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« on: Thursday 23 October 08 21:33 BST (UK) »
I too have a Margaret Primrose, although mine was born approx. 20/30 yrs after yours but in the same area.
I have read somewhere that the Primrose boys at Dalmeny/Cramond were a bit free with the ladies of the region. Most didn't seem to mind giving their illegitimate offspring their surname.
Mine married a John Ross somewhere between 1830 & 1840 & although I have the names of most of their children & their death certificates, cannot get any further back with either.
At least you have your Margaret's mother's name, I don't even have that
The only clue I have that she came from west of Edinburgh was her daughter Elizabeth born around 1837 who lists her place of birth as Dechmont Linlithgowshire ( West Lothian). This is not many miles away from the Primrose seat at Dalmeny.
I myself live not all that far from Dalmeny on the North West side of Edinburgh.
Good luck with your research.
Bertha