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Help with maiden name
« on: Sunday 03 January 16 11:30 GMT (UK) »
Could some kind person please help me decipher the maiden name. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 03 January 16 11:35 GMT (UK) »
Margaret Dunbar?

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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 03 January 16 11:37 GMT (UK) »
The maiden name looks like Mc something Mclnan, but that doesn't make sense.
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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 03 January 16 11:43 GMT (UK) »
It does look like Mc something but I can't make the rest out.


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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 03 January 16 11:53 GMT (UK) »
Just looking on sites and McInan is a name, so the third letter could be a capital i rather than an l?
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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 03 January 16 11:58 GMT (UK) »
Possibly McAnan ?  SP gives 6 examples of this name in the 1861 census - all in Edinburgh.

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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 03 January 16 12:28 GMT (UK) »

McArran?

Why not tll us a little more on the couple?

Even the dates of birth/death of James Dunbar?

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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 03 January 16 16:20 GMT (UK) »
Could be McEwan.

It might help if you posted the whole thing.  We need to see more of the person's handwriting in order to compare how they form their letters.
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Re: Help with maiden name
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 03 January 16 20:58 GMT (UK) »
The death certificate is for James Dunbar, my 2nd great grandfather. Certificate number 565/00 0036. Full certificate was too large to send. Not sure how else I can post. James was married to Mary Jane McCambridge and died aged 56 at Crosslee in the Parish of Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire. It is the names of Jame's parents I am really looking for. If someone can tell me how to send the full certificate I would appreciate your help.
Thank you again.