Donald Blue and wife Catherine are former President Ronald Reagan's great-great grandparents. The lineage is as follows: daughter Jane Blue Wilson, son Thomas Wilson, daughter Nelle Wilson Reagan, son Ronald.
Info from IL Genealogy Trails website:
Donald Blue was born in Argylshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, January 18, 1799. He married Catharine McFarlain, January 15, 1815. She was born January 1, 1801. Mr and Mrs Blue have lived together now over 62 years. In March 1820, Mr. Blue, with his family, emigrated to New Brunswick, where he resided 8 years, and then settled about 30 miles from Toronto Canada. After taking part in the "Patriot War" in Canada, in 1839 he settled and made a claim upon section 17, in Clyde. He was warned to abandon the claim, but replied to the committee that he was in peaceable possession, and would hold it at all hazards. He was allowed to remain. In 1852 Mr. Blue went to California, where he remained 3 years, and then returned to his farm. For the past 12 years he has resided in Morrison.
Children: John, Jane ( now Mrs. John Wilson), Alexander, Donald (s/b Daniel), Margaret, Isabella, Charles, Catharine. Three children died in infancy; eleven children in all. Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation,during the Pikes Peak gold excitement in '59. John and Margaret died in Clyde in 1839. [Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 145-146]
Marr. Catharine McFarlain
Appears in the 1860 census for Whiteside Co. with Catharine and children:
Daniel b. 1835 Canada
Catharine b. 1840 Canada
Acc. to Grove Hill cemetery interment records he is buried with his wife, Catharine.
Info from IL Genealogy Trails website:
Donald Blue was born in Argylshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, January 18, 1799. He married Catharine McFarlain, January 15, 1815. She was born January 1, 1801. Mr and Mrs Blue have lived together now over 62 years. In March 1820, Mr. Blue, with his family, emigrated to New Brunswick, where he resided 8 years, and then settled about 30 miles from Toronto Canada. After taking part in the "Patriot War" in Canada, in 1839 he settled and made a claim upon section 17, in Clyde. He was warned to abandon the claim, but replied to the committee that he was in peaceable possession, and would hold it at all hazards. He was allowed to remain. In 1852 Mr. Blue went to California, where he remained 3 years, and then returned to his farm. For the past 12 years he has resided in Morrison.
Children: John, Jane ( now Mrs. John Wilson), Alexander, Donald (s/b Daniel), Margaret, Isabella, Charles, Catharine. Three children died in infancy; eleven children in all. Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation,during the Pikes Peak gold excitement in '59. John and Margaret died in Clyde in 1839. [Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 145-146]
Marr. Catharine McFarlain
Appears in the 1860 census for Whiteside Co. with Catharine and children:
Daniel b. 1835 Canada
Catharine b. 1840 Canada
Acc. to Grove Hill cemetery interment records he is buried with his wife, Catharine.
Donald Blue and wife Catherine are former President Ronald Reagan's great-great grandparents. The lineage is as follows: daughter Jane Blue Wilson, son Thomas Wilson, daughter Nelle Wilson Reagan, son Ronald.
Info from IL Genealogy Trails website:
Donald Blue was born in Argylshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, January 18, 1799. He married Catharine McFarlain, January 15, 1815. She was born January 1, 1801. Mr and Mrs Blue have lived together now over 62 years. In March 1820, Mr. Blue, with his family, emigrated to New Brunswick, where he resided 8 years, and then settled about 30 miles from Toronto Canada. After taking part in the "Patriot War" in Canada, in 1839 he settled and made a claim upon section 17, in Clyde. He was warned to abandon the claim, but replied to the committee that he was in peaceable possession, and would hold it at all hazards. He was allowed to remain. In 1852 Mr. Blue went to California, where he remained 3 years, and then returned to his farm. For the past 12 years he has resided in Morrison.
Children: John, Jane ( now Mrs. John Wilson), Alexander, Donald (s/b Daniel), Margaret, Isabella, Charles, Catharine. Three children died in infancy; eleven children in all. Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation,during the Pikes Peak gold excitement in '59. John and Margaret died in Clyde in 1839. [Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 145-146]
Marr. Catharine McFarlain
Appears in the 1860 census for Whiteside Co. with Catharine and children:
Daniel b. 1835 Canada
Catharine b. 1840 Canada
Acc. to Grove Hill cemetery interment records he is buried with his wife, Catharine.
Info from IL Genealogy Trails website:
Donald Blue was born in Argylshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, January 18, 1799. He married Catharine McFarlain, January 15, 1815. She was born January 1, 1801. Mr and Mrs Blue have lived together now over 62 years. In March 1820, Mr. Blue, with his family, emigrated to New Brunswick, where he resided 8 years, and then settled about 30 miles from Toronto Canada. After taking part in the "Patriot War" in Canada, in 1839 he settled and made a claim upon section 17, in Clyde. He was warned to abandon the claim, but replied to the committee that he was in peaceable possession, and would hold it at all hazards. He was allowed to remain. In 1852 Mr. Blue went to California, where he remained 3 years, and then returned to his farm. For the past 12 years he has resided in Morrison.
Children: John, Jane ( now Mrs. John Wilson), Alexander, Donald (s/b Daniel), Margaret, Isabella, Charles, Catharine. Three children died in infancy; eleven children in all. Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation,during the Pikes Peak gold excitement in '59. John and Margaret died in Clyde in 1839. [Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 145-146]
Marr. Catharine McFarlain
Appears in the 1860 census for Whiteside Co. with Catharine and children:
Daniel b. 1835 Canada
Catharine b. 1840 Canada
Acc. to Grove Hill cemetery interment records he is buried with his wife, Catharine.
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