Thanks for posting. A possibility for your Catherine Lauder may be re-marriage. I found John Cowie and Catherine Lauder m.27 Apr 1852 Glasgow - that looks like a good possibility given William's probable death date. Good luck with your research. Linda On 8/4/2011 7:10 PM, Margaret Lauder wrote: > Hi to all on the list, > > I have been a member of the mailing list for a while now but this is the > first time I have posted anything. My name is Margaret Lauder, I was born > in Fife, Scotland and still live there. I have been doing family research > since 2008 so fairly new to it. The Mull names I am researching are > McKenzie, McNeil, McColl and McDonald > > My connection with Mull is my ggg grandmother Catherine McKenzie, (daughter > of Archibald McKenzie and Flora McNeil) b.19 Dec 1813, Kilninian, d. 11 Nov > 1895 at Union Poorhouse, Dervaig Road, Tobermory aged 81. > > Catherine married William Lauder on 15 December 1835 in Glasgow City. > Children: > Lauder. William b. 23 Aug 1836, Glasgow, d. 5 > Dec 1870 in Tradeston, Glasgow aged 34 > Lauder. Archibald Caldwell b. about 1839, Glasgow d. 10 Mar > 1882 in General Prison, Perth aged about 43 - no parents or wife recorded on > his death certificate but says 'married' > > I found the family on 1841 Census in a Frigate in Glasgow - > Wm Lauder 25 b. Scotland (ships officer) > Catherine Lauder 20 b. Scotland > William Lauder 4 b. Scotland > Arch Lauder 1 b Scotland > > I presumed from the census that William worked on the ships and it is > possible that his work might have taken him to Mull and that is how they met > .... it's a possibility? > > 1851 Census at Church St N Side, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Argyll - > Arch McKenzie 80 head b. Kilninian& Kilmore > (crofter) > Catherine McKenzie 66 wife b. Kilninian& Kilmore > Archc Lander 11 grandson b. Glasgow > (scholar) > > Not sure if Arch Lauder 11 grandson, was visiting or staying and attended > school in Mull, he was working in Dunoon as a hotel keeper in 1861 I could > not find his parents William and Catherine after 1841 Census, I think > William Lauder died 27 Nov 1851, Glasgow but do not know what happened to > Catherine until her death in 1895. >