Hi Brian Sorry about missing out neccesary info. I am new to your site sand don't yet know the ropes so to speak.The information you ask about is listed below. Dorothea is my Grandmother and I have a copy of the birth certificate therefore confirming I have the right person. I must apologise for saying I didn't know what the initials stood for in her name. I have the marriage certificate also and the names are clearly stated there as Wilhelmina Cuthbertson Russell Dorothea Lunn. She rightly as you said married Edward Bowery in St. Gabriels church Newcastle upon Tyne on the 11th June 1903. She was born in Southdean Roxburghshire November 24th 1871. Her parents were Alexander Lunn and her mother was Elizabeth Lunn (nee Robson). She died on the fourth of August 1953 in Carville Road Byker Newcastle upon Tyne. In the 1881 census Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 5111; Folio: 27; Page: 9; GSU roll: 1342234. In 1891 census Source Citation: Parish: Wilton; ED: 12; Page: 21; Line: 13; Roll CSSCT1891_388; Year: 1891. In 1901 census Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4789; Folio: 18; Page: 27. I have not found a baptism record. I noticed her name was Dora in the 1891 census but seem to remember some people referring to her by that name sometimes. I know she was born in Scotland and this is a Northumbria site but being as she moved here I thought maybe that would make it OK. If not then I apologise in advance. I hope the info above is what you asked me for. As I say I am new to this game and would appreciate any help or advise you can give me. Regards Maureen

On 21/03/2010 21:03, maureen wrote: > Sorry about missing out neccesary info. I am new to your site sand don' t yet know the ropes so to speak.The information you ask about is listed below. > > Dorothea is my Grandmother and I have a copy of the birth certificate > therefore confirming I have the right person. I must apologise for saying > I didn't know what the initials stood for in her name. I have the > marriage certificate also and the names are clearly stated there as > Wilhelmina Cuthbertson Russell Dorothea Lunn. So all you want is the source of the four forenames? Without research nobody can be sure, but typically the Cuthbertson and Russell would be the surnames of ancestors, and the Wilhelmina and Dorothea would either be ancestral or from a collateral (side) line. But, of course, the parents (or Dorothea herself) may just have taken the names of popular local or national figures in the entertainment or other field - or simply picked names they liked from thin air. There's no short cut. All you can do is to keep your eyes open as you trace the next two or three generations of ancestors of both Alexander LUNN and Elizabeth ROBSON (plus the siblings of those ancestors and the sibling's offspring) in the hope that those names appear. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer