On my ancestor, Elizabeth Stenhouse's, marriage and death certificates her parents are given as Margaret Crichton and James Stenhouse - I have not been able to find her birth certificate. On the census returns Elizabeth gives her place of birth as Colinton. I have found the marriage of Margaret Crichton and James Stanners registered in both Carriden and Colinton.
Census returns give Margaret Crichton's place of birth as Colinton, and James Stanners as Carriden. Elizabeth does not show up on the census returns for 1841 or 1851.
The death certificate of Margaret Stenhouse (Crichton) gives her age as 70 when she died in 1858. Her parents are named as Andrew Crichton and Margaret Thomson. Her birth certificate, naming her parents as Andrew Crichton and Margaret Thomson gives her birth date as 4th Dec 1764 and her place of birth as Panbride, Angus. This would make her too old to have had her first child in 1819. The first child of James Stanners and Margaret Crichton was called Margaret Thomson Stanners and was born in Carriden.
The son of Elizabeth Stenhouse, my ancestor, gave his mother's name as Elizabeth Leckie Stenhouse on his two marriage certificates. This led me to the family of Elizabeth Leckie and George Stanners in Carriden. As they had a son, James, born 1787 I thought that maybe I was getting nearer to finding my family line but there is something very wrong and I am more confused than ever.
Lorna