Helen,
Just to confirm for others:
THOMAS STANNERS B.1848 was the son of GILBERT STANNERS & JANET WILLIAMSON.
Backwards from From GILBERT STANNERS Christening: 07 MAY 1815 Carriden, West Lothian
Father: JAMES STANNERS Mother: KATHERINE KENNEDY
We have JAMES STANNERS:
Birth: 12 FEB 1791 Grangepans, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Christening: 17 FEB 1791
Death: 26 SEP 1860 Grangepans, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Burial: Grangepans, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Spouse: Catherine Kennedy and/or McDonald
Marriage: 22 JUL 1810 Grangepans, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=700123379831&lds=1®ion=2®ionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=®ionfriendly=&juris1friendly=All+Countries&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=Then his father JAMES STANNERS
Birth: 15 Aug 1753 Grangepans, Carriden, West Lothian, Scot.
Marriage: Christian MCNAUGHTON
Marriage: 5 Jun 1778 Grangepans, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/af/individual_record.asp?recid=3023966&frompage=0Then his father MALCOLM STANNERS
Birth: Abt 1716 Scotland
Spouse: Agnes TAYLOR
Marriage: May 1753 Grangepans, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/af/family_group_record.asp?familyid=590554&frompage=0From the family group you will also see that Malcolm and Agnes also had a son called MALCOLM STANNERS b.1755 - one of his descendants Tom Stanners married my Granny's sister Mary, so I'm not personally descended from the Stanners but still interested.
One of Malcolm's other descendants is James Finlay Stanners Bell, who married Margaret Stanners, the one of the daughter of Thomas Stanners & Christina McCallum!!
As well as Margaret I have six other siblings - Julia, Janet, Christina, Gilbert, Neil and Thomas - although Meggy talks in a previous post about there being nine.
I'd also be grateful to have a copy of any photos and press article if possible?
Other Stanners descendants from Malcolm emigrated to the US, changed their name to Stanhouse and took part in the American Civil War.
But that's a story for another day...
AG