My greatgrandfather and great grandmother are:
Allan MacQuarrie and Euphemia MacDonald MacQuarrie they had the following children:
Angus, Johnson, Neil, John, another Neil, Mary, Margaret, Jessie, Flora and Catherine Anne - all born Port Hood, Cape Breton (Mabou) -
The entire family moved to Codroy Valley along with all the other Scots - somewhere 1860's (but I am not certain of the year) Allan MacQuarrie is buried in St Andrews Cemetery having died Jan 1899.
I am decended from JOHNSON MACQUARRIE WHO MARRIED CATHERINE ANN MACLELLAN daughter of Dan MacLellan of Broad Cove, Cape Breton and Catherine Gale (daught of James Gale & Judith (Hall)Gale born Codroy area NL
Mary MacQuarrie , daugh of Alllan and Euphemia , married Captain John MacIsaac son of John and brother of Anugs "Ferry" of Port Hood, Cape Breton
with issue:
Alex, Angus, Allan, stanley, Mary, Jessie, John and five
who died of diptheria.
ANGUS MACISAAC, son of Captain John, married a Miss MacInnis, sister of Archie MacInnis of Inverness
Mary MacIsaac, daughter of John MacIsaac married Dan MacGillvray of Sydney.
Jessie MacIsaac, daught of John MacIsaac & Mary MacQuarrie married Allen Campbell son of Malcolm Campbell.
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Then to top it all off to confuse it even more:
Mary MacQuarrie who married John MacIsaac (captain) from Port Hood,her sister named Jessie MacQuarrie married Allan MacIsaac, brother to John MacIsaac husband of Mary MacQ.
So two sisters married two brothers.
Jessie MacQuarrie and Allan MacIsaac had:
Dan, Angus, Mary, Euphemia, Margaret and Catherine:
Dan MacIsaac son of Allan MacIsaac & Jessie McQuarrie
married a Mrs. MacInnis (don't know why it says MRS) and they lived in Indiana
Angus MacIsaac son of Allan MacIsaac Mary Ellen MacLeod
Allan MacIsaac - no info
Mary MacIsaac married Michael (Mike) MacNeil
Euphemia MacIsaac married Angus MacNeil
Margaret MacIsaac married John Campbell
Catherine MacIsaac married a Mr. Anderson of Sydney
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Also, my grandfather's brother named Angus MacQuarrie married Mary Ellen Ryan (of Newfoundland)in 1888 with issue:
Joseph, Michael, Margaret, Julia, Anne, Minnie, Monica, Clara, Rose and another Margaret
Julia married Richard Philpott of Sydney
Annie married Bertram Downey - Jan 30, 1922
Minnie married Murdock MacIsaac son of Alex and Isabel MacIsaac
Monica married Mike Hollerhon
Clara married Wallace Benoit Nov 27 1922
Rose - no info
Margaret married Angus MacIsaac brother of her sister Minnie's husband Murdock , they married Jan 16,1912
So here we have two more MacQuarrie sisters from another generation marrying two MacIsaac brothers!!