Mary. Blair Thornhill

[Maifitz]

She is a real mystery:) 

on the death record I have Peter Gray and Mary McAlpine but could not find a marriage certificate for those names or for John Gray and Mary McAlpine but did find a record for a Thomas Gray and Mary McAlpine Hamilton/Lanark

Just gets more confusing. I tried the 1911 census to see if I could get a match but that just left me more confused and creditless on the site

[Maifitz]

Hi Hume,

I was trying to get the info on the divorce from the NAS site but my search keeps bring up nothing.  Any tips on the search functionality at that site I having some trouble with it

[hume]

Hi Maifitz,

It is a bit of a tricky site to use. If you click the search tab, then enter the words Mary Gray Robert Blair in the "Search for" box, it will be the fourth result.

Alternatively, if you copy CS258/11465 into the Reference box, it will take you straight to the record.

There's another reference - CS46/1964/732 - which looks to connect with Mary as well, but unsure what it means.

1964 - Mary Gray or Buchanan: Appointment as Trustees under Feu Disposition by Rob Thomson of Rev John B Mackenzie & others (Polmont Domestic Mission)

hume

[MonicaL]

Regarding Mary Ellen's parents....again not sure if they married, or it could have been an irregular marriage as Mary Ellen and Robert H Blair's seems to have been 

The witnesses to Mary Ellen and Robert H Blair's are given below. Given the names we have for the mother, could we also have all sort of mixes I wonder...

[Maifitz]

Wow didn't spot that when I was looking at the records.  My Father-in-law's side was so straight forward that I didn't have to figure out much. Everything just matched This is much trickier. I'm trying to contact one of my husband's uncles to see if they can shed any light before I go any further.  They are all in their 70's and 80's so hopefully someone can verify any of this information on their grandmother before I bankrupt myself on Scotland's People

[apanderson]

I don't know whether this will be of any help?

Anne 

(Thornhill (Norrieston) Churchyard)

[hume]

Anne,

What a star. I think this helps lots!

hume

[MonicaL]

  Oh my, Anne! Quite a contribution that one! Amazing 

Monica

[MonicaL]

As showing on Anne's photo, Mary McAlpine died in 1945, at Burnside Cottage. She shows as aged 85 and unmarried.

Her father is down as Thomas McAlpine, a sea captain. Mother Mary and can't make out her surname (thought we would try to at least find her birth on IGI - the easy way!). However, cannot make out her surname: