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Author: ruthflet55
Surnames: McAlpine, Leitch, Calderwood, Hanna, Barr.
Classification: queries
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My gr grandmother Jessie McAlpine was b. 26 May 1856, illi. daughter of Jessie Barr, later
married to John Hanna. I have searched for this marr. between May and Nov 1856 (when
Jessie was registered) to no avail but have now discovered that John Hanna d. 1852 so no
idea who Jessie's father is.Jessie snr (real name Janet) then married 1857 to Thomas
Simpson and had more children. Jessie jnr was brought up by David Calderwood and his wife
Martha Lee m. 1854. David and Martha had no other children that I can find and I am
wondering how they came to be given Jessie to bring up as their own. Does anyone know of a
connection between the Calderwood and Barr families? David was b. abt 1830 at Dundonald,
Ayr and Martha was b. 1830 at Paisley where they continued to live after their marriage.
Hope someone can help, Kind regards, Ruth Fletcher in Australia.
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