Orphans 1864 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

[sancti]

What about this marriage

1866 BUCHANAN ALEXANDER and REID JANE NEVIN at BONHILL /DUNBARTON

[BCmom]

You found the right parents, now if I could trace any link to their 3 children. We'd be very happy

I did find a marriage in 1870 - Alexander Buchanan married Jane Liddell, it's not him. The occupation is different on the marriage than the 1871 census. I haven't found another Jane.

Thank you for the names there, I forgot my gg-grandfather married in Bonhill.

[BCmom]

Found that marriage, thank you

Unfortunately it is not him either, he has listed "machine printer" for an occupation and the parents are wrong

[sancti]

Who was the informant on Catharines death record in 1864?

[BCmom]

John Buchanan (her son) was the informant on her death.

[sancti]

1871 census has this record

John Mclelland 59
Elizth A Mclelland 51
Eliza A Mclelland 24
Jassie D Mclelland 22
John G Mclelland 20
Agnes F Mclelland 18
Mary Ann M G Mclelland 14
Harriet D Mclelland 11
Isabella Buchanan 17  born: South Uist, Habrides Occupation: General Serv


Address: 2 Bank St Govan

[BCmom]

Thank you for the help.

Isabella is a sister to the 3 children in question, fortunately we already have all the obtainable information for all the other family members...if we could just trace their 3 siblings, we would be complete for this family.

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MaryAnne

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[sancti]

Have you checked emigration records for them?

[BCmom]

Those are almost impossible to find and that's if they traveled with family. They were the younger children and all the older were still in the Glasgow area for 1871 so it seems more likely they would also be in the area...but you never know. I have looked at a few but I can't see the young girls going by themselves. Alexander may have, it's just that he would  have traveled alone and that makes it hard to confirm parents for him.
I'll take any thoughts you have though