Wishing to find any info, such as parents and siblings on my distant relative.
Catherine McMillan was born into a wealthy family in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1837.
When she was about 16yrs of age she fell in love and ran away with a Irish stable hand who worked on her parents estate. She was apparently disowned by her family for running off as in those days it was frowned upon, especially as he was only a Irish stable hand. In 1855 she arrived in Tasmania, Australia with John Clair where they got married and had children.
Where did you find out that she was born in Dalry, and are you sure it was Dalry in Ayrshire?
Assuming that she gave her age accurately on her marriage, she is more likely to have been born in 1836 than in 1837, because if her birthday was after 8 April 1837 she would have been only 18 on 7 April 1856. Do you have any other evidence of her age?
What were the names of their children, in order of birth?
Do Tasmanian death certificates record the names of the parents of the deceased?
I have looked at the 1851 census (two transcriptions and the index at Scotland's People) and I have not found any record of a Catherine McMillan of the right age in Dalry.
