Hello everyone, I am researching my ancestors with the last names of WALLACE and HILL I am looking for suggestions/ideas on finding more info on my ancestors: Robert Wallace (also spelled Walace) and Ann Hill. I have found a little information on-line. On Ancestry.com -- Scotland 1841 and 1851 cenus: They are found in the Dundee area, where Robert was employed in the textile industry. According to the census, they were born in County Monaghan, Ireland. Robert was born about 1803 - 1806, Ann Hill about 1811. IRELAND: I have been in touch with a Monaghan Co., Ireland, researcher, Jack Storey, who felt that they were Presbyterian. He has many records of Wallaces and Hills, but the records are not from the early 1800s. I have purchased these records but haven’t looked at them yet. I wonder if I could figure out which families Robert and Ann belonged to, amongst the Wallaces and Hills. SCOTLAND: According to the 1841 Scotland census: Robert Walace (Spelled with one “L”), was 35; born about 1806; born in Ireland; Civil Parish: Liff, Benvie, and Invergowrie; County: Angus; Address: Village of Lochee; Occupation: Flax roling Overseer; Parish Number: 301. Living at that address were his wife, Ann Hill, and two sons: John Wallace, 5; and David Wallace, 2. I did find on the IGI (familysearch.org ( http://www.familysearch.org )) a christening record for David: June 12, 1839 at the United Associate Congregation, Lochee, Angus, Scotland. I can go to the local Morman Church library and order the microfilm and see what other info may be on the christening record. According to the 1851 census: Robert was age 48, so born abour 1803; head of household, spouse’s name: Ann; Where born: County Meraylar (this must be a misspelling of Monaghan), Ireland; Parish Number: 282; Civil Parish: Liff and Benvie; Town: Lochee; County: Angus; Address: North Donalds Land; Occupation: Spinning Mill Overseer; ED: 102; Page: 31; Household schedule number: 110; Line 12; roll: CSSCT 1851_63. Other household members: Ann Wallace, age 42; John Wallace, 14; David Wallace, 12; Mary Wallace, 7; Margaret Wallace, 5; and William Wallace, 2. There are 6 other women living there, all employed in the textile industry. I have found on the IGI (www.familysearch) site, the baptismal record for one more of the children: Margaret Lawson <Walace> christened May 18, 1845 at the United Associate Congregation, Lochee, Angus, Scotland. I’ve always known of my great-great grandmother as being named “Margaret Lawson Wallace.” I’ve never figured out where the “Lawson” came in. But one of the people living in the household according to the 1851 census was “Margaret Lawin” age 28, and there is a “Lawin” (no first name) age 17. Perhaps Lawson is a misspelling of Lawin. It was interesting to find her listed as Margaret Lawson (Walace) in the IGI christening record, as none of the other children are recorded with middle names. According to my grandpa, his grandmother, Margaret Lawson Wallace, was proud of her Scottish heritage and would tell him stories when he was a youngster living in the wilderness near Clare, Michigan. According to my grandpa, “She moved with her father and brothers and sister to Canada when she was nine years old.” Therefore, they came to Canada about 1855. They lived first in Montreal and then moved to Ontario, and lived in London, Bothwell, Hamilton areas.” I am thinking that Anne Hill Wallace, died in Scotland, or perhaps on the way to Canada. There are so many Wallaces in the Ontario records (ancestry.com and Ontario censuses) with the same names as what I’m looking for (the father, Robert, and the brothers), that I haven’t been able to identify, for sure, my Wallace ancestors in Canada. I have found their sister, Mary and her husband, in Ontario. Margaret Lawson married Thomas Kelly Bell. I have found baptism info on Ancestry.com for several of their children. They moved to Clare County, Michigan, in the 1880s. Any suggestions or info are welcomed! Judy Lessard Editorial Assistant Publications and Media Relations College of Veterinary Medicine Michigan State University F-130 Veterinary Medical Center East Lansing, MI 48824 Telephone: 517-355-0001 CVM website: http://cvm.msu.edu ( http://cvm.msu.edu/ )