Marjorie Campbell (abt. 1807 - abt. 1827)

Born about 20 Sep 1807 in Ussie, Scotland, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Died about 1827 at about age 19 in Glaick of Tollie, Scotland, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Biography

Marjory Campbell b. unknown, place unknown, perhaps c1795-c1805, Ross and Cromarty or Inverness-shire. No birth record for her has been located.

Commonly seen as Marjorie Campbell b. 20 Sept 1807, Ussie, Scotland - d. 1827 Glaick of Tollie, Scotland. It is believed these dates and places are fictional. No records verify her actual birth, marriage, or death.

She married William MacLennan. ^[1]

• It appears most likely she was the wife of William MacLennan bapt 1797 in Urray: birth and census data for William b. 1797 Urray shows he was related to both McRaes and McDonalds. Similarly, the daughter of Marjory Campbell (McLennan) married a McRae and had grandchildren surnamed McDonald. Family relationships continue to be explored.

Marjory and her husband had children:

1. Marjory b. c1825. As an adult, she lived in Contin, then Kiltarlity, Inverness, and Killearnan, Ross-shire.

Died: date unknown, likely Ross-shire, Scotland

Research Notes

Profile Activities and Notes: (C-213 00:26, 20 December 2021 (UTC))

• Alleged spouse [William MacLennan-207] and 19 profiles (3 wives, 16 offspring) connected to his profile were uploaded by GEDCOM in c2013, profiles unsourced. As of Oct 2021, none had profile managers, biographies, primary or secondary sources. William MacLennan-207 has since been merged with William McLennan and his verified wife retained.
• Purported spouse Marjorie Campbell (1807-1827) and her daughter Marjorie MacLennan (1825-1902) were detached in Oct 2021 and Dec 2021 respectively as unverified and/or conflated profiles.

Her daughter has since been identified as Marjory MacLennan (MacRae), whose parents were named as Marjory MacLennan m.s. Campbell and William MacLennan by her grandson John McDonald in his grandmother's death registry dtd 1902. This child of Marjory Campbell and William MacLennan was poss. born in Contin or Urray and married in Contin - not Tollie, Fodderty where her parents' contemporary William McLennan b. 20 Sept 1807 is found in multiple records. Said Marjory's family had no known connections to MacLennans of Fodderty.

Problematic Identity:

• While she was a real person, Marjory's Ancestry.com profile has been fictionalized - purported to be a spouse of William McLennan b 20 Sept 1807, Fodderty, she has been given the same birthdate as he and a death date/place of 1827 Glaick of Tollie, also placed in some trees as his sister. Neither are supported by sound genealogical research. If this William were her spouse, he would have been the unlikely age of seventeen when they married.
• Her profile improbably shares the exact same birth date as that of the alleged husband her profile was originally imported with.
• Also placed in McLennan trees as a twin sister of the same man purported by others to be her husband, with the name Marjorie McLennan Campbell, unsourced.
• No birth, marriage, or death records have been located for Marjorie Campbell, including name variants, for the years or locations seen in this profile as a spouse or a twin sister of William b. 20 Sept 1807, Ussie or Tollie, Fodderty.
• In database searches, William's birth record appears as a singular birth, not a twin birth, his surname spelled McLennan.
• It is not known where the cited death date "1827" and loc: "Glaick of Tollie" were derived as no records support either date or location.
• Marjorie's existence as professed remains unverifiable.
• These birth, marriage, and death details appear to have been created as a guess in an attempt to place her in a family tree, thus resulting in a fictional marriage and conflating identities of her husband and William b 20 Sept 1807 Fodderty.

Known Facts:

Marjory MacLennan (m.s. Campbell) is recorded as the spouse of a William MacLennan and mother of Marjory Macrae in her daughter's death record, reported by her daughter's grand-son John McDonald. No further identifying notes are present in this record.

There are seventeen (17) parish registers showing Campbell surnamed females named Marjory c1780-c1810 and eleven (11) called 'May'. The name May was a Scottish variant of Marjory. Still, no primary documents have been located to suggest her parents' identities.

Records

Dau Marjory's Death Registry: Original Record: Transcription ^[1]

1902|Deaths in the Parish of Killearnan in the County of Ross

Name: Marjory Macrae (widow of Malcolm Macrae, Crofter)

Died: January 29th, 6 am|Loc: Drynie Park, Killearnan

Gender: Female.| Age: 77 years

Father: William Maclennan| Occ: Crofter|Status (deceased)

Mother: Marjory Maclennan|m. s.: Campbell|Status (Deceased)

Cause of Death: Old Age (supposed) weak heart|Duration of Illness: 3 weeks

Medical: No regular medical attendant

Informant: John McDonald (Grandson)|Reg Date: Feb 6th 1902

Original Profile Biography: created by GEDCOM c2013

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Sources

• Source: S-2054087892 Repository: #R-2139422589 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15648882&pid=885
• Repository: R-2139422589 Name: Ancestry.co.uk Address: http://www.Ancestry.co.uk Note:

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} ScotlandsPeople. Database. Statutory registers. Deaths. 1902, MACRAE, MARJORY in Statutory registers Deaths, Record 068/ 4. (Record copy in possession of kc)

• Repository: #R-2139422589 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. :Ancestry Profile

See also:

• Trees containing this individual, unsourced: There are roughly eight trees on Ancestry site, possibly more, containing this profile. None cite documents or records. As mentioned, some have inverted the surnames and re-positioned her as a sister of the alleged husband instead of a spouse.

Sampling: unsubstantiated lineal placements

Ancestry Profile

Ancestry Family Tree 74440041

Acknowledgments

Thank you to George Maclennan for creating WikiTree profile Campbell-7530 through the import of My Maclennan Family.ged on Aug 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by George and others.