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Thanks Emma.  It was so kind of you to take the trouble to send those links which I find very interesting and quite possible they did live there at some stage but from all my research I can now only find the family at Ewes in Dumfriesshire.  I believe there was a time when that part of Dumfriesshire was in Roxburghshire but from what I recall that was before Robert was born.  The main thing is I have managed to find the family tombstone and from that a will dating back to 1734 with all his ancestors listed and I think that is as far back as I will be able to go so I am now concentrating on my other Scottish/Irish ancestor.

Kind regards
Jenny

Thanks Monica.  I have a feeling this will remain a mystery.

I did look up both days and the 11th November was a Sunday and the 15th December was a Saturday.  Do you know if marriages took place on any specific day?  Would a marriage take place on a Sunday back then?

Regards
Jenny

Thanks Deebel,
Jame Irvine(Irvin) died in Aberdeen in 1900  I can pretty much trace him to living there since he married Janet Ross at Kincardine Devenick and then they moved to St Nicholas Aberdeen where both died.  He was always a Stoker/fireman. 
On his death notice his parents were recorded as Robert irvin (famer) and Elizabeth Hunter.  The informant was their eldest son James (my line) and he was a shipwright in Aberdeen and I know both men could write as I have James,the stoker, signed a son's death notice and James, the shipwright, sighed both parents' death notices.
Yesterday I wrote to Roots Ireland and they agree with everyone that it is most likely the place is Fermanagh or Armagh because they were probably spelling it phonetically.
Just one more piece of info, I found an 1861 record for a James Ervin, married, 31, Fireman, Fermanagh, Ireland on a ship called the "Prince Consort" which was in port at Lerwick, Shetland, at the time and Janet was the head of her family in Aberdeen with 'Seaman's wife' alongside her name.  This is the only record in 1861 with the name Irvine that I have found so far that could match my James.
Just a thought but based on the word being taken down phonetically, wouldn't Armanah be more likely to be Fermanagh than Armagh?  I have seen Fermanagh spelt Farmanagh at times.
Anyway if anyone can suggest where I try find the parents I would be forever grateful.
Thanks
Jenny

Hi everyone, and thanks for further input.

Thanks Deebel, I will look into that info as well.

I did decide to google the word as I read it which is 'Armanah' and to my surprise I have found quite a number of references to Armanah Ireland which I will be following up later today but a brief glimpse shows the word in Canada and I also see a post saying that someone's ancestor was born in Armanah, Ireland and she is asking whether this is Armagh.

Jenny

thanks for that info Deebel. I will certainly look into it because he wasn't at home in Aberdeen for the 1861 census and I have often wondered where he was but the birth town and county don't match my records at all nevertheless I will still take a look just in case it's another transcription error.

Thanks
Jenny