Re: GEDDES & MACLACHLAN CONNECTION
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Re: GEDDES & MACLACHLAN CONNECTION
Bernice Hyde 11/19/09
Yes, do keep in touch if anything turns up. Because a surname was constantly spelled one way by the family doesn't mean it was always recorded that way - especially in censuses. Therefore, I keep an open mind about the actual surname of James & John McLAUGHLINs.
In the same tenement where Hannah PRESTON's PRESTON family stayed, there was this family group:
1881: 19 Findlay Str, Barony, Lanark (644/7-61-6)
Thomas MC LAUCHLAN U 42 M Ireland Head Provision Dealer
Peter MC LAUCHLAN U 36 M Ireland Brother Provision Dealer
Mary E. MC LAUCHLAN U 30 F Ireland Sister House Duties
I haven't been able to find any connection between them and the two "wife's brother" McLAUGHLINs, so, presumably, there isn't, but I keep a note of their presence in case.
Howard