Okay, plodding forward...
Hugh Bell McIntyre, 1854, appears to be the
illegitimate son of Janet Bell and Lachlan McIntyre.
Janet subsequently married a George Murdoch, this from a death certificate for Hugh, in 1885.
Can't find a death for Janet Murdoch, to try and get her parents names. D.o.B. appears correct for a Janet Bell I have, born 1835, (1st cousin, 3xremoved). If this is right, that would make Hugh the GREAT grandson? of Archibald Bell, as in 1861 census.
So, any clues as to finding a death for Janet? I've had a hunt, but come up empty...if it's the 'right' Janet, it brings in a wheen* of relatives, Hugh married an Ann/Annie and had a daughter Catherine and a son Archibald...that name again

Janet also had at three more children, Mary Anderson Murdoch, Neil Alexander Murdoch, and Georgina Murdoch...
Iain
*wheen again being 7
