For the John McArthur there are 3 family trees on Ancestry following the lines of 3 different children of John and Isabella (Isabella b 1857, William 1865 and Alexander 1869 also 2 children no mothers name on one tree Duncan b 1841 Isabella b 1849) They all state John's parents are Hamilton McArthur and Mary Perry no marriage record of this couple On Scotlands people although there is a death of a Hamiton McArthur in 1865
according to one tree Mary Perry dies before 1843 as Hamilton marries an Elizabeth Stevenson and John was one of 12 children and 2 half brothers and 2 half sisters
Hi Wendy thanks for your replies, I appreciate your time in doing so. Unfortunately, information supplied by the public to ancestry can be so wrong. I have the marriage certificate of John McArthur and Isabella Stevenson. His father was Duncan McArthur and his mother Margaret Smith. John and Isabella had 9 children, all born in Tasmania. the first named after her mother Isabella 1857, Margaret 1858 named after his mother, John, maybe named after John Mcarthur or John Stevenson, George, named after his grandfather, William, no idea who he was named after, Peter, Duncan after his Grandfather and the youngest, Robert Russell named after the minister in Evandale who baptised them all. Was excited last year when I found on familysearch and ancestry in a scottish census a family with Peter, Duncan, John 1828 and a Robert. The census place was Cathcart or so it said. Then when I looked on Scotlands peeople it was Cartsdyke not Cathcart, so that was that. It gave a father Duncan and a mother Janet. I did think it was a second wife, but have since checked Scotlands people and find that she was his first wife and John Was janets child for this family not Margaret.
I am hoping to find a living family member of the Stevenson family who were living in Cambuslang in the 1850 and before to see if they can help with the Stevenson history and at the same time they may shed some light on the actual birth place and actual birth date of John McArthur I have six possible Johns in the censises 1841 to 1851 with no parents though. There lies my problem.
Thanks Wendy