Hi Gogan,
I actually have Mary on my tree as McMeikan but I do remember going through so many different ways to spell it when I looked at this family. I'm sure I found 5/6 different spellings for her.
Children I have are
Annie b 1824 d 4/2/1907
John b 19/8/1825 Kirkcolm d bfr 1831
Janet b 12/11/1826 Kirkcolm
Mary b 13/8/1828 Kirkcolm
John c 8/5/1931 Kirkcolm m Jane McCulloch
James c 28/10/1834 Kirkcolm poss m Barbara McCulloch 25/3/1855
Elizabeth abt 1838
All these children except the first John and Annie are with John and Mary in the 1841 census
My Line
John Broll/Janet Stewart
Andrew Hall/Sarah Broll/Brawl (sister) to your John
Frances Anne Hall/William Burn
Sarah Hall Burn/John Roxburgh
Frances Hall Roxburgh/Thomas Borthwick
Robert Hastie/Isabella Borthwick
Mum and Dad
Me
I see we are on the same generation we both have
John Broll/Janet Stewart as 5g grandparents, I quickly put your line into my tree and it tells me we are 6th cousins
Is your line still in Scotland? I've had no luck at all finding any Brolls. I think I did note that there was an Ian Broll Undertaker in Wigtownshire and I'm positive they will be related. I always meant to write. I really want to find out about the origins of the name, is it Irish. I also looked at Browell in Northumberland but couldn't come up with anything.
Do you have any ideas on this???
Terry