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Hi Soosie,Thankyou so much for replying. Your information was very interesting. As I said,my knowledge of my Father's family is very limited. I was stunned to discover that poor Marion had ten children! My grandfather,William,must have been one of the youngest..am I right?! Your Alexander one of the older children?
I am very sorry that my reply is so late but I have been on major grandmother duties. After a day spent with them,I am very tired!
I would be delighted to hear of any more information that you have.
Best Wishes,Gefling.

Hi McCann...I have some photographs,too. I have a really grainy one of Susan Mackay who was the youngest girl. I,also,have a small[what looks like a passport photo]photo of Robert Mackay's son John. I am sure I have a photo of Ann McJannet as an old lady and some of my grandfather,John,but,again, as an older man. I'm going to have to get some help from the younger family members in how I get them to you!
Alexander Mackay's father was a William Mackay who married Susanna Finlayson in 1789. According to the notes left by my mother,they were married in Haddington  in East Lothian.William was born in 1768 whilst Susanna was born in 1770. Again,they were farmers. Her notes then include a Susanna with no surname who married a Richard Watkins in 1770 and then,a Susanna Craig who married an Alexander Cockburne in 1743. My Mother's notes don't explain these people though could this be the starting point for the ubiquitious name Alexander?!
Alexander Mackay[1833]had a bit of a drouth..he drank too much. As a result,Ann McJanet struggled to bring up her family.She seems to have been a feisty wee lady much loved by her children.
I would love to know what happened to your Robert. All of the family seem to have left Ayrshire no doubt looking for work in Glasgow. My John became a shipwright in the Glasgow yards. My Mother,always,said the Mackays were a clever family! I'm sure she was right!
Best wishes,Gefling.

Hi McCann...I'm rather new to this and not very computer literate so please bear with me! My Mother was Maria Mackay;her father was John Mackay who was born in Ayr in1871;his parents were Alexander Mackay who was born in1833 and died on Nov.11th,1911 in Govan,Glasgow and Ann Muir McJanet who was born on South Corton Farm,Ayr on July,17th,1834 and,herself too,died in Govan onApril29th,1914. They were married on Jan.18th,1858.
Ann or Annie was the daughter of William McJanet,1790-1866,and Euphemia Muir,1792-1874.Ann was born on her maternal grandfather's farm which,incidently,was adjacent to Mt.Oliphant of Robert Burns fame!
This grandfather was Gabriel Muir,1768-1832,and his wife was Euphemia Baird who died in 1846.
Ann's father,William,was,also,a farmer who died in Maybole. His father was,also,William and his Mother was Margaret Bryan.
The Alexander whom Ann married was born in Armadale in 1833. His parents were Alexander,1790-1855 and Mary Tunnock,1793-1857. Both died in Wallacetown.
I'm sure you will have most of this information already but what excited me was that you appeared to be researching my Mother's family!
My Mother was one of six-Alexander[1912-1914];Maria[1915-2007];John[1917-1965];William[1920-1992];Robert[1924-1993] and Annie[1928-2002].
Look forward to hearing from you and thankyou so much for taking time to reply....Gefling.