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Perthshire / Re: Mary. Blair Thornhill
« on: Thursday 28 November 13 04:55 GMT (UK) »
I decided to do a search on the 1901 census for a peter or john Gray in maybole. I found a peter living on the same street as Mary McAlpine was born. His occupation is listed as slater which matches Mary's death cert. He is listed with a Mrs Gray, whose age and birth location matched Mary's mothers info. Three children were listed, John Gray b 1889' Charles Gray 1899, and Thomas Gray 1897. I searched for them on the Scotland's people site but couldn't find them with the last name Gray. So I decided to try last name mcalpine and found john (father not listed b. Stranraer) and Charles (father was listed as peter Gallagher, slater b. in 1899 dalbettie) both matching with the dates from the census, both illegitimate, both born to Mary McAlpine. I still haven't tracked down Thomas yet, but it is looking like these are Mary Jr.'s siblings.
Now if I could just figure out what name she used in the 1891 & 1911 census
Now if I could just figure out what name she used in the 1891 & 1911 census