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It could be a receipt for an extract of an already issued certificate. That's my best suggestion anyway.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

No sign of the parents' marriage on the online IGI, but it gave 5 children: JAMES MCKENNA - Birth: 14 DEC 1860 High Church, Glasgow, Lanark CHARLES MCKENNA - Birth: 15 JUN 1863 High Church, Glasgow, Lanark SARAH MCKENNA - Birth: 17 OCT 1866 High Church, Glasgow, Lanark FRANCIS MCKENNA - Birth: 04 MA...

Hi Marva,

It sounds like you made an old lady's Easter weekend extra special for her.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

The possibility I will put forward is that Janet Hill was born in 1835 to James Hill and Grace Hill (ms. Wilkie). Some time later, presumably between 1855 and 1869 James Hill had died and Grace re-married to a man of surname Moran. I can find nothing in the IGI to support this idea, but it is my sug...

Of the definitions of bower given in the Chambers English Dictionary, the only one near to an occupation is:
bowerwoman - a chambermaid
presumably from
bower - a lady's private room, boudoir

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

I have also received a blank grey screen where I was expecting to see an 1871 census page. The quickest route to making the image appear was to hit the F5 key to refresh the page. That worked fine (as did closing the image and re-clicking on the button to view that image - button now marked as paid ...

Given the Whittinghame nugget of information, the IGI shows a little more. MARGARET SKIRVEN - christened 15 Jan 1826 Whittinghame parents: James Skirven and Agnes Goodall HELEN SKIRVING - christened 06 May 1832 Whittinghame parents: James Skirving and Agnes Goodale As with a fair number of parishes,...

I make out Matthew Skirving's mother's details as Agnes SKIRVING, ms. GOODALL (deceased).

Address of your uploaded certificate:
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-111

No sign of this couple's marriage or child/ren on the online IGI.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

Hi Marva,

I think I've found her indexed by BT under her (late?) husband's name. Answer given by private message - I'm not keen on these types of details on a public forum.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

Hi Jean, I suspect thst your clones in Old Kilpatrick or West Kilpatrick will apply to the whole of Enumeration Distict number 501. That district is referered to as "Old (or West) Kilpatrick" on the GROS list of Registration Disticts. I would expect to find the same in the neighbouring Registration/...