Hi Bob, Moria and others.. Just for the sake of getting out the information I have here. Alexander McKechnie (sp) and Margaret McPhail b May 9 1825 in Rothill TRS m's Aug 19 1856 at Laggan have the following children: John Feb 1 1859 Mary Sarah Sep 6 1860 Margaret Aug 5 1862 Catherine May 27 1865 Neilna May 28 1868 Therefore when Mary had Neilna she would have been 43 So If they married in 1856 theirs probably another child before John which I haven't came accross yet :-) catch ya later Ida Bob Murray wrote: >I have come late on this discussion as I have been away. Moira MacPhail's >recent posting says everything I know (and hope!), and she says it more >clearly than I could have done. But as usual proof is missing! To my mind we >must try to widen our search on the McKechnies/ MacEacherns. Remember that >the Fragments tell us that the MacEacherns and Fletchers were already >related. So the link might be that far back. > >I have the birth of Margaret MacPhail, daughter of Angus MacPhail and Mary >MacPhail as 1832. Is that correct? The 1871 census entry for Baligown shows >Margaret MacPhail wife of Alexander McKechnie as aged 60, i.e. born 1811. >This is a fairly big date discrepancy. But also note that the last three >children of that family were born when Margaret was over 50 if 1811 is >correct. It shows Neilina born when her mother was 58. That is a bit >improbable and puts doubts in my mind. > >Bob Murray > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi Ida, Good to hear from you. You are spot on with your dates for the children of Alexander Mckechnie and Margaret McPhail. I have all that information now and quite a bit of background in a paper from Moira. If you find anything more about Neilina we would be most interested. Our mystery is that she is listed as a cousin of Alexander Fletcher in the 1891 census at Lochdonhead. All the best, Bob