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MacKinnon Line — A Different Neil (Unattached)

Rev. Neil McKinnon of Mosa

1827 – ?

Probable

Life

Neil McKinnon (the FamilySearch tree calls him Neil Chambers McKinnon) was a Presbyterian minister who lived at Mosa, Middlesex County, Ontario. A Tiree baptism for Niel McKinnon, christened in June 1827, names his parents as Donald McKinnon and Catharene (Christina) McFarlane, and his sister Flora's 1861 Ontario marriage record names the same couple. The 1881 census at Mosa lists him aged 53 with his wife Annie (33), their children Mary C. (5), John D. (3), Jessie (2) and Willis (2 months), and Christina Keith (19) and Neil D. Keith (13), who are probably Flora's children. FamilySearch gives his marriage as 24 February 1875 at London, Ontario, to Anne Cameron McGregor (b. 1848), with eight children. He is a different man from Neil McKinnon of Bruce Township, who is Kyle's ancestor: the two were counted in the same year, in different counties, with different wives. FamilySearch's tree merges them into one profile, and earlier versions of this archive followed that merge. His death and burial are not known.

Timeline

  1. 1827
    Born1827 or 1828, Scotland — probably the Niel McKinnon christened on Tiree in June 1827 to Donald McKinnon and Catharene McFarlane
  2. 1875
    Married24 Feb 1875, London, Ontario — Anne Cameron McGregor (b. 1848); eight children (FamilySearch tree)
  3. 1881
    OccupationPresbyterian minister (1881 census, Mosa, Middlesex West)

Claims in the record

1827 or 1828, Scotland — probably the Niel McKinnon christened on Tiree in June 1827 to Donald McKinnon and Catharene McFarlane
Donald McKinnon and Christina McFarlane (Tiree baptism; Flora's 1861 marriage)
Presbyterian minister (1881 census, Mosa, Middlesex West)
24 Feb 1875, London, Ontario — Anne Cameron McGregor (b. 1848); eight children (FamilySearch tree)
Canada, Census, 1881: Neil McKinnon, 53, Presbyterian minister, Mosa, Middlesex West, with wife Annie (33), children Mary C., John D., Jessie and Willis, and Christina Keith (19) and Neil D. Keith (13)
Flora McKinnon Keith (1829–1903), whose children Christina and Neil D. Keith lived in his household in 1881
FamilySearch's tree profile 'Neil Chambers McKinnon' (KH4J-2GB) merges two different men: Rev. Neil McKinnon of Mosa, Middlesex County (son of Donald McKinnon and Christina McFarlane; married Anne Cameron McGregor in 1875) and Neil McKinnon of Bruce Township, farmer, husband of Janet McLaren. Both appear in the 1881 census, in different counties, so they cannot be one man.
FamilySearch records: 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, Census, 1881: Neil McKinnon, 53, Presbyterian minister, Mosa, Middlesex West, with wife Annie (33), children Mary C., John D., Jessie and Willis, and Christina Keith (19) and Neil D. Keith (13)

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

Canada, Census, 1881: Neil McKinnon, 53, Presbyterian minister, Mosa, Middlesex West, with wife Annie (33), children Mary C., John D., Jessie and Willis, and Christina Keith (19) and Neil D. Keith (13)

Research next

His death record and burial; Anne McGregor's family; whether the Niel baptized in 1827 is him (the Keith children in his household strongly suggest it).