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I'm descended from a William McElwain, born 1798 near Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Ireland (died near Orangeville Ontario in 1880).  But my clan emigrated around 1836 clearly not to Australia but to Quebec and then to Ontario Canada.  My William married an Eliza (Beggs) too.  Presbyterian.  My William begat a son, also William, but that William (the second) was born around 1840 near Sorel, Quebec.  I would be very happy to find the link between my McElwains and the McIlvaine clan who were in Ayrshire Scotland until the late 1600s....  But no links to be found yet. 

Mark McElwain