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Ayrshire / Catherine Brown b. abt 1806 Ayr, Scotland of Ochiltree
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My wife descends from Catherine Brown b. ca. 1806 Ayr, Scotland m. 10 April 1829 Ochiltree, Ayr, to Hugh Wight b. 6 Aug. 1801 Pluck, Old Cumnock, Ayr. Catherine and Hugh moved soon after their marriage to Ontario, Canada. Catherine is recorded in the 1851 (Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co. ON b. Scotland age 45) and 1861 (Brantford Twp., Brant Co., ON b. Scotland age 55) census. The census put her birth at abt. 1806. She died 1869 (Ontario) as per the family Bible of Hugh Wight and Catherine Brown. Hugh Wight died 1873 (Ontario), again per the Wight family Bible.
In searching for the ancestry of Catherine (and Hugh), I came across a family that matches well as parents of Catherine. A Catherine Brown was born in "Burnockstown" Ochiltree, Ayr, Sep. 1806 (christened 14 Sep. 1806) to John Brown and Mary Kerr. Hugh and Catherine's children based upon the Scottish Naming practice would fit this family (the only glitch would be the fact that both fathers were John, but the first daughter was Mary Wight (named after Catherine's mother), and the second was Margaret Wight (named after Hugh's mother). Another clue is Hugh and Catherine's son William named his one son, Quentin Wight. This would fit the family of John Brown and Mary Kerr as they had a son Quentin. Also, a picture exists among the Wight family of the Brown family of Ayr.
This would be fairly cut and dry, however, every tree on ancestry has Catherine Brown daughter of John Brown and Mary Kerr married to a Meickle. I researched this family, and found (Muirkirk as opposed to Ochiltree) it did not fit the data, but... I have no definitive piece of data that counters their assumptions. Any help would be appreciated.
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In searching for the ancestry of Catherine (and Hugh), I came across a family that matches well as parents of Catherine. A Catherine Brown was born in "Burnockstown" Ochiltree, Ayr, Sep. 1806 (christened 14 Sep. 1806) to John Brown and Mary Kerr. Hugh and Catherine's children based upon the Scottish Naming practice would fit this family (the only glitch would be the fact that both fathers were John, but the first daughter was Mary Wight (named after Catherine's mother), and the second was Margaret Wight (named after Hugh's mother). Another clue is Hugh and Catherine's son William named his one son, Quentin Wight. This would fit the family of John Brown and Mary Kerr as they had a son Quentin. Also, a picture exists among the Wight family of the Brown family of Ayr.
This would be fairly cut and dry, however, every tree on ancestry has Catherine Brown daughter of John Brown and Mary Kerr married to a Meickle. I researched this family, and found (Muirkirk as opposed to Ochiltree) it did not fit the data, but... I have no definitive piece of data that counters their assumptions. Any help would be appreciated.
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Wigston, Esq.