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The Descendants of Alexander MacNeill
Generation No. 1
1. ALEXANDER1 MACNEILL was born 1795 in Scotland, and died Aft. 1881 in Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI. He married JANE FORBES 31 January 1822 in Lot 16 United Church, Lot 16, PEI, daughter of DONALD FORBES and JANET MURPHY. She was born 1802 in Lot 16, PEI, and died Aft. 1881 in Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI.
Children of ALEXANDER MACNEILL and JANE FORBES are:
2. i. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL2 MACNEILL, b. 1824, PEI.
ii. JOHN ALEXANDER MACNEILL, b. 1827.
3. iii. STEPHEN MACNEILL, b. 1829; d. 13 March 1881, Summerside, PEI.
4. iv. ALEXANDER MACNEILL, b. 20 February 1830, Searletown, PEI; d. 18 June 1903, Boston, Massachusetts.
5. v. JOSEPH MACNEILL, b. 1833; d. Aft. 1891.
6. vi. BENJAMIN MACNEILL, b. 5 March 1836; d. Aft. 1923, Sydney, Nova Scotia.
vii. JANE MACNEILL, b. 1839; d. 1923; m. SAMUEL HOWATT; b. 1819; d. February 1913.
7. viii. HECTOR MACNEILL, b. 1840, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI; d. Aft. 1881, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI.
8. ix. JOHN FORBES MACNEILL, b. 21 December 1841, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI; d. 5 August 1918, North Tryon, PEI.
x. BARBARA ANN MACNEILL, b. 1843, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI; d. 18 April 1861, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI.
xi. SARAH C. MACDONALD MACNEILL, b. 29 August 1849; d. 1931; m. BENJAMIN MACLEOD; b. 1846; d. 1931.
Generation No. 2
2. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL2 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER1) was born 1824 in PEI. He married (1) EUNICE CAMPBELL 5 September 1848 in Canoe Cove Church of Scotland. She was born 1819, and died 28 January 1874 in Canoe Cove, PEI. He married (2) ISABELLA MACQUARRIE 5 August 1875. He married (3) CATHERINE BOAof ARCHIBALD MACNEILL and EUNICE CAMPBELL are:
9. i. DONALD FORBES3 MACNEILL, b. 6 August 1852, Lot 30, PEI; d. 28 September 1934.
ii. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL MACNEILL, b. 6 June 1854.
iii. MARY JANE MACNEILL, b. 8 March 1857.
iv. HECTOR MACNEILL, b. 22 January 1859.
v. JOSEPH BENJAMIN MACNEILL, b. 16 December 1861; d. 27 June 1886, Modesto, California.
Children of ARCHIBALD MACNEILL and ISABELLA MACQUARRIE are:
vi. EUNICE SARAH3 MACNEILL, b. 26 May 1879.
vii. CHARLES ALEXANDER MACNEILL, b. 12 November 1880.
3. STEPHEN2 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER1) was born 1829, and died 13 March 1881 in Summerside, PEI. He married HANNAH GLOVER, daughter of WILLAIM GLOVER. She was born in Traveller's Rest, PEI.
Children of STEPHEN MACNEILL and HANNAH GLOVER are:
i. UNKNOWN3 MACNEILL.
ii. UNKNOWN MACNEILL.
iii. UNKNOWN MACNEILL.
iv. UNKNOWN MACNEILL.
v. UNKNOWN MACNEILL.
vi. UNKNOWN MACNEILL.
vii. UNKNOWN MACNEILL.
viii. UNKNOWN MACNEILL.
4. ALEXANDER2 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER1) was born 20 February 1830 in Searletown, PEI, and died 18 June 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts. He married ELIZABETH GILLESPIE 23 December 1857 in DeSable Free Church of Scotland, daughter of WILLIAM GILLESPIE and EUPHEMIA CAMPBELL. She was born 1834 in Carleton Point, Lot 28, PEI, and dof ALEXANDER MACNEILL and ELIZABETH GILLESPIE are:
i. EUPHEMIA CAMPBELL3 MACNEILL, b. 7 August 1859.
ii. WILLIAM JAMESTON MACNEILL, b. 15 June 1861, Searletown, PEI; d. 5 April 1935; m. CLARA JANE MUGFORD; b. 14 September 1876, Lot 21, PEI; d. 22 January 1935.
iii. ELIZABETH ANN MACNEILL, b. 18 April 1863.
iv. ALEXANDER MACNEILL, b. 13 March 1865.
v. JAMES DONALD MACNEILL, b. 14 December 1866.
10. vi. MARTIN MACNEILL, b. 11 November 1870, Searletown, PEI.
5. JOSEPH2 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER1) was born 1833, and died Aft. 1891. He married FLORA MACQUARRIE. She was born 1835 in Nova Scotia, and died 4 July 1885 in Crapaud, PEI.
Children of JOSEPH MACNEILL and FLORA MACQUARRIE are:
i. UNKNOWN3 MACNEILL, b. Bef. 1855.
ii. MARY JANE MACNEILL, b. 31 August 1857, Crapaud, PEI; d. 22 February 1870, Crapaud, PEI.
iii. WILLIAM BENJAMIN MACNEILL, b. 24 October 1859, Crapaud, PEI; d. 27 May 1884, Crapaud, PEI.
iv. DANIEL A. MACNEILL, b. 1862.
v. JULIA MACNEILL, b. 17 March 1864.
vi. JOHN EDWARD MACNEILL, b. 20 June 1865.
vii. EUNICE MACNEILL, b. 1868.
viii. EMMA MACNEILL, b. 8 March 1869.
ix. MARY MACNEILL, b. 19 January 1871, Crapaud, PEI; d. 16 March 1930, Lowell, Massachusetts.
x. BARBARA JANE MACNEILL, b. 25 November 1874.
6. BENJAMIN2 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER1) was born 5 March 1836, and died Aft. 1923 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He married CATHERINE CAMERON 2 April 1862, daughter of JOHN CAMERON and ANN HYDE. She was born 1836 in PEI, and died in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Children of BENJAMIN MACNEILL and CATHERINE CAMERON are:
i. BARBARA ANN3 MACNEILL, b. 13 July 1862, Cape Traverse, PEI; d. 1932, Crapaud, PEI; m. CHARLES R. ROGERS, 1893, Summerside, PEI; b. 1861, Crapaud, PEI; d. 1928, Crapaud, PEI.
ii. EWEN CAMERON MACNEILL, b. 31 July 1865, Cape Traverse, PEI; d. 1872, Cape Traverse, PEI.
11. iii. JOHN ALEXANDER MACNEILL, b. 21 June 1867, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI; d. Sydney, Nova Scotia.
iv. MARTHA JANE MACNEILL, b. 5 November 1870, Cape Traverse, PEI; d. 1872, Cape Traverse, PEI.
v. MARY ELLEN MACNEILL, b. 14 August 1874, Cape Traverse, PEI; d. 1942; m. JAMES BURGOYNE, 1893, Summerside, PEI; b. 18 March 1868, North Granville, PEI; d. 10 October 1963.
vi. FLORA ANNE MACNEILL, b. 14 August 1874, Cape Traverse, PEI; d. 1874, Cape Traverse, PEI.
vii. WILLIAM JAMES MACNEILL, b. 4 August 1877, Cape Traverse, PEI; d. Bef. 1881, Cape Traverse, PEI.
7. HECTOR2 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER1) was born 1840 in Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI, and died Aft. 1881 in Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI. He married MARY MATTHEWS 14 April 1868, daughter of HENRY MATTHEWS. She was born 11 September 1846 in Alberton, PEI, and died Aft. 1901.
Children of HECTOR MACNEILL and MARY MATTHEWS are:
i. A. ALBERT3 MACNEILL, b. 1869, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI.
ii. WILLIAM L. MACNEILL, b. 28 July 1872, Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI; d. 24 February 1914.
8. JOHN FORBES2 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER1) was born 21 December 1841 in Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI, and died 5 August 1918 in North Tryon, PEI. He married JANE DAWSON 9 June 1869 in Cape Traverse Church of Scotland. She was born 29 July 1847 in North Tryon, PEI, and died 11 May 1918 in North Tryon, PEI.
Children of JOHN MACNEILL and JANE DAWSON are:
i. ELLEN JANE3 MACNEILL, b. 18 April 1870, North Tryon, PEI; d. 18 November 1872, North Tryon, PEI.
12. ii. THOMAS ALEXANDER MACNEILL, b. 29 August 1871, North Tryon, PEI; d. 28 January 1932, Summerside, PEI.
iii. ELLEN JANE MACNEILL, b. 2 January 1873, North Tryon, PEI; d. 25 July 1973; m. ALBERT EDWARD MABEY, 25 December 1900, John .F. MacNeill's, North Tryon, PEI; b. 9 April 1867; d. 31 July 1948.
iv. JOHN EDWARD MACNEILL, b. 27 June 1875, North Tryon, PEI; d. 10 September 1879, North Tryon, PEI.
v. MARGARET MACNEILL, b. 13 January 1881, North Tryon, PEI; d. 19 September 1966; m. JOHN HERBERT THOMAS, 13 October 1930; b. 22 June 1866; d. 6 May 1949.
vi. EVA EDITH MACNEILL, b. 14 March 1884, North Tryon, PEI; d. 4 October 1913; m. CHARLES FREDERICK W. LORD, 11 September 1901, Lynden Place, Brighton, PEI; b. 17 June 1877; d. 13 February 1950.
Generation No. 3
9. DONALD FORBES3 MACNEILL (ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL2, ALEXANDER1) was born 6 August 1852 in Lot 30, PEI, and died 28 September 1934. He married ANNE MARIE MACDONALD 16 November 1875. She was born 18 March 1856 in Little Sands, PEI, and died 21 April 1933.
Children of DONALD MACNEILL and ANNE MACDONALD are:
i. EUNICE DINA4 MACNEILL, b. 24 March 1877, DeSable, PEI; d. 19 March 1969, Boston, Massachusetts; m. DUNCAN J. CAMPBELL, 27 November 1898, Boston, Massachusetts; b. 7 October 1868; d. 6 June 1951.
ii. BERTHA MAY MACNEILL, b. 21 July 1879, Hampton, PEI; m. HERBERT NELSON.
iii. ARCHIBALD ABNER MACNEILL, b. 13 November 1881.
iv. ADA MACNEILL, b. 25 September 1885; d. 11 June 1974; m. WILLIAM GILLIS.
v. CATHERINE JEMIMA MACNEILL, b. 29 September 1888, Dover, PEI; m. WILLIAM EARL ROGERSON, 15 June 1917.
vi. WALTER DANIEL MACNEILL, b. 29 March 1891.
13. vii. HECTOR MACKAY MACNEILL, b. 15 October 1897, DeSable, PEI; d. 3 May 1983, Charlottetown, PEI.
viii. CATHERINE VERNICE MACNEILL, b. 19 November 1923.
10. MARTIN3 MACNEILL (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born 11 November 1870 in Searletown, PEI. He married ISABEL MACDONALD. She died in At age 108.
Children of MARTIN MACNEILL and ISABEL MACDONALD are:
i. ELIZABETH4 MACNEILL, m. (1) MILTON KENNEEDY; m. (2) ROY MACNEILL.
ii. EUPHEMIA MACNEILL, m. BEN LIVINGSTON.
iii. AUDIE MACNEILL, m. UNKNOWN JAY.
iv. JAMES MACNEILL, m. JANE KNEABONE.
11. JOHN ALEXANDER3 MACNEILL (BENJAMIN2, ALEXANDER1) was born 21 June 1867 in Big Clear, Lot 28, PEI, and died in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He married LYDIA ANN FORBES 1893 in Summerside, PEI. She was born 1864, and died 1961 in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Children of JOHN MACNEILL and LYDIA FORBES are:
i. CHARLES HAROLD4 MACNEILL, b. 1 February 1894, Albany, PEI; d. 1931, Regina, Saskatchewan.
ii. LYMAN MACNEILL, b. 8 September 1895, Augustine Cove, PEI; m. FLORENCE PENNY.
iii. FLORENCE JENNY MACNEILL, b. 29 March 1899, Albany, PEI; d. New Jersey; m. JOHN SQUIRES, 18 August 1928.
iv. ARTHUR CAMPBELL MACNEILL, b. 1900, Albany, PEI; d. 1901, Albany, PEI.
v. JESSIE MAY MACNEILL, b. 1903, Albany, PEI; d. Rhode Island; m. ELLIOTT DUTEMPLE.
vi. FORBES MACNEILL, b. 1905, Sydney, Nova Scotia.
12. THOMAS ALEXANDER3 MACNEILL (JOHN FORBES2, ALEXANDER1) was born 29 August 1871 in North Tryon, PEI, and died 28 January 1932 in Summerside, PEI. He married MARY ELVINA CURTIS 21 April 1890 in North Tryon, PEI, daughter of THEOPHILUS of THOMAS MACNEILL and MARY CURTIS are:
i. LEAH MIRA4 MACNEILL, b. 25 November 1890, North Tryon, PEI; d. 3 July 1892, North Tryon, PEI.
ii. MINERVA ETHELENE MACNEILL, b. 20 March 1892, North Tryon, PEI; d. 20 September 1954, North Tryon, PEI; m. LEON PARKER DELANEY, 1910; b. 5 August 1889; d. 16 August 1971, North Tryon, PEI.
14. iii. CORA NOVELLA MACNEILL, b. 28 September 1893, North Tryon, PEI; d. 22 December 1980, Summerside, PEI.
iv. EMMA GRACE MACNEILL, b. 15 August 1895, North Tryon, PEI; d. 10 April 1988, Rose Valley, PEI; m. JOHN JOSEPH MCKENNA, 1 September 1919; b. 9 May 1895; d. 27 September 1954, Rose Valley, PEI.
15. v. ELMER RUSSELL MACNEILL, b. 14 November 1896, North Tryon, PEI; d. 3 April 1985, Summerside, PEI.
vi. ANNIE EDITH MACNEILL, b. 27 November 1898, North Tryon, PEI; d. 25 July 1968, Mt. Tryon, PEI; m. EARL DANIEL MACDONALD; b. 4 April 1895, Shamrock, PEI; d. 4 September 1977, Mt. Tryon, PEI.
vii. ANGIE ISABELLE MACNEILL, b. 10 November 1904, North Tryon, PEI; d. 18 May 1943, Tyne Valley, PEI; m. LAWSON MACDONALD, 26 October 1938; b. 23 July 1905; d. 1 March 1980, Chelton, PEI.
viii. EVA RUBY MACNEILL, b. 9 August 1906, North Tryon, PEI; d. 28 October 1990, Toronto, Ontario; m. GUY LESTER AUSTIN, 23 November 1927; b. 28 November 1906; d. 30 March 1956, Toronto, Ontario.
Generation No. 4
13. HECTOR MACKAY4 MACNEILL (DONALD FORBES3, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL2, ALEXANDER1) was born 15 October 1897 in DeSable, PEI, and died 3 May 1983 in Charlottetown, PEI. He married FREDA GRACE MACKINNONof HECTOR MACNEILL and FREDA MACKINNON are:
i. FRANCIS VERNITA5 MACNEILL, b. 7 January 1924, DeSable, PEI; m. WILLIAM JACK FAUTHFULL, 30 August 1945, Zion Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown, PEI.
ii. NORMAN WINDSOR MACNEILL, b. 20 September 1926, DeSable, PEI; m. MARJORIE THERESA ARSENAULT, 8 July 1952, Trinity United Church, Charlottetown, PEI.
iii. ERROL CHESLEY MACNEILL, b. 16 October 1935, DeSable, PEI; m. (1) LINDA MARIE ROPER, 21 July 1960; m. (2) SHERIDYTH OLIVIA TREDENICK, 16 August 1975.
14. CORA NOVELLA4 MACNEILL (THOMAS ALEXANDER3, JOHN FORBES2, ALEXANDER1) was born 28 September 1893 in North Tryon, PEI, and died 22 December 1980 in Summerside, PEI. She married WILLIAM POOLEY.
Child of CORA MACNEILL and WILLIAM POOLEY is:
16. i. DENZIL5 MACNEILL, b. 13 March 1917.
15. ELMER RUSSELL4 MACNEILL (THOMAS ALEXANDER3, JOHN FORBES2, ALEXANDER1) was born 14 November 1896 in North Tryon, PEI, and died 3 April 1985 in Summerside, PEI. He married EDNA ALMA RAMSAY, daof ELMER MACNEILL and EDNA RAMSAY are:
i. ADELBERT5 MACNEILL, b. 27 March 1920, Summerside, PEI; d. 14 June 1975, Riverview, NB; m. RUTH BREWSTER, 16 August 1945; b. 16 September 1924.
ii. ELLSWORTH RUSSELL MACNEILL, b. 18 July 1921, Summerside, PEI; m. MARY KAY OGDEN, 21 August 1942.
iii. ALMA LOUISE MACNEILL, b. July 1923, Summerside, PEI; d. November 1923, Summerside, PEI.
iv. MILDRED SHIRLEY MACNEILL, b. 8 August 1928; d. Richmond, BC; m. ARTHUR HORTON THOMAS; b. St. Eleanor's, PEI; d. Richmond, BC.
v. ORVILLE KENNETH MACNEILL, b. July 1929, Summerside, PEI; d. July 1929, Summerside, PEI.
vi. THELMA MURIEL MACNEILL, b. 17 April 1931, Summerside, PEI; d. 21 December 1979, Moncton, NB; m. JOHN ROBERT MACNEILL, 12 September 1951; b. 20 August 1930.
Generation No. 5
16. DENZIL5 MACNEILL (CORA NOVELLA4, THOMAS ALEXANDER3, JOHN FORBES2, ALEXANDER1) was born 13 March 1917. He married JEANINE DEYOUNGof DENZIL MACNEILL and JEANINE DEYOUNG are:
i. WILLIAM6 MACNEILL.
ii. HEBRON MACNEILL.
iii. CORA MACNEILL, m. UNKNOWN CONRAD.
iv. SHERRI MACNEILL, m. UNKNOWN FRASER.
v. NOVELLA MACNEILL, m. UNKNOWN CARRUTHERS.