Hi All,
My 3 Great grandmother Margaret McKellar nee Campbell died in 1855 aged 80, so she had one of the detailed death certificates that were only issued in that year. her parents are given as Duncan Campbell and Nancy McNaughtan.
Years of searching have failed to find a Duncan Campbell married to a McNaughtan in the period 1750 to 1780.
The information on the death certificate was supplied by Duncan Thompson, Margaret's son in law. Realising that all family details would have been passed down by word of mouth, I am wondering if perhaps there is an error with her mother's name.
There is a Margaret Campbell baptised at Lochgoilhead 29.10 1775 with parents Duncan Campbell and Agnes McKoel. Nancy = Agnes, Ann , Annie, so I am wondering if this might be her parents. The birth in 1755 corresponds with her age of 80 in 1855 and there is a deffinate connection to Lochgoilhead as she was buried there. She died at Coul farm which is near Barnacabba the home farm for the Glenfinart Estate, Dunoon would have been closer for a buriel. The connection to Lochgoilhead could be from her husband Peter McKellar or the Campbell family.
Is it possible that there might be a Campbell /McNaughtan marriage that I have failed to find?
I am loath to claim the Duncan Campbell and Agnes McKoel as her parents when her death certificate names her mother as Nancy McNaughtan.
Any help would be appreciated
Wyanga