My great grandfather came to America in 1911 from Scotland with his mother and many siblings. One day his mother decided to pack up all the kids and leave her husband to venture to America...but that's another mystery. In any event, my great grandfather's paternal grandmother was Bridget Rafferty, born in Ireland circa 1818. She married Edward Campbell, also born in Ireland, circa 1808, and they eventually moved to Kilmarnock, Scotland. In 1857, Peter Campbell, father to my great grandfather, was born in his home on Strand Street in Kilmarnock, to Edward Campbell and Bridget Campbell, M.S. Rafferty, this according to his birth certificate.
