McKelvie
Connections
A Sept of the Clan Campbell
The oldest common denominator
progenitor of the following
McKELVIE
families remains unknown for now.
However, apparently there was a common denominator.
The marriage record of a McKELVIE
son of one branch
to a McKELVIE daughter of the other branch
makes note of the fact that the bride and groom
are second cousins who are marrying.
Modern genealogical research terms and definitions set aside,
it seems fairly reasonable to think that well more than a
century and a quarter ago two people likely would have
been considered second cousins if one parent of each
person were first cousins to each other.
It would then follow that those two older generation first cousins
each had one parent who was a sibling to one parent of the other,
the children of one
McKELVIE
However
this is an intriguing supposition that remains
for now just a theory in the attempt to discover
the actual facts of the known relationship
First Generation
Unknown Father McKELVIE
born and died
Unknown Dates
of the
Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
married
Unknown Date
Unknown Wife
There were at least two children born to their marriage:
Unknown Son McKELVIE
b Unknown Date
Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date
assume Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
John McKELVIE
b Unknown Date
Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date
assume Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
Second Generation
Unknown Son McKELVIE
b Unknown Date
Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date
assume Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
s/o Unknown Father McKELVIE and Unknown Wife
married
Unknown Date
assume Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
Unknown Wife
There was at least one child born to their marriage:
1. William McKELVIE
bc 1788
of Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date, before 1855
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
John McKELVIE
b Unknown Date
Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date
assume Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
s/o Unknown Father McKELVIE and Unknown Wife
married
September, 1793
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
Jane nee McKELVIE
b Unknown Date
assume Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date
assume Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
d/o Unknown McKELVIE and Unknown Wife
There was at least one child born to their marriage:
2. Alexander McKELVIE
b 1794
of Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 8 December, 1882
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
The apparent first cousins are
William McKELVIE, bc 1788
s/o Unknown Son McKELVIE and Unknown Wife
and
Alexander McKELVIE, b 1794
s/o John McKELVIE and Jane nee McKELVIE
Two sons of William McKELVIE, bc 1788
married
Two daughters of Alexander McKELVIE, b 1794
It is the record of one of these marriages that
makes note of the fact that it is
a marriage between second cousins
Third Generation
1. William McKELVIE
farmer
bc 1788
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date, before 1855
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
s/o Unknown Son McKELVIE and Unknown Wife
married
22 April, 1813
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Mary CURRIE
b 1793
of Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 19 March, 1879
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d/o Donald CURRIE, farmer, and Margaret NICOL
There were at least ten children born to their marriage:
1. i. John McKELVIE
bc 25 February, 1815
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
1. ii. Mary McKELVIE
bc 15 March, 1817
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date, before June 1821
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
1. iii. James McKELVIE
bc 2 April, 1819
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
1. iv. Mary McKELVIE
bc 22 June, 1821
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 1 March, 1912
Sliddery, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
1. v. William Currie McKELVIE
bc 5 April, 1824
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 24 February, 1898
Kildonan Park, Wycheproof, Victoria State, Australia
1. vi. Donald McKELVIE
bc 14 February, 1827
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 1900
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
1. vii. Neil McKELVIE
bc 9 December, 1830
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 2 July, 1870
Calcutta, India
during the course of a voyage
1. viii. Alexander McKELVIE
bc 26 May, 1833
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 15 December, 1881
Mid Kiscadale, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
1. ix. Jane "Jean" McKELVIE
bc 16 February, 1836
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 29 June, 1865
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
1. x. Ann McKELVIE
bc 2 September, 1840
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
2. Alexander McKELVIE
farmer
b 31 August, 1794
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 8 December, 1882
Mid Kiscadale, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
s/o John McKELVIE and Jane nee McKELVIE
married
15 December, 1834
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Margaret McKENZIE
bc 1806
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 26 January, 1851
Mid Kiscadale, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d/o Unknown McKENZIE and Unknown Wife
There were at least eight children born to their marriage:
2. i. Jane "Jeanie" McKELVIE
bc 20 October, 1835
Largimore, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 1911
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
2. ii. Margaret McKELVIE
b 20 January, 1836
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date, before 1841
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
2. iii. Isabel McKELVIE
b 20 January, 1836
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
dc 1836
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
2. iv. Isabella McKELVIE
bc 4 February, 1837
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 1924
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
2.v. John McKELVIE
bc 1839
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
2. vi. Margaret McKELVIE
bc 1840
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
2. vii. Archibald McKELVIE
b 1843
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 26 April, 1869
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Bachelor
2. viii. Alexander McKELVIE
b 1849
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 15 January, 1856
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Fourth Generation
1. iv. Mary McKELVIE
bc 22 June, 1821
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 1 March, 1912
Sliddery, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d/o William McKELVIE, farmer, and Mary CURRIE
married
19 June, 1845
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
James BROWN
farmer
bc 1810
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 10 March, 1876
Sliddery, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
s/o Archibald BROWN, miller, and Christina NICOL
There were at least five children born to their marriage:
1. iv. a. John BROWN
b 28 August, 1850
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 22 December, 1935
Corriecravie House, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
married
1882
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Janet DOWNIE
b 16 August, 1851
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 15 December, 1931
Corriecravie House, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d/o Donald (aka Daniel) DOWNIE, farmer, and Margaret
McBRIDE
one known child, a son, James BROWN
1. iv. b. Catherine BROWN
b 27 July, 1855
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 18 July, 1886
Sliddery, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Spinster
1. iv. c. Ann BROWN
b 13 June, 1857
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
1. iv. d. Janet Nicol "Jessie" BROWN
farmer
b 18 December, 1859
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 10 May, 1930
Seaside House, Sliddery, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Spinster
1. iv. e. Mary BROWN
b 9 December, 1864
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
16 April, 1902
Sliddery, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Thomas PICKEN
bc 1877
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
s/o John PICKEN, farmer, and Christina CRAWFORD
possible children unknown
1. v. William Currie McKELVIE
mariner
bc 5 April, 1824
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 24 February, 1898
Kildonan Park, Wycheproof, Victoria State, Australia
s/o William McKELVIE, farmer, and Mary CURRIE
married
8 February, 1848
Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Janet HENDRY
b 16 February, 1823
Ardrossan, Ayrshire
d 1890
Kildonan Park, Wycheproof, Victoria State, Australia
d/o John HENDRY and Mary McMILLAN
There were three children born to their marriage:
1. v. a. William Henry McKELVIE
b 12 October, 1850
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
d 1925
Meandarra, Queensland State, Australia
married
1884
Wycheproof, Victoria State, Australia
Susan DENNEY
b 1863
Mortlake, Victoria State, Australia
d 1938
Nyah, Victoria State, Australia
d/o Alexander DENNEY and Susan CULLEN
seven known children
1. v. b. Neil McKELVIE
b 13 October, 1852
Glasgow, Gorbals District, Lanarkshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place
in infancy/childhood
1. v. c. Mary McKELVIE
bc 1851-1856
Unknown Place, Scotland
d 21 January, 1896
Northcote, Victoria State, Australia
married
1890
Victoria State, Australia
James Low STEWART
b 12 October, 1834
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
d 1895
Wycheproof, Victoria State, Australia
s/o Robert STEWART and Elizabeth LOW
possible children unknown
1. vi. Donald McKELVIE
farmer
bc 14 February, 1827
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 1900
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
s/o William McKELVIE, farmer, and Mary CURRIE
***married
2 June, 1870
Whiting Bay, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Isabella nee McKELVIE
(also person 2. iv.)
bc 4 February, 1837
Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 1924
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d/o Alexander McKELVIE, farmer, and Margaret
McKENZIE
*** the marriage record notes that this is a
marriage between 2nd cousins
There were at least five children born to their marriage:
1. vi. a. Neil McKELVIE
b 21 July, 1871
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
1. vi. b. Archibald McKELVIE
farmer
b 17 June, 1873
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date, after 1952
assume Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
married
29 February, 1924
Portleek District, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Kate "Katie" GRANT
b 1894
Portree District, Inverness-shire, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place
d/o Lachlan GRANT, blacksmith, and Jane MacLEOD
possible children unknown
1. vi. c. William McKELVIE
mariner/ship master
bc 1875
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 4 August, 1941
Castle Farm, Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
(usual residence: Glasgow, Jordanhill District, Lanarkshire)
married 1st
10 December, 1906
Glasgow, Kelvin District, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary McNEILL
b 12 December, 1880
Auchenhew, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date and Place
d/o Allan McNEILL, farmer, and Mary CRAWFORD
possible children unknown
and
William McKELVIE
married 2nd
Unknown Date and Place
Margaret Mary LINDSAY
b Unknown Date and Place
d Unknown Date and Place
d/o Unknown LINDSAY and Unknown Wife
possible children unknown
1. vi. d. Margaret Jane McKELVIE
bc 1877
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 22 March, 1951
Woodside, Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
married
20 January, 1911
Portleek District, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Robert McNEILL
farmer
bc 1860
Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d Unknown Date, before 1951
assume Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
s/o Allan McNEILL, farmer, and Ann MURCHIE
one known child, a son, Allan McNEILL
1. vi. e. Mary Currie McKELVIE
b 1879
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 31 October, 1934
Portleek District, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Spinster
1. vii. Neil McKELVIE
master mariner/ship master
bc 9 December, 1830
Kildonan, Kilmory Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 2 July, 1870
Calcutta, India
during the course of a voyage as
Master of the
Sailing Ship "City of Corinth"
s/o William McKELVIE, farmer, and Mary CURRIE
married
19 May, 1856
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Mary Miller McNEISH
bc 1835
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 7 March, 1911
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d/o Daniel McNEISH, baker/grocer/postmaster,
and Janet NICOL
There were four children born to their marriage:
1. vii. a. Neil McKELVIE
analytical chemist
also baker's clerk/shop assistant
b 4 September, 1858
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 25 March, 1925
Glasgow, Hillhead District, Lanarkshire
(usual residence: Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran)
Bachelor
1. vii. b. Jessie Nicol Campbell McKELVIE
baker's/general merchant's assistant
bc 1862
Onboard Ship At Sea - Indian Ocean
d 15 February, 1911
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Spinster
1. vii. c. Infant Daughter McKELVIE
b 25 June, 1864
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 25 June, 1864
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
1. vii. d. Donald McKELVIE,
O.B.E.
chartered accountant
horticulturist
bakery shopkeeper
b 24 February, 1867
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
d 30 March, 1947
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire
Bachelor
Historical Note:
Donald McKELVIE,
O.B.E., spent most of the years of his
youth living in Dennistoun District, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
before returning, prior to 1891, to reside in his birthplace,
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire.
In Glasgow, Lanarkshire, upon finishing his education,
he was qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
In 1894, taking over management from his aunt,
Jessie McNeish, whom he, his widowed mother and
his sister had assisted for a number of years,
Donald succeeded to the family owned business
"D. McNeish and Son" in Lamlash, the bakery and
grocery business first begun by his grandparents,
Daniel McNeish and Janet Nicol of Lamlash.
These premises were located from circa 1831 on
the site of what is the present day S.C.W.S. shop,
(Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society)
Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Isle of Arran, Buteshire.
Circa 1901, Donald began growing and breeding potato
plants as a hobby and produced many significant, widely
acclaimed varieties of "Arran Potatoes" during the
remaining course of his lifetime.
His horticultural accomplishments were honoured by
a testimonial dinner in Brodick, Kilbride, Arran in 1925,
which was attended by farmers and businessmen from
locations throughout the United Kingdom.
To Donald
McKelvie, MBE
DONALD o' tattie fame
- 'Health to McKelvie!'
Long shall we praise his name
Whilst Arranmen delve ye.
'Arran Chief,' 'Arran Rose,'
'Comrade' and 'Ally,'
Yea where the 'consul' grows-
'Health to McKelvie!'
A poem on the occasion of a celebratory dinner in
his honour
at the Douglas Hotel, Brodick, Kilbride Parish, November 1925
James Nicol - A Book of Arran Verse (1930)