« Reply #1 on: Monday 25 June 18 05:49 BST (UK) »
Hi & welcome to rootschat!
"My direct ancestor William McIlvaine was born Saltcoats Scotland in 1846"
Do you have the Baptism record or is this a circa date from marriage/census'/death?
Is there any leeway on that date or anywhere else he may have been born as the date seems very precise without further details?
What are all the details on the marriage cert. of William & Ann?
Anything relevant including where/when/addresses/witnesses/were parents alive when he married, what was Hughs' occ. on the marriage?
What census records do you have William on, yr/place/age/occ. & anyone else in the abode as those details may be of further help?
Can you list the name of his children in order please as those details could be significant too?
Have you tried variants of the surname on SP?
Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling
Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon
Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee
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