mary (Minnie) McNEAL 1854– m. Isaac (Alfred) FREELAND 1862–1923
      1. 1. James (Josias) Freeland 1893–1967 m. Marie (Eugenie Florida) Bernier 1896–1970 m. Ethel (Maud) Anderson 1888–1920
        1. 1. Clifford (Gerald) Freeland 1935–2017 m. Marilyn Kirwan 1938–1977
        2. 2. William (David) Freeland 1939–2022
        3. 3. Elmer (Ernest) Freeland 1930–2008
        4. 4. Wilfred (Ambroise) Freeland 1929–2003
        5. 5. Margaret (Elizabeth Emily) Freeland 1942–2010
        6. 6. Evelyn (Mary) Freeland 1923–2001 m. Ivan (Menzies) (Beck) 1913–1997
        7. 7. James (Alexander) freeland 1924–2009 m. Lillian (Dorothy) Freeland 1928–2017
        8. 8. Frederick (Wilson) freeland 1926–2008 m. Muriel (Orphie Louise) Brown 1921–1989
        9. 9. Kenneth (Dawson) freeland 1931–2012 m. Margaret (Jane) Cox 1936–2008
        10. 10. Garnet (Isaac) freeland 1934–1989
        11. 11. Clarence (Raymond) Freeland 1938–1941
        12. 12. Albert Freeland 1925–1991 m. Genevieve (Agnes Elizabeth) PEDLINGHAM 1927–1996
        13. 13. Leticia Freeland 1920–1921
      2. 2. Emily (M) Freeland 1892–1972
      3. 3. Margaret ((Maggie)) FREELAND 1888– m. Ambrose (Fredrik) Lepper 1885–1912 m. Samuel Johnston 1889–
        1. 1. Patrick Johnston 1921–
        2. 2. Ambrose Lepper 1912–
        3. 3. Robert Johnston 1918–
        4. 4. Russell Johnston 1919–
        5. 5. Lorne Johnston 1916–1968 m. Maxine (Bertha) Edward 1919–1998
      4. 4. Mary (Jean) Freeland 1890–1950 m. James (Harker) Chapman 1892–1955
        1. 1. Elmer Chapman 1911– m. Alice Phillips 1913–1975
        2. 2. Richard (Harker) Chapman 1915–1945 m. Elizabeth (Charlotte "Dot") Hills 1919–2004
        3. 3. James Chapman 1918–1994 m. Ina Bessie 1920–2013
        4. 4. Leona Chapman 1916–1993 m. Robert (Henry) Sands 1914–2002
        5. 5. Donald (Ambrose) Chapman 1913– m. Doris (May) Harrison 1917–1976
        6. 6. Gerald (Freeland) Chapman 1925–1984 m. Elizabeth (Catherine Betty) Schmidt 1926–2006
      5. 5. Alexander (Isaac) Freeland 1895–1917 m. Victoria Nothnagle 1897–
        1. 1. Caroline (Victoria Mary Alexandra) Freeland 1916–
      6. 6. Letitia Freeland 1897–1933 m. John (Albert) Housdon 1883–1960
        1. 1. Joan (Beverley) Housdon 1929–2017 m. Hugh (Balmer "Hugger") Finlay 1925–2017
        2. 2. Shirley (Louise) Housdon 1921–2008
        3. 3. John ((Jack) Albert) Housdon 1923–1979
        4. 4. Betty Housdon 1925–2008
        5. 5. Gordon (Alexander) Housdon 1932–2014
    3. 3. Neil McNeil 1858–
    4. 4. Christie McNeil 1860–
    5. 5. Margaret McNeil 1864–
    6. 6. Hector McNeil 1867–

Margaret MacNeil's Timeline

2 Records

1805
abt 1805
Birth of Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil in South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1881
before 1881
Age 76
Death of Margaret (Mairead) MacNeil in Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1805
    Event Place: South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: before 1881
    Event Place: Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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