Hi Jim. I am also a CB er. I am searching fir a Mac/McCormick as well. From the census data I have noted: living with Zachariah Burchell and Sara Devine (Zach being my great grandfather on my mother's side), Sara's mother who was also named Sara, who was born in 1811 in Scotland, and arrived in NS (Cape Breton?) in 1821.
We had a large portrait of woman who Poppy Burchell and others referred to as Lady McCormick. It was an old, dark picture and the Lady wirk a dark, high-necked dress with a high collar and some white around the nevkline..maybe lace, I can't quite recall, but the material looked like it would have been shiny... maybe.
We were told the story in simple terms. Basically, she wad a Lafy who was not Catholic, but she fell in love with the gardener , who was Catholic. As a result she was disowned or disinherited so she left Scotland. Sometimes Poppy aldo referred to Wales.
So Sara who was born in 1811 came to the "new world" , so to speak, in 1821. So she was a young girl aged 10. She grew up and martied Charles Devine and they had children , one of whom was Sara who married Zack my great grandfather.
My research questionis : who were young Sara's (nee 1811), parents. She came over on a ship in 1821 and they brought big pictures and things, maybe futniture too, so whom accompanied her?
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