Hello friends,
As a child, my great gran regaled us with stories of being related to
royalty, which always stood me in good stead in the boasting line, but now
years on, I am finding that maybe her stories were just a little bit
exaggerated :-)
The story went that we were related to Douglas Edward CAMPBELL 7th Duke of
Argyll, who had a morganatic marriage with a lady by the name of Margaret -
their daughter Margaret CAMPBELL would have been born around 1825. I have
managed to trace her back to her marriage with Thomas WALKER in 1847 in
Liverpool, but haven't been able to trace her birth to prove or disprove
Gran's story. The 1847 marriage certificate gives Margaret's father as
George Campbell - which certainly gives the impression that she was
misinformed - but a little bit of me wants to hold on to that dream of being
part princess :-)
Grans info always has to be taken with a pinch of salt, but at the same time
there was usually some semblance of truth in what she said there is a
possibility that it was a Duke from 2 or 3 generations further back.
Can anyone help with this story ?? or perhaps you are related to George the
Warehouse man.
Regards
Sheelagh