Hi again,
First of all do you know when he left Scotland?
He should be on the 1871 Census ....somewhere and others depending on when he left for the States.
Also us Scots were pretty keen on using family names for our children. So can you list any other children the couple had and the order they came in.
Often the first son would be called after father's father. Second after mother's father.
First daughter after mother's mother....second after father's mother.
Of course not everyone used this naming tradition and I've noticed that some families broke away from it once they'd gone abroad.
Do you know where he married Mary Jane Carmen ? I take it it was in USA?
Looby
