Hello Lynn, I can't be of much more help I'm afraid. Our 'irregular ' took place in 1906; a hundred years later than your period of research. I do know that marriages between Catholics and Protestants - in Scotland - were not all that uncommon, especially after the mid 19th Century when a lot of immigration of Irish Catholics into Scotland took place. My Wife has Irish ancestors on both her paternal & maternal sides who came over to Scotland in the mid 1880's. Don't read too much into the fact that you can't find evidence of Duncan's death or burial. Scottish OPR's are very sparse indeed regarding burials and deaths and one is very lucky to find any such evidence before 1855. There have always been Catholics in Scotland - more prevalent in some areas than others - but I would have thought that Edinburgh and East Lothian would both have had their fair share. Do bear in mind Lynn that 'irregular' marriages - although frowned upon by the Churches of all denominations - were not as uncommon as many people think and that the reasons for them were many and various. Best wishes, Tony -------------------------------------------------- From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:02 PM To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:DuncanM'CarterandElisabethSimpson > Thanks, Tony. A CATHOLIC? This actually might explain a lot of things: > why Duncan had two irregular marriages, why there is no burial record for > him, why I can't locate a christening record for him. Would the College > Kirk in Edinburgh have allowed a marriage between a Catholic and Protetant > in the 1790's, early 1800's? Were there Catholics in East Lothian at that > time? > > Lynne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Burton" <burton-tony@sky.com> > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:52 AM > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:Duncan > M'CarterandElisabethSimpson > > >> Hello Lynne, Our 'irregular marriage' took place in the Edinburgh >> Registry >> Office in Victoria Place and was between a Catholic and a Protestant. >> Yet >> another possible reason for not having a 'regular' marriage in a Church. >> Best wishes. Tony. >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:18 PM >> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:Duncan M'Carter >> andElisabethSimpson >> >>> Brigid, Tammy, and Rhoda - Thank you each for your comments. It gives >>> me >>> something to think about - why Duncan would need his banns read >>> elsewhere. >>> I >>> don't know what was in his background that would prevent him from having >>> banns read at Whittingehame. Like you mentioned, it was quite a trek to >>> Edinburgh. Duncan and Elizabeth had a daughter, Jean b. 9 Feb 1798. I >>> don't know if Elizabeth and Jean died shortly thereafter, but Duncan >>> remarried again in 1802 at Edinburgh to an Agnes Barclay from Dunbar, >>> and >>> he >>> was rebuked and fined again by the Whittingehame parish for another >>> irregular marriage. Then later he died and left poor Agnes with 6 - 7 >>> kids >>> for the parish to support. I wonder if the College Church would have >>> published the banns for either/both marriages? I did not find the banns >>> on-line, only the marriage records. Because I'm trying to find Duncan's >>> parents, I am interested in where he may have originated. >>> >>> Lynne in Tucson >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> >>> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:46 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:Duncan M'Carter and >>> ElisabethSimpson >>> >>> >>>> Hello Lynne >>>> >>>> One explanation is that one or both of the parties to the marriage came >>>> from >>>> the parish of Whittinghame but that they had their banns read in >>>> Edinburgh >>>> only. Perhaps they left Whittinghame for Edinburgh in order to be >>>> married >>>> because of parental disapproval. >>>> >>>> Rhoda >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message