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Hi Gerry,

Good find, but you have in fact brought up the heart of my problem.

There were 2 Alexander MacGregor / Ann MacLennan couples living in Applecross at the same time.

I know that "my" Ann was the one born 23 June 1807 and that married 2 April 1829. The problem is: was that the couple that migrated to PEI or was it the one that was still in Applecross in 1841.

The couple you mention migrated to PEI before 1841, because they had a daughter born in PEI in 1840. The other couple appears in Applecross in 1841 and then vanishes.

I am quite sure that the PEI couple is "my" family. But as I cannot find the death records for Ann nor Alexander (they both died in 1846) I'm missing the proof. That's why I'm looking for the other couple, with the hope of finding Ann's parents in her death record, which would confirm which Ann is the one I'm looking for.

By the way: KableWalker, thanks for the information, I'll be taking a look at those records you mention. This search has taken me years and it's time to try all possibilities.

Cheers to you both,
Kiko

Hi Bob,

If you get access to some Argentine records, bear in mind that "James" is a tricky name in the old Argentine records. Often those first names were transcribed into Spanish equivalents, but in the case of James I've rarely seen it transcribed as "Jaime" (which would be the equivalent today). Instead, I've often seen it transcribed as "Santiago".

Cheers,
Kiko

Hi Jan,

Family Search are indexing Chilean births from 1885 to 1900 right now (I participate in this indexing process). No record for Bisset is available yet online. So I guess sometime in the future (maybe next year?) it could appear. It will depend on where exactly she was born. Most of the records we have been indexing over the last months correspond to Central and Northern Chile, which is where (aside from Patagonia) most of the British settled.

Cheers,
Kiko

I'd say Jorose is right with his 1895 census entry. The surnames appear as "Laiño", which would be a very close phonetic translation of Lagneau in Spanish. According to the census, they were married 10 years earlier and father Armand was a bricklayer.