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08-06-21, 06:23
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Thank you Janet excellent, amazing how you can decipher that.
Well went down a rabbit hole yesterday, found a few links but still no James Torrance Wilson. James Wilson Bain David's oldest son and his sister Elizabeth living at 38th Street Chicago with their aunt Mary his father David's sister. The Craig family is obviously connected some way but still not found the immigration records. He names James not Robert the father maybe some confusion there are lots of James' about especially Wilson ones. Strange family so many links with so many people and families intertwined. My Scottish ancestors' siblings and children have travelled to every corner of the globe, Canada, USA, South Africa, South America, Australia, NZ and even Tahiti. 
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08-06-21, 14:22
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Found this on FMP. James T. Wilson with a sister, both adopted, in Irvine on the 1891.
Is that your James, and is that the Maggie who turns up with Robert Craig later? James T Wilson in 1891 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Stanecastle Cottage, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland Last edited by Janet; 08-06-21 at 16:08. Reason: removed screenshot
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08-06-21, 15:15
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Are you sure the terms and conditions of FMP allow you to post that screenshot on here, please, Janet?
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08-06-21, 15:53
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It's a complicated life he started with. His birth name is James Wilson Torrance. His father (James Wilson senior was his real father he is named on birth cert) married Sarah Rankin in 1886 but Margaret Torrance his father's first cousin gave birth to James junior in 1890 and was brought up by Sarah and his father James. Maggie T in that census is Margaret Torrance's daughter but not James daughter as far as I know, no father's name on birth cert, I assume it was a man called Morrison, Maggie's actual name is Maggie Morrison Torrance and she goes back to Margaret Torrance when Margaret Torrance marries William Wright a few years later. I will never know if Sarah knew James senior was James' real father or even that James Torrance Wilson knew himself. Because Margaret Torrance was James senior's cousin Sarah may have thought nothing about taking James. Although in such a small village I don't know how they would keep it secret. James Wilson and Sarah Rankin had no children of their own. James Wilson Senior was my grandmother Agnes McEwan's great uncle and her mother Mary Ann Walker Wilson's uncle, Margaret Torrance was Mary Ann Walker Wilson's cousin. James died at Agnes' house in Bridgeton, Glasgow in 1940 he was born in 1864. My uncle James Wilson Young registered his death. Sarah died in Coatbridge in 1935 then James went to live with my father's family in Bridgeton. I found out today who Maggie is on the census in 1910 USA she isn't related but Robert Craig is, his mother Margaret McAllister's mother's surname is Rankin so could be a sister or cousin to James Wilson senior's wife Sarah Rankin. Told you it was complicated  ... Last edited by maggie_4_7; 11-06-21 at 08:13.
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08-06-21, 16:09
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08-06-21, 16:17
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Did you read the story of his beginnings in life, I expanded a bit and edited, that is really why I wanted to know what happened to him. Now you know why I get very confused with my Scottish side, its a complex maze of intertwined relationships and families but then they did live in 3 small villages in Ayrshire who tended to use all the same names and names that were very common.
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08-06-21, 16:24
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He could be anywhere really. I've seen a number of entries for incoming passengers where they give names and addresses for friends and relatives that can be verified by the authorities, but that might just be to gain entry and possibly not where they end up going. It's a big country with lots of transportation and far-flung job opportunities. The horizon's the only limit, and that's a moving target. Especially, I take it, for your lot!
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08-06-21, 16:27
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08-06-21, 16:33
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I thought I found him yesterday before posting that manifest, I got really excited, same name same DOB on Find a Grave but I found his marriage entry and some census. He names his mother as Anna and is born in the USA and he with parents and siblings 
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08-06-21, 21:54
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Oh dear. Maggie, I think maybe he died. Informant James Craig, Jasonville, Indiana. Is this him?
James Wilson - Male - White - 20 - Single - Feb 1890 - Scotland - 19 Jan 1911 - Jasonville, Greene Last edited by Janet; 08-06-21 at 21:57.
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