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Wigtownshire / Trying to find birth of Charles Kelly who married Janet Wallace in Stoneykirk
« on: Tuesday 05 March 13 06:46 GMT (UK)  »
Is there anyone that can help me with this query as I am not succeeding in my search.  Charles Kelly was my great, great Grandfather.   I can't seem to find his birth certificate/notice and I don't know where he was born.  Information I have is as follows:
Charles' Father : William Kelly, born 6/12/1788, Died 9/11/1829 (born Kilmarnock, Ayr)
Charles' Mother : Margaret Milwain. 
William and Margaret were Married 31/3/1821 at Stoneykirk
Charles's DOB: 1825 (worked this out with his age on Census.
1841 Census shows Charles aged 16yrs at the home of John Milwain aged 80yrs.
1851 Census shows Charles aged 26yrs at the home of his mother Margaret Milwain (not sure why Margaret went back to her maiden name when William Kelly died and then on her death certificate shows Margaret was back using her married name 'Kelly' - I have yet to find that out).  She died in Stranraer in 1878).
Charles Kelly married Janet Wallace in 1856 at Stoneykirk and had two children, John Kelly and Andrew Kelly.
I checked and double checked names and dates and don't think I have made any mistakes but there are so many families with the surname 'Kelly' and 'Milwain' that I could have missed something.
Is there someone that can point me in the right direction?
Thanks so much.

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Family History Beginners Board / Help needed please / Still / Crosbie / Gordon
« on: Monday 24 October 11 03:19 BST (UK)  »
This is my first post and not sure where to put it.  Can someone please advise me.

My question is how do I find my Grandfather?
Information available as follows:

My Grandmother:
Annie Mary Crosbie
Born Portsoy 19 March 1890
Died 31 August 1965

Annie’s parents:
James Crosbie, born Kirkbean, Kircudbright on 23 September 1860
Christina Anderson, born Drainie 17 November 1869
Married 3 October 1890 Milburn House, Glasgow

Person I thought was my grandfather:
Robert Still
Born Portsoy 17 November 1888
Died 27 May 1918, Soissons Memorial for the Commonwealth War Dead

Annie and Robert married on 22 October 1909 at 22 South College Street Elgin

As my Dad Alexander Crosbie Still was born in 1926, Robert Still obviously wasn’t his father.  Dad had 4 siblings and all birth certificates state : mother/Annie Still, Father deceased or words to that effect.  I only found this out after my parents died and the one remaining sibling (half sibling) who lived in Aberdeen wasn’t forthcoming.  She has since passed on.  Her daughter remembers her saying that my dad’s father was a James Paterson Gordon from North Queensferry.

I have no dates or other information on James Paterson Gordon and my grandmother didn’t marry him.  So we have 4 children born to Annie Mary and Robert Still and 5 children born to Annie Mary Still, but no father mentioned.  I have spoken to all my cousins who are as amazed as I am that they never knew any of this.  It was never spoken about.  T
Can someone please point me in the right direction.

Many thanks in advance for any help offered.
Marilynoz   














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