This is a copy of a posting I sent to the SCOTS-IN-CANADA Rootsweb message board on 5 March 2010. I've just sent a message directly to Hayley Doyle asking about her GARROW connections. I'm a MURISON on my mother's side. I have them going back to the parish of Gamrie in Banffshire in the 1700s and moving down the road to Alvah to run the smithy. They married into the GARROW family of Dufftown and a bunch of them decided to emigrate. James MURISON (1833-1908) and his wife Isabella GARROW (1824-1896), together with their children, sailed around 1871-2 from, I believe, Glasgow, but for the life of me I can't find them in any manifests. I do know that James GARROW (1848-1930) and his wife Isabella MURISON (1852-1933) sailed on the 'Manitoban' out of Glasgow on 27 June 1872 (list #53, Ref: RG76, Film C-4527), but I had believed the aforementioned James Murison and Isabella Garrow were on this boat as well. I can't find them anywhere. They all settled in Elgin County, Ontario and James eventually became a successful farmer. The families eventually spread out to Windsor (Ontario), Winnipeg (Manitoba), Powell River (British Columbia) and America. Before James Murison emigrated, he worked on the railway at Portsoy and made friends with a fellow worker, Alexander Mackinnon BURGESS. Alexander also emigrated at about the same time and he and James worked on the railway in Ontario before going their separate ways, but retaining a close friendship. Alexander became a reporter, then a newspaper owner, and finally became a member of the federal government in Ottawa. James mentioned in his letters home that he was hoping to get (but never did) a copy of Alexander's journal describing his voyage to Canada. It is possible they were on the same boat, but again, I can't find them. If anyone has access to shipping manifests, I would be most grateful if they could take a look and see if my MURISONs and GARROWs can be found. Also Alexander Mackinnon BURGESS. I would also be happy to hear from anyone with connections to my MURISON and GARROW families. Chris Duff (in Canada since 1982)