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« Reply #9 on: Monday 22 September 14 22:55 BST (UK) »
 Unfortunately I don't have access to Scotlands People and I live in Canada so I can't visit a library in Scotland but I do appreciate the information you have given me over the past few days and I thank you greatly for your time and effort. Good luck in your own research.

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« Reply #10 on: Monday 22 September 14 23:01 BST (UK) »
Unfortunately I don't have access to Scotlands People

Why not? It costs nothing to register and you can do some searching in the indexes free of charge. You only need to pay if you want to view the results.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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« Reply #11 on: Monday 22 September 14 23:19 BST (UK) »
Oh! I didn't know that I could register and search for free, I thought a subscription would have to be bought. Thanks, I will give it a try.

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« Reply #12 on: Monday 22 September 14 23:36 BST (UK) »
Can you provide her mothers maiden name ?
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 23 September 14 00:24 BST (UK) »
Hi, Thanks for your message, I believe Margarets Mothers maiden name was either Webster or Brown.

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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 23 September 14 01:45 BST (UK) »
Hi ,
Can you give us the full names of Margaret's siblings ? Names can give clues to grandparents.
I do wonder like previous poster if Margaret was born out of wedlock.
Looby  ;)

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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 23 September 14 08:07 BST (UK) »
You don't mention the religion of this family? Norman, in my opinion, is not a Scottish surname. England is the obvious origin, so the family, whilst living in Scotland may have worshiped in the Episcopalian Church or, they may have been Catholic.
The burial records for Cambusnethan cemetery in Wishaw have only one mention of the surname Norman. The entry is for a burial in common Ground.

HUGH McMENEMY. Labourer, Wishaw, aged 38 years, married.
Parents - John McMenemy and Margaret Norman.
Buried 10th January 1874.

If the age is correct, Hugh would have been born about 1835. his mother would have to have been born around 1818 at least. Could she have been a paternal aunt of your Margaret.
McMenemy is an Irish surname, I wonder if Norman could originate there as well?
Paterson, Torrance, Gilchrist - Hamilton Lanarkshire. 
McCallum - Oban, McKechnie - Ross of Mull Argyll.
Scrim - Perthshire. 
Liddell - Polmont,
Binnie - Muiravonside Stirlingshire.
Curran, McCafferty, Stevenson, McCue - Co Donegal
Gibbons, Weldon - Co Mayo.
Devlin - Co Tyrone.
Leonard - County Donegal & Glasgow.

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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 23 September 14 08:14 BST (UK) »
Very wide distribution of the surname Norman(which is English):

http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Surnames.aspx

Closest distribution of the surname to Scotland is Cumberland.

Oddly there is a surname Normand which is Scottish according to the above site.
(obviously to be used as a rough guide only)

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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 23 September 14 08:29 BST (UK) »
I've just checked my copy of Black's "The Surnames of Scotland". He lists Norman & Normand together, Norman seems to be found in Aberdeenshire and Dumfriesshire, also Roxburgh and Berwick which makes more sense, being the Borders.
Paterson, Torrance, Gilchrist - Hamilton Lanarkshire. 
McCallum - Oban, McKechnie - Ross of Mull Argyll.
Scrim - Perthshire. 
Liddell - Polmont,
Binnie - Muiravonside Stirlingshire.
Curran, McCafferty, Stevenson, McCue - Co Donegal
Gibbons, Weldon - Co Mayo.
Devlin - Co Tyrone.
Leonard - County Donegal & Glasgow.