Tree 1 – Generation 3 – iii Hugh Campbell

iii Hugh Campbell (Margaret2, John1) third child of Alexander Campbell and Margaret McCuaig was christened 29 Jan 1834. The family was living on the farm of Giol, Argyll, Scotland.

1834 /Jan 29 / Hugh, son of Alexander Campbell & Peggy McCuaig in Giol

Source: Church of Scotland, County of Argyll, Parish of Oa (#546), Volume 1, 1833-1854, Page 3; Birth Entry #22;, FHL film # 1041080.  The surname "McCuaig" in this entry was mininterpreted as "McCuay" in several indexes such as the OPR and IGI.


Hugh married Mary McKay 23 Dec 1858 at Giol, Argyll, Scotland.

Hugh Campbell / age 25 years / residence Farm of Giol, Parish of Oa / Tailor / bachelor /   parents: Alexander Campbell, farmer and Margaret Campbell maiden surname MacCuaig
Mary McKay / age 23 years / residence Farm of Giol, Parish of Oa / Farm Servant, Spinster  / parents Donald McKay, farmer and Margaret McKay maiden surname Johnston/
James Dewar, Minister of Oa, Island of Islay / Witness John McCuaig / Witness Neil McMillan /

Source: Church of Scotland, County of Argyll, Parish of Oa (#546), Volume 1, Marriages, 1833-1854, Page 3; Birth Entry #22;, FHL film # 1041080

You may have noticed that Duncan’s wife Janet McKay and Hugh’s wife Mary McKay are siblings, both daughters of Donald McKay and Margaret Johnston. Mary was christened 24 November 1835

1835 / Nov 24 / Mary daughter of Don'd McKay & Peggy Johnston Giol.

Source: Church of Scotland, County of Argyll, Parish of Oa (#546), Volume 1, 1833-1854, page 4, Entry #80, FHL film # 1041080


Hugh and Mary had six children. Margaret, Catherine, Donald, Alexander, Janet and Hugh.

Hugh is with his father on the farm of Giol on the 1841 census. On the 1851 census we find Hugh, age 17, living with his paternal Grandmother Catherine Campbell on the farm of Giol and he is a Tailor Apprentice.

The 1861 census finds Hugh with his wife Mary and two children Margaret and Catherine living on the farm of Lower Killeyan.

By the 1871 census Donald, Alexander, Janet and Hugh have joined the family. Janet Johnston, age 56, is a boarder. Mary is a widow, Hugh having drowned off the Mull of Oa in 1868. Their  eldest child Margaret is not with the family but is listed with her uncle John Campbell  on the farm of Lower Killeyan just a few houses away from her mother.

Hugh Campbell, Agricultural labourer, married to Mary McKay /  1868 April Thirteenth 11h 0m AM accidently drowned near the coast of Lower Killeyan, Oa / male / age  34 years / father Alexander Campbell, Tennant Farmer / mother Peggy Campbell ms MacCuaig / cause: Accidental drowned / informant Alexander Campbell, father / 1868 April 20th at Oa School house

Source: Scottish Civil Registration - Deaths, 1868; County of Argyll, Parish of Oa (3546), Page 1; Entry #2; FHL film #0363263.

On the 1881 census Mary appears to be living in the same location with two of her sons Donald and Hugh. 

She is still here on the 1891 census but has two grandsons Hugh Campbell and John McLean living with her. Hugh is the illegitimate son of Mary’s daughter Catherine Campbell.  John is the illegitimate son of Mary’s daughter Janet Campbell.  Mary also has a boarder named Isabella Johnston age 70 living with her. 

Mary is in the same location on the 1901 census but is living by herself.

Mary died 27 August 1920 at Port Ellen, Kildalton, Argyll, Scotland

Mary Campbell, widow of Hugh Campbell, Tailor / 1920 August Twenty-seventh 7h15m AM School Street, Port Ellen, Kildalton / female / 84 years / father Donald McKay, farmer, deceased / mother Margaret McKay ms  Johnston, deceased / cause  Senile Decay. Fecal accumulation 7 days as certif.. by Thos. F. Gilmour  LRCP LHPS / informant  Hugh Campbell, son, present / registered  1920, Sept 1st at Port Ellen

Source: Scottish Civil Registration - Deaths, 1920 Deaths County of Argyll, Parish of Kildalton & Oa, Page 4 Entry # 12.