Hi Liz >From Ancestry transcript 1891 Scotland 1891 Scotland Census about Robert Edie Name: Robert Edie Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Relationship: Son Father's Name: David Edie Mother's Name: Jane F Edie Gender: Male Where born: Abernethy, Perthshire Registration number: 685/5 Registration district: Newington Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 13 Millerfield Pl Occupation: M B C M General Practitioner ED: 81 Household schedule number: 115 Line: 21 Roll: CSSCT1891_355 Household Members: Name Age David Edie 65 Jane F Edie 59 Jane Edie 28 Robert Edie 26 James W Edie 19 David C H Edie 16 Alison Johnston 16 Charles P Edie 15 Margaret Anderson 19 Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 81; Page: 19; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_355. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi all: > > Well, I took my own advice and googled for an answer. I found " m.b.c.m" > indicates a British medical degree. > So my Robert was a doctor, not a soldier as I had thought. Still do not know > why he died so young. > Elizabeth Goodfellow Engle > > > > I asked: > > > > In Abernethy, Perthshire, on a tombstone/monument of one of my Scottish > families is the following inscription: > > "Robert Edie, m.b.c.m., who died 16th April 1894, aged 29." > > Has anyone any idea what the initials "m.b.c.m." stand for?