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Thanks Suz
Much appreciated, it ties up a few loose ends for me, although my distant relatives are actually descended from his wifes second marriage to Charles Chesterman in 1865, I felt the need to identify this man 'just for the records' lol
regards
Eddie

Hi, I am struggling to identify this place of birth.  Above the St Giles, Reading entries , it looks like Lamont or lamming, and maybe Hull or Bucks

Its still confusing me also, it is unclear whether Daniel Hume or Edward Mossman is her father, both are deceased by the time of her weddings.  I am also not sure if Ann McKay actually married Edward Mossman or not.  Ellen appears on various census as Ellen, Helen, Helena and the Hume Mossman middle names are passed down the family in the next generation.  I wondered if perhaps Mr Mossman had a woman in every port ??

lol, you certainly are on a roll Boo

with regards to you earlier question, I was brought to that point in my research by a combination of census info and information from marriage certificates of Robina's son Also Andrew Geggie Bruce, which left me in no doubt whatsover that this is the correct marriage and they are indeed my Great great great grandparents on my maternal grandfathers, mothers line, (if that makes sense). Some information was originally found on familysearch.org which pointed me in the right direction. I have encountered an irregular marriage on the Coldstream Bridge which was only found through newspaper archives and am still searching for another probable irregular marriage. Ah the joys !!!

The information on the gravestone ties in very well with my tree, including the 2 x Rabenah's (Rabina on my tree), Jane who was born and died in 1829. Their son Also Andrew G Bruce  married one Eleanor Waite, they had quite a few children of whom the second was also Andrew G Bruce, it was their daughter Eleanor who married one George Gibson Johnston  and hence connected to my mothers maiden name Johnston.  At this point in the story the name Edwin appeared on the birth of my maternal grandfather, and was passed to me as Edwin Johnston Leask.  I have found no earlier instances of the name Edwin in the family, so it would be interesting to find out how they decided on that name.  I suppose I will never find out for sure

Thanks again for your help Boo
kind regards Eddie