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I decided to do a search on the 1901 census for a peter or john Gray in maybole.  I found a peter living on the same street as Mary McAlpine was born. His occupation is listed as slater which matches Mary's death cert. He is listed with a Mrs Gray, whose age and birth location matched Mary's mothers info. Three children were listed, John Gray b 1889' Charles Gray 1899, and Thomas Gray 1897.  I searched for them on the Scotland's people site but couldn't find them with the last name Gray. So I decided to try last name mcalpine and found john (father not  listed b. Stranraer) and Charles (father was listed as peter Gallagher, slater b. in 1899 dalbettie) both matching with the dates from the census, both illegitimate, both born to Mary McAlpine. I  still haven't tracked down Thomas yet, but it is looking like these are Mary Jr.'s siblings.

Now if I could just figure out what name she used in the 1891 & 1911 census

Thanks for the tips - helpful to at least know a possible location

Hmm I found the following marriage Wm Fitzsimmons and Elizth Deegan Tallanstown Co. Louth in 1875  on the roots Ireland website.

will need to do some more digging.

WOW I went to bed last night thinking about the puzzle  even had dreams about it. I found information on Granny Blair's grave stone just before I packed it in for the night and it had Buchanan, Blair nee McAlpine and I was so frustrated.

Then I get up this morning and find all this information waiting for me, Thank you thank you thank you

What a fabulous group you are. I spoke with my husband's Aunt and she has given me another family member to call who would be more likely to remember the info on her Granny. So hopefully I can get some answers on this generation before I move on. 

I'm so excited

Hi Hume,

I was trying to get the info on the divorce from the NAS site but my search keeps bring up nothing.  Any tips on the search functionality at that site I having some trouble with it