Hello Margaret Here's a possibility from the 1861 census. This Isabella age 21 , wife, was born in Kelton. John G was also born in Kelton. I don't see them after 1861. I also don't see the marriage record in Scotland on Scotlandspeople Name: Andrew Nairn Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Isabella H Gender: Male Where born: Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrights Registration Number: 869 Registration district: Kelton Civil Parish: Kelton Town: Castle Douglas County: Kirkcudbrightshire Address: King St Occupation: Bank Accountant ED: 3 Household schedule number: 55 Line: 16 Roll: CSSCT1861_147 Household Members: Name Age Andrew Nairn 30 Isabella H Nairn 21 John G Nairn 3 Mo Elizabth A Ruffel 21 Margaret Thomas 21 > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:00:21 +1300 > From: "Margaret Stantiall" <steinthall@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Nairn > To: "D&G Mailing list" <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <EE6E2AC2002046A0BB74BD77AF61971F@Margaret> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello List, > > I hope to find a Sir J. G. Nairn who was a nephew? of Sir Halliday Macartney > on Halliday's death certificate also as next of kin when Donald Halliday > Macartney enlisted in the Canadian Army in WW1 > > Sir Halliday Macartney was born in Kelton KKD in 1833. and became a Dr. > > . J. G. Nairn lived in London in 1906 and I believe he was the Governer of > the Bank of England at one time according to an aunt of mine. > > Sir Halliday had died before Donald enlisted , I do know there was an Isabel > Macartney a sister of Halliday's who married a Nairn but I do not know which > one. List members have been so helpful, it would be great to find family . > > Thank you for any help . > > Margaret in NZ. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY mailing list, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY- > request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 217 > *************************************************