hi Val,
thanks for your reply, there is a possibility we have a connection. The Dows and Sands are great-great grandparents of mine. The oldest Dows I have traced are Archibald and Margaret who were wed sometime around 1818. They had a son Archibald who married Jane Sands in 1842. To the best of my knowledge they had six kids - Archibald, Robert, Margaret, Alexander, Jane and William. Archibald married AgnesGraham in 1871, Robert wd Elizabeth muir also in 1871 and William married Catherine Stewart in 1879.
The Sands go back a bit further. Robert wed Jean McLay in 1772 and I have traced 7 offspring - John, David, James, Jean, Robert, William and David. Robert married Margaret McQueen in 1812, William and Margaret Kennedy got together that same year. Robert and Margaret are my direct line. I have traced 9 kids - Janet, Robert, Archibald, Jane (my direct link), Robert (again), Mary, Margaret, Helen and James.
All of the above are from the maternal side of my family but I noticed that you also include the jolly family in your list. On my paternal side there are Jollys who hail from Kincardine. My grandmother married twice, her first husband Alexander Jolly was killed in 1918 during WW1. His parents were Robert Walker Jolly and Janr Douglas Annand who wed in Arbuthnot in 1879 and went on to have 8 children. Robert's parents were David and Isabella Stephen Gordon who had 9 kids.
It would be interesting to know if we are related in some
way. I reside in Glasgow and my e-mail is
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