> > > OK, here is a possibility. > > Working on the basis that John might have been named after his > mother's father or at least had her maiden name as his middle name, > I looked for a John Lang or Laing marrying a WILSON. There is a > match on the IGI at St Cuthberts, bride Euphemia WILSON. > > So I searched for Euphemia and found this family in 1841, who also > came up when I just searched for John LAING (LAING being much more > common than LANG but prononced the same). John snr is a bookbinder > and they live at Mo 18 Mid Arthur Place. I dont know where that is. > I also counted more than 600 residents in Princes St in 1840, > including some WILSONS. I suggest you get the marriage record - may > be possible to download from Scotlandspeople now that they have > their OPR records available, and see if it mentions Euphemia's > address at marriage - it should do the St Cuthberts records for > this time are quite detailed. > > > Euphemia Laing bn Scotland about 1801 Euphemia Laing bn Midlothian abt 1828 John bn Midlothian abt 1796 John bn Midlothian abt 1835 and William bn Midlothian abt 1840 > > > Judy >