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hi, not posted anything for a while but just discovered that Catharine Quigley and John McKenna had a daughter called Maryann, who was born in 1856. I'm wondering if Catherine is the sister of James Quigley who was married to Mary Leitch, as Maryann was his mothers name. Does anyone have any information on Catherine which may help my search?

No, I was looking at the details posted by Rosinish. I think they might be from census?

  Hello again. The Stobo link is one I hadn't came across so thankyou for that. Marion was married to John Hay in 1884, at Biggar. Janet Boa is listed as her mother. No fathers name listed. She was divorced in 1892. Marion then married Patrick Connelly in 1898. She is recorded as widow. Again only her mothers name is there. However, when Marion died in 1930, her parents are recorded as John Wilson and Janet Wilson m/s Boa. I've never managed to find a marriage cert for Janet. I did find her in the Poor Relief records in the Mitchell Library.  In 1899, she was claiming poor relief. She had a son John, age 47, and Marion, by then married to Pat, and another son, William, age 37. William later changed his surname to Steele. The records also say Janet was illegitimate and her mothers name was Mary. ( assume Boa )  Janet was sent to Peebles poorhouse and died there in 1902. On the entry in the poor records Janets place of birth is given as Bellspool, Biggar, but census records show Drumelzier.

So, yesterday I'm driving from Moffat through the borders and pass a place saying Glenholm garden center. Glenholm was where my 2 x great grandmother was born. Anyone on here familiar with the name Boa? I didn't realise the actual place still existed.