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HELLO:  I have been searching for descendants from Janet Boyd Stafford (1870) and John Stafford for 2 years.....I keep hitting dead ends.  Janet was my husband's great-grandmother.  She gave birth to his grandfather Thomas Boyd in 1894.  He was illegitimate.  She left him behind in Blantyre to be raised by Janet’s parents and siblings.  She married John Stafford and moved to Glasgow and gave birth to 3 more children:  Mary Boyd Stafford, John Boyd Stafford and Robert Stafford.  I am hoping somebody knows somebody who might just be related to Janet.  A grandchild?  ?  Even one of her many siblings.  I am looking for a photo of her.  I am so confident there is one out there....might be a needle in a haystack, but I am determined!  Thank you.

My husband's name is Iain Hamilton and he was born in Paisley Scotland.   His great-grandmother, Janet Boyd, worked at Alexander (son of John and Margaret Lambie) Lambie's farm, Pilmuir Farm, in Scotland.  While working as a servant on the farm in 1893/4,  she became pregnant, left the farm, returned home to Blantyre and gave birth to my husband's grandfather, Thomas Boyd.  Iain always suspected that Alexander Lambie may have been his great-grandfather. On the 1891 census, Janet is listed as a servant aged 20.  The owner’s son is listed as Alexander Lambie aged 20 There are no records anywhere to indicate who the father of Thomas was.  His birth certificate lists him as illegitimate.  I have yet to find any baptismal papers.
When Thomas was about two years old, Janet left him with her parents and brothers to raise him, married John Stafford, and moved to Glasgow. Together Janet and John Stafford have three children:  Mary Stafford, John Stafford and Robert Stafford. I am hoping if there are grandchildren or great-grandchildren or even great-great grandchildren out there who might have a photo of Janet Boyd Stafford so my husband knows what his great-grandmother look like. He will probably never know for sure who his great-grandfather was, however, It would mean a lot to him to see a photo of his great-grandmother. Any help is so very much appreciated.

Bobbie Hamilton