Hi Elizabeth & list, Unfortunately, my SCOTT (maternal) line doesn't appear to be the same as yours. That's one of the problems with having a popular surname. The only info. I have is from a marr. cert. of my maternal gt.g/parents, William SCOTT (age 21) who was listed as a stoker, & his father who was also shown as William SCOTT an engineer. His bride was a Rachael SCOTT (age 18) & her father was also shown as William SCOTT a labourer. Both are shown as residing in Low Quay (no street shown). Their witness's are shown as Alice SCOTT & George HUGALL (that's what it looks like). The cert. shows they were married on 1881-Dec-26 in the Parish Church (which I was told was/is Holy Trinity) Sunderland It's not much, but, hopefully someone on the list can assist us in filling in some missing blanks. Regards, Malcolm Campbell, (London,Ontario,Canada) Elizabeth Macfarlane wrote: > > I was interested that you have Scott ancestry in Sunderland. I am > researching Scotts in the Sunderland area and wonder if we might be working > on the same line. I am seeking descendants of James Scott and his wife > Jane Watt McFarlan. In the 1881 census they were living at 25 West Street, > Bishopwearmouth with five adult children -- Jeanie, Margaret C. G., Sarah > G., Harriet W., and Walter McF. Their oldest son, James Galbraith Scott and > his wife, Janet D., were living in Tynemouth, Northumnberland. Jeanie was > proprietress of Scott & Co., Wholesale & Retail Drapers at "Lorne House", > High Street, Sunderland and employed 16. > Elizabeth Macfarlane (Lloyd Harbor, Long Island, New York)