Pentlands wrote: Looking again at George's original query: >> Which leads me to ask if you could perhaps help me in locating the >> marriage of my G.G.Gf William Rose (1804) to Margaret Young (1810) >> in about 1834. I have not been able to locate their marriage record >> and it may be because it was 'irregular' in nature as you describe. >> >> >> Together they had at least 4 children, as follows, born in >> Scotland. Ann Rose (1835) Urquhart, Moray Elizabeth Rose (1837) >> Urquhart, Moray Mary Rose (1838) Urquhart, Moray; and my G.Gf >> William Rose (1840) Urquhart, Moray. >> >> At each of their baptisms the above children are described as being >> the lawful children of William Rose and Margaret Young 'his spouse' >> / 'his wife'. ... it strikes me that, if the children were described as "lawful", then it is highly unlikely that their parents' marriage was "irregular", but that (for whatever reason - and there are plenty of possible explanations) their marriage simply did not get recorded in the Registers. Gavin Bell