http://folkarethething.com/2009/06/tell-me-its-not-true/ telling the stories of my ancestors Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://folkarethething.com/2009/06/tell-me-its-not-true/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Rachel Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:52:43 +0000 http://folkarethething.com/?p=259#comment-37 Alex - thanks for that LOL Both Williams are recorded as children of James Cowan & Margaret Henderson & I haven't found another couple with exactly the same names in the village. The family is poorly recorded almost without exception, but I shall keep going. Thanks for your thought-provoking comment. Alex – thanks for that LOL Both Williams are recorded as children of James Cowan & Margaret Henderson & I haven’t found another couple with exactly the same names in the village. The family is poorly recorded almost without exception, but I shall keep going. Thanks for your thought-provoking comment.

]]> http://folkarethething.com/2009/06/tell-me-its-not-true/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Alex Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:07:37 +0000 http://folkarethething.com/?p=259#comment-35 At the risk of making things worse - could another (probably remote) possibility be that there were TWO sets of James and Margaret Cowans in Airth at the same time? Or that James had two consecutive wives named Margaret who both insisted on their son being called William? Neither of these would help you pinpoint which William is yours though :( At the risk of making things worse – could another (probably remote) possibility be that there were TWO sets of James and Margaret Cowans in Airth at the same time? Or that James had two consecutive wives named Margaret who both insisted on their son being called William? Neither of these would help you pinpoint which William is yours though :(

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