1871 assistance please

[skarecrow29]

On the informant on the Death entry I suspect your correct and they didn't know about the McGown connection (my mother certianly had'nt heard of it).

I started down a path of a Daniel McLeish  which lead me to a branch of the McLeish family that were Ships carpenters in Dumbarton back to a Daniel McLeish born abt 1811 in Kilearn but unfortunately this branch is not connected to my tree.

However I have now got back on track and looking into McGown info for Co Antrim.

Cheers

Scott  

[eilidh]

Hi Scott,

ok i will now send you a personal message with my email address.  When I get an email from you, I will send what I have.

bye E

[ladybird]

Hi Scott,

As you say an old thread    

I cannot give you anymore information on the McGowan line, other than William McGowan died in 1873. I have extensive notes on the McLeish and Gilchrist lineage which I am happy to send to you. However before I can send you a personal message with my email address, you will have to make two more posts on Rootschat.  So just respond to my reply on this thread a couple of times and we can go from there.

I would say that the informant may not have been aware of Daniels biological father's surname and put it down as McLeish.

bye E

Hi Eilidh
Can I butt in on this thread please and ask if you have any info on a Spencer Gilchrist. I have her burial from the OPR's in 1819 in Glasgow City Lanark stating she was 80 so born c1739.
She had a daughter Isabella Stevens born c1784 in Aberdeen, her father was George Steven, a butler according to her marriage cert.
I can find no record of a marriage between George Steven and Spencer Gilchrist, nor any other trace of George.
Working on the dates Spencer would have been quite old when she had Isabella  and I wonder if there were any other children.
Thanks Sylvia