« Reply #19 on: Monday 08 March 21 23:19 GMT (UK) »
Hi Monica. Yes, the Mary at Dunning in 1861 seems to be my Mary. I've also found her two sons in 1871 at Buttergash, Cargill. After that, I haven't found William's brother John Cameron. When William married Elizabeth Cameron in 1876 it would seem that his parents were alive, but it also has them as married so it looks like there was a bit of... flexibility with the truth shall we say. When William died only his mother was recorded. I've had a bit more luck with the Madderty families. I found the death record for Janet Foulis' daughter, which proved that she wasn't my Mary, so I have two couples to choose from. Unfortunately, in 1841 neither of their Marys was with her parents. Jean Miller had died, and Duncan had remarried and was living in Crieff. Alexander Stewart and Ann Neish had moved to Fowlis Wester. By 1851, Ann was a widow. One possibility for Mary in 1871 is a relative living with the Chalmers family at Dunning. Grace Chalmers was born Stewart. The census states that both Grace and that Mary were from Auchtergavin, but I'm not ready to rule her out as the farmer at Buttergash, who John and William were working for, was also a Chalmers and that seems like too much of a coincidence. I have been trying to work out if Duncan or Alexander had any link with the numerous Stewart families in the Auchtergaven area. So you see there are plenty of jigsaw pieces, but its difficult to know which ones are from which picture. This is a puzzle I keep going back to.
Adam, Allan, Anderson, Barrett, Berry, Blues, Booth, Brodie, Brough, Bruce, Bullions, Butchart, Caithness, Cameron, Cargill, Cochrane, Craig, Doig, Black, Falconer, Fotheringham, Gavine, Gray, Lilburn, Lynn, Martin, McBay, McDonald, McKechnie, Melville, Menzies, Moir, Mudie, Murray, Myles, Pike, Proudfoot, Roberts, Rollo, Roy, Rutherford, Sandiman, Scott, Stephen, Stewart, Taylor, Thornton, Whyte.
