This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rickinork Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/690.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the post. The trouble is that there seem to be 2 (at least) separate lines of Wilkies with the same first names around Cortachy and Tannadice and it's easy to get confused as I did. The stumbling block is that the John Wilkie husband of Isabella Rattray died young and certainly somewhere about 1844 and that rules out the direct link with the David Wilkie/Margaret Nicoll line. However, it's a bit odd that the elder son was named James when John might have been expected (the younger was Thomas doubtless after Isabella Wilkie's father Thomas Rattray). As I posted, I'm trying out a family memory of an Ogilvy connection and there is certainly record of a marriage between a David Wilkie and Elizabeth Ogilvy in 1806 in Cortachy. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.