G'day tattie-scone Janis, please forgive the long delay with my reply, thank you for the tip about Rumblingwell.
Finally I've now uncovered my ancestors Thomas Campbell and his wife Marion Brown and their son Robert on the 1861 Scottish census living at Rumblingwell Toll. It seems my Thomas was the Gatekeeper of the toll in 1861. His age on that record is given as 69 years which is about the right age.
In the previous Scottish census for 1851, my Thomas Campbell, Marion and 3 kids were living at Balmule, Thomas's age on that record was 59 years and his occupation listed was a coal miner.
In the Scottish census for 1841, Thomas Campbell, Marion and 5 kids were living at Milesmark, Thomas's age on that record was 45 years and his occupation listed was a coal miner. This record shows their first born son was named John Campbell.
I've also just discovered today, a new piece of my family tree jig-saw puzzle. There was a birth in 1819 of a daughter named Betty Campbell at Queen Anne St. Burgher Associate, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her parents listed were Thomas Campbell and Mary Ann Brown, not Marion.
I know Mary Ann and Marion sound kind of similar. Would it be safe to presume whom ever the scribe back in 1819, could have misspelled the mother's name?
The other thing I find interesting is how their daughter Elisabeth Campbell named her first daughter Marion after her mother. It seems like a fairly reliable naming tradition they consistently used back in the old days.
With this new information indicating that Elisabeth and her twin sister Agnes Campbell are now from the second birth, would I be right to presume second daughters were named after their paternal grandmothers? Would that be the natural naming pattern?
That would mean that Thomas Campbell's mother's name might also be either Elisabeth or Agnes and his father's name might have been John Campbell of Dunfermline?
Kind regards,
Stephen
