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1760's - Angus , born, Islay, Scotland Angus was tenant farmer for the father of John Ramsey of Kildalton Parish - sept of Maclachlan's? 1795 - William, born, Islay - son of Angus William was a footsoldier in the Army of the Duke of Argyll 1797 - Sarah McCuaig, born Sarah was of the sept of McLeans of Duart 1824 - William married Sarah McCuaig, Islay 1.12.1827 - John, born, Islay - son of William and Sarah 1834 - Ramsey family takes over farm to raise sheep 1834 - William and Sarah emigrate to Glengarry, Ontario, 3,000 miles was said to be a 3 month voyage on a military sailing vessel 1835 - William and Sarah travel by wagon to Oro township, 300 miles 1839/41? - John leaves his family in Ontario to go to Wisconsin, age 12 - 14 ? 1854 - John marries Mimi Castlewood, Springvale, Wisconsin (Fond du Lac) they have 3 children, Franklin, John and William 8.19.1862 - John enlists in Company 'F', 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Civil War 10.8.1862 - John shot through leg, 5" below left knee, hospitalized 5 months incident near New Hope Church, Georgia 5.28.1864 - John shot in right wrist, flesh wound incident near Louisville, Kentucky 6.8.1865 - John, honorably discharged from service, Washington, DC 1865 - John divorces Mimi all 3 children had died from neglect...suspect typhoid 12.1866 - John marries Cynthia Maria Curtis, Springvale, Wisconsin near Fond du Lac, Justice of the peace, Mr. Pease 1867 - Helen Elizabeth Graves, born Iowa 1.14.1868 - George Edward, born Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, son of John 1869 - William, born Fond du Lac, dies before age of 5 6(?).1873 - John and family move to Madison, South Dakota (George age 5) 3.20.1875 - Mary Eveline, born Madison, South Dakota, daughter of John 1881 - William, son of Angus, dies in Ontario, age 86 3.13.1882 - John Franklin, born Madison, South Dakota, son of John 8.1882 - Cynthia Maria, wife of John, mother of George, Mary and John, dies 9.1886 - George leaves for school, Pierre University, Pierre, South Dakota 1887 - Sarah, wife of William (son of Angus), dies in Ontario, age 90 3.8.1891 - John's church destroyed by fire, Madison, South Dakota 6.1891 - George graduates from Pierre University, BA degree 9.1891 - George enters Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey 9.29.1891 - John participates in cornerstone laying ceremony for new church, Madison, WI 6.1893 - George leaves Princeton Theological Seminary 11.28.1893 - George marries Helen Eliza Graves, Artesia, South Dakota 1.18.1895 - Gladys Evelyn, daughter of George, born Gary, South Dakota 8.16.1897 - John Claude, son of George, born Gary, South Dakota 1.15.1899 - Luella Grace, daughter of George, born Gary, South Dakota 2.16.1909 - John, son of Angus, dies, Balaton, Minnesota, age 82 4.23.1913 - Curtis Leroy, son of George, born Lyons, Minnesota 9.21.1934 - George, son of John, dies, Boot Lake, Minnesota, age 66 MORE TO COME...
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