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Surnames: Chalmers, Balfour
Classification: Query
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Seeking identities of George Chalmers and Margaret Balfour, married Oct 8 1743 in
Markinch, Fife, Scotland. Was Margaret daughter of Peter Balfour and Gills Smart or
daughter of Thomas Balfour and Helen Bowman? Is George son of David Chalmers and Jane
Barklay of Markinch? If so, who are their parents? I think George and Margaret are parents
of ancestor Thomas Chalmers b. May 24, 1751 who married Agnes Brown abt 1771 in Fife.
Thomas and Agnes were parents of definite ancestor George Chalmers b. May 5, 1774 who
married Catherine Craig August 3, 1809 in Fife. Their son George b. 1820 in Markinch
married Catherine Hutchison in 1850 and moved to Wallsend, NSW, Australia with their
family. Descent continues through John Chalmers who married Eliza Jane Drummond June 9
1876 in NSW.