As a new person on this list, I am asking whether anyone knows of the Allan McDougald - Flora McKillop marriage on the Isle of Mull, sometime prior to 1853. They appear on the 1871 census of Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario, aged 48 and 43 respectively, with a note that their two oldest children (Mary and Duncan) were born in Scotland and their third child (Ann 14) was born in Ontario. This suggests immigration to Canada about 1856. Their daughter, Mary Jane, 22 years old, married Andrew Hamilton in Greenock, Bruce, Ontario in 1874, and at that time Mary Jane reported her birthplace as "Island of Mull, Scotland." In Elderslie, in 1871, this Allan and Flora were living next door to Murdoch McDougall and Mary (McDougall) McDougall, aged 42 and 23 respectively, and we suspect they may have been related, in spite of the different surname spellings used. (My goal is actually to trace this Murdoch and Mary back into their Scottish roots, since a living male descendant's yDNA is nearly identical to that of men in my mother's family.) The names of Allan, Flora, and Mary Jane appear on the Mull Genealogy Surname Index but without further data. An Allan McDougall-Flora McKillop family appears in the 1841 Scottish census for Kilninian/Kilmore but with a different listing of children and earlier birthdates than the couple I am seeking, so I think they are not the same people. If any of this sounds familiar, I would appreciate a reply. Ted Mills [email protected]