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Renfrewshire
Surnames List
Biographies
- Mac, Mc
 MacNEAL
Bob Wilson -
wilso127@yahoo.com (Updated 21 June 2004)
MacNeal
(or variant spellings), John was born in Paisley, 1802. Emigrated to USA
on the ship "Adam Carr " in 1845 with wife (maiden surname believed to be Wilson) and about three young children, to New York.
His wife either died on the voyage or shortly after debarking in New York. Was a tailor by
trade. By 1853, had settled in Newburgh, NY with children John and Peter.
A third child, a daughter, died young. Practiced his trade in Newburgh and
died in November, 1874 at age 72. Is buried in St George's Cemetery in
Newburgh, the first in a MacNeal family plot there.
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MacNEAL
Bob Wilson -
wilso127@yahoo.com (updated 21 June 04)
MacNeal (Jr),
John was born in Paisley in December, 1840. Emigrated with his parents,
his brother Peter and a sister to New York in 1845, and came to
Newburgh, NY with his brother Peter and his father in about 1853. Worked
at various apprenticeships in the late 1850's, including a stint with a
butcher named Taggert, until June 1862. Joined Company I of the 71st
NY State Militia for three months' service with the Union Army in June
1862. After his service, returned to Newburgh and in December, 1863,
married Elizabeth Wiseman in Newburgh. She was the daughter of an immigrant from Ahoghill Parish, County Antrim. They had five children in Newburgh
between October 1865 and the summer of 1875. Became a successful builder
and mason contractor in Newburgh and in Orange County. His wife passed
away after childbirth in 1875. Of the five children of John and Elizabeth,
one daughter (the youngest) died in 1876. His first wife,
Elizabeth and their infant daughter, Elizabeth, are buried in the family
plot in Newburgh. All other children married, but only one, the
eldest, Margaret Dunlap, born 1865, had children. She married in 1898 and had one child Robert John Wlison (no relation to the presumed earlier Wilson line)Margaret is/was a grandmother
of Robert J. Wilson, Jr. of 100-37 Hope St, Stamford, CT 06906 (e-mail wilso127@yahoo.com.
John remarried in the late 1870's, to Frances Cameron in Newburgh. They
had one son, born in 1895 in Newburgh. His second wife died in 1916. John
died in Newburgh, NY in November 1923, at 82.
MacNEAL
Bob Wilson -
wilso127@yahoo.com (Updated 21 June 04)
MacNeal, Peter - born in Paisley between 1838-1842. Came with his brother, a
sister and his father to America in 1845 (see above), and to
Newburgh, NY in about 1853. Served in the 79th NY State Militia ("The
Scots Guard") during the Civil War. Became a mason/builder in
partnership with his brother John in Newburgh for a brief time in the
1870s. Was living in New York City by 1895. He married and was the father of four sons in NY City by 1890.
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McKINLAY
/ MacKINLAY / McKINLEY
Maureen Peer - tracer@bis.on.ca
(8 Mar 02)
Thomas was b
13 Oct 1886 in Scotland (?). He married c 1911 (location?) to Mary
Peterson b 14 Dec 1885 West Greenock, Scotland (daughter of Peter
(Peterson) Pedersen & Susan McQuoid). Thomas worked on the
ship Titanic as a carpenter in Belfast, Ireland where the first child
was born. They came to Ontario, Canada c 1921/1922.
Children: 1. John, b 09 Oct 1912, Belfast, co. Antrim, NIR 2. Mary, b 31
July 1921, Greenock, Scotland.
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McPARLANE
Norah McParlane - nmcparlane@hotmail.com
(24 Jan 02)
James
McParlane married Bridget (nee Scullen) between 1901 & 1905,
possibly resided at 48 Eastwood Ave, Shawlands. Son Thomas James
born between 1902-1908. Seeking any information to confirm
marriage to Bridget or birth of Thomas.
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