Hi, I hope I'm not following the wrong family here - but this looks a little like the death of Katherine McPherson's mother Mary McPherson nee Taylor: Digger - Death Index. Victoria 1921-1985 Surname: MCPHERSON Given Names: Mary Father: Taylor David Mother: Cath GALLOWAY Death Place: BALWYN Age: 93 Age Code: Year: 1921 Reg Number: 8366 Event: D If this information is correct then it looks as though Mary Taylor was born in about 1828 - father David Taylor and mother Catherine Galloway. the age would certainly fit with Katherine being born in the early 1850s. And this entry from the IGI: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARY TAYLOR Female Event(s): Birth: 18 APR 1828 Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland Parents: Father: DAVID TAYLOR Family Mother: CATHERINE GALLOWAY Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C113998 1818 - 1855 0993525 Film 6900188 Film ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would seem to be the same person. And this record from the IGI seems to be Mary Taylor's marriage to James McPherson: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARY TAYLOR Pedigree Female Family Parents: Father: DAVID TAYLOR Family Marriages: Spouse: JAMES MCPHERSON Family Marriage: 03 AUG 1849 Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: M119902 1845 - 1849 1066766 Film 6900813 Film ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope some of this is able to jog a few memories.. good luck Robert Rick Bierregaard wrote: > Hi Robert J. (from Melbourne), > > You seem to be on the right track. My great grandmother Katherine > McPherson was born in the USA so that seems to be a match, as well as > being orchardists. > My grandfather's names are definitely Walter James, but I have no > information on his birth site, just his birth date Apr 12, 1885. > > Is more information, birth, marriage and death dates on Katherine > McPherson Phillips, Francis Knowles Phillips and any other family > members available? > > This is exciting since it is definitely a match to what I know. > > Thanks! > > Richard > Greenbelt, MD USA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >