Euphemia Bethune

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name
Euphemia Bethune
aka
[Euphemia McDougall]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of John MacDougall, the Glen Urquhart bard, and probably the mother of Penuel (MacDougall) McMillan. Widowed by March 1805, she came home to Glen Urquhart with her children and lived at Ailean Mór, where her youngest son was born. Remembered as a pious, prudent, wise woman, she was by family tradition of the Bethunes of Skye. Her birth and death are not known.
residences
date
bef. 1805
place
Edinburgh, Scotland
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[article-blair-urquhart-men-nova-scotia]
note
Her husband the bard lived in Edinburgh with his regiment, and she came home to Glen Urquhart after he died there.
date
1805
place
Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-blair-urquhart-men-nova-scotia]
note
Widowed, she came home with her children and lived at Ailean Mor, where her youngest son was born in March 1805.

Wife of John MacDougall the bard. Widowed by March 1805, she came home to Glen Urquhart with her children and lived at Ailean Mór, where her youngest son was born. Blair calls her "a pious, prudent, wise woman, of the family of the Bethunes of the Isle of Skye descended from the Bethunes of Mull and Isla" (source); that descent is family tradition, with no pedigree.

Research: McMillan, Humphrey-Enos and Bell-Gerow: Notable Connections Research.

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  2. name: Euphemia Bethune
  3. aka: [Euphemia McDougall]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of John MacDougall, the Glen Urquhart bard, and probably the mother of Penuel (MacDougall)
  8. McMillan. Widowed by March 1805, she came home to Glen Urquhart with her children and lived at
  9. Ailean Mór, where her youngest son was born. Remembered as a pious, prudent, wise woman, she was
  10. by family tradition of the Bethunes of Skye. Her birth and death are not known.
  11. residences:
  12. - date: "bef. 1805"
  13. place: Edinburgh, Scotland
  14. basis: inferred
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [article-blair-urquhart-men-nova-scotia]
  17. note: "Her husband the bard lived in Edinburgh with his regiment, and she came home to Glen Urquhart after he died there."
  18. - date: "1805"
  19. place: Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [article-blair-urquhart-men-nova-scotia]
  23. note: "Widowed, she came home with her children and lived at Ailean Mor, where her youngest son was born in March 1805."
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  26. Wife of John MacDougall the bard. Widowed by March 1805, she came home to Glen Urquhart with her
  27. children and lived at Ailean Mór, where her youngest son was born. Blair calls her "a pious, prudent,
  28. wise woman, of the family of the Bethunes of the Isle of Skye descended from the Bethunes of Mull and
  29. Isla" ([source](/files/sources/article-blair-urquhart-men-nova-scotia/)); that descent is family tradition, with no pedigree.
  31. Research: `research/mcmillan/McMillan_Humphrey_Bell_Connections.md`.
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