This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QdV.2ACIB/102 Message Board Post: This posting is in relationship to the above couple and their progeny. There appears to be some confusion over their son, Thomas who married Mary Middlemas (the aunt) and the son of his brother Robert who also married Mary Middlemas (the niece). THOMAS FAIRBAIRN, SON OF THOMAS & EPPY, married Mary Middlemas (the aunt) the d/o Walter Middlemas & Margaret Sinclair. Their posterity: Margaret Fairbairn Elizabeth Fairbairn Thomas Jr. m. Margaret Gilleis Walter Fairbairn m. Margaret? (I have no last name) Robert Fairbairn m. Margaret - must have had a propensity for the name of Margaret unless I too am confused. Mary THOMAS FAIRBAIRN, (THE NEPHEW) SON OF ROBERT FAIRBAIRN & HELEN MILNE married Mary Middlemas/Middlemiss (the niece) the d/o Walter Middlemas & Mary Dods, this Walter being the brother of Mary Middlemas the aunt. The posterity of Thomas the nephew and Mary Middlemas the niece is: Mary Mayme Fairbairn Hellen (Ellen) m. John Banwell moved to MI Christina Fairbairn Robert Fairbairn m. Maude Hesbon Walter W. Fairbairn m. 1st Edith Sanford, 2nd Daphne moved to MI Janet Fairbairn Peter Fairbairn m. Iva Moose moved to MI John Fairbairn, died childhood Margaret Agnes Fairbairn, died childhood Emma Fairbairn Georgina Fairbairn m. George Hansz moved to MI Hope this serves to solve some confusion - the census records for both the United States and Canada are excellent sources to check these families out. GOD BLESS - Norma Peter Fairbairn