MCLAREN FAMILY

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I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT MY GGG GRANDFATHER AND HIS FAMILY IN SCOTLAND - HIS NAME WAS JAMES MCLAREN IBELIEVE HE WAS BORN c1824 IN PERTHSHIRE COMRIE I THINK, I ALSO KNOW THAT HE MARRIED ELIZABETH ALNEY/ALNER FROM DORSET ENGLAND AND THAT IS WHERE THEY WERE MARRIED AFTER THIS THEY SETTLED IN WILTSHIRE ENGLAND. CAN ANYONE HELP?

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I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT MY GGG GRANDFATHER AND HIS FAMILY IN SCOTLAND - HIS NAME WAS JAMES MCLAREN IBELIEVE HE WAS BORN c1824 IN PERTHSHIRE COMRIE I THINK, I ALSO KNOW THAT HE MARRIED ELIZABETH ALNEY/ALNER FROM DORSET ENGLAND AND THAT IS WHERE THEY WERE MARRIED AFTER THIS THEY SETTLED IN WILTSHIRE ENGLAND. CAN ANYONE HELP?

He doesn't appear to be in England before 1861. Have you checked his marriage certificate to see if he was a bachelor when he married Elizabeth?

Totally wild guess as McLaren is a hugely common name in Perthshire but I wonder if this is him in 1851 -

James McLaren
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name:
Gender: Male
Where born: Comrie, Perthshire
Parish Number: 705
Civil parish: Dirleton
County: East Lothian
Address: Gardners House
Occupation: Gardner Master Employing 3 Men

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YES, THANKYOU FOR THAT I CERTAINLY DO THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE BUT I WAS WONDERING DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT HIM OR IS FAMILY IN SCOTLAND OR KNOW OF SOMEWHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION MYSELF?