I've posted elsewhere on the forum today about my Smellie Hamilton puzzle. I notice here Gartshore is also mentioned. Haddow Hamilton Todd and Salmon(d) are my line. Gartshore Boak and Smellie appear interwoven - Smellie appears to be tied up with Hamilton, and Gartshore and Boak are through my 3rd Gr grandfather Peter Salmond's second marriage to Jane Boak Aitken nee Gartshore. After Thomas Aitken died, Jane married Peter Salmond who had formerly been married to Janet Forsyth. One of Jane's daughters Elizabeth Aitken married Wiliam McIntyre and their daughter was Jane Gartshore McIntyre. When my 3rd gr grandfather Peter Salmon and his second wife Jane Boak Salmond nee Aitken nee Gartshore brought my orphaned gr grandmother Jessie Haddow to Australia in 1886, she met and married an Angus Scot, Donald Macdonald in 1888. Their firstborn was my grandmother Jane Gartshore Macdonald in 1889. I was always told by Grandma that her middle name was given to her because of the midwife who delivered her. I found that to be true on Grandma's Australian birth certificate. However it was only after a lot of other research trying to untangle the web Peter Salmond had woven, that I then discovered that his second wife Jane Boak Salmond was also of course, my grandma's step gr grandmother. Jane's other daughter - Jane Aitken had married a James Wilson Todd, but after his death, she went to live with her mother and Peter Salmond. When the family came to Australia in 1886, there were two Jane Salmonds. Peter Salmond's second wife Jane Gartshore Salmond, but also her daughter Jane Todd nee Aitken who married Peter's son Peter just before they came to Australia. What a tangled web. It was only when I discovered in census data ages had differed slightly for Peter's wife - and the name Janet had become Jane which I hadn't really concerned myself about, that I dug further and discovered Janet Salmond nee Forsyth had died and Janet hadn't become Jane - they were two different people. When Peter's young Peter Salmond and his wife Jane Salmond nee Todd nee Aitken came to Australia they had 4 children, one being jane Gartshore Salmond. Unfortunately all children died either within the first year of birth and the oldest Jane Garshore Salmond was only 4 when she died. Their mother Jane Salmond nee Todd nee Aitken also then died and by 1901 census in Coatbridge, the Salmond family were back in Coatbridge - no doubt deeply distressed after the loss of 4 children and their mother. My gr grandmother Jessie Haddow having married Donald Macdonald in 1888 stayed in Queensland, Australia and had 9 children between 1889 and 1904 - only losing 1. This won't help much with what you are all researching, but it seems to have been a small area and these names have intermingled quite a lot. If you see my other post and can help with Smellie and Hamilton it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
