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This is the descendants list of John McGilvray. As near as I can tell, John was born in Scotland (according to the 1841 PEI Census), and born probably around 1781. He was most likely in one of the McGilvray families that traveled on the Jane to St Johns Island (Prince Edward Island) in 1790. John bought 100 acres near Clear Stream / St Margarets in 1805. John married Catherine McEachern before 1810 � she was the daughter of one of the McEachern farmers that lived on either side of John. John & Catherine had the following children: Allan, Alexander, John, Angus, Catherine and maybe others. Their son John is my 2^nd great grandfather. He was a ship carpenter and traveled back and forth to Boston, where he married Bridget Delany from Ireland. John and Bridget had 3 sons in Boston � John, Alexander, William (my second great grandfather) � before returning to Prince Edward Island, where they had Mary Ann, Joseph Angus and Sarah Catherine. William married Agnes McKinnon of lot 43, had one child in Boston � Henrietta - and one child in PEI � John Alexander (my grandfather and who I am named after). The family moved to the US, first to Port Richmond, Staten Island and then to Bayonne.

I have quite many pictures of the McGillvrays and McKinnons from the 1800s and early 1900s, both in PEI and also in NY / NJ. Not all of them have names attached to them, so I am always looking for possible connections to share information with.

8 March 2012

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The Descendants of John McGilvray

Generation 1

1. JOHN¹ MCGILVRAY was born before 1781 in Arisaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland (Most likely from the Arisaig, Alisary or Glen Mama area. Based on the 1798 census, he had to be born after 1738. Based on the 1841 census, he had to be born before 1781. If he was full fare on the Jane, then he was born before 1778.). He died between 1841-1861 in Lot 44, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married CATHERINE MCEACHERN. She was born about 1790 in Scotland. She died after 1841 in Prince Edward Island.

Notes for John McGilvray: John McGilbray

Name of Township, Town, or Royalty.44Name of the head of each Family.John McGilbrayTrade or Occupation.FarmerMales: Under 16 years of age.0Females: Under 16 years of age.0Males: From 16 to 45.5Females: From 16 to 45.3Males: From 45 to 60.0Females: From 45 to 60.0Males: Upwards of 60.1Females: Upwards of 60.0Number of Deaf and Dumb in each family.0Number of Blind in each family.0Number of Insane in each family.0Total number in each family (including Servants and Apprentices).9

John McGilvray and Catherine McEachern had the following children:

2. i. JOHN² MACGILLVRAY was born in 1815 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died before 1881 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Bridget Delany, daughter of Michael Delany and Catherine Flynn on 23 Oct 1854 in East Boston, Massachussetts, USA (Ship carpenter). She was born on 02 Feb 1837 in Knockane, Causeway, co Kerry, Ireland. She died on 28 Mar 1919 in Souris, Lot 45, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada (St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Souris, Prince Edward Island. Buried 29 Mar 1919. Age listed as 87. Cause of Death was Old Age, widow of John McGillvray).
3. ii. ALEXANDER MACGILLVRAY was born in 1813 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island. He died on 13 Feb 1898 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married ANN MACDONALD. She died on 23 Feb 1883 in RC Cemetary, PEI, Canada.
3. ANGUS MACGILLVRAY was born in 1818 in Prince Edward Island (based on the death record). He died on 04 Jul 1899 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married MARY MACDONALD. She was born in 1822 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 11 Jul 1888 in St. Margarets Cemetery, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. iv. ALLAN MACGILLVRAY was born in 1812 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 09 Nov 1886 in Clear Springs, Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married CATHERINE MACDONALD. She was born in 1821 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 02 Feb 1897 in Clear Springs, Lot 44, PEI.

5. CATHERINE MACGILLVRAY was born in 1821 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 05 Nov 1894 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
6. UNKNOWN BOY MACGILLVRAY was born before 1826 in Lot 44, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
7. UNKNOWN GIRL MACGILLVRAY was born before 1826 in Lot 44, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Generation 2

2. JOHN² MACGILLVRAY (John¹ McGilvray) was born in 1815 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died before 1881 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Bridget Delany, daughter of Michael Delany and Catherine Flynn on 23 Oct 1854 in East Boston, Massachussetts, USA (Ship carpenter). She was born on 02 Feb 1837 in Knockane, Causeway, co Kerry, Ireland. She died on 28 Mar 1919 in Souris, Lot 45, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada (St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Souris, Prince Edward Island. Buried 29 Mar 1919. Age listed as 87. Cause of Death was Old Age, widow of John McGillvray).

Notes for Bridget Delany: Name BRIDGET DELANY

Date of Birth15 February 1837 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION) Address KNUCKANE

Father MICHAEL NR Mothe rCATHERINE FLYNN Further details in the record Father Occupation NR Sponsor 1 STEPHEN LEEN

Sponsor 2 MARY DELANY

Priest REV E MC CARTHY

About the record

Book Number

PageEntry Number

Record_Identifier 2N/R620KY-RC-BA-172878

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1901 Canadian census lists her birth as 2 Feb 1840. Her immigration year as 1865. Both seem to be slighly off, as then she would have been 14 when married; and her daughter Mary Anne was born in Canada in 1862, Joseph Angus was born in Canada in 1864 and Sarah was born in Canada in 1868.

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Church Baptism Delany Bridget 1837 Co. Laois

Church Baptism Delaney Bridget 1836 Co. Mayo

Church Baptism Delaney Bridget 1836 Co. Offaly

Church Baptism Deleany Bridget 1836 Co. Mayo

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marriage record 1854, 17 yo -> dob 1837 1881 census, 45 yo -> dob 1836

1891 census, 56 yo -> 1835

1901 census, dob 2 Feb 1840

1911 census, dob 1831

death record 1919, 87 yo -> dob 1832

John MacGillvray and Bridget Delany had the following children:

5. i. WILLIAM JAMES³ MACGILLVRAY was born on 31 Jul 1857 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Some reports say he was born in Boston.). He died on 14 Jul 1943 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. He married Agnes B MacKinnon, daughter of John MacKinnon and Caroline Harriet McRae on 05 Mar 1889 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born on 11 Jul 1859 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in Jan 1942 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA.
6. ii. JOSEPH ANGUS MACGILLVARY was born on 28 Oct 1864 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 29 Jun 1929 in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, USA (burial date, buried in Holy Cross Cemetary, North Arlington NJ). He married ALICE R MCDOUGAL. She was born about 1878 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1956 in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ, USA. He married an unknown spouse on 14 Nov 1899 in Bath (Ship Carpentar).

3. SARAH CATHERINE MACGILLVRAY was born on 20 Nov 1867 in Souris, Prince Edward Island (https://www.islandregister.com/mcgillvray1.html).

7. iv. MARY ANNE MACGILVRAY was born on 23 May 1862 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (baptized St. Columba, 25 May 1862). She died on 29 Jan 1895 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Alexander "Sandy" MacEachern, son of James 'Jim' McEachern and Christina McRae on 05 Feb 1884 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was born on 08 Dec 1854 in Priest Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 09 Jan 1924 in St. Mary's, Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
8. v. ALEXANDER MACGILLVRAY was born on 20 May 1859 in 18 Eutaw Street, Boston, Massachussettes, United States. He married AMELIA MULLALLY. She was born on 28 Oct 1874 in Prince Edward Island.

6. JOHN D MACGILLVRAY was born on 20 Aug 1855 in 107 Meridian, Boston Massachussetts.

3. ALEXANDER² MACGILLVRAY (John¹ McGilvray) was born in 1813 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island. He died on 13 Feb 1898 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married ANN MACDONALD. She died on 23 Feb 1883 in RC Cemetary, PEI, Canada.

Alexander MacGillvray and Ann MacDonald had the following children:

1. ALEXANDER³ MACGILLVRAY was born on 21 Nov 1863 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2. JAMES LEWIS MACGILLVRAY was born on 09 Apr 1860 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
3. JOANNA MACGILLVRAY was born on 28 Mar 1850 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. JOHN MACGILLVRAY was born on 07 May 1860 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
5. MARGARET HELEN MACGILLVRAY was born on 04 Apr 1868 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
6. MARY ANN MACGILLVRAY was born on 30 Sep 1857 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

4. ALLAN² MACGILLVRAY (John¹ McGilvray) was born in 1812 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 09 Nov 1886 in Clear Springs, Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married CATHERINE MACDONALD. She was born in 1821 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 02 Feb 1897 in Clear Springs, Lot 44, PEI.

Allan MacGillvray and Catherine MacDonald had the following children:

9. i. JOSEPH³ MACGILLVRAY was born about 1836 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married CATHRINE MACGILLVRAY. She was born about 1839 in Prince Edward Island.

1. UNKNOWN MACGILLVRAY was born after 1840 in Clearspring, Lot 44, Prince Edward Island.
2. JOANNA MACGILLVRAY was born on 28 Mar 1850 in Lot 45 Prince Edward Island, Canada.
3. JOHN MACGILLVRAY was born on 07 May 1852.
4. MAGDELINE MACGILLVRAY was born on 04 Dec 1854.
5. MARY ANN MACGILLVRAY was born on 30 Sep 1857 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
6. JAMES LOUIS MACGILLVRAY was born on 09 Apr 1860 in Lot 45, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
7. ALEXANDER MACGILLVRAY was born on 21 Nov 1864 in Lot 45, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
8. MARGARET HELEN MACGILLVRAY was born on 04 Apr 1868.

Generation 3

5. WILLIAM JAMES³ MACGILLVRAY (John², John¹ McGilvray) was born on 31 Jul 1857 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Some reports say he was born in Boston.). He died on 14 Jul 1943 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. He married Agnes B MacKinnon, daughter of John MacKinnon and Caroline Harriet McRae on 05 Mar 1889 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born on 11 Jul 1859 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in Jan 1942 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA.

William James MacGillvray and Agnes B MacKinnon had the following children:

10. i. JOHN ALEXANDER⁴ MACGILLVARY was born on 15 Feb 1894 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 29 Jan 1970 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. He married Edythe Virginia Baldwin, daughter of William C Baldwin and Ida Belle Tompkins in Apr 1927 in Millbrook, Dutchess, New York, United States of America (Wedding Invitation). She was born on 24 Dec 1900 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (NY City birth record Baldwin Edith Dec 24 1900 certificate #403 Kings). She died on 30 Nov 1953 in 113 Duncan Ave, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA.
2. HENRIETTA MARY MACGILLVARY was born on 02 Sep 1891 in 67 Marcella St, Boston, Massachusetts. She died in 1917 in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, USA (Died from TB).
6. JOSEPH ANGUS³ MACGILLVARY (John² MacGillvray, John¹ McGilvray) was born on 28 Oct 1864 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 29 Jun 1929 in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, USA (burial date, buried in Holy Cross Cemetary, North Arlington NJ). He married ALICE R MCDOUGAL. She was born about 1878 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1956 in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ, USA. He married an unknown spouse on 14 Nov 1899 in Bath (Ship Carpentar).

Joseph Angus Macgillvary and Alice R McDougal had the following children:

1. MARY DORIS⁴ MACGILLVARY was born on 29 Dec 1901 in Bath, Maine. She died on 09 Nov 1994 in San Francisco, California.

Notes for Mary Doris MacGillvary:

She was engaged, but broke it off on the day she saw No, No, Nanette, which was probably 1930.

11. ii. ANNA A MACGILLVARY was born about 1903 in New York. She married FREDERICK C. MEYERS. He was born about 1900 in New York.

3. ALICE S MACGILLVARY was born in 1906 in New York. She died on 28 Mar 1927 in Bayonne, NJ, USA (Buried 1 Apr 1927 Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington NJ).
4. FRANCIS J MACGILLVARY was born on 20 May 1908 in New Jersey. He died on 13 Aug 1980 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States of America.

12. v. MARGARET MACGILLVARY was born on 03 Nov 1910 in New Jersey. She died on 14 Sep 1970 in New York, USA. She married RAY MEANY.

7. MARY ANNE³ MACGILVRAY (John² MacGillvray, John¹ McGilvray) was born on 23 May 1862 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (baptized St. Columba, 25 May 1862). She died on 29 Jan 1895 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Alexander "Sandy" MacEachern, son of James 'Jim' McEachern and Christina McRae on 05 Feb 1884 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was born on 08 Dec 1854 in Priest Pond, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on

9. Jan 1924 in St. Mary's, Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Alexander "Sandy" MacEachern and Mary Anne MacGilvray had the following child:

i. ANNIE MAY⁴ MCEACHERN was born on 17 Dec 1884 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 03 Mar 1912.

8. ALEXANDER³ MACGILLVRAY (John², John¹ McGilvray) was born on 20 May 1859 in 18 Eutaw Street, Boston, Massachussettes, United States. He married AMELIA MULLALLY. She was born on 28 Oct 1874 in Prince Edward Island.

Alexander MacGillvray and Amelia Mullally had the following children:

1. MARY B⁴ MACGILLVRAY was born in Feb 1903 in Prince Edward Island.
2. JOSEPH A MACGILLVRAY was born in Mar 1905 in Prince Edward Island.
3. JOHN L MACGILLVRAY was born in Oct 1907 in MacGillvray.

9. JOSEPH³ MACGILLVRAY (Allan², John¹ McGilvray) was born about 1836 in Lot 44, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married CATHRINE MACGILLVRAY. She was born about 1839 in Prince Edward Island.

Joseph MacGillvray and Cathrine MacGillvray had the following child:

1. JOHN J⁴ MACGILLVRAY was born about 1865 in Prince Edward Island.

Generation 4

10. JOHN ALEXANDER⁴ MACGILLVARY (William James³ MacGillvray, John² MacGillvray, John¹ McGilvray) was born on 15 Feb 1894 in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 29 Jan 1970 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. He married Edythe Virginia Baldwin, daughter

of William C Baldwin and Ida Belle Tompkins in Apr 1927 in Millbrook, Dutchess, New York, United States of America (Wedding Invitation). She was born on 24 Dec 1900 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (NY City birth record Baldwin Edith Dec 24 1900 certificate #403 Kings). She died on 30 Nov 1953 in 113 Duncan Ave, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA.

John Alexander MacGillvary and Edythe Virginia Baldwin had the following children:

i. VIRGINIA ANNE⁵ MACGILLVARY was born on 18 Aug 1930 in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. She married John Thomas Loughney, son of John Joseph Loughney and Geraldine Aephonsos Cunningham on 29 Jun 1957 in St. Aloysius Church, Jersey City, NJ. He was born on 11 Jan 1929 in 1333 Penn Ave, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. He died on 06 Sep 2003 in West Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, United States of America.

2. JOHN MACGILLVARY was born on 01 Sep 1932 in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. He died on 01 Oct 2010 in Eatontown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA.
3. EDYTHE ANNE MACGILLVARY was born on 25 Dec 1941 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. She died in Sep 1990 in Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Died from throat cancer). She married JOSEPH DIMARTINO.
4. JEAN MACGILLVARY was born on 06 Aug 1928 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA. She died in 1929 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA.

11. ANNA A⁴ MACGILLVARY (Joseph Angus³, John² MacGillvray, John¹ McGilvray) was born about 1903 in New York. She married FREDERICK C. MEYERS. He was born about 1900 in New York.

Frederick C. Meyers and Anna A MacGillvary had the following child:

1. ELIZABETH ANNE "BETTY"⁵ MEYERS was born about 1929. She died in 2002 in Little River, Horry, South Carolina, United States of America. She married PAT CLANCY.

12. MARGARET⁴ MACGILLVARY (Joseph Angus³, John² MacGillvray, John¹ McGilvray) was born on 03 Nov 1910 in New Jersey. She died on 14 Sep 1970 in New York, USA. She married RAY MEANY.

Ray Meany and Margaret MacGillvary had the following child:

1. MARY ANN⁵ MEANY.