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I know I'm late to the party but I have just come across this correction on a marriage entry too. I know the couple separated - she left him and went to Canada too - and many years later the entry was corrected at his instance I assume so he could remarry.

Section 2: Objections to marriage
9. Section 5 of the 1977 Act currently provides for situations where there is an objection to
a marriage proceeding. Section 5(4) lists the legal impediments to a marriage. These include
... or where one or both parties are not domiciled in Scotland and marriage would be void according to the law of the party‘s domicile.

This is brilliant! Thank you again both of you. I actually know the Emonds so will get in touch with them tomorrow. What are the chances? 

Thanks for all the research. I messaged the lady and she will look at the thread when she gets back online. I think she hoped there would be someone local to her in Scotland who she could give the card to. This was indeed an unexpected turn of events. Thanks again for your help.

I have a lady on a local group looking for this family as she has a bereavement card for Robert Hogg who was KIA in Palestine in 1917. He was the first husband of Margaret Patterson and the father of Robert and Margaret. After his death Margaret married James P Stevenson and they emigrated from Scotland to the US via Canada in 1922. I have traced Robert's war medals to a collector in Oregon. James was registered as living in Malheur Oregon when he signed up for the US Draft in WW1. He returned to Scotland to marry the now widowed Margaret and brought her back to the US. When the children first came over they stayed with relatives in Canada with the name Patterson. They moved to the US and eventually took on their stepfather's name of Stevenson. Not sure if they stayed in the US or returned to Canada. Hoping someone recognises the names.

No sorry aghadowey. I meant I'm not sure how to reply to just one poster anymore. I assume everyone in the thread gets a notification?
But yes I did have a previous account but it must have been under a very old email. I've since read up and see I can't PM until I've posted 3 times. It's been almost 20 years since I had the time to do research and things have changed a lot on almost all of the sites I used to use.

The lady I am trying to reach posted last year and I see hasn't been on since    Here's hoping she gets an email too. Her Joseph McConachie would have been my grandmother's cousin. I had the names Eliza Jane McIntyre and William Ross drummed into me at a young age. My nan said she never knew her grandparents from Ireland. And look! Eliza and her new husband were there in Shotts too in 1901 with Minnie and the rest of the family! How did my nan not know? I am beginning to think all my gr grandfather's family left Scotland as I can't find them after 1901. This might explain why I have so many 4th cousin DNA matches in Pennsylvania! How sad that my gr grandfather, Samuel Ross, felt he couldn't tell his own family. He made up a lie that his family had been murdered in Ireland and he ran away to Scotland aged 16 so he wasn't next.
I would love to know if there were any stories across the Pond of family left behind. Maybe find out why he fabricated this tale.
I'll go back and read the thread properly soon. It seems my husband may have ancestors from the same area but who believes in the accuracy of those DNA tests anyway 🙈🙈
Now to fight with this verification code. I'm not good with these.