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Margaret Ann Rowlands and Francis Wynne were my Great Grandparents.  I've recently started tracing the family tree and like you, found plenty of stuff on Margaret's side and struggled with Francis. It's only been the past couple of weeks that things have fallen into place.

We always believed that Francis was Scottish (My Grandmother, Elizabeth was their daughter. My Mum is her daughter, Lynne). It turns out that his family were indeed from Edinburgh (decendant from Irish immigrants in the 1840s) but Francis and his brothers were actually born in Whitehaven, Cumbria. His birth date is 2/5/1890. His father was called Benjamin Wynne and his mother was Mary Donnelly. By the 1901 census when Frank was 11 the family were back living in Edinburgh. His siblings included Norman, William, Christina Elizabeth who along with Mary all shared the names of some of his children.

In 1911, Francis emigrated to Canada and lived at some point in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1915 he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. I've just ordered his service file so until it arrives I don't know anything about his role in WW1, but I have discovered that the CEF had training camps in North Wales, and I suspect that is how he met Margaret.

If you get in touch with me on here I'll forward you details for all the records I've got so far.

Cheers,
Liz