Alexander Bain from Tannach and Bain Family Trees
Hi there
I'm researching the family tree on my mother's side and I seem to have hit some brick walls. I've been through the various Bain threads on here and found some excellent information. I was wondering if anyone had made any headway in the two or three years since those posts were made.
Here's what I have so far.
My great-grandfather was Alexander Bain who was born on March 15th 1880 at Tannach. He married Jane Miller on 24th September 1909 and they had at least two children - Helen Sutherland Bain [b: 26/12/1909 so cutting the wedding pretty fine!] and Elizabeth Jane Thomson Bain [26/11/1911]. They may have had other children, perhaps a George Cecil MacKay Bain born in Inverness in 1917. I have no idea as to what happened to Alexander or Jane or whether they had other children too.
His father [my gg grandfather] was another Alexander Bain, born in 1831 in Watten. He married Helen Sutherland [b: ~1844] on 27th October 1865 and she seems to have been his second wife. She died in 1905 but I have no idea as to what happened to him. Alexander seems to have had numerous children. His first wife was perhaps Jane Bain nee MacAdie who died in 1864 from a ruptured womb but the parents' names don't tally on the Bain MacAdie birth certificate.
John Bain b: 1860, Catherine Bain b: 1861, William Bain 1867 – 1939, Marjory Bain 1869 – 1950, Johan Bain b: 1873, Robert Bain 1877 – 1931, Alexander Bain
b: 1880, James Bain b: 1884 and George Cecil McKay Bain b: 1888.
Alexander's father was perhaps another Alexander Bain [b: 1793, perhaps died 1836] who was married to Margaret Mullikin [1800 – 1863]
I now start guessing more and more as to relations and the tree starts to look chaotic. This last Alexander's father was perhaps William Bain and his mother Margaret Leith
Any help or guidance is welcomed or if you want to share information and documents, that would be great
Cheers
Alistair
alexander bain/margaret mullikin
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IndolentFop
Hi there
I'm researching the family tree on my mother's side and I seem to have hit some brick walls. I've been through the various Bain threads on here and found some excellent information. I was wondering if anyone had made any headway in the two or three years since those posts were made.
Here's what I have so far.
My great-grandfather was Alexander Bain who was born on March 15th 1880 at Tannach. He married Jane Miller on 24th September 1909 and they had at least two children - Helen Sutherland Bain [b: 26/12/1909 so cutting the wedding pretty fine!] and Elizabeth Jane Thomson Bain [26/11/1911]. They may have had other children, perhaps a George Cecil MacKay Bain born in Inverness in 1917. I have no idea as to what happened to Alexander or Jane or whether they had other children too.
His father [my gg grandfather] was another Alexander Bain, born in 1831 in Watten. He married Helen Sutherland [b: ~1844] on 27th October 1865 and she seems to have been his second wife. She died in 1905 but I have no idea as to what happened to him. Alexander seems to have had numerous children. His first wife was perhaps Jane Bain nee MacAdie who died in 1864 from a ruptured womb but the parents' names don't tally on the Bain MacAdie birth certificate.
John Bain b: 1860, Catherine Bain b: 1861, William Bain 1867 – 1939, Marjory Bain 1869 – 1950, Johan Bain b: 1873, Robert Bain 1877 – 1931, Alexander Bain
b: 1880, James Bain b: 1884 and George Cecil McKay Bain b: 1888.
Alexander's father was perhaps another Alexander Bain [b: 1793, perhaps died 1836] who was married to Margaret Mullikin [1800 – 1863]
I now start guessing more and more as to relations and the tree starts to look chaotic. This last Alexander's father was perhaps William Bain and his mother Margaret Leith
Any help or guidance is welcomed or if you want to share information and documents, that would be great
Cheers
Alistair
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