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Just so.

I think that the parents of Margaret/Maggie Myron or McMeeking were Charles Lennox Myron 1839-1917 and Mary Sellar; and that she was born in Botriphnie on 5 September 1858 and registered as Margaret Sellar. (As she was illegitimate she could only have been registered as Myron if her father had accompanied her mother to the registrar's when she went to register the birth, and signed the register at the same time.)

At FreeCEN https://freecen1.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl there is a family at Tennanton, Botriphnie in the 1851 census consisting of James Sellar, widower, 53, blacksmith, with six children including Mary Ann, aged 12, and his 80-year-old mother. Have a look at the original document at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (SP).

I think these could be - probably are - Margaret/Maggie Myron or McMeeking's mother and grandparents. Look at her birth certificate on SP. Was Margaret/Maggie born at Tennanton? If so, then it's quite understandable why she was taken in by her father's parents, because her mother's mother was dead.

I think you will find that Mary Ann was the daughter of James Sellar and Barbara Garden, baptised 29 December 1838 in Botriphnie. She married Alexander Bowie in Botriphnie in 1863 and died in Grange in 1879 aged 40. Check her marriage certificate on SP to see if she was living at Tenanton.

James Sellar, mmn McPherson, died in Botriphnie in 1889 aged 87 (if you believe the deaths index at SP) or on 26 May 1889 aged 88 (if you believe the death notice in the 'Elgin Courant'). Check his death certificate on SP to see if he was the widower of Barbara Garden.

If Margaret/Maggie Myron was 24 when she married in 1883, how would someone born eleven years later, in 1894, fit into things? 

Let's have a look.

Mary Jane Barclay or Myron, mother's maiden surname Kellas, died in Dufftown in 1983, aged 88.

Mary Jane Barclay and her twin sister Helen were born in Keith in 1894. Their mother's maiden surname isn't in the index. However there are three Barclay children, mother's surname Kellas, born in Keith in 1897, 1900 and 1904, and Alexander Barclay married Mary R Kellas in Keith in 1892. In 1891 the family is in Hill Street, Keith.

Mary Jane Barclay married Charles Myron in Mortlach in 1931. There are three births of Myrons with mother's surname Barclay, in 1930, 1936 and 1938.

I couldn't resist a look at their marriage certificate. Charles Myron was 55, son of James Myron and Margaret Sutherland. Mary Jane Barclay was 36, daughter of Alexander Barclay and Mary Kellas. So Charles Myron was born about 1875/1876 and cannot be the one who fathered Margaret/Maggie Myron when he was less than 10 years old.

This Charles Myron was with his mother and three brothers at Glack of Clunymore, Mortlach, in 1901. He died on 2 January 1939 and is buried in Mortlach with his parents, brothers and other relatives.

Your Margaret Myron is at Earnfold, Mortlach in 1871 with her probable father Charles L Myron and her grandmother Ann Myron. In 1901 Charles L is still at Earnfold, unmarried, with his sister Margaret. He died in Mortlach in 1917.

Any time period ?
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George William Fraser Myron
Born in 1877 - Burnside of Nevie, Inveravon, Banffshire, Scotland.
Deceased 22 April 1936 - Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa., aged 59 years old
 
Parents
Adam Myron 1844-1908
Jessie Mcintyre 1852-1897
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James Johnston Myron
Born 19 September 1920 - Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Deceased about 1985 - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, aged about 65 years old
Pensioner
 
Parents
Archibald Grant Myron 1879-1949
Mary Johnstone 1890-1949/
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sister Margaret Myron b 1822
 
Spouses and children
With Heather Annika Heath 1917- with
M A J Myron 1944
M W G Myron 1950 just gave initials in case they are still living - both male