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- I shall quote from book, "...the 1807 city directory(Glasgow)lists acousin, Samuel Dow, who was a spirit merchant. Samuel Dow was his(DuncanBan's) mother's brother Ewen McCalman's son. Sammy Dow became famous inGlasgow for his "Pigeon Blend" whisky. The name 'Dow' wasinterchangeable with Dov, to which the 'pigeon' probably refers. Dow isan Anglicized form of McCalman, Calman being an old Irish name with Latinorigins: columba, a dove. ...After Culloden some family members adoptedthe surname Dow because the McCalmans were known Jacobites. McCalmansor Dows lived in and around the area of Banavie near Fort William,adjacent to Glen Nevis and the Achintee farm, for more than two hundredfifty years.
Ewen McCalman, Duncan Ban's uncle, married Catherine Cameron, and thiscouple were parents to at least four sons: John, born in 1763; Ewen,born 1776; Samuel(the spirit merchant), born 1778; and, Archibald, dateunknown. The eldest son, John, married Ann McMillan, who bore elevenchildren, three of whom,. Samuel, Angus, and Hugh, later moved to Glasgowwhere they worked for their Uncle Samuel. Another of John and AnnMcCalman's eleven children, a daughter named Mary, married John McMillan,a crofter at Camaghel. Their son, John, born in 1840, also went toGlasgow and became a spirit merchant. This John McMillan married JessieCameron and had at least seven children, the most distinguished of whomwas Donald, magistrate of the burgh and justice of the peace for LanarkCounty. Donald and his brother, Hugh Ewen, started a fine draperybusiness in Partick, Scotland, and Donald designed and patented theMacMillan hunting tartan worn by the chief and his family. Ex-BaillieMcMillan of Partick was also a founding member of the Clan MacMillanSociety in Glasgow and served seven years as society chief. It washis...interest that persuaded Pipe Major John MacColl of Oban to composethe "Clan MacMillan March". Donald McMillan died in 1922 and is buriedin the McMillan section of the old Kilmallie churchyard beside his fatherand brother, wine merchants, John and Samuel Dow McMillan...."
..."The Dow spirit firm was a revered Scottish concern that remained inthe family for more than 160 years until it was sold to a company namedAllied by Alistair Dow in the 1970s." The foregoing is from book,"MacMillans" by D. MacMillan."
From From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO(margaret077@sympatico.ca)
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