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    2. Sandra Casson
    3. I wonder if anyone can please help me sort out the identity of one of my ancestors. She was Jessie/Janet MCCLURE and was married to Thomas GEDDES, a shoemaker, sometime between 1851 and 1854. I had always assumed she came from Kirkmaiden. This was because her sisters` names were the same as later female family names, including those of Jessie and Thomas, on the 1841 Drumore census. However, I`ve recently discovered that the second daughter of Jessie and Thomas was born in Sorbie and, on further investigation I`ve found that there was a MCCLURE family in Sorbie which consisted of boys and one girl - called Jessie. Could Jessie have returned home to her parents to have her second child and could she have named her children, all daughters, after possible cousins in Kirkmaiden? Is there anyone who could possibly do a look up of the Sorbie 1841 census for me and check this out, please. I have a copy of the Drumore census in which there is a Jessie/Janet but her age is nine years older when she is listed on the 1871 census with her children. I`ve always assumed she`d fibbed about her age but it could be that we`re talking about another Jessie/Janet. Hope this doesn`t sound too complicated. Many thanks Cassandra

    06/23/2004 10:46:59