Bernice:

Thanks for replying to my post. Its unfortunate that its not a connection but I had to try .

Thanks again

Barry

Barry,
Who knows, we may connect in earlier or later years. Happy searching!
Bernice

Barry,
My ggfather (James Dunlop McInnes) and my ggmother (Elizabeth Watters McNair) were born in Dreghorn and Irvine (I think) 1863. They married about 1888. I don't have my notes handy.

One of their sons was named Hector MacDonald McInnes. He was born here in Indiana and died of diptheria in 1907. I can't help but think there is a close MacDonald / McDonald connection. I just can't find it.

If these names might even remotely connect to you, please respond to my personal email. Happy Hunting, Ev

Barry and Bernice,
I forgot to mention: Although my ggfather spelled his name as McInnes, his father used McGinnis and/or McGuinnis. No wonder we can't find anything!!
Evelyn

I'm sorry, but I have no record of a Donald in the McGinnis, McInnes family. That doesn't mean that wasn't one. I just have found very little on them. Thanks to all who continue to search for this elusive family.

I hope this still works. If so, hi cousin!:) If Bessie (Elizabeth Mcnair) and James McInnes both from Scotland and settled in Sullivan IN, are you GG Parents then you are my Cousin. I am the GG Daughter of James Mcnair (Bessie's baby Brother). He did not come over til about 1906 or so. Does this ring a bell? My Grandmother Mary Mcnair is the Daughter of James Mcnair b.ABT 1896 and Catherine Cunningham also from Scotland. They were all from Ayrshire.

I found my ggandfather staying with Bessie and James in 1920, along with their kids Thomas, Clyde, Victoria, Elizabeth, and Max. Is this the right family for you?

Unfortunately, no, these names do not ring a bell with me. My great grandparents of Kilmarnock, Scotland, were John McGinnis(s) and Rose (Rosina) Domigan McGinnis(s) and their four daughters were Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret and Nellie(Eleanor). Sorry that I cannot find a link with your ggrandparents.

I am sorry, but our families don't mesh. My grandparents came to America in 1884 and settled in Alabama because there were coal mines in Birmingham and work was plentiful. There were not very many McGinnis families in Scotland in the 1850s and 1860s, so at some point, there may be a connection. I appreciate your contacting me. We can both keep looking! Thanks.

This is so unbelievable!!! Yes, we are definitely related and working on the same family of McNair's.

Please email me at ecity86389@aol.com SOON!!!

I have some info of their lives in Indiana, but not Scotland. Where are you located? I am in Indiana.

Evelyn

Well, we do have a coincidence. My great grandfather came to America around the same time - early to mid 1880's for the same reason as yours - mining (in Western PA) What port did your ancestor come through? Perhaps a sibling or cousin relationship is possible.
B