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Researching the prospective link between Thomas Thallan and my Thallon line.

Interesting stuff in that thread. I recently found that the murdered Margaret had an illegitimate son in 1879, hope this wasn't one of the motives of the murder.

Hi there.

I'm hitting a familar brick wall when I try to find the birth records of someone born in Scotland before 1855. This particular person is Thomas Thallan (or Thallon) born 1826/27 died 1863.

I'm trying to trace the Thallon/Thallan line back to Fife where I think they all originated but this particular one has given me the slip. He was married to Margaret Wood in 1850 in Cannongate and had 6 children.

If anyones up for a challenge this is a tricky one.

I'm trying to tack the parents of James Thallan/Thallon who may have been born in Kennoway in the 1750's. I can't find any record of his birth from "Scotland's people"

He had a number of children in Kennoway between 1791 and 1801 with Katherine May (Myles) (Jean, Barbara, Katherine, Andrew & Mary).

I suspect his parents may be George Thallan and Barabra Grindingstone who had two children in Kennoway between 1749 and 1751 (Peter and Robert) but I can't find any proof of this. This would help link a branch of the Thallan/Thallon family in Fife to my own.

Fair enough Floozy.

I've had a look at my tree and there is a Henry Thallon born around the same time as your Henry in Scoonie, Fife. Improtantly he's noted in the 1851 census living in Kettle, Fife and working as a draper.

I'm not directly related to Henry but with Thallon being an unusual surname and predominantly originating from Fife I'm quite interested in tracing the different lines even if I'm not directly decended from them.

Henry's Grandfather (Robert Thallon 1751) was my great (x4) grandfather's brother.

Have you any details of Henry and Catherine's children?