Person:John Milligan (24)

Hi Gail. I got a lot of my information from 'Along the North Shore' too. I've done some of my own research since then, including a visit to Dumfries when I toured the UK last year. One thing that I found was that the place of origin of the Milligans, which has been recorded as 'Canheath, Kirklavritch, Dumfries,' is actually a rather bad corruption of the real place name, which is Conheath, Caerlaverock Parish (pronounced Car-lav-rock), Dumfries. Obviously, by the time Robert Milligan died on PEI, memories of the old country had faded a bit. I have discovered lots of info on various Milligan families around Conheath in the late 1700's, but unfortunately, I learned from a lady who now lives on Conheath Farm who has researched the local history that the parish pastor in the late 1700's got into a dispute with his congregation, and in spite, destroyed the parish records from that time. Bad news for us, as this caused a gap in the records that includes the time when Robert Milligan was born and when John Milligan and Margaret Sloan were married. As for Elizabeth MacDougall/MacDougald, I did find the record of her marriage with Robert in the Richmond Parish church records. As you probably know, they were married Nov. 25 1830 by Rev. A.V. Wiggens. What you may not know is that the record states that she was from Lot 16, and that one of the 3 witnesses at the wedding was a John MacDougall - he was likely her brother or father. Regarding Margaret Sloan, I've gathered some names, but nothing confirmable yet. I hope that this was of interest to you. Regards, John MacDonald

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} J.Clinton Morrison Jr. Along the North Shore; A Social History of Township 11, PEI, 1765-1982, Edition: 2nd Printing 1987. (Williams and Crue (1982) Ltd.)
   p. 335.
2. ↑ John emigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1825 to join several members of his family who had settled there earlier. After arrival on the island, John took up residence at Sherbrooke, Lot 17
3. ↑ Name: John Milligan
   Age: 80
   Estimated birth year: abt 1761
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
   
   Civil parish: Kirkmabreck
   County: Kirkcudbrightshire
   Address: Cansluith Bridge
   Occupation: Ind
   Parish Number: 873
   Neighbors: View others on page
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   John Milligan 80
   Margaret Milligan 77