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Hi Gail. I got a lot of my information from 'Along the North Shore' too. I've done some of my own research since then, including a visit to Dumfries when I toured the UK last year. One thing that I found was that the place of origin of the Milligans, which has been recorded as 'Canheath, Kirklavritch, Dumfries,' is actually a rather bad corruption of the real place name, which is Conheath, Caerlaverock Parish (pronounced Car-lav-rock), Dumfries. Obviously, by the time Robert Milligan died on PEI, memories of the old country had faded a bit. I have discovered lots of info on various Milligan families around Conheath in the late 1700's, but unfortunately, I learned from a lady who now lives on Conheath Farm who has researched the local history that the parish pastor in the late 1700's got into a dispute with his congregation, and in spite, destroyed the parish records from that time. Bad news for us, as this caused a gap in the records that includes the time when Robert Milligan was born and when John Milligan and Margaret Sloan were married. As for Elizabeth MacDougall/MacDougald, I did find the record of her marriage with Robert in the Richmond Parish church records. As you probably know, they were married Nov. 25 1830 by Rev. A.V. Wiggens. What you may not know is that the record states that she was from Lot 16, and that one of the 3 witnesses at the wedding was a John MacDougall - he was likely her brother or father. Regarding Margaret Sloan, I've gathered some names, but nothing confirmable yet. I hope that this was of interest to you. Regards, John MacDonald This is a record of the date and place of birth of the children born into the family of John C milligan and Margaret Sloan, Scotland. The information is inside John C Milligan's Bible presented to him by his son Alexander in 1818. John C Milligan. Please to except this small testimony of respect from your unworthy son Alexander M Milligan And may god give you grace to read and understand this holy and heavenly book March 14th 1818. followed by Alexanders initials AMM in the greatest script I have ever seen. This bible was presented in Scotland to John C Milligan ( age 58 ) from his son Alexander M Milligan who would have been age 24 at the time. John C Milligan's bible is 10 1/2 inches wide, 17 1/2 inches high and 4 1/2 inches thick. Very heavy and still in excellent shape given that it was published in 1812 ( 200 hundred years old ).

Birth	1760	Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Marriage	Oct 1781	Margaret Sloan
Marriage	1 Nov 1783	Netherwood, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland - Margaret Sloan
Burial	Bet 1806 and 1873	Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Immigration	1825	Prince Edward Island, Canada
Residence	1841	Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Census	1841
Death	1844

Spouse	Margaret Sloan (1764 - 1806)
Child	Robert Milligan Sr. (1784 - 1871)
Child	David Milligan (1787 - )
Child	James Milligan (1789 - )
Child	Helen Milligan (1791 - 1816)
Child	Alexander Milligan (1794 - )
Child	Mary Milligan (1796 - )
Child	John Milligan Jr. (1798 - 1873)
Child	Janet Milligan (1801 - )
Child	Thomas Milligan (1803 - 1892)
Child	Anthony Milligan (1805 - 1807)