Thank you KHP & Spades. My days of visiting the library to look up fiche etc are now few and far between so your help is very much appreciated.
I can now rule out the aforementioned Martha Ann Scott as being "mine".
I have an ancestor Robertina Scott whose birth may or may not have been registered, which is not uncommon, just frustrating!
Going over old ground, I will draw attention to a previous R
ootschat link......
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=641471.18It was here that Jean put me on the right track of my great-grandmother Mary Ann Scott formerly Scott, nee O'Brien having married twice. Or at least appeared to have done so. A marriage to the Robert Scott who drowned in 1865 has not however been found. Mary Ann went on to marry her brother-in-law Thomas Scott in December 1866.
The union with Robert produced a daughter, Johanna, (known as Hannah) born 1864.
[1864/17412 Scott Johanna Annie Robert]
Robert's death:
[1865/10167 Scott Robert 24Y]
Marriage to Robert's brother:
[1866/9418 Ann Scott Thos Scott]
Then things become a little murky.
A daughter, Robertina was born, but when? See stated ages in above forum topic.
I'm hoping someone can rule out the following as not being connected to "my" Robert & Ann Scott
Marriage:
1861/2987 Anne McNeil Robert Scott
Two children found?:
1865/18735 Scott Elizabeth Ann Ann Robert
1862/14723 Scott Janet Mary McNeil Ann Robert
The first child born after the marriage of my great-grandfather Thomas Scott and Mary Ann/Ann/Annie, was Lawrence, his date of birth being 15.2.1867.
Next was:
1869/33160 Scott Eliza Ann Bradie Ann Thomas. Date of birth 18.5.1869.
Age-wise, Robertina was always considered by the old aunts to have been the
second child; born after Johanna and before Lawrence.
Robertina was obviously named after Robert, but as her father? or her uncle? Had she perhaps previously been registered under another Christian name?
Can this conundrum be solved?
Minniehaha.