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From: Bill McPhail
Email: bill@excaliburknights.com
Date: 4/21/99
Time: 9:54:03 AM
The M'cPhail surname has about a dozen different spelling variations. Most of them are spelling errors rather the family changing the spelling. It does make it very hard to research family history.
From: pamela watson
Email: pamela.watson@ukonline.co.uk
Date: 17 Apr 2000
Time: 20:52:25
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL BE ANY HELP TO YOU OR IF YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP ME OUT. JOHN WATSON b:1832/33 ? ENGLAND (BIRTH PLACE ACCORDING TO THE 1881 CENSUS) d:NOT FOUND OUT YET m:9 OCTOBER 1850, PARISH OF CARDROSS (BANNS READ IN CARDROSS AND BONHILL ON 25 SEPTEMBER 1850) SPOUSE:MARGARET MCPHAIL b: 1832/3 ? PLACE OF BIRTH KILMARTIN, ARGYLL, SCOTLAND (BIRTH PLACE ACCORDING TO THE 1881 CENSUS) d: NOT KNOWN BUT WAS ALIVE IN 1881 WHEN CENSUS WAS TAKEN, BUT WAS DECEASED WHEN SON GOT MARRIED IN 1893. CHILDREN OF JOHN WATSON & MARGARET MCPHAIL
1. WILLIAM WATSON b: 8 NOVEMBER 1850 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
2. JANET WATSON b: 24 NOVEMBER 1854 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
3. SARAH WATSON b: 24 JUNE 1857 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
4. MARGARET WATSON b: 24 JUNE 1859 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
5. MARIA WATSON b: 16 JULY 1861 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
6. MARGARET WATSON b: 4 JUNE 1863 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
7. ELIZABETH BUCHANAN WATSON b: 29 MAY 1867 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
8.JOHN WATSON b: 25 SEPTEMBER 1868 PANDON STREET, ALEXANDRIA,BONHILL, SCOTLAND d: 24 DECEMBER 1939 15 MOORPARK SQUARE, RENFREW OCCUPATION: DYNAMITE FACTORY WORKER m: 14 JULY 1893, STEVENSTON, AYRSHIRE SPOUSE: JANE (JEANIE)BEVERIDGE
9. JESSIE THOMSON WATSON b: 24 JULY 1871 BONHILL DUNBARTON, SCOTLAND DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
I OBTAINED THE NAMES OF THE ABOVE CHILDREN FROM THE 1881 CENSUS AND THE DATES OF BIRTH FROM FAMILYSEARCH ON THE NET. THE LINE OF WATSONS THAT I AM FOLLOWING IS THE 8TH CHILD JOHN WATSON BUT SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE FAMILY ESPECIALLY JOHN WATSON AND MARGARET MCPHAIL IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. I HOPE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION MIGHT BE USEFUL TO YOU MANY THANKS PAMELA