Researching the following families in Lanark:
LEISHMAN, FORSYTH, WINK, MARSHALL, BOYD
I am trying to proove that William LEISHMAN, b. 25 May 1825, Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland who m. 3 Mar 1846, Shotts, Lanark, Scotland is the same William LEISHMAN who was chr.
15 Jun 1825, Barony Parish, Lanark, Scotland, son of William Leishman, b. ca. 1792; d. 12 Apr 1848; bur. Toll Cross Cemetery, Lanark, Scotland who m. 1) Catherine Dechment and had a daughter, Catherine Leishman, b. ca. 1821; m. 2) Euphemia Wink, 23 Feb 1825, Barony Parish, Lanark, Scotland.
Euphemia m. 1) John Ferguson, 8 Aug 1807, Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland. William Leishman and Euphemia Wink had the following children:
1-William Leishman, chr. 15 Jun 1825, Barony Parish, Lanark
2-John Leishman, chr. 28 may 1826, Barony Parish, Lanark
d. 27 Dec 1831
3-John Leishman, chr. 22 Mar 1829, Barony, Lanark, Scotland
Ann FORSYTH, who m. William Leishman was b. 15 Mar 1828, Easter Batton, Shotts, Lanark; d. 27 Dec 1896, (Floyd) IA.
She was the dau. of William Forsyth and Margaret Marshall.
William FORSYTH, b. 13 Apr 1795, Sparkhall, Torphichen, West Lothian; d. 20 Jan 1851, Shotts, Lanark; m. 9 Jul 1814, Slamannan Parish, Sterling to Margaret Marshall. Margaret was b. 1794, Muiravon, Linlithgow; d. 13 Jan 1864, Shotts, Lanark. Margaret was the dau of Alexander Marshall and Agnes Boyd. Alexander Marshall was the son of Alexander Marshall and Margaret Binnie.
William FORSYTH was the son of James Forsyth and Jean Walkinshaw, and the grandson of James Forsyth and Margaret Barron.