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Hi Lorraine
I am few years late but I am also researching Martha Shackleton who married Richard Edwards.
Lorraine did you manage to get a copy of their marriage certificate or her birth certificate - I could have other information I can share as I have done some comprehensive research on Martha's daughter Isabell Edwards who married William Sommerville.
 

Any MacAlister's out there......especially from Tigneabruiach, Kilfinnan and Kilmartin.....I think I am your cousin in Africa ?

Descendants of Archibald McAlister
                                             
   1     Archibald MCALISTER   Born: Abt. 1780                                    
..      +Isabella MCTAVISH                                       
...   2     John MCALLISTER   Born: 1809 in Kilfinan, Scotland         Died: 16 July 1877 in Dergbrough Farm         Occupation: Fisherman                  
.......      +Sarah MCCALLUM   Born: 1809 in Kilmartin, Scotland         Died: Bef. June 1877                           
.........   3     Isabella MCALISTER   Born: 10 November 1831 in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland         Died: 14 November 1914 in Kenmore Villa, Kames Parish of Kilfinnan, Argyll, Scotland at 00.30 am                           
.............      +Alexander MCBRIDE   Born: 1835 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland         Died: 10 October 1910 in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland      Census: 1881 Dergbrough Farm, Stone mason aged 46 years   Occupation: 1869 Master Builder                  
.........   3     Catherine MCALISTER   Born: 1832   Baptism: 26 March 1832 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland                                 
.........   3     Margaret MCALISTER   Born: 1833 in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland                                    
.........   3     Archibald MCALISTER   Born: 1834 in Kilfinnan, Argyll, Scotland   Baptism: 16 February 1834 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland      Died: 06 April 1900 in Parish of Kilfinan      Census: 1881 19 Ingleston Place East Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland   Occupation: Shipwright                  
.............      +Alice Elizabeth YOUNG   Born: Abt. 1840 in Kilfinnan, Argyll, Scotland               Census: 1881 19 Ingleston Place East Greenock, Renfrew,  Scotland                     
...............   4     John MCALISTER   Born: 1874 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotlamd               Census: 1881 19 Ingleston Place East Greenock, Renfrew                     
...............   4     Thomas MCALISTER   Born: 1878 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotlamd               Census: 1881 19 Ingleston Place East Greenock, Renfrew                     
...............   4     Malcolm MCALISTER   Born: 1880 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotlamd               Census: 1881 19 Ingleston Place East Greenock, Renfrew                     
.........   3     Margaret MCALISTER   Born: 28 April 1836 in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland   Baptism: 16 May 1836 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland                                 
.............      +John MILLER   Born: 1841 in Hamilton, Lanark               Census: 1881 Domestic Gardener                     
...............   4     James MILLER   Born: 21 September 1866 in Cadder, Lanark                                    
...............   4     Sarah McCullum MILLER   Born: 09 September 1868 in New Kilpatrick, Dumbarton                                    
...............   4     John MILLER   Born: 19 July 1871 in Row, Dumbarton                                    
...............   4     Henry Brown MILLER   Born: 1879 in Baillieston, Lanark                                    
.........   3     Betsy MCALISTER   Born: 1839 in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland   Baptism: 20 October 1839 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland                                 
.........   3     Christian MCALISTER   Born: 1842 in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland   Baptism: 20 February 1842 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland                                 
.........   3     John MCALISTER   Born: 1844 in Kilfinnan, Argyll, Scotland   Baptism: 02 June 1844 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland            Census: 1881 Barr Home Farm, Glassary, Argyll, Scotland   Occupation: Ploughman                  
.............      +Christina MCDOUGALD   Born: Abt. 1848 in Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland               Census: 1881 Barr Home Farm, Glassary, Argyll, Scotland                     
...............   4     Mary MCALISTER   Born: 1878 in Glassary, Argyll, Scotland               Census: 1881 Barr Home Farm, Glassary, Argyll, Scotland                     
...............   4     Sarah MCALISTER   Born: 1880 in Glassary, Argyll, Scotland               Census: 1881 Barr Home Farm, Glassary, Argyll, Scotland                     
.........   3     Malcolm MCALISTER   Born: 1846 in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland   Baptism: 15 June 1846 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland            Census: 1881 Master Mariner on the vessel The Flying Arrow on the Isle of Man   Occupation: Master Mariner                  
.............      +Euphemia MCALLISTER   Born: 1846                                    
.........   3     Neil MC ALLISTER   Born: 1849 in Tigneabruiach, Kames, Argyll, Scotland   Baptism: 19 January 1849 Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland            Census: 1881 Seaman living at 128 Cathcart Street, Govan, Lanark   Occupation: Master Mariner                  
.............      +Catherine MCALISTER   Born: 1852 in Kilfinnan Argyll Scotland         Died: 17 June 1951 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland                           
...............   4     Malcolm MCALISTER                                       
               
...............   4     Helen MCALLISTER                                       
...............   4     Neil MCALLISTER   Born: 1888 in Rothesay, Bute         Died: 25 September 1915 in Battle of Loos, France                           
...............   4     John MCALISTER   Born: 1882 in Kames, Argyllshire         Died: 19 December 1935 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland         Occupation: 1911 Master Mariner certificate no: 004903         

would love to hear from any wee cousins
Heather MacAlister                        

Hello Everyone
My name is Heather and I live in Cape Town South Africa.
My great great grandfather  Richard Woodland was reputed to have been born in or around Huddersfield circa 1820. He arrived in South Africa around 1852 after being shipwrecked on his way back to  England  from India off the coast of South Africa.

I was in Huddersfield in May and the day I got their was a public holiday so the church office  (big church in the centre of town) was closed so no one could help.

 Can anyone please tell me if and what records are available electronically for this period so I can persue the ellusive ancestors.
Reciprocal look ups in South Africa can be done in exchange for any help
kind thanks
Heather