Beaton family

[Rosinish]

1851   Inverness-shire (INV) Strath

MONTGOMERY William Head   28 Drainer IRL      

1841 - I have found a William Montgomery (IRE) 'M' (Married) 25 'Gunner, Royal Artillary'  ...

If the William on the National Archives page is the same man he should have been around 33 in 1849 (b c1816) which narrows things a bit to when he was discharged 

Annie

[Uist1911]

Hi Annie
 I just searched Alexander on My tree and came up with the following ( the tree is the person who messaged me)

Alexander Montgomery 1780
Argll Southend

Shonnag

[Uist1911]

Hi Annie
Thank you

William isn't much older than Jessie is it possible he could be a brother and married someone else called Jessie
Shonnag

[Rosinish]

Yes Shonnag for sure but it wasn't uncommon for relatives to marry (small populations on the islands & Uist is a prime example) or for illegitimate children to be brought up by their father's surname if that was the case.
My thought is that Montgomery is not a 'Highland' name & if there were a cluster of them in the same place at the same time there's a good chance of being connected/related?

I'm just looking at 'possible' scenarios with names/dates/places which could fit & put in the 'maybe' folder for later.

Sometimes we need to go round the houses to find things & sometimes some of our finds are quite surprising & I just hope I'm not throwing in any spanners 

Annie

[Uist1911]

Hi Annie
Thank you
I will search on the tree see what I come up with

Shonnag

[Rosinish]

Just for ref...

MONTGOMERY ALEXANDER
ROBERT MONTGOMERY (Parent)
13/01/1780
532/10 32 Southend

Annie

[Uist1911]

Hi Annie

I saw that one when I searched for the birth haven't put Robert in tho incase it's wrong

Shonnag

[Rosinish]

I don't see the name Robert carrying forward down the line but then again not everyone used the traditional naming pattern.

I've just been going over a few things & going back to Reply #76...

'1861 - Jessie Montgomery gives her pob as Dublin'

It's the 'Irish' link which I wonder about although Dublin & Armagh are miles apart but could they be related & a lot of the family in the Army?

It does seem a bit of a coincidence 

Annie

[Rosinish]

Shonnag,

Have you found anything on Alexander MacKay?

There's absolutely nothing on him in the croft book strangely 

Annie