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Duncan Hyndman born 1876, Skipness Argyll Scotland. married Margaret Currie born 1874 Killean, Argyll Scotland.
Both emmigrated to Saskatchewan, he around 1908 and she in Oct 1922 as his fiancee.
Have not been able to find the marriage on any of the Genealogy sites. Ancestry, Find my Past. or My Heritage. Canada records did not provide anything. They did not marry in Scotland.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Dooker
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Duncan appears to have returned from Canada sometime between 1908 & 1915 as there is an outgoing passenger record for 1915
He is in a mental hospital in 1931 shown as married & died 1949 but his headstone doesn't mention Margaret
Can't find Margaret in 1931
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Thank you for your reply re Duncan and Margaret. Bit of an enigma.
They did marry but Margaret did not enjoy being in Saskatchewan. All the information about Duncan is known .
Margaret did have a sister married in Ontario, married name McLean but I would have to look up some records to verify the information. It is believed she went to her sister as she no longer had any immediate relatives in Scotland.
If I find anything else which might help find the marriage I will post again.
Dooker
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The Saskatchewan marriage index is not yet available on line…note about it here where you would select marriage record…
http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx
PB
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Might the sister have been Jean Mclean - born 1857 -
Jean Mc Lean - 22 March 1857 Scotland - 6 March 1946 Dutton Elgin Ontario (aged 88 years)
Death Place Dutton, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Father Donald Currie
Mother - Margaret Currie Spouse
souse - Angus Mc Lean
Certificate Number 011805
Sandra
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FIND A GRAVE
Jane Currie McLean (with photograph) 1857 - 1946
As per bio on site :- Jane Currie was born in 1857 in South Knapdale, Argyll, her father, Donald, was 24 and her mother, Margaret McIntyre, was 21. She married Angus MacLean in 1882 in Tarbert, Argyll. They had eight children in 18 years. She died in 1946 in Dutton, Ontario, at the age of 89.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173512456/jane-mclean
Spouse - AAngus McLean BIRTH 3 Jul 1854 Argyll and Bute, Scotland
DEATH 11 Jan 1942 (aged 87) Dutton, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Dutton, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Sandra
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1931 census Living with son Hugh in Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
Hugh McLean 42 Head
Jessie McLean 37 Wife
Jean McLean 10 Daughter
Jessie McLean 8 Daughter
Angus McLean 76 Father
Jean McLean 74 Mother
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01t6m/
Sandra
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previous thread 2016
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=754844.0
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The 1881 census shows a brother Neil Currie - Kilcalmonell, Tarbet, Argyll ??
Donald Currie 52 Margt Currie 46
Peter Johnstone 22
Ann Currie 17 Isabella Currie 13
Neil Currie 9 Margt Currie 6
Is this Neil Currie ?
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Hello Sandra,
thank you for your help with Duncan and Margaret. Often the Hyndman name has different spellings and that has also been tried. Did not find them married in Ontario but shall try Ancestry in the Library for Ontario. Government records not helpful. !!!!
The present day family has no record of the marriage.
The Neil Currie you mentioned was not her brother.
Will keep trying different avenues.
Dooker.
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He is already shown in hospital in the 1926 Census in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C395-G9L1-3?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPRT-S7DM&action=view
As noted, the Saskatchewan marriage records are not available online (and that note about them being done after the others have been done has been on the site for many years, so don't hold your breath).
Highly unlikely they were married in Ontario.
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24 March 1927 - Duncan Hyndman
Saskatchewan. Probate Estate Case Files.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G58N-7HBG?view=index&action=view
9 March 1927
- Duncan Hyndman
Sandra
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Hello Sandra,
Thank you for all the information you found for Duncan Hyndman.
Cousin in Saskatchewan has been writing to the government and statistics for a Marriage Certificate many times and one person, lately, was actually phoning for questions and answers. In the end, this week, cousin asked for the last few months of 1922 to be checked and they have now found the marriage. Waiting on copy in the mail. Sometimes it pays to" flog the dead horse" sorry not a very good saying but fits this subject. !!!
Have a good week end when it comes
Dooker
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Perseverance paying off, that's great news. Thank you for the update.
Sandra :)