Hi, I am wondering if we can find a connection. I have a Janet Pattison formerly Smith married to ? Pattison around that time period in Beith or Gateside. Janet died of cholera leaving 4 children. Two children supposedly came to Canada with Janet's brother John Smith and two went to Australia with Margaret Smith married name also possibly Smith. Additionally, I have Jean Taylor Wilson married to Thomas Blair living in Gateside. The Blair family were related to the Boyd's. If any of this information sounds like there is a connection somewhere to your families I will try and find some more specific dates. Linda