Hi!
I invite you now to take a look at the family of James McDonald and his wife Jane McCubbin. I couldn't see an extracted marriage certificate on the IGI - just a couple of submitted ones after 1991 by members of the LDS. Not to worry too much about that because, I did manage to find some quite relevant information.
James died on 25th November, 1883, aged 94 and his wife, Jane McCubbin had died on 14th June, 1861, aged 64.
Their children:
William McDonald chr. 25th January, 1814 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
Samuel McDonald chr. 1st June, 1817 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
James McDonald chr. 25th August, 1819 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
Hugh McDonald chr. 20th July, 1826 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
Rachel McDonald chr. about 1830 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
Margaret McDonald chr. 6th January, 1831 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
John McDonald chr. 17th March, 1833 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
Thomas McDonald chr. 28th August, 1835 at Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
My next posting will take us forward quite a few years and it's quite an important one, because MAYBE, just MAYBE it gives me that link that I'm searching for - the link with the Glasgow area of Lanarkshire, where I believe, (rightly or wrongly),that John Jackson FERNS met up with Elizabeth McDonald, his first wife.
My very best wishes,
Tom.