In my family there are a number of females with male names, so it is not all that uncommon. My ggg Grandmother was baptised James, recorded on a number of Census as female James, but was registered as Jemima when the Death Certificate was written. Ian Scott Western Australia -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Burgess via Sent: Saturday, 19 December 2015 2:24 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Fw: Got thrown for a LOOP! > Subject: Got thrown for a LOOP! > on this MATTHEW McCAW, b 1787, Girvan, Ayr, who was FEMALE, later > referred to as MARTHA! > Guess they were worried they would not have a MALE heir! Much more likely that the clerk just misheard the name of the child. Anne ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message