> It was Donald ROBERTSON who married in > 1904 in Plumstead. His age at marriage 25 (dob prob 1879). The marriage was in the third quarter, so if he was 25 then, he would have been born in the end of 1878 or the early part of 1879, the exact dates depending on the wedding date. > Father was > another Donald ROBERTSON. In 1901C Donald Jr was lodging with > his bride's > family in Plumstead so no other family to work on. What was Donald Sr's occupation according to Donald Jr's marriage certificate? According to the LDS CD-ROMs there were seven Donald Robertsons of roughly the right age in the 1881 census in Scotland with a father also named Donald. The fathers' occupations were Provision merchant in Dundee, Angus Crofter in Canisbay, Caithness Mason in Forfar, Angus Gamekeeper in Killin, Perthshire Joiner in Dundee (who also had a son William George) Another joiner in Edinburgh Farm labourer in Glasgow All of those except the crofter and the labourer were the sort of skilled trades which you would expect them to continue working at throughout their lives. So the father's occupation on the 1904 marriage certificate could be very useful. Anne