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Hi Jan,
Thanks for responding.  I have to admit that I have not looked at the Flowers in Corsham as, so far all mine seem to be in the Melksham - Semington - Steeple Ashtone and Littleton areas.  I know that there was another Flower family in Chitterne and Potterne but I am unable to make a connection with them.
I have got a copy of pages from a book called the 'Flowers of Wiltshire' which is now out of print which says the following:
Melksham Bradford, Chippenham and Corsham - Nonconformist families.
A family of barbers, some of whom were Quakers, may have originated in the ramifications of Nicholas and Christian's descendants (My ancestors form Melksham) William and Enoch emigrated to America in 1681 from Corsham; Abraham Lincoln's maternal descent has been traced to Thomas Flower the Barber of Melksham which has a baptismal entry in the parish register of Enoch, son of Thomas Flower the Barber in 1635.
A Corsham family appears in Quaker refisters and a series of nonconformist wills come from Corsham during the late 17th and 18th centuries.  This family appear to be connected  with Samuel of Chippenham, whose will was proved in 1795, as both he and Samuel of Corsham referred in their wills to relatives in Kingston St Michael.'
I have no idea if any of this makes sense to you or if you have heard of any of these names.
I am always eager to find out more about the family, so if you do find a connection I would love to know.

Regards, Sue

Many thanks for clearing that up for me.  I have a very old family photograph of the Macarthur family taken around 1900.  In amongst the family is a young girl of about 20 who I believe to be a relative.  She has been identified as a niece named McGregor.  From this I have supposed her to be the daughter of my great grandfather George's twin brother John Macarthur who married a Catherine McGregor in 1881.  John died of TB in 1883 and I can find no further trace of Catherine who I believe was born around 1860.  John appears in the 1881 census in Govan, staying with his sister Margaret Toomie.  That census was taken on the night of 3 April and John married Catherine on the 29th.
I have checked the census records and found a possible Catherine who was 18 in 1881 and was a Domestic Dervant to a Peter McKellar and family in Govan.  I am wondering if this could be her and that perhaps they she and John had a daughter who appears in the photograph.
I would love to be able to find a record of Catherine after 1881 but have been unable to to find her using either Macarthur or McGregor.  John lived in Monkton and died there which is why I was trying to find a daughter's birth and the only one I could find was an Agnus, which is obviously wrong.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Sue

Hello Frances,

It's a pleasure.  The site is very good and I have used it a lot.

Regards, Sue

Hi,
I am a descendant of Lucy Masson's aunt, Lucy Cabble.  Would love to hear from you.

S