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    Submitter: Ron W. Shaw
    LCGS Membership #: #880
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    Surname of Person: Shaw
    Time Period: 18th Century - Drummond Township
    Query

    Seeking ancestors of Alexander Shaw (b. c1750) at Kilmadock, Perthshire & wife Margaret McKillop (b. c1763) at Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire (daughter of William McKillop & Agnes Ferguson). Alexander Shaw and Margaret McKillop had children; Agnes (c.1785), Jean/Janet (b.1791), Margaret (1793-1882), John Buchanan (b.1795), William Alexander (1798-1866), Jean (b.1801), Eupemia (b.1804), James (b.1806) and possibly Alexander (????). Children were born at Kincardine by Doune, Bridge of Teith, Doune and Broich. Son William Alexander (1798-1866) married Agnes Dun (1805-1890) in 1832 and emigrated the same year, via vessel “Crown”, to Drummond Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Daughter Margaret (1793-1882) traveled with them or joined them a short time later.

    Date submitted: 30 May 2009