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Surnames: Chalmers, McClymont, Hodge, Cowan, Barrie, Paterson, Stewart, Fergus(on),
Robertson, Rodger(s)
Classification: Query
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My grandparents Thomas Barrie CHALMERS II & Mary Stewart McCLYMONT hailed from Airdrie
& Motherwell in Lanarkshire. Here's my great grandparents:
Thomas Barrie CHALMERS I, railroad engineer
(I suspect his parents *might* have been an Adam? CHALMERS + Margaret? BARRIE?)
b. abt. 1852; d. bef. 1901 Sco
m. 1872 Old Monkland, Lanark, Sco (Grace HODGE (b. 1855 Old Monkland; d. 1941 Illinois,
USA); Grace's parents were George HODGE + Sarah PATERSON, both b. Muirkirk, Ayrshire,
Sco)
Their children:
(1) Sarah (Paterson?) CHALMERS
b. abt. 1875 Sco
(2) Margaret (Barrie?) CHALMERS
b. abt. 1877; d. aft. 1910 Illinois, USA
m. abt. 1897 Sco (Charles McKENZIE (b. 1874 Sco; d. 1962 Florida, USA))
(3) George Hodge CHALMERS
b. 1878 Sco; d. 1918 Illinois, USA
m. abt. 1906 Sco (Amelia UNKNOWN)
(4) Thomas Barrie CHALMERS II, brick mason
b. 1886 Hamilton, Lanark, Sco
d. 1945 Illinois, USA
m. Lanark, Sco (Mary Stewart McCLYMONT (b. 1886 Motherwell, Lanark, Sco))
(5) Adam CHALMERS
b. 1894 Sco
(6-13) eight additional children, names unclear at this time, some died as infants
Anybody recognize a CHALMERS, McCLYMONT, BARRIE, HODGE, or PATERSON connection?