Kildonan Parish, Sutherland - Highland Clearances, from 1800

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Permalink Reply by William Douglas on April 4, 2011 at 1:13pm

For those that don't know, the story of the clearance of Kildonan is told here:

http://www.wildcountry.uk.com/Clearances%20website/nClearance%20Are...

There is some useful background here: http://www.broughtysands.co.uk/Sutherland-family-structures.htm

My interest is in Douglases brought in to look after the sheep.

 

William

 

 

Permalink Reply by Dale C Gunn on September 25, 2011 at 7:57pm

John Gunn, b. 1775 at Kildonan Parish, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, was my 3rd grreat grandfather. He came, with his brother, Walter Alexander Gunn, to Montreal, Canada around 1803 and they both married their first cousins, Isabella Sutherland and Barbara Sutherland, respectively. I believe their father, John Gunn, died around 1780, while their mother Annabella "Anna" Sutherland remarried Donald McCleod and died aroound 1850. There were also some McKays that married into the Sutherland family in Canada.

Feel free to reply or contact if you want to discuss more.

 

Permalink Reply by Alan Magnus-Bennett on January 23, 2012 at 5:38am

David Craig has wriiten a book, 'On the Crofters Trail' published in 2010 by Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh ISBN 978 184158 801 8 first published in 1990. In ch13 he explores the Gunns from Kildonan (the Kildonaners) on the Prince of Wales to Manitoba in Canada and Pembina in North Dakota across the Canadian border. This book is a terrific read of one man's revealing attempt to follow the evicted and voluntary crofters trail who set sail for Canada simply by seeking out the descendants of those both left behind in Scotland and those in the various parts of Canada including Red River, Winnipeg and Ontario.David Craig has wriiten a book, 'On the Crofters Trail' published in 2010 by Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh ISBN 978 184158 801 8 first published in 1990. In ch13 he explores the Gunns from Kildonan (the Kildonaners) on the Prince of Wales to Manitoba in Canada and Pembina in North Dakota across the Canadian border. This book is a terrific read of one man's revealing attempt to follow the evicted and voluntary crofters trail who set sail for Canada simply by seeking out the descendants of those both left behind in Scotland and those in the various parts of Canada including Red River, Winnipeg and Ontario.

Hope this helps.

New member to the group........Alan Magnus-Bennett (Clan Gunn member)

Permalink Reply by Alan Magnus-Bennett on February 7, 2012 at 6:07am

I recommend the web site http://www.helmsdale.org/highland-clearances.html as an excellent point of interest and which will contain all you need to know of the history of KIldonan 1812-1813. Your paternal lineage Clans are also mentioned if you scroll down the long page. This is in addition to my earlier recommnedation of David Craig's excellent book, 'On the Crofters Trail'.