Hello Everyone:
I've been working on the family tree for a few years now and have finally come to my brick wall. My family traces itself to a couple - Andrew Mulholland and Margery (Marjory) Leitch. They lived in Rutherglen, Scotland approx. 1840-1890.
I have been successful in locating their children, grand children and great grandchildren but have been unsuccessful in finding any records of Andrew and Margery beyond a birth date of (maybe) 1820 for Margery (1891 census).
I did find a death registry for an Andrew Mulholland for 1879 in Rutherglen. I haven't been able to confirm it's is him. Their son, William is my great grandfather. I am also having some problems finding confirmation of where he died. He and his wife, Sarah Baillie Mulholland arrived in Canada in 1910. On a grave marker in High Blantyre cemetery he is listed as dying in Feb 1920. I cannot locate his death registry on Scotland's people nor his wife Sarah's.
He immigrated to Cape Breton and the Nova Scotia vital statistics do not have a death registered for them. His son Thomas left CB and went to Cobalt Ont. I don't think he and his wife left to live with their son as Thomas was still in CB in 1926. His children's names were Andrew, Thomas, William, David, Charles, Margaret and George.
Sarah died in 1928.
The families that have intersected with the Mulholland are: Beecrofts, Lamonds, Baillies, Langs, McNeil, from Bonhill, Blantyre, Renfrew, Kilsyth.
The naming conventions are followed: males names are Andrew, David, William, Charles, Thomas and George. Females are: Isabella, Sarah, Margaret, Margery and Cecilia. Middle names are usually Baillie, Lang, Lamond or McNeil.
Family rumour has it that there is an Irish connection somewhere but I'm back to 1800s and I'm not finding it. I may find it around 1760 or earlier around 1715 when there was an influx of Irish workers into Scotland.
William's family immigrated to Nova Scotia beginning in 1903 and continued to move back and forth until 1930s. Only George Baillie Mulholland remained in Cape Breton. Thomas remained in Cobalt and Andrew immigrated to Tasmania in 1926. David died in Blantyre in 1945. Charles was killed in WWI in France.
Any ideas on how to break that wall? Thanks in advance.