Thanks Rhoda for your reply. My research on Thomas Masson indicates that he probably died as an infant as did 2 of his sisters and they are all buried in St Andrews Monastery graveyard together with other family members. It is my thinking that if my Thomas (my great grandfather) used a false identity to join the Sappers & Miners it could well be that of Thomas Masson. Thanks again, Murray ----- Original Message ----- From: <sct-edinburgh-request@rootsweb.com> To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 8:01 PM Subject: SCT-EDINBURGH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 30 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Thomas ROBERTSON (Murray Robertson) > 2. Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Thomas ROBERTSON (CandROverson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:43:39 +1300 > From: "Murray Robertson" <murray.robtsn@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Thomas ROBERTSON > To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > Cc: midlothian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <B3DA2BDFE7C04678AEC2AEB2BC41F971@owner3ff004449> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > I have a Thomas ROBERTSON attested for the Royal Sappers and Miners at > Glasgow on 28 September 1841 and using the name Thomas ROBERTSON b c1820 > in St Andrews, Fife. We have found no proof that he was born with that > name or that he existed prior to 1841 and he does not appear in the 1841 > Census which were taken earlier than September. Thomas always maintained > that he was born c1813 and while he stated he was born in St Andrews it > could have been in Fife or Edinburgh (or anywhere else). Has anyone a > missing ancestor who disappeared after the 1841 Census? > > Murray Robertson, > New Zealand > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:59:31 -0000 > From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] [MIDLOTHIAN] Thomas ROBERTSON > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com>, <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > Cc: SCT-FIFE@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <F4A3FEC5A17347D49D2406F8BBFDD3CA@Chris> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello Murray > > The birth index on Scotlands People has the record of only 1 Thomas > ROBERTSON born in St Andrews between 1810 and 1825. He was born/baptised > on > 3 May 1818 as Thomas Masson ROBERTSON, the son of John ROBERTSON and Agnes > KEY. > > Have you discounted him? > > Rhoda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Murray Robertson" <murray.robtsn@xtra.co.nz> > To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:43 PM > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Thomas ROBERTSON > > >> >> I have a Thomas ROBERTSON attested for the Royal Sappers and Miners at >> Glasgow on 28 September 1841 and using the name Thomas ROBERTSON b c1820 >> in St Andrews, Fife. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SCT-EDINBURGH list administrator, send an email to > SCT-EDINBURGH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SCT-EDINBURGH mailing list, send an email to > SCT-EDINBURGH@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-EDINBURGH-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SCT-EDINBURGH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 30 > ********************************************