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Evelina
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Hi can anyone help me find my Gran's sister Margaret Morrison Laing known as Meg born 1896 in Fife, Scotland, married 1918 in Perth, Scotland to William Simmons from Newfoundland. They went to live in Newfoundland. He is born about 1896 too. Parents Charles Simmons, Fisherman and Bridget Carroll.
William was a Seaman - Merchant Service and a Private Newfoundland Forrestry Corps at the time of his marriage. His usual residence is given as Queen's Harbour, Newfoundland.
Any help or pointing in the right direction very welcome, thanks Evelina
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Porter & Chalmers - Perthshire, Laing - West Fife, Stirrat - Glasgow, Ferguson - Glasgow & Skye, Coulter & Wilson - Northern Ireland, Kean - Glasgow & Northern Ireland. Ferrier - Perthshire. Lawton - Church Lawton, Cheshire.
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J.J.
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Baptisms..Siblings of Charles but none for Charles: 
http://ngb.chebucto.org/Parish/grn-hbr-meth-bap-1867-1904-tb.shtml
Florence- B Sep 23rd 1892. Bap. Oct 8th 1892
Ann Eliza - B. Oct.1st 1894 Bap Oct 20th 1894.
James S. - B. July 17th 1899 Bap Sep 2nd 1899.
Mary - B. Apr 10th 1901 Bap Apr 12th 1901.
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J.J.
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Now you'd think this was the right William J. Simmons, but a mixup on her maiden name perhaps? previously married ?
Baptism for a surname: Simmons or Thompson
forename: Charles Stuart
parents Wm. J. Simmons & Margaret Thompson
born Oct 8th 1918 Lassadie, Scotland
Baptised green's Harbour March 18th 1919 by R.S.Smith
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Simmons Agnes / parents William John & Margaret ?
born Sept.13 th 1919 Green's Harbour
Bap. Nov 1st 1919 by R.S.Smith
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also a Stanley James Simmons to a William & Margaret
b. Feb 25th 1923 Bap May 8th 1923
http://ngb.chebucto.org/Parish/grn-hbr-meth-bap-1916-1923-tb.shtml
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Evelina
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Hi JJ, Thanks. This is interesting. Although William Simmons and Margaret Morrison Laing married in Perth 18 of March 1918 and she was working in Stanley, Perthshire at the time, her parents and siblings all lived in Lassodie, Fife.
So this may have been their first child, again the maiden name is wrong, who is 'Thompson', could be a coincidence but i am going to Register House in Edinburgh in the next two weeks so |i willl check out this birth certificate.
His parents as we know from the mc are Charles and Bridget and her's John & Agnes. So by Scottish naming tradition Charles is the name given to the first boy. However after this the pattern did not continue. The next son they appear to have named Theodore then a Jean. Margaret had a sister Jane known as Jean who married Theodore, (my grandparents) so this is strange. Maybe she liked the name  Evelina
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Porter & Chalmers - Perthshire, Laing - West Fife, Stirrat - Glasgow, Ferguson - Glasgow & Skye, Coulter & Wilson - Northern Ireland, Kean - Glasgow & Northern Ireland. Ferrier - Perthshire. Lawton - Church Lawton, Cheshire.
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Bridget died in 1901 - in childbirth as the story stated...in this long list of sad losses for Greens Bay within a few decades....
http://ngb.chebucto.org/Parish/grn-hbr-meth-bur-1874-1913-tb.shtml
The story said Margaret's name was Geneva, but I see now that all the children were your Margaret's... so now she has three surnames 
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J.J.
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Wonderful news!!!How fabulous that there was so much information to be had!!!
All the best,
J.J.
P.S. should you need anything else on this family, or have more news, just add a new reply and it will notify us!
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