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I have just had a brick wall come down moment and found a missing relative. William Salmond married Margaret McKerral in December 1909. He died in 1951 in Glasgow and it is noted he is a widower at that time. Margaret's parents on her marriage to William are noted as John McKerral and Margaret McKerral nee McDougall. Margaret appears to have been born approx 1871 and before marriage, lived at 51 Houldsworth Street, Glasgow. William and Margaret's marriage was witnessed by Arch McIntyre who was William's mother's grandson by her first marriage to an 'Aitken'. Arch's mother was Elizabeth McIntyre, nee Aitken. I believe Archibald died when a navy ship went down at sea. He had a twin sister. If any of these names rings bells, I would be happy to hear from you. William came out to Australia in 1886 with his father, Peter Salmond and mother Jane and some other members of the family. Some returned to Scotland including William who I found in a 1901 census in Coatsbridge, but hadn't been able to find any further trace of him until today. Thank goodness for Scotlandspeople!
Scotland: Stewart, Smith, Edward, Barron, Macdonald, Sinclair, Millar/Miller, Ross, Salmon(d), Cuthel, Cuthill, Macalister, McAlaster, McAllister, Forsyth, Haddow, Todd, Aitken, Gartshore, Mackie, Strang
England: Lucas, Parkinson, Nicholls
Ireland: Keys, McAuliffe, Achilles, Fenner/Fannin, Halpin
Germany: Achilles, Bartels, Barthold, Pralow, Schreiber, Kloth, Cords