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Hi ,
        There appears to be only one William Tait who could be yours in Dumfriesshire died
in 1877 aged 61.
 Go to ScotlandsPeople  website and download the cert from that you will get his parents .You will need to get some credits £7 for 30 --6 will let you see and download it.

The Ref no is 812/52.

betsy

Hi Michelle,
                Great I look forward to that to.

betsy

Hi,
    I was asking a friend who belongs the Gilmerton area about gala days. She recognized your granmother as being the wife of the local doctor who resided in the Northfield area of Liberton.
In the 1950s Moredun held gala days my friend actually took part in one but not this one.
Apparently in the Saturday edition of "Evening News " there is a  "Can you help" column why don't you ask in it if any one can remember who your gran crowned. Worth a try.
There is another site www.edinphoto.org.uk the owner of the web site Peter Stubbs  is very helpful I have contacted him a few times regarding
photos on his site there is also a guestbook you could write in that people from all over the world are "guests" talking about their childhoods in Edinburgh.
Won't do any harm and worth a try.
Good luck.
Remember and let us know how you get on
Betsy

I have just found James on 1911 census he is staying in Cairnryan with his sister in law and niece he is classed as a boarder

occupation given as a fisherman no sign of Maria.

Betsy

Sorry I am not I have not been able to find anything on them except his death he is the brother of my ggg grandfather .

I have  all the rest of this family and descendants up to the present day but he is a mystery . I wonder if he has been living

elsewhere and came back to Cairnryan later on in life according to his death certificate Maria was still alive . It was his niece my

gg grandmother who registered his death.


Betsy