> Just a bit off topic, the rellies did die in LKS but I > found them > with Irish birthplaces in 1871 census on Ancestry.com which > are not reknown for translating accurately! > > Could some kind soul take a guess at the above names as to > what they should be please?  The best thing you can do is get the image of the original census from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and see what you think it says. You could also post the image somewhere and then tell us the URL, so we can have a look at it and see what we make of it. I am not about to try to second-guess the ancestry transcription! Anne