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Thanks Girl Guide

Sounds like a plan

John

Thanks for the info guys

Girl Guide that is definitely the Robertson Brothers I am trying to track. I find it so much easier researching in Canada. Now my next step is to try to find the brothers in Scotland to identify their parents.

Thanks again

JohnRR

The William and Matthew are Matthew Reid's (1815-1893) sons. The Matthew H. Reid is William's son and Matthew (1815) 's grandson. My 3rd great grandfather, Matthew (1815) is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville - he remarried after Margaret died. McDonald's Corners is about 20 miles from where they lived at the time (around Brooke, Bathurst Twp) - so I think it's possible she may be buried there. I'll check it out at the Lanark Archives in the spring.

Thanks again for the help

Looking for burial site of Margaret Blackburn

Margaret was born May 04, 1813 in Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland. Margaret married Matthew Reid on June 20 1835 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland. They immigrated to Canada with their children: William, Elizabeth, Agnes and Margaret along with Margaret's parents and siblings on April 16, 1842 on the British barque 'Carlton' from Port Glasgow. Matthew Reid settled in Bathurst Township on Concession Rd 7, on or near Lot NE5, Bathurst Township. There is no record of Margaret, I can find, after 1857 when she gave birth to her last child - Matthew Reid in 1857.

Margaret Blackburn died, probably during childbirth for Matthew. She was possibly buried at Brooke Methodist Cemetery, Lot 6 Con 5 Bathurst Twp., McVeigh's Cemetery, Con 8 Lot 12 Bathurst Twp., or St. Stephen's Anglican/White's Cemetery (Brooke) Con 6 Lot 7 Bathurst Twp.

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