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"ONTARIO"The HIES Ship List information was generously supplied by
William "Bill" Clarke.
SHIP " ONTARIO " WHICH SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL FOR SYDNEY ON 3RD AUGUST 1852 ARRIVED 15TH DECEMBER 1852, PLACED IN QUARANTINE
Surnames - BUCHANAN, CAMPBELL, CAMERON, DINGWALL, FRASER, GILLIES, GRANT, HEATH, KELLY, ROSS, McALISTER, McASKILL, McAULAY, McDONALD, McFARLANE, McGILLIVRAY, McINNES, McINTOSH, McKAY, McKENZIE, McKINNON, McLEAN, McLENNAN, McLEOD, McRAE, McSWEEN, MUNRO, NICOLSON, SHAW.
ROSS Alexander 40 Duntulm Lord MacDonald
103 Flora 35
Mary 17
John 15
Ann 13
Donald 4
Margaret 1P/N £27-19-0 Strong able man. Healthy well grown children. Alexander died on voyage, John died in quarantine.
McDONALD Ann 40 Totescore Lord MacDonald
104 Alexander 21
Allan 19
Catherine 17
Anne 15
James 12
Angus 9
Donald 5P/N £31-0-8 Healthy robust woman, a widow.
KELLY Angus 29 Kingsburgh Lord MacDonald
105 Marion 23 (sister)P/N £2-9-7 Eligible young people Both died on the voyage
DINGWALL Catherine 20 Kingsburgh Lord MacDonald
106 Mary 18P/N £7-11-11 Orphans
McGILLIVRAY Donald 30 Breakish Lord MacDonald
107 Anne 35
Neil 7
Alexander 2P/N £13-11-11 Eligible couple
McGILLIVRAY Charles 32 Breakish Lord MacDonald
108 Flora 26
Anne 5
Neil 1P/N £13-3-7 Brother of Donald, eligible family.
McDONALD John 30 Waterloo Lord MacDonald
109 Marion 26 (wife)
Mary 30 (sister) cook
Flora 24 (sister) nurse
Allan 22 (brother) ships carpenterP/N £13-17-9 Very excellent family for Australia.
McLEOD John 27 Culnacnock Lord MacDonald
110 Catherine 25 (Sister)P/N £9-11-0 Eligible young people.
MUNRO Myles 48 Breakish Lord MacDonald
111 Catherine 49 (Wife)
Catherine 24
Alexander 18
Hannah 15
Donald 22 Died on voyage
Allan 13
McDONALD Mary 28 (Adopted daughter)
McDONALD Angus 28 (son in law of Munro)
Marcella 24
Peggy 4 Child from Angus's 1st marriage
McKENZIE Alexander 22 Decent looking manP/N £44-15-8 One of the best families for emigration I ever saw. It would be difficult to find a family more eligible for Australia. Mary 28, name was MacDonald and adopted by Myles & Catherine
McLENNAN John 45 Boreraig Lord MacDonald
112 Flora 44
Catherine 22
Christy 20 Died on voyage
Susan 18
Anne 16
Duncan 14
Ewen 12
Flora 9P/N £30-0-0 A very excellent family for Australia (John most likely a brother of Hector No 384)
McINTOSH John 45 Garros Lord MacDonald
113 Anne 42
Mary 21
Norman 19
Neil 17
Catherine 15
Christy 13
Marion 10
Murdoch 7
John 1P/N £43-6-6 Appearance of great destitution. feeding on the voyage will much improve the family.
CAMERON Angus 45 Waterloo Lord MacDonald
114 Elizabeth 40 (Wife)
Rachel 21
Christy 18
Anne 16
Catherine 14
(Right eye slightly injured but sight not affected)P/N £21-5-5 Good Family. Angus died on voyage.
NICOLSON Angus 38 Kinloch na Dal Lord MacDonald
115 Janet 30
Donald 2
Catherine 1
Lachlan 23P/N £7-4-6 Eligible family. Janet died on voyage
BUCHANAN Malcolm 45 Scorr Lord MacDonald
116 Catherine 44
Mary 22
Catherine 20
Ann 15
Flora 13P/N £24-12-4 Has a a son, Archibald, gone to Victoria. Good family.
SHAW Roderick 38 Breabost Alexander
117 Janet 36 MacDonald of Lyndale
John 18
Margaret 16
Norman 13
Peter 11
Donald 6
John 3
Flora 1P/N £24-15-4 Selected by Skye Committee. Roderick died on journey, Janet's name McSwan.
McLEOD John 39 Lyndale Alexander MacDonald of Lyndale
118 Mary 40
Peggy 18
Eliza 13
Archibald 11
Margaret 7P/N £13-0-2 Selected by the Skye Committee.
McFARLANE Donald 32 Coshletter Vice Chancellor John Stuart
119 Anne 23 (Nee Ferguson)
Anne 3
Mary Ann 49 Twin sister of Neil No 134
Sarah 30
Ann 28
Mary 26
Catherine 22
Murdo 24
Flora 14P/N £25-9-0 Selected by the Skye committee. Another son Roderich went to U.S.A. Anne 3, was a step daughter of Donald's, name MacInnes.
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