Hi Dorothy, I do not have much information only that Margaret Melville was born approx 1842 Shilbottlle, her father was Christopher Melville. Margaret Melville married William Shiel (1870, Berwick Register Office), they live in the Wooler area and ended up round the Norham area. Margaret died long before William Shiel.My Grandmother remembered William but not Margaret. Regards Toby Merridan ----- Original Message ----- From: "D & N Blais" <donik@shaw.ca> To: "Toby Merridan" <toby.merridan@syen.co.uk>; <ENG-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-SURNAMES] My Interests- MELVILLE > Where are your MELVILLEs from, Toby? Mine are from Sutherland ; my > GGgrandmother Isabella b. 1836 was from Loth , married in Edinburgh and > eventually came to South Shields in the 1870s. > > Cheers, > Dorothy on Vancouver Island > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Toby Merridan" <toby.merridan@syen.co.uk> > To: <ENG-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:06 AM > Subject: [ENG-SURNAMES] My Interests > > > > My name is Toby Merridan. I am interested in the following Surnames: > > > > COCKSEDGE > > FULTON > > MERRIDAN (or Variants) > > SHIEL > > MELVILLE > > FITCHES > > BARTON > > > > Cheers > > > > Toby > > > > ______________________________ > >