Hi all, Thanks to this list, a Milne descendant tracked down an old Rootsweb entry. We now have found that ALEXANDER Milne born in 1856 and his half brother JOHN Milne born c1840 ended up in Indian Grove, Livingstone County, Illinois, USA. John married Sarah Stubbings in London in 1872. She is the daughter of Richard STUBBINGS and probably wife Diana Ann KIBBELL. Her half brother, Henry Watkins Stubbings, was also in Illinois. He is the son of Richard STUBBINGS and second wife Hannah CRESSWICK [nee RUSHAN ?].. The will of the John and Sarah's son George Alexander Milne linked the various Stubbings and Milne families. Alexander Milne married Elsie RAE in Illinois in 1884... Possibly Elspet Rae born 5th Feb1860 Tough ABD daughter of George RAE & Agnes ABERDEEN RECAP Alexander MILNE born ca 1800, christened 7th Dec 1800, Rhynie and Essie, Aberdeen, Scotland Parents: Peter Milne and Mary Gordon They also had the following children: James MILNE chr. 19th Jan 1803 Rhynie & Essie Margaret MILNE 4th July 1806 Rhynie & Essie George MILNE, 7th August 1820 St Nicholas, Aberdeen 1.. Alexander MILNE married Isabel/la TORRIE / TORRY, 30th May 1829, recorded at both Old Machar and St Nicholas. Isabella was the daughter of James TORRIE, Banff 2. Alexander MILNE married or lived with Sarah WATT ca 1844 3. Alexander MILNE married May/Majory DOW, 27th May 1849, Old Machar. May daughter of Robert Dow Alexander MILNE had the following children: ISABELLA Milne b ca 1830 [11in 1841 census] mother Isabella TORRIE MARY Milne ca 1832[ age 9 in 1841 census] ERSKINE/ASKIN Milne born ca 1834-36 [aged 7 in 1841 census ] ELIZABETH Milne b ca 1836 [aged 5 in 1841 census, aged 15-1851 census] JOHN Milne b ca 1840-1 [aged 1 in 1841 census, aged 10 1851 census] MARGARET Milne b ca 1844 [mother Sarah WATT] JAMES Milne b ca 1845 [1851 census aged 6] ALEXINA Milne b 1850 [mother May DOW] MAY Milne b ca 1854 ALEXANDER Milne b 23 Jan 1856 Of Alexander's family we know Mary MILNE married John PAISLEY [policeman] 1852 in Dumfries [As widow went to NZ 1870] Askin MILNE married 1) William HUTCHEON [butcher] 23rd January 1857 Dee St., Old Machar Askin Milne/HUTCHEON married 2) George Souter PIRIE [butcher] 18th January 1881. After the 1881 census they were in Ireland Margaret MILNE married James GRIMWOOD [seaman] 21st February 1867. She died in 1875. James remarried.[Ann McRae] Alexina MILNE married John DAVIDSON [ship carpenter] 19th August 1884 May MILNE married James STRACHAN [seaman] 19th July 1878 And now in 2014 we found John MILNE married Sarah STUBBINGS in London 1872 June ¼ before going to the USA [Indian Grove, Illinois] Alexander MILNE married Elsie RAE in 1884 in USA [Indian Grove Fairbury Illinois] Cheers Bobbie