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This is really quite overwhelming   A week ago all I knew of my family history was my grandfather's and grandmothers names and where they lived, and I now have all this information, including  Clooties family tree with all the names way back to 1598 even!!  Even with all this info it has taken a while for my brain to work it all out, but I am now getting it into perspective and working out the various relationships.  Macalloa you have excelled yourself with the photographs.   I can see how addictive this family history research can be

You are doing a great job reuniting this family Macalloa.  I'm in touch with Clootie and we are going to exchange photographs and information. 

I have just started doing this geneaology thing.  I was telling my 'new' cousin that I only went to my first class last week (find your ancestors!) and all the information I had at the time was my grandfather and grandmothers names.  I've come a long way since then!! and maybe I'm even going to find a Vicount or a Baronet for my family tree!    I live in Australia and I reckon when I go back next Monday I'll be top of the class ...unless one of the other people there has found a convict ancestor .... which is quite likely, and over here a convict would definitely trump a Baronet, even if he was a brewer

I'm not sure about the women in my family living longer than the men but I have noticed that there seem to be more girls born than boys.  My grandfather had three daughters and a son and between the four of them they had five girls and no boys.   

I'm not quite sure how I connect to  Janet Younger (nee McEwan) who was mother of George, First Viscount Leckie, but I will work on it - always nice to have fancy connections

Clootie,  I also have several family photographs - ie: family groups, wedding pics, etc which I would be happy to scan and send to you. 

I'm not so sure about the Lasswade connection Macalloa.  My grandmother had four children.  As Clootie said, they were Jane (Jeannie), Margaret, Violet and James.   Jane had one child only (She died in childbirth in what was then Persia) Margaret had no children, Violet had one daughter (me) and James had two daughters. (one being Clootie) 
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However looking at your excerpt from the Rev Hallan's book, it does seem that Robert's son William, born in 1848 is my gg grandfather (and Clootie's too)   
I have a bit of information about William Douglas Younger from the 1881 Census and he had several children.  At that time William was 33 years old.  His wife Jane (Edgar) was 29 and their children were Robert aged 8, Catherine aged 5,  Jane Edgar Younger aged 1.  They lived at No 19 South Constitution St, Aberdeen.   By the time the next census happened (1891), they had moved and had more children.   William Douglas (aged 8 in 1891), James aged 4 and Alexander aged 2. 

So quite a lot of family to follow up on

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You might be right there Macalloa. They did all seem to give their eldest sons and daughters the same Christian name as their parents.  (My own parents fell out with my paternal grandparents because they wouldn't call me Fanny which was a family tradition! I am so grateful to them    Anyway I am finding it a bit confusing (just the fact that I am trying to research the name ‘Younger’ makes it tricky as the word ‘younger’ is used all the time, ie: younger sister, brother etc!)   
Yes, according to his son William’s marriage Certificate, the Robert Younger who was my gg grandfather was a Brewer (deceased) and although William lived in Aberdeen at the time of his marriage, his place of birth was Alloa.