My grandmother Isabella Forrester. was born in Kilmarnock in 1878. She came to Australia in 1928, leaving behind four siblings; from a large family, many dying in infancy. Associated names: MC GEACHIE, BROWN, FLEMING, FULTON, MARSHALL. There is a belief in the family that at a sister and a brother went to U.S.A. or Canada. Possible names for the U.S./Canadian connection: FORRESTER (David b. 1870, married Hannah Brown), MC GEACHIE (Agnes Forrester b. 1867 married Robert McGeachie. Other names I'm rese
Hi
Im a first time user of Ayrshire rootsweb.com. I am researching my great
grandmother's family who lived at Dalry, Ayshire. My great grndmother
was a Catherine McMillan, b 1838? Quite an interesting family, let me
explain. Apparently Catherine came from a wealthy family in Dalry, they
employed an irish stablehand, a John Clair. In 1855 Catherine aged 17
eloped with the stablehand, John Clair to Tasmania, Australia where they
married in 1856. I have a record of her as an assisted imigrant to
Tasmania