Family Tree Part 3: The Falconer Line

1. William Falconer

2. John Falconer, b. June 23, 1740, Latheron Parish, Caithness, Scotland
m. Barbara Sutherland (dau. of John Sutherland) b. Feb. 12, 1745

3. James Falconer, b. August 4, 1773, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland; d. Bet. 1841-1851
m. Mary Morrison (dau. of Iye Morrison) b. about 1769, Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
Note: James was a private in the Caithness Fencibles stationed at Fort George and appears to have been discharged by 1797. In 1841 lived at Kinseally (Ceannsalie) on the NW coast of Eddrachilles which was cleared of the tenants for a sheep farm in the mid 1840s.

4. Hector Falconer, b. 1802, Scouriemore, Sutherland, Scotland; d. Sept. 15, 1887, Prince Edward Island, Canada
m. Mary Catherine Ross, b. 1806, Scouriemore, Sutherland, Scotland

5. Alexander Ross Falconer, b. June 11, 1834, Handa, Eddrachilles, Sutherland, Scotland; d. February 4, 1907, Prince Edward Island, Canada
m. Bessie Campbell Gunn (dau. of William Gunn and Christy Campbell) b. May 6, 1854, Prince Edward Island; d. July 13, 1933, Prince Edward Island
Note: Alexander was a minister in South Granville, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

6. George Alexander Ross Falconer, b. October 12, 1878, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. July 16, 1965, Maine.
m. Mary Ann Curtis b. Feb. 16, 1891; d. May 28, 1974
Note: George left his family in Prince Edward Island, Canada, at age 13 or 14, as they could no longer afford to care for him. He immigrated to Maine, where he settled in Shirley Mills. He ran a fox farm on Boarstone Mountain in Elliotsville, Maine, which had a world reknowned reputation as one of the best.

7. Mary Wilberta "Mae" Falconer, b. May 16, 1923; d. January 15, 2006, Belfast, Maine
m. Raymond Douglass Mills (son of Percy Mills and Evelyn Avery)
Note: Mae grew up in Shirley Mills, Maine, and spent much time on Boarstone Mountain, where her parents were caretakers and ran a fox farm. Just after marrying Ray Mills, Ray was shipped off the Europe with the army, where World War II was winding down. After his return, the couple moved to Dexter, Maine, and began a family. Mae worked for many years as a substitute teacher, and as a secretary for Mac Stewart, an optomistrist. Mae and Ray moved to Searsport in 2003 to be closer to family.

8. Mary Jeanne Mills

9a. Brian Ray Merrill
9b. Allen Ross Ewing Merrill
9c. Karen Lynn Merrill Keniston