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« on: Friday 24 September 04 06:44 BST (UK) »
Sorry Pam, didn't mean to confuse you. My sister is 'married with kids' and she posted this for me before I registered myself. I now have a copy of Robert McCourtie's death certificate showing his birth place as Maryport. I posted a query and they have been found on the Maryport 1851 census. According to the 1851 Maryport census the father John was born in Scotland, but he is in Maryport for the census. Looking at the two census' the McCourtie's in Closeburn could very well be relatives. Both John's are the same age.