Hi
This is my fist post to this list; I am looking at my wife's ancestry. She is a
CUMMING; her paternal grandmother was Marion MacLEOD, born Dec 1892. Although Marion is
shown as "illegitimate" on her birth certificate, her marriage registration
shows her parents as Alexander CAMERON & Ann MacLEOD.
Alexander & Ann were married 13 December 1895, in parish of Croy, Nairnshire.
Alexander CAMERON was born 4 December 1869, at Califer Hill, parish of Forres, county of
Elgin (now Moray).
Both his birth and marriage entries show Alexander's parents were John CAMERON &
Sarah Cameron ( ms GOW)
John & Sarah were married 17 June 1864 at Plus, Elgin. The marriage entry gives
following details:
John Cameron, age 28, residence Burnside, Elgin; Father - Donald Cameron, labourer; Mother
- Grace Cameron (ms Macpherson)
Sarah Gow, age 20, residence Milton of Pluscarden; Father - Alexander Gow, farmer; Mother
- Sarah Gow (ms Cumming)
Here is my "brick wall"!
According to the above details, John Cameron would have been born c 1836, but I can find
no record with matching parents names nor can I find any record or a marriage of Donald
Cameron & Grace MacPherson - although that in itself is not surprising - many
marriages were not registered.
Does anyone have any possible links?
Peter Davis
(Perth, Scotland)