A wee bit more on the VOLUMEs: James Volume and Catherine Neill were living in Kirriemuir in the 1851 census. My copy is difficult to read regarding their ages (so I wouldn't trust ancestry.com's reading of them either) but James was a grocer and cow feeder, and born in Oathlaw. James died in Kirriemuir on 16 June 1868 at the Almshouse, a pauper, formerly farm servant. He was age 87, the widower of Catherine Neil. His father's given name was blank (but was probably Thomas), a farm servant, and his mother was Janet DONALD, both were deceased. The informant was his son David. David Volume, son of James and Catherine and brother to Agnes, was also living in Kirriemuir in 1851 with his wife and 6 of his first 7 children. Alexander is missing, and since a later child was also named Alexander, it is probable that he died young. David Volume died 18 October 1881 in Kirriemuir, age 70. He was a shoemaker (journeyman) married to Janet McWATTIE. The registration confirms his parents as James Volume and Catherine Neill. His informant was his son Robert H. Volume. Another child of David Volume and Janet McWattie was Margaret. She married 15 February 1867 in South Muir, Kirriemuir at the age of 21 to James H. Watson, mason (journeyman), age 23, residing Bellar Brae, Kirriemuir, son of James Hay Watson, tailor, and Marjory Findlay. Irene, in Michigan