Hi Santudm
Just some pieces of info on the lines:
Robert Scott LAWRANCE
Birth: 15 Sep 1845 Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Baptism: 7 Oct 1845 Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Note: Robert was a master Mariner commanding several vessels in the merchant service.
Marriage: 19 Jun 1877 Mary Ann MURDOCH (b. 27 Feb 1848, d. 2 Mar 1919), daughter of Robert MURDOCH and Isabella BRODIE; Footdee Ironworks, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Daughter: 3 Apr 1878 Ida Mary LAWRANCE; Old Machar Parish, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Son: 9 Aug 1879 Robert Murdoch LAWRANCE; Old Machar Parish, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Daughter: 19 Sep 1881 Louisa Mary LAWRANCE; Craigielea, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death: 13 Jul 1885 British Hospital, Port Said, Egypt (smallpox)
www.lawrence-ons.org/cl2.htmWith these parents' names for Mary Ann Murdoch, there is this:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dcoreilly&id=I24872http://home.cogeco.ca/~ken.waldron/FamilyMembers/RMurdoch1809-IBrodie1821.html (with these death dates, you should be able to find corresponding death certs for Mary Ann's parents on
www.scotlandspeople.gov which should help in trying to work back to the next generation.
Monica