Hi Margaret I do remember being in touch before, but I don't think I had found much about John Cloy at that time. I have birth certif. for John and his sisters Maggie (known as Peggie) and Helen. I wasn't very old, but I can just remember John's shoe repair shop in Kirkcowan. John's parents were James Cloy and Rachel McCreadie. Rachel was a sister of Margaret McCreadie who married Thomas Young in 1919 in Kirkcowan. They were my grandparents. I have all Margaret & Rachel's siblings with birth certificates, and 1891 & 1901 census for James. Any information you could send about Christina Ross McDowall's family and where she was from would be much appreciated. Mary