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Surnames: CHALMERS
Classification: Query
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Hi Ron,
Have you tried looking up the death record of Mary Chalmers? As she died after 1855, the
statutary record should give the names of both of her parents. You can order it from the
Scottish GRO. (see their web-site for details)
Chalmers is a pretty wide-spread name throughout Scotland, not what you'd call comon,
but it is found from Orkney in the far north and Dumfriess-shire in the far south.
Have a look at my "Chalmers Study" site:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/
- for more about the origin and history of the name.
Many Chalmers's were ministers throughout the ages, but again the death record may
give her fathers occupation