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MacFarlane Line — Unattached (Family of Rev. Neil McKinnon)

Christina McFarlane

25 Jun 1802 – 1861

Probable

Life

Christina McFarlane was born on 25 June 1802 at Kilkenneth, Tiree, according to the FamilySearch tree, the daughter of Neil McFarlane (b. 1742) and Marion McLean (b. 1769), who married at Grianal on 5 August 1786. She married Donald McKinnon on Tiree on 14 September 1825. The baptism registers write her name as Catharene (1827), Christina (1835 and 1839) and Christiana (1837). She emigrated to Ontario about 1850 and died there in 1861 (FamilySearch tree; no record seen). Their son Niel became Rev. Neil McKinnon of Mosa, Middlesex County, who is not Kyle's ancestor Neil McKinnon of Bruce Township.

Timeline

  1. 1802
    Born25 Jun 1802 — Kilkenneth, Tiree, Argyll (FamilySearch tree)
  2. 1861
    Died1861, Ontario, Canada (FamilySearch tree; no record seen)

Claims in the record

25 Jun 1802 — Kilkenneth, Tiree, Argyll (FamilySearch tree)
Neil McFarlane (b. 1742, Tiree) — FamilySearch tree
Marion McLean (b. 1769, Tiree) — FamilySearch tree; parents married 5 Aug 1786, Grianal
Donald McKinnon (b. 1790) — married 14 Sep 1825, Tiree
Niel (1827; probably Rev. Neil McKinnon of Mosa), Flora (1829), Catharine (1835), Hugh (1837), Mary (1839); also Marion and John in the 1841 census
Written Catharene (1827), Christina (1835, 1839), Christiana (1837) McFarlane in the baptism registers
1861, Ontario, Canada (FamilySearch tree; no record seen)
Kilkenneth, Isle of Tiree, Argyll
Scotland, Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch index of the Tiree register): Donald, 4 Apr 1790; Niel, 20 Jun 1827 (parents Donald Mc Kinnon and Catharene Mc Farlane); Flora 1829; Catharine 1835; Hugh 1837; Mary 1839 (parents Donald and Christina Mc Farlane); Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers 1858–1869: Flora McKinnon and Duncan Keith, 19 Feb 1861 — parents Donald McKinnon and Christina McFarlane
Her son Niel is a different man from Neil McKinnon of Bruce Township.

Places

Isle of Tiree, Argyll — ScotlandBruce Township, Tiverton and Inverhuron, Ontario

Sources

Probable

Scotland, Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch index of the Tiree register): Donald, 4 Apr 1790; Niel, 20 Jun 1827 (parents Donald Mc Kinnon and Catharene Mc Farlane); Flora 1829; Catharine 1835; Hugh 1837; Mary 1839 (parents Donald and Christina Mc Farlane)

Probable

FamilySearch Family Tree profiles: Donald McKinnon 9M9Y-87S, Christina McFarlane 9M9Y-87Z, Flora McKinnon LHC7-WLQ, Neil McKinnon M9L1-CRS (user-contributed)

Research next

Search the Tiree register (from 1766) for Christina's baptism around 1802 and her marriage on 14 Sep 1825, and Ontario records for her death in 1861.