Hi Jenny Spikes parents were Leo Alphonso MILLIGAN b1890 Sligo and Florence Mary Winifred KETTLEBAND They married in India Interestingly it took a search on Ancestry to find it (this is one of those linked familysearch events) India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948 about Leo Alphenso Milligan Name: Leo Alphenso Milligan Gender: Male Age: 24 Birth Date: 1890 Marriage Date: 28 Sep 1914 Marriage Place: Bombay, Bombay, India Father: William Milligan Spouse: Florence Mary Winnifred Ketchlebrand FHL Film Number: 523902 Source Information: Ancestry.com. India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: India, Marriages, 1792-1948. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. So I rechecked findmypast and there it was with some transcription errors British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Marriages Transcription Bride's Forename: Florence Mary Winifred Bride's Surname: Kettlebrand Bride's Age: 21 Groom's Forename: Leo Alphenso Groom's Surname: Milligan Groom's Age: 24 Year Of Marriage: 1914 Date Of Marriage: 28 Sep 1914 Place: - Presidency: Bombay Bride's Father's Forename: Alfred Henry Bride's Father's Surname: Kettlebrand Groom's Father's Forename: William Groom's Father's Surname: Milligan Archive Reference: N/3/112 Folio No.: 146 Catalogue Description: Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948, : Entry No.: 55 Record set: British India Office marriages Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Record collection: Marriages & divorces Collections from: United Kingdom (it does state KETTLEBRAND on the image of the marriage but should be KETTLEBAND) Leo and family are in the passenger lists on Ancestry (and no doubt findmypast) UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Leo Alphonso Milligan Name: Leo Alphonso Milligan Birth Date: abt 1890 Age: 41 Port of Departure: Bombay, India Arrival Date: 27 Mar 1931 Port of Arrival: London, England Ports of Voyage: Plymouth Ship Name: Kaisar-I-Hind Search Ship Database: View the 'Kaisar-I-Hind' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd Official Number: 128653 Source Citation: Class: BT26; Piece: 962; Item: 46. And there are plenty of hits for them in Australia where they went to live except Spike who spent most of his time in the UK Spikes grandfather was William Patrick Marmaduke MILLIGAN born 1853 in Newfoundland, Spike an ex soldier himself was from a long line of military men Like many military families they have connections all over the place RIP Spike a comic genius Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/02/2014 09:46, Jennifer Myers wrote: > Nivard, did you try the Scottish records for MILLIGAN? > Milligans connect to my Carnie family (+Cairnie/Cairney and var. spellings). > > A number of them in AYR, WIG, KKD, DFS. > > Would be good to know if they are related to mine from WIG (late 1700s) > AYR(1800s+) > A possibility of some of this name in Ireland too! > > Regards > Jenny