William McGillivray
Born 1843 in Orkney Scotland. Immigrated to Canada in 1868 and settled in Smiths Falls Ontario.
McGillivray Family TreeOur Family's Journey From Orkney to Smiths Falls
Born 1843 in Orkney Scotland. Immigrated to Canada in 1868 and settled in Smiths Falls Ontario.
Born 1898 in Carleton. Married George Stanley McGillivray in 1923. She had four children.
We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the clan. All clans have one. The McGillivray's from Smiths Falls Ontario immigrated from the Orkney islands of Scotland over a hundred and fifty years ago. Orcadians are a robust, hard working and resilient people and have made Canada a better place with their settlement.
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We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us.". How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who I am, and why I do the things I do.
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Immigrating to Canada