v. Dugald Campbell (Margaret2 John1) fifth child of Alexander Campbell and Margaret McCuaig was Christened 28 December 1839 In the Prish of Oa ( on the Island of Islay), Argyll, Scotland. His family was residing on the Farm of Giol in Parish of Oa.
1839 - Dec 28 Dugald son of Alex’r Campbell & Peggy McCuaig Giol
Source: Church of Scotland, County of Argyll, Parish of Oa (#546), Volume 1, 1833-1854, Page 7; Entry #197, FHL film # 1041080.
On the OPR Index his mother’s maiden name has been misinterpreted as “McCuay” but in the original record it is McCuaig.
Dugald married Mary Reid 21 Jan 1864 in the Parish of Oa, Argyll, Scotland
1864, On the Twenty-first day of January at the manse of Oa, Island of Islay, County of Argyll After Banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland
Dugald Campbell, farm servant / age 24 / bachelor / residence Farm of Lower Killeyan, Parish of Oa, County of Argyll / Father: Alexander Campbell - Tenant farmer / Mother: Peggy Campbell ms. MacCuaig
Mary Reid /age, Spinster / age 16 / residence Farm of Lower Killeyan, Parish of Oa, County of Argyll / Father: William Reid Tennant Farmer / Mother: Catherine Reid ms Hunter
James Dewar, Minister of the Parish of Oa / Witnesses: John Smith Alexander Campbell / Registered 1864 January 23rd at Oa School House
Source: Scottish Civil Registration - Marriages, 1864, County of Argyll, Parish of Oa (#546), Page 1; Entry #1; FHL film #0323624
Mary Reid is the daughter of William Reid and Catherine Hunter. She was christened in the Parish of Oa on the 30 July 1847. Her family was living on the Farm of Lower Killeyan in the Parish of Oa.
30 July 1847 Mary daughter of William Reid & Cathrine Hunter Lower Killean
Source: Church of Scotland, County of Argyll, Parish of Oa (#546), Volume 1, 1833-1854, Frame 018; Entry #372;, FHL film # 1041080.
As far as I know Dugald and Mary had four children: John, Catherine, Peggy all born in Scotland and William who was born in Ontario, Canada.
Dugald died 27 May 1873 in Nassagaweya, County of Halton, Ontario, Canada
"Dugal Campbell / died 27th May 1873 / male / age 32 / labourer / born Islay Scotland / cause consumption 1 year / physician Dr. Metherall / informant Alex'r Campbell, labourer, Nassagaweya / registered Jun 4, 1873 / Presbyterian
Source: Ontario Death Registrations, 1873, Halton County Nassagaweya, Page 533 No 16 Reg # 3033.
After Dugald’s death the family has been very difficult to track. On the 1841, the 1851 and 1861 census Dugald is listed with his father on the Farm of Giol in the Parish of Oa, Argyll, Scotland.
However on the 1871 census we find Dugald and Mary with all four children living in Halton County in Ontario, Canada. The youngest, William being one year of age having been born in Canada.
Dugald dies in 1873 from consumption (tuberculosis) and we have not found Mary after that time. John and Peggy are living with relatives on the 1881 census but so far we have not found the rest of the family.
We find John, age 16, living with his widowed Grandmother Catherine Reid along with aunts Janet Reid and Mary (probably Marion) Reid and also uncle Hugh Reid in Nassagaweya, Halton, Ontario, Canada
Peggy (who is called Maggie on this record) age 13 is living with a widowed Aunt Annie (Smith) Campbell and her seven children also in Nassgaweya in Halton, Ontario, Canada.
What happened to the rest of the family? We don’t know yet but are still digging.
I have assumed that what ever happened it couldn’t have been anything very good. Why else would John and Peggy be living with other family members who were both widowed and perhaps having a tough time of it themselves. Annie Campbell’s eldest child was the same age as Peggy (13 years of age) and her youngest was only 8 months old. Her husband having died a little more than a year previously.
