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[hels36]

Hi i am 57 yrs old and trying to find any old photos of my ancestors or any information. they came from Ballantrae in Scotland. right back to 1700s or more maybe. the surname was Mc Clung. also my grandmothers parents were Robert James Mc Kie but he was born Robert James Kelly. he married Helen Mc Clung. any information would be gratefully appreciated

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[CaroleW]

Welcome from me too

The marriage of Helen McClung & Robert James McKie was in 1897 & downloading the marriage cert will give both sets of parents names & mothers maiden names

[CaroleW]

1901 census for Rerrick Kirkcudbrightshire

Robert J McKie 22 b Balmaclellan Kirkcudbrightshire
Helen 26 b Ballantrae
Agnes Wallace McKie 2 dtr b Rerrick
Helen McClung 66 mother in law b Ballantrae
Jane McClung 3 niece b Ballantrae

[CaroleW]

Robert James Kelly was b 1877 mmn Wallace

[Neale1961]

also my grandmothers parents were Robert James Mc Kie but he was born Robert James Kelly. he married Helen Mc Clung. any information would be gratefully appreciated

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Helen MCCLUNG & Robert James McKIE were married in 1897

Children –
•   Agnes Wallace McKie 1899
•   Maggie Baxter McKie 1901
•   Helen McClung McKie 1905
•   Annie Lapsley McKie 1909


Robert James KELLY /MCKIE born 1877 Balmaclellan son of John KELLY and Agnes Barr WALLACE

John KELLY and Agnes Barr WALLACE married 1874 Auchinleck Ayr

Agnes Barr WALLACE married James McKIE 1881 Dalbeattie.

[Neale1961]

Some information on Agnes Barr Wallace – mother of Robert James Kelly / McKie


Agnes Barr WALLACE born abt 1846 Balmaclellan
Illegitimate Daughter of Minnie WALLACE and ? possibly a Mr. BARR. What father is named on Agnes’ marriage?

Name variations found in records -  Mannie / Minnie / Marion / Emma - (originally Jemima or Willamina?)
Born 1813-1816 in Balmaclellan; daughter of Peter Wallace and Elizabeth Rutherford
Minnie appears to have never married and had a few illegitimate children.


1841 census Mina Wallace (Maria on this transcription, Mina on others)
https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59034c76e9379091b146ca55/esther-wallace-1841-kirkcudbrightshire-balmaclellan-1816-?locale=en
[click on link to open]


1851 census Auchenvey, Parton
William Wilson 74 Head of house unmarried Farmer
Marion Wallace 40 born Kirkpatrick Durham, agric labourer
Mary Wallace 15 born born Balmaclellan agric labourer
Agnes McManus 5 born Balmaclellan  (becomes Agnes Wallace in next census)
Jane Wallace 1 born Balmaclellan


1861 census Corsock Bridge, Balmaclellan
Mannie Wallace 45 born Kirkpatrick Durham
Agness Wallace 15 daughter born Balmaclellan domestic servant
Jane Wallace 11 daughter born Balmaclellan
Robert Wallace 1 grandson born Parton

1881 census Minnie Wallace
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/image-viewer/census_lds/census_lds-f14d9d59-cf60-4243-baa2-58f47eaa3425?search_token=10701827926629a29525b84


DEATH - Minna WALLACE (single. pauper) 24 Sept 1894 – Balmaclellan
Parents – Peter Wallace (agri labourer) and Elizabeth Rutherford
Informant daughter – Jane Wallace


Death for Elizabeth (Rutherford) WALLACE (age 65)
-  25 May 1837 Kirkpatrick Durham; abode Caldow Bridge, Balmaclellan

[Neale1961]

The following siblings for Minnie Wallace found …………

A son for Peter Wallace and Elizabeth Rutherford was
Samuel Wallace born abt 1803 in Ireland; married Agnes Forrest 1823 Urr
Died 1866 Corsock Bridge (age 69)

1841 census Samuel Wallace
https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59034c76e9379091b146ca6c/samuel-wallace-1841-kirkcudbrightshire-balmaclellan-1806-?locale=en


Another daughter for Peter Wallace and Elizabeth Rutherford was
Esther Wallace born abt 1811 Kirkpatrick or Ireland?
-   Prison record for her from 1841 Caldow Bridge.
-   Trial for housebreaking 1842 – guilty sentence 7 years transportation. After a plea petition sentence was  commuted to 12 months in prison in Perth.

1851 census Friars Vennel Dumfries
Ester Wallace 46 washer - born Kirkpatrick
Betsy Wallace 17 bonnet maker - born Kirkpatrick
Sarah Wallace 10 - born Balmaclellan (was Sarah Vance in 1841 census- baptism for her 1839 father John Vance)
James Ritchie 14 lodger, sailor, born Dumfries