Changing the subject slightly - Sheila I too have McCallums from that area of Argyll. In Scotland they married into the Bruce, Leitch and Law families. Once in Canada, the range of names increases. Do these names match any in your tree? Sheila Perry wrote: >Hi Janet, >It isn't at all unusual, in our family at least, to be given a family >surname as a middle name, and this would be kept on marriage just as a >first name or first name given as middle name would be. I've found >examples of this throughout my family history, the most striking being >one of my grandmothers (Jessie Ann Ogilvy Annand Morrison, ms Young - >where Ogilvy and Annand were both family surnames on her mother's side) >and the most recent being me - Sheila McCallum Perry, ms Morrison - >where 'McCallum' was my other grandmother's maiden name. Incidentally, >this is also my Argyll connection as the McCallums were from Kilmichael >Glassary. >best wishes, >Sheila > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >