Hello Listers, I've recently received a marriage certificate which has turned out not to be for our family after all; it's for the marriage of Margaret PATERSON to Frank SPROTT in Dalziel, Lanarkshire, in 1855. Margaret was the daughter of John PATERSON and Marion PATERSON, formerly AIKEN, and was born in 1834 at Linlithgow, and Frank was the son of William SPROTT and Grizel SPROTT, formerly PHELP, and was born in 1829 at Glassart, Hamilton. Witnesses were Loudjvich JACKSON and Thos THOMSON and John LAMB. If anyone wants the rest of the details, please contact me off list. I found this couple on the 1861 census in Dalziel; details as follows; - District 639: Muir Street, Motherwell Frank SPROTTS, head, 35, Coal Miner Margaret SPROTTS, wife, 27 Marion PATERSON, servant, unmarried, 26, Domestic Servant, born Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire Marion SPROTTS, niece, 1, born Dalziel, Lanarkshire As Marion Paterson was also born in Linlithgow, I think it probable that she was a relation of Margaret Sprotts. Hope this helps someone, Rosalind Paterson.