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We are helping Amanda McDougall in trying to trace her Prentice roots. Here is what we have so far:

1. James Prentice was b. c. 1789 in Lanark and appears, age 72, in the 1861 Lesmahagow census. No wife is indicated. James is likely the James Prentice who m. Margaret Dunlop on 8 Apr 1810 in Lanark. They had 2 or more children, including the following:

1. Thomas Prentice, chr. 18 Dec 1814, Lesmahagow. . . . . . [2]
2. James Prentice, chr. 21 Mar 1813 in Lesmahagow.
3. John Prentice was b. c. 1815-1825. . . . . . . . [3]

James Prentice, b. c. 1789 in Lanark according to the 1861 census, is quite likely the James Prentice who was chr. 19 Apr 1789 in Lanark son of Robert Prentice and Janet Liddle of Lanark. However, there is also a chance that James is the one who was chr. 14 Mar 1790, son of John Prentice and Betty Tod of Lanark.

2.   Thomas Prentice, chr. 18 Dec 1814, Lesmahagow. He is likely the Thomas Prentice who appears in the 1861 Lesmahagow census with his wife, Isabella Meikle, b. c. 1817, Lesmahagow. Children (per census and IGI):

1. John Prentice, chr. 25 Oct 1840, Lesmahagow. In 1861 census.
2. Thomas Prentice, chr. 14 Dec 1842, Lesmahagow. Not in 1861 census.
3. Margaret Prentice, chr. 20 Oct 1844, Lesmahagow. In 1861 census.
4. Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1847, Lesmahagow. Not in IGI but in 1861 census.
5. Mary Prentice, chr. 26 May 1849, Lesmahagow. Not in 1861 census.
6. William Prentice, chr. 25 Aug 1850, Lesmahagow. Not in 1861 census.
7. Robert Prentice, chr. 19 Jun 1853, Lesmahagow. In 1861 census.

3. John Prentice was b. c. 1811 and d. 5 Dec 1869, age 50 (per Death Certificate information from his widow and provided by Amanda McDoughal, email, 17 Aug 2005). The 1861 census shows them living in Bridgton. He does not appear in the 1881 census and was either missed or was deceased.

He m. Martha Hamilton on 1 Jun 1845, Shotts, Lanark, Scotland. The IGI shows her as b. c. 1821 and calls her "of Chapelhall, Lanark. She was living in 1869. Children listed in the IGI for them are:

1. James Prentice, b. 19 Aug 1849, Chapelhall, Lanark. He may, or may not, be the James Prentice shown in the IGI who m. Isabella Bain and had a son, James Prentice, b. 25 Mar 1868, Bridgeton. James and Isabella had at least the following children (per IGI):
   1. James Prentice, b. 22 Aug 1859, High Church, Glasgow, Lanark. He may have d. before 1868 (see below).
   2. Alexander Prentice, b. 24 Sep 1865, Calton, Glasgow, Lanark.
   3. James Prentice, b. 25 Mar 1868, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanark.
2. William Prentice, b. 17 Dec 1851, Glasgow, Lanark. . . . . . . [4]
3. John Prentice, b. 28 Apr 1853, Barony, Lanark.
4. Margaret Prentice, b. 15 Jun 1859, Bridgeton, Glasgow.
5. Martha Prentice, b. 18 Sep 1861, Bridgeton.
6. Jane Prentice. b. 13 Aug 1864, Bridgeton, Glasgow.
7. Thomas Prentice, b. 15 Apr 1867, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

4. William Prentice, b. 17 Dec 1851, Glasgow, Lanark (per Glasgow Records and his parents marriage certificate).

He m. Anne/Annie Cunningham on 28 Jul 1885 in Dennieston, an area in central Glasgow. Annie was born c. 1855. For more on the Clan Cunningham, see Appendix 1. They had 1 or more children, including:

1. William Prentice, b. 4 May 1899, Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland. . . . . . [5]

5. William Prentice, b. 4 May 1899, Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, and d. 1966. He moved to Hardgate, Duntocher, where he married Amanda's grandmother, Margaret Chalmers, in 1932. He served in the army in WW II. He also worked in a Singer factory in Clydebank. They had 3 children:

1. William Chalmers.
2. Ann Chalmers.
3. Jane Chalmers.

We found 2 possibilities in Glasgow Records for a James Prentice b. c. 1789 in Lanark:

1. James Prentice, chr. 19 Apr 1789, Lanark, son of Robert Prentice and Janet Liddle.
2. James Prentice, chr.14 Mar 1790, Lanark, son of John Prentice and Betty Todd

Investigation is continuing.

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    * Badge: A unicorn's head, argent, crined and armed, or
    * Motto: Over fork over
    * Tartan: Cunningham
    * Gaelic Name: MacCuinneagain
    * Origin of Name: Place-name, Ayrshire