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Hi Gordon, I am descended from William McLaren born in 1818 to Archibald McLaren and Margaret King. He married Mary Beattie who was born in 1833 to Robert Beattie and Margaret Campbell although there are no documents other than her death certificate for either parent. She is on the 1841 census as a 7year old living with Williams older brother Archibald and his wife and children. (strange) Margaret Kings parents are listed as John King and Janet Mclaren( married in 1772) and her husband's parents were John Mclaren and Catharine McIntyre. William and Mary had 4 children that survived childhood Archibald died Dec 1882 @23 years , John who died in April 1952 aged 91 , Willie who lived to be 83 and my great grandmother Margaret who passed away in 1927.