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Thanks Norrie but they are not  mine. I had checked them out before.

According to Fife Council's records my Andrew Marshall and Mary McLean are buried in Lochgelly. I went there on my last visit and found the plot but there is no headstone for them.

With the release of the 1911 census, I have found a younger sibling for Andrew that I never knew existed. I have connected with her descendants and have heard a lot of oral history for that branch, as well as their stories about my own side. It has been wonderful. But they really can't add anything to my search for the illusive Mary McLean (still hunting for her after 20+ years!!) However one of them distinctly remembers visiting, placing flowers, and caring for her grandparents' (Andrew Marshall and Mary McLean) grave and is positive it is in Ballingry! I have been to that cemetery many times to visit my own grandparents' grave (Andrew Marshall and Isabella Stewart) but have never come across another family headstone. I am visiting Scotland this summer, so will be on the hunt!

Another clue from one of their family stories .... the younger sister of my grandfather was called Barbara, as is the recently-found cousin, and when this cousin asked her mother where the name came from, she was told her grandmother didn't like to talk about it, but she had a younger sister called Barbara and both of them were left on the doorstep of a childrens' home! When they became of age to go into service, Barbara went to a family who later emigrated and took her with them! This could certainly explain the difficulty I have had locating Mary McLean's birth certificate, and census details for 1871 and 1881!

So, that's the story I will be researching now!

Thanks for looking for me

I was interested to read your post because I have a similar name in my tree that I cannot figure out where it came from.

One of my Ggrandfather's sisters and also his aunt, were called Davina ABERCROMBY BURT Marshall. There is no family name associated with either of these two middle names. No local landowners or ministers, as far as I can see. Obviously the younger girl was named after her aunt, but where did the name come from?

A mystery