Comments on: Clan Cholla Genealogies – MacColl, McColl and McCall

By: Heather Sjoberg

Heather Sjoberg — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Hello from an Australian branch of the McColls – descended through Hugh and Ann McColl – same as those of you in north Carolina. Lots of info available if you reply! Happy New Year! Heather

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:52:50 +0000

Sorry,
It looks like I left my reply in the wrong spot.
Would you please refer it to the main blog? Sorry.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:50:29 +0000

Hello and thank you for your blog,

I am not sure which line of McColl I am descended from. I do the sister of my GG Grandmother Mary McCorquodale shown on sheet 5, 1 of 2. Mary McCorquodale married to Paul McColl the son of Paul McColl and Mary McLaren, she is shown to be the daughter of John McCorquodale, her mother was Christian/Christy McColl daughter of Hugh and Christian McColl, they also lived on Inverfolla.

I am very keen to find the family history and ancestry of Hugh and Christian McColl. I have hit a brick wall with this couple after many years of research, but would love to know about them.

I would love to communicate with anyone who is connected to Paul & Mary McColl, or Hugh & Christian McColl.

Cheers,
Marilyn

By: R O'Neil

R O'Neil — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:53:25 +0000

Does anyone have any knowledge of a Sarah McColl (my great-grandmother), who was born on 17 January 1880, the daughter of Thomas McColl and Bridget Gallagher, and baptised at St Patrick’s in Anderston, Glasgow? At her baptism on 21 Janaury 1880, the sponsor was Sarah Gallagher.

She married Henry O’Neil(l) and had a son Henry, who left whom early and cut himself off from his parents because both were alcoholic.

By: Joe O'Connell

Joe O'Connell — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:44:54 +0000

Jonathan –

Have you been able to make your PDFs/CD “saleable”? I have just completed a book on my father’s Irish ancestors and have turned my attention to my wife’s family. So far, we’ve been able to trace her folk to one Donald MacColl (b. probably ca. 1750) and his wife Margaret MacKenzie. Their only known son, Finlay, was born in Appin in 1786. He came down to the area of the Crinan Canal, where some of descendants were lockkeepers for several generations. Some of the family as reported by living relatives seem to match some individuals listed on the Knapdale website. (Knapdale is just south of the canal.) Two of Finlay’s great-grandsons, William and Angus MacColl, both born in Lochgilphead, came here to the US. William, my wife’s grandfather, died here in Washington, DC, in 1974, the year we were married.

If possible, I’d like to get a copy of the journals.

Joe O’Connell

By: Judith Maccoll

Judith Maccoll — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:24:00 +0000

This may be a bit late but do you still need no 25 of the CCC journals? I am going through them one by one in the Edinburgh City library and could easily make a copy.

By: Mairi Craven

Mairi Craven — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:29:22 +0000

A reply to Heather Butler. Johnnie MacColl who died last year in Appin was Meg MacColl’s brother-in-law not her son. I am the daughter of Una MacColl, who died in 2006, Johnnie’s sister and have been doing some family history over the past few years. Hope this helps to keep your tree up to date.

By: Frank McGonigal

Frank McGonigal — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:40:08 +0000

Hi
I found this on the UK National Archives web site..the info is very similar to what I have on my gr.gr.gr.grandfather Duncan MacCOLL except for the birth date
To get a copy of this info is going to cost me 30 pounds.
Just wondering if anyone has a copy of the info below or can relate to him.
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Certificates of service for men discharged between 1787 and 1813,
DUNCAN MACCOLL alias DUNCAN MCCOLL Born ARGYLE, Argyllshire Served in 132nd Foot Regiment; 42nd Foot Regiment; 70th Foot Regiment; West Fencibles
Discharged aged 44 after 11 years 8 months of service..
The only problem would be the age at discharge ..44..that would have him born around 1754..I estimate that my Duncan would have been born around 1775 ( His wifes birth date)..but I don’t have a birth or death record for him.
Thanks
Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada… E Mail frank017@sympatico.ca

By: heather butler

heather butler — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:32:47 +0000

AS convenor of the Friends of Appin Society, I have collected many family histories of members. I will endeavour to get all copies of newsletters on my website, but I do lead a busy life. I am very proud of my McCole heritage. I can add to the John-Sarah McColl lineage on the site. Two members of that family who lived in Appin, Meg McColl(wife on Ronnie) and her son, Johnnie McColl, have passed away in the last year, as has Lady Stewart of Appin, mother of the clan chief and Bachuil, head of the Livingston clan (a sept of the Stewarts of Appin).
I have some photocopies of the Journals and have seen them in the Mitchell. Sadie Hogg, one of our life members, stayed with HG McColl as a girl. I will tell members at our AGM in Melbourne on Sunday 29th June about this site

By: Clive Ronneberg

Clive Ronneberg — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:45:52 +0000

Would Frank McGonigal and Sally McPhee please email me at ran-black@pacific.net.au regarding their posts above. My wife, Helen McColl, ancestry tree is thought to include Duncan McColl and Catherine McKay born about 1775. Helen’s ancestry tree also contains Mary McColl who married Duncan McPhee in 1860 at Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia.