Hi John & All: I am wondering if anyone can help with some spelling variations on my great grandmothers given name. It was Alexis, as she has clearly signed on several documents at her marriage & childrens birth registrations. I have looked for as many variations of the name as I can think of. I have only found her in one Census 1861 with the spelling Elexeyes 9 yrs old. Living in Sterling with her grandparents, George West 77, Elexeyer West 66, and another granddaughter, Janet West 7. Alexis West was the Daughter of Alexander West & Janet Hamilton (this is on her marriage to David Young in 1880) from Scotlands People. >From other information I have found on Scotlands People, (1851 census of her parents) I think she was likely to have been born in Bothwell (Bellshill), Hamilton, Lanark. Although the family story says Edinburgh. Her Birth, on her Tomb stone here in Toronto Canada has born 12, Dec. 1857. But this is a way off when you look at the 1861 Census. Alexis Mother Died is 1858 in Sterling, Stirlingshire in Child Bed. so? Thanks in advance for any help!!! Liz