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I’m trying to find out more information about Robert Martin and his wife Margaret Millar. They are likely the parents of my 4th great grandmother Margaret Martin who died in Greenock in 1874.

Her mother isn’t named in her death record and her father is listed as Robert Martin, master mariner. Her only daughters were called Margaret which would point to her mother’s name was likely Margaret. Looking at the death records of John Martin d 1863 and Catherine Martin d 1882 the parents are listed as Robert Martin (ferryman/seaman) and Margaret Millar.

I’m fairly content that Robert Martin and Margaret Miller are my 5th great grandparents. I can’t find a record of their marriage. I know they had at least 8 children:
Andrew b 1796
Moses b 1799
John b about 1801
Catherine b 1807
Fanny b 1810
Margaret b about 1811
Robina b 1813
Janet (I can’t find a record of her birth but she appears in the Sheriff court paternity index in 1833 as the daughter of the deceased Robert Martin, ferryman at Kerrycroy, Kerrymenoch).

Robert Martin most likely died in 1812 or 1813 according to Robina’s birth record. I don’t know when Robert Martin was born, when he and Margaret Millar and who their parents were.

A possible clue is in the 1891 census with Archibald Logan (grocer and grandson of Archibald Martin and Margaret Jamieson) was a visitor at my 3rd great grandparent’s house in Glasgow. Is it possible Archibald Logan is my 3rd great grandmother’s second cousin? If so, then that would make Bryce Martin and Ann McFee the parents of Robert Martin. Robert’s son, John, also has a son
named Bryce.

Margaret Millar was most likely born around 1768 according to the 1841 census. Looking at the parish birth records in Kingarth and Rothesay between 1760 and 1780 parents of children with the surname Miller include Hugh Miller /Elizabeth McCook, Isobel McGlassan and Mary Sharp, John /Christian Frazer, Archibald /Margaret Jamieson, William/Mary Sharp and Thomas/Mary Millar.

Any ideas on who could be the parents of Robert Martin and Margaret Millar? Do they have a gravestone?

Thanks for replying. I suspected that Donald and Daniel could be synonyms - I couldn't find any Daniel McDonald in the area. The 1806 birth seemed too late to my ancestor's given his age in the census records - his birth most likely sometime between 1799 and 1803. It's annoying that Malcolm and his wife's daughters were likely named after his mother-in-law.

Looking at the birth and baptism records in Stornoway between 1790 and 1815 I've found 21 births with Donald MacDonald named as the father. Isabella MacIver and Catherine Graham were the only mothers I could find.