[Mary McCarthy]

Hi Megan,
Do you have any BMD dates for Alex? Are you saying he married in Liverpool, or had his bride moved to Ayrshire from Liverpool? I don’t have any connections to the Longwill family, but I can give you a few pointers, if this will help?
On ScotlandsPeople, I see a birth in 1890 for an Alexander Longwill in Lugar (no middle name registered, but he may have assumed it later):
LONGWILL, ALEXANDER, [mother’s maiden surname] MURDOCH, M, 1890, 577 / 2 / 58, Lugar
There were several other Alexander Longwill births (not limiting the search to Ayrshire), but I couldn’t see any registered with MAXWELL as their middle name.
Just searching the surname, I found 7 other LONGWILL births with mms MURDOCH in Ayrshire between 1855-1931, in Lugar and Auchinleck. But none have Maxwell as a middle name, including Alexander.
But then I used Fuzzy matching on the surname search, and found Mary Maxwell Murdoch LONGWELL:
LONGWELL, MARY MAXWELL MU, MURDOCH, F, 1877, 577 / 32, Auchinleck
I found an 1877 marriage for Walter LONGWELL (note spelling again) and Margaret MURDOCH in Auchinleck:
LONGWELL, WALTER, MURDOCH, MARGARET, 1877, 577 / 29, Auchinleck
You might want to get this record to find where the MAXWELL middle name came from.
You will have to spend some credits on https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ to look at the records, I’m afraid! Do give us a shout if you need any help with the site.
All the best,
Mary McCarthy

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