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Subject: Help needed
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 16:48:35 EST

Hello
I am a newcomer to this list looking for ancestors with an ayrshire/Irish
connection.
The earliest marriage certificate I possess is for the following

Robert Alexander 18 coalminer of Lesmahagow m. 30/12/1892 Church of Scotland
Riccarton to
Margaret Burns(Maggie) 18 carpet weaver of Riccarton

Grooms parents James Alexander (china merchant Muirkirk) b abt 1850 Ireland
1881 census- Kirkgreen, Muirkirk
Elizabeth Young [ deceased ]
siblings Gemonrie Alexander b abt 1871
James Alexander b abt 1877
Brides parents Thomas Burns (coalminer - census 1881 gives confectioner) b
abt 1818
Ireland
Margaret Roy (first marriage -Pickett) b.abt 1836 Riccarton
1881 census living 56 Old Street Riccarton ayr
siblings John Pickett b.abt 1865 Ireland
Agnes M Pickett Roy b.abt 1869 Riccarton
Mary Dunlop Harper Burns b.abt 1873 Riccarton

Any ancestors/descendants or general information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
John Donaldson

researching
Donaldson,McAinsh,Peebles,Flockhart,Branyion,Craig,Penman,Neilson,McFarlane
and many more

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