I was recently entering information on Family Tree Maker as well as ancestry.com website and came across a connection between George Paton (Batton) and both of his wives.
George Paton was the brother of my great great grandfather, Andrew Batton.
George married Margaret Eadie on 31 December 1888. Sadly Margaret died less than a year later, on 12 September 1889. George was to marry again on 16 July 1891 - to Janet Young Fyfe.
I noticed some similarities with names going further back and this is what I have since established. Thought I'd share it :
Samuel Brown and Mary Grieg had 10 children of which there were 2 daughters named Janet and Ann.
Janet married John Fyfe and they had a son, Samuel Fyfe in 1829.
Ann married James Bulloch/Balloch and they had a daughter Janet Bulloch in 1835.
Samuel Fyfe and Janet Bulloch were first cousins.
Samuel Fyfe married Sarah Whyte in 1850 and they had a daughter Janet Young Fyfe in 1867.
Janet Bulloch married Robert Eadie in 1860 and they had a daughter Margaret Eadie in 1868.
Janet Fyfe and Margaret Eadie were second cousins.
George Paton (Batton) was probably familiar with the Fyfe family through his marriage to his 1st wife Margaret Eadie.
Prior to marrying Janet in 1891 he was boarding with William Fyfe (Janet Fyfe's brother).
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