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Thomas Soutar was born in Perth, Scotland in 1861, 1st child of Thomas and Jane Soutar.  I have been told that he went tea picking in Ceylon.  That is all I know.  If anyone can point me in the right direction with regards to any kind of record search for Ceylon I'd be grateful. Thank you

Hi, I'm looking for the following Soutar family from Blairgowrie.  William Soutar b. abt 1752, Blairgowrie, married May McGlashan 31 Dec 1779, Blairgowrie.  I have no information on May at all.  The parish register for their marriage said she was from Blairgowrie, as was William.  William died in 1848 in Blairgowrie.

Williams will mentions his son Thomas, from Green Bank - I have all the sons details (married Susanna Shaw in 1809).  He also mentions a brother Thomas (b. abt 1766 according to 1841 census) and a sister Margaret b. abt 1767, this was my guestimate.  She married James Robertson on 13 March 1796, also Blairgowrie. 

The problem I am having is that I can't find parents for William that have children with these three names for the dates I'm looking at.  I have found a James Soutar and Christian Sanders which match Williams dob but they don't have a Thomas or Margaret.  My only guess is that because these children were born much later they were "missed" by other researches, or Christian died and James remarried and had these other two children.

I have been mainly looking through family tree's on ancestry.co.uk, the scotlands people web site and Family Search.

If anyone can help or knows of this family at all, I would appreciate any input.  Thank you, KYLIE