Need help in finding my GG Grandfather

[speleobat2]

For what it's worth, I think James Mclean and Mary Logan were William's parents. Neil could have been an uncle or a cousin. Two of William's children were a James and a Mary. The one I'm curious about is Archibald. There are several Archibald Mcleans in the area who he could have been named after, but I'm not seeing a direct connection. You can make yourself a little crazy pursuing children's names. I've done the same thing in my family. One of my gg grandfather's died after the 1851 census, but before the 1855 registration law so I don't know who his parents were. I have a pretty good idea, but that one little piece of paper or gravestone that I need to confirm my thoughts is missing so I will probably never know for sure!

Carol

[AndrewP]

The children of James McLean and Mary Logan were as follows:

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child:                     birth:       where:        father:       mother:

Janet McLean               23-Oct-1820  Glasgow City  James Mclean  Mary Logan
William Williamson Mclean  03-Jul-1822  Glasgow City  James Mclean  Mary Logan
Sarah Mclean               06-Sep-1824  Glasgow City  James Mclean  Mary Logan

William's full name is the same as one of William McLean and Mary Donaldson's children in 1853.

Food for thought,

AndrewP

[drow]

Thanks you for all of your investigating AndrewP. As you can see, there is no Neil to be found among William and Mary’s children, which I find puzzling, if in fact Neil McLean was William’s father as recorded on William’s 2nd marriage document in 1878. I have tried looking for a William Neil or a James Neil, marrying a Logan, but no luck! I’m not sure where to go from here?

It is because James McLean and Mary Logan had a son William Williamson McLean, and that William McLean and Mary Donaldson also named their 1st born son William Williamson McLean that I felt that James McLean and Mary Logan might be my GG Grandparents. That plus the fact that James and William's occupations were very similar, and the fact that a James McLean was a witness at William and Mary's 1st child's birth! I tried to find the death of James McLean (with a Mary Logan spouse), anytime after the birth of William's 1st child Ann in 1851, but was not successful.

[drow]

Hi Carol: Thanks for your comments and thoughts. I feel better hearing you say that you think James and Mary are William's parents, as I was not sure if I was just reaching on this. I guess I am looking for that little clue that will prove my assumptions, but like you say, I may never find it. I keep looking over all the information that I have, thinking that I might be overlooking something. I just can't understand why William would have recorded Neil as his father, if in fact this was not the case. It is good to have your thoughts.