This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: IHall6669 Surnames: Wilkie Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/5899.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Could you give us any additional information? If you don't have his birth, or his parents' names for sure, how did you get his age and birthplace? And middle name? From his marriage, his death, a census record? I have checked the 1851 census of Kirriemuir, and find no Peter. There are a couple of Williams who are close in age, but with their parents, and the father is not Peter. The closest match is a Willian Wilkie, age 16, b. Kirriemuir, who is shown as a "visitor" with Andrew Anderson (45, weaver, b. Kirriemuir) and his wife Margaret Anderson (45, b. Kirriemuir). They are living in Westmuir (enumeration district 27, page 5. Then going to ancestry.com for the 1841 census, he is also found living with the Andersons. The use of middle names was not common in Kirriemuir in 1835. And there is a very large gap in the marriage records. If your information came from William's death record, and depending who the informant was, could Donaldson be an error that should have been Anderson? The Andersons were too young to be his grandparents, and they appeared to have no children of their own, so are they related, or did they just informally "adopt" him? Or is this even the correct William? Which is why I'm suggesting you give us some additional information. Irene, in Michigan 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.