Hi Everyone, sorry that I have taken so long replying - been waiting for an answer from Australia and hopfully it will be below - if I can do it!!
One question I wanted to answer is "I picked Sutherland simply because of the name" I know next to nothing about Scotland - sorry. it seems to have worked, below is the answer I received.
"Sorry for the delay.I found our "new" cousin on Ancestry.co.uk on the trees link where she was looking for the Nixon Line.She had also got to Thomas Nixon marrying Margaret ? in London in 1823.I had another look at the Census results and found one spelling of Margarett.I entered that into Ancestry .co.uk and immediately got to her parents'details and her birth details in 1799 at Watten in Caithness.The
only problem is that there is a second family with the same names, but slightly different dates ,living in Halkirk, Caithness,about 5 miles away.
However the family view chart for Margarett seems to confirm the
Watten family are ours.I hope this helps,I will send on some copies of these bits of information soon."
Hope this helps in our search, with many many thanks,
Margaret
