Immigrants on the Mars, 1818
Compiled by Alan Campbell and John Wright
On 28 July, 1818, thirty-five or thirty-six families departed for Canada from Tobermory on the Mars. It had previously touched at Crinan (13 July), convenient for families from the parishes of North Knapdale and Kilmichael Glassary.
Some of those families landed in Port Talbot, Ontario on 16 October, 1818. Many settled in neighbouring Aldborough.
The passenger list for that voyage is lost. (Note – These persons were both emigrants and immigrants – they emigrated from England and immigrated to Aldborough Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada)
mars_immigrants_1818.pdf is our attempt to reconstruct as full a list as we can of those who sailed on that crossing and who settled in the Aldborough area.
Please contact us with any corrections, additions or comments about our document.
These are the passengers we’re pretty sure were on the Mars, and landed in Port Talbot, Ontario (called Upper Canada in 1818).
Organised by household. Wives are listed with married name, and again, italicised, with maiden name, if known.
Alternative spellings for names are given, also italicised.
| relationship | surname | given name | born in |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | Baxter | Alex | 1776 |
| wife | Baxter | Mary | 1782 |
| son | Baxter | John | 1814 |
| son | Baxter | Duncan | 1816 |
| head | Brown | Duncan | 1781 |
| wife | Brown | Nancy | 1773 |
| son | Brown | John | 1811 |
| head | Buchan | Donald | |
| head: alt | Bouchon | Donald | |
| head: alt | Bochan | Donald | |
| head: alt | Bouchen | Donald | |
| head | Campbell | Archibald | 1757 |
| wife | Campbell | Mary | 1781 |
| wife: maiden name | Brown | Mary | 1781 |
| child | Campbell | ?? | |
| child | Campbell | ?? | |
| son | Campbell | Alexander | 1811, 1813 or 1817 |
| head | Campbell | Donald | |
| wife | Campbell | Flora | 1784 |
| wife: maiden name | McAlpine | Flora | 1784 |
| daughter | Campbell | Mary | 1805 |
| daughter | Campbell | Jennett | 1808 |
| daughter: alt | Campbell | Janet | 1808 |
| son | Campbell | Alexander | 1808 |
| daughter | Campbell | Catherine | 1813 |
| son | Campbell | Malcolm | 1815 |
| daughter | Campbell | Euphemia | 1818 |
| son | Campbell | John | 1819? 1820? |
| head | Campbell | Dugald | 1773 |
| head: alt | Campbell | Dougald | 1773 |
| wife | Campbell | Mary | 1779 |
| wife: maiden name | McTavish | Mary | 1779 |
| wife: maiden name: alt | Thomson | Mary | 1779 |
| son | Campbell | John | 1798 |
| son | Campbell | Donald | 1801 |
| son | Campbell | Archibald | 1803 |
| daughter | Campbell | Catherine | 1807 |
| daughter | Campbell | Margaret | 1809 |
| son | Campbell | James | 1812 |
| head | Ferguson | John | 1766 |
| wife | Ferguson | Christina | 1768 |
| wife: maiden name | Leitch | Christina | 1768 |
| daughter | Ferguson | Ann | 1796 |
| daughter: alt | Ferguson | Nancy | 1796 |
| son | Ferguson | James | 1789 |
| son | Ferguson | Duncan | 1792 |
| son | Ferguson | John | 1798 |
| son | Ferguson | Malcolm | 1803 |
| son | Ferguson | Iver | 1805 |
| brother | Ferguson | Colin | 1800 |
| brother | Ferguson | Duncan | 1776 |
| brother | Ferguson | Donald | 1772 |
| head | Gray | Alexander | 1795 |
| wife | Gray | Catherine | 1798 |
| wife: maiden name | McLarty | Catherine | 1798 |
| head | Kerr | John | 1781 |
| wife | Kerr | Henrieta | 1786 |
| brother | Kerr | Robert | |
| head | Leitch | John | 1797 |
| wife | Leitch | Catherine | 1799 |
| wife: maiden name | Smith | Catherine | 1799 |
| head | Leitch | Malcolm | 1766 |
| wife | Leitch | Julia | 1771 |
| son | Leitch | Colin | 1809 |
| brother | Leitch | Duncan | 1801 |
| head | McAlpine | Donald | 1778 |
| wife | McAlpine | Elizabeth | |
| wife: maiden name | Black | Elizabeth | |
| daughter | McAlpine | Nancy | 1806 |
| daughter | McAlpine | Flora | 1809 |
| daughter | McAlpine | Mary | 1811 |
| son | McAlpine | Alexander | 1813 |
| head | McAlpine | Malcolm | 1796 |
| wife | McAlpine | Sarah | 1797 |
| wife: maiden name | Black | Sarah | 1797 |
| head | McCallum | Duncan | 1784 |
| wife | McCallum | Elizabeth | 1786 |
| wife: maiden name | Morrison | Elizabeth | 1786 |
| daughter | McCallum | Euphemia | 1809 |
| daughter | McCallum | Christina | 1810 |
| daughter | McCallum | Sarah | 1812 |
| son | McCallum | Zacharia | 1816 |
| head | McIntyre | Angus | |
| head | McIntyre | Donald | 1790 |
| wife | McIntyre | Barbara | 1793 |
| child | McIntyre | ?? | |
| brother | McIntyre | Dugald | 1802 |
| head | McIntyre | Duncan | 1780 |
| wife | McIntyre | Sarah | 1790 |
| wife: maiden name | McPherson | Sarah | 1790 |
| son | McIntyre | Malcolm | 1815 |
| son | McIntyre | John | |
| son | McIntyre | Archibald | |
| head | McKellar | John | 1774 |
| head: alt | McAller | John | 1774 |
| wife | McKellar | Ephemia | 1774 |
| wife: alt | McAller | Ephemia | 1774 |
| wife: alt | McAller | Euphemia | 1774 |
| wife: maiden name | Black | Ephemia | 1774 |
| wife: maiden name: alt | Black | Euphemia | 1774 |
| daughter | McKellar | Mary | 1800 |
| daughter: alt | McAller | Mary | 1800 |
| son | McKellar | Archibald | 1798 |
| son: alt | McAller | Archibald | 1798 |
| son | McKellar | John | 1798 |
| son: alt | McAller | John | 1798 |
| son | McKellar | Peter | 1801 |
| son: alt | McAller | Peter | 1801 |
| son | McKellar | Dugald | 1802 |
| son: alt | McAller | Dugald | 1802 |
| son | McKellar | Neil | 1805 |
| son: alt | McAller | Neil | 1805 |
| son | McKellar | Duncan | 1807 |
| son: alt | McAller | Duncan | 1807 |
| head | McKillop | Duncan | 1796 |
| head: alt | McGilp | Duncan | 1796 |
| wife | McKillop | Isabella | 1796 |
| wife: alt | McGilp | Isabella | 1796 |
| wife: maiden name | McLean | Isabella | |
| brother | McKillop | Archibald | |
| brother: alt | McGilp | Archibald | |
| head | MacKinven | Alexander | |
| head | McLarty | Dugald | 1792 |
| head: alt | McLarty | Dougald | 1792 |
| widow | McLarty | Mary | |
| daughter | McLarty | Catherine | 1798 |
| son | McLarty | Neil | 1808 |
| son | McLarty | Dugald | 1807 |
| son | McLarty | Angus | 1815 |
| sister | McLarty | Elizabeth | |
| head | MacLean | ?? | |
| head | McTavish | John | 1785 |
| wife | McTavish | Catherine | 1785 |
| wife: maiden name | McFarlane | Catherine | 1785 |
| daughter | McTavish | Jane | 1811 |
| son | McTavish | Alexander | 1816 |
| son | McTavish | Duncan | 1817 |
| head | Munro | Archibald Mor | 1797 |
| head: alt | Munroe | Archibald Mor | 1797 |
| brother | Munro | Neil | 1801 |
| brother: alt | Munro | Neil Ban | 1801 |
| brother: alt | Munroe | Neil | 1801 |
| brother: alt | Munroe | Neil Ban | 1801 |
| brother-in-law-to-be | McIntyre | Alex | |
| head | Munro | Archibald | |
| head: alt | Munroe | Archibald | |
| son | Munro | George | 1804 |
| son: alt | Munroe | George | 1804 |
| head | Ruthven | James | 1776 |
| widow | Ruthven | Catherine | 1794 |
| widow: maiden name | McKay | Catherine | 1794 |
| daughter | Ruthven | Mary A | 1810 |
| daughter | Ruthven | Jeonet | 1815 |
| daughter: alt | Ruthven | Janet | 1815 |
| son | Ruthven | John | 1808 |
| son | Ruthven | Neal J | 1813 |
| son | Ruthven | Iver | 1817 |
| son | Ruthven | Edward | 1818 |
| son | Ruthven | ?? |
These are the passengers who may or may not have been on the Mars, and who,
if they were, may or may not have landed in Port Talbot, Ontario; sources conflict.
Organised by household. Wives are listed with married name, and again, italicised, with maiden name, if known.
Alternative spellings for names are given, with relationship tagged with “alt”, also italicised.
More about them all can be found in mars_immigrants_1818.pdf.
| relationship | surname | given name | born in |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | Downie | Malcolm | 1797 |
| wife | Downie | Jenet | 1796 |
| wife: maiden name | McKenlay | Jenet | 1796 |
| wife: maiden name: alt | McKenlay | Janet | 1796 |
| head | McGugan | Donald | 1791 |
| wife | McGugan | Mary | 1792 |
| wife: maiden name | McAlpine | Mary | 1792 |
| son | McGugan | Neil | 1814 |
| head | Campbell | James, Mrs | |
| daughter | Campbell | ?? | |
| daughter | Campbell | ?? | |
| son | Campbell | Duncan | |
| son | Campbell | Alex | |
| son: alt | Campbell | Alexander | |
| son | Campbell | Dugald | |
| head | Graham | Hugh | 1778 |
| wife | Graham | Mary | |
| son | Graham | Archibald | |
| head | McCallum | John | 1777 |
| wife | McCallum | Margaret | 1786 |
| wife: maiden name | McAlpine | Margaret | 1786 |
| daughter | McCallum | Christina | 1812 |
| son | McCallum | John | 1807 |
| son | McCallum | Duncan | 1811 |
| son | McCallum | Archibald | 1816 |
| unknown | McColl | Catherine | |
| head | Ruthven | Colin | 1779 |
| father | Ruthven | Hugh | |
| sister | Ruthven | Sarah | 1793 or 1796 |
| wife | Ruthven | Catherine | 1791 |
| wife: maiden name | McColl | Catherine | 1791 |
| daughter | Ruthven | Mary | 1811 |
| son | Ruthven | Neil | 1814 |
| daughter | Ruthven | Sarah Ann | 1816 |
| head | Ruthven | Neil | 1789 |
| wife | Ruthven | Sarah | 1799 |
| wife: maiden name | Gillies | Sarah | 1799 |
These are the persons considered, but rejected.
Alternative spellings italicised.
Again, more about them all can be found in mars_immigrants_1818.pdf.
| surname | given name |
|---|---|
| Dixon | James |
| Mowbray | Robert |
| Paterson | Duncan |
| Patterson | Duncan |
| Paul | James |
| Scafe | James |
| Sinclair | Donald |
| Sinclair | John |
McColl, Thomas