Further to my last, it is very odd that both in the 1881 census and at his marriage Robert understates his age by some 4/5 years - he was 32/3, not 28 (aged 2 at the 1851 census). It is also a bit odd that his mother in the census is described as 82 - in 1851 she was 48. Although the identification is by no means certain, I think (from the gravestone list supplied by Sheila some time ago - you see how useful these things are, Sheila!) that William died aged about 85 in 1860 & was buried in KPJ - that is the recorded burial of a William M. on what appears to be a Swinefoot grave. Statements of age, of course, have to be treated with considerable reservations in the days before compulsory registration, but a five year error does seem a bit peculiar! I'm just off to see if I can find anything on the 1891 census. Later:- it is clear that the family had by 1891 moved to England - there is no possible record on the Scottish 1891 census which could refer to them. It is possible that they moved before the children began to come along (1884 & 1889) since I can find no record of them, but equally I havn't yet traced them in England and registration, though compulsory, was sometimes evaded - e.g. in the case of the Queen Mother! On the other hand, we know that by the mid-1890's Jessie and the children at least had moved back to Scotland and were living at Broxburn in West Lothian. It is presumed that Robert had died and that Jessie moved back to be near her own people (Broxburn is quite close to Kirkliston). It is much more difficult to search the English censuses for 1891 - I do not believe that they have been comprehensively indexed - but I will see what I can do. Roger