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I'm trying to find information regarding Albert Edward Hawkins and Katherine Louise Adjemian.  This is what I know so far:
- Albert and Katherine were married at the British Consul in Cairo, Egypt on 10 Nov 1923:
-> Albert Edward Hawkins, Age 22, Bachelor, Clerk (British subject by birthplace), Residing at 13 Sharia Antikhana Cairo, Father Thomas George Hawkins (decd. - Gentleman)
-> Katherine Louise Adjemian (local subject), Age 23, Spinster, Clerk, Residing at 13 Sharia Antikhana Cairo, Father Boghos Adjemian (Broker)
- Based on the above it seems Albert is likely to be the son of Thomas George Hawkins (b. 1866 St Anne, London - d. 1910 Kensington, London) and Elizabeth Frances Lake (b. 1872 Clerkenwell London) married 28 Feb 1892 at St Pancras:
-> 1901 Census has them with children Charles and May (Charles appears to be a House Painter, the handwriting is hard to read, but he's definitely not a "Gentleman", on May and Albert's baptisms he is a "Scene Shifter")
-> 1911 Census has Elizabeth (widow) with May Elizabeth and Albert Edward (Elizabeth's occupation is listed as Theatrical Wig Maker, so seems they had something to do with the theatre based on the "Scene Shifter" reference in the baptisms)
- Katherine mainly seems to use Louise as her first name
- They had three children:
-> Kathleen M Hawkins (b. ~1924), married Ernest T Clark in Cairo, Egypt sometime between 1941 and 1945
-> Alan Francis John Hawkins (b. 1925 Cairo - d. 2003 Melbourne, Australia) migrated to Australia in 1948 following discharge from the British Armed Forces where he married Joan Hawkins in Melbourne in 1948 (his descendants are known / the ones seeking information)
- Caryl I Hawkins, born and died 1936 in Bedford, England
- There are shipping records showing them returning to England for the birth of Caryl then returning to Egypt (in England they appeared to have stayed in Bedford with a wealthy widow named Sarah Lucas (nee Cox))
- According to Alan's Australian immigration paperwork and London electoral registers, Albert and Katherine lived from 1946 to 1956 at 3 Confiers Close in Teddington, in some years the electoral register shows Kathleen M Clark living with them

Although this is a fair bit of information, it leaves me with many questions:
- What became of Albert and Katherine, I can't find emigration or death records for them?
- What became of Ernest and Kathleen?  Albert's descendants think she may have emigrated to the USA.
- What would keep a British "clerk" in Cairo for two decades?
- Have I identified the right parents for Albert?  The Thomas George I've found certainly wasn't a "gentleman" as per Albert's marriage record.

Any help would be gratefully received.

In case anyone else ever lands here trying to figure this out, here is the conclusion that I have come to.  With the help of GR2 and Bridget (who runs the 19th Century Longtown website and has a great knowledge of the Monumental Inscriptions at Canonbie) we managed to determine that James Graham baptised on 19 April 1758 is the wrong James Graham.  This is based on this inscription which matches the birthplace on the baptism record linked in the first post:

Sacred to the remembrance of James GRAHAM of Nether-Millsteads who died there August 10th 1801 aged 43 years. He was a man eminent for his probity, integrity, Christian benevolence and piety to God. And of Mary ARMSTRONG his spouse who removed in her widowhood from the above place to Middle-ridge resided there 30 years and died Augt 27th 1846 aged 90 years. She was a woman distinguishes by her hospitality tenderness of heart and patience in adversity and who in the tenor of a long life paid testimony to the faith as it is in joy. And of James GRAHAM their son who died at Nether-millsteads March 15th 1802 aged 6 ½ years.

So I had another rummage through the baptisms and came up with this: "Oct. 10th (1756) - Andrew Graham and his wife in Mumbiehirst had a son James." James is the first child appearing in the records. Eventually after a number of subsequent children the records start to name the mother too, so it seems very likely that James' mother was Margaret Little, especially given how few residents of Mumbiehirst there were (as per GR2 Farm Horse Tax search). For the sake of completeness the full list of children of Andrew Graham and Margaret Little:
- James Graham baptised 10 Oct 1756
- Janet Graham baptised 12 Oct 1758
- Sibilla Graham baptised 5 Oct 1760
- Andrew Graham baptised 1 Mar 1765
- (Unknown) Graham baptised 21 Sep 1767
- Margaret Graham baptised 7 May 1769
- Agnes Graham born 16 Dec 1771
- John Graham baptised 13 Apr 1773

So now onto the search for Andrew Graham and Margaret Little.  The Canonbie church records start to get scarce around this era though, so I don't fancy my chances. 

Thanks GR2 and Bridget.

Hi everyone

I'm in search of parents for James Graham and birth records for his children. 

This is what I know:
- he was married to Mary Anderson on 17 April 1801 in Canonbie. The marriage record lists him as being from Mumbiehirst.  I don't know if this was his present address or place of birth.  Either way, "Mumbiehirst" I gather refers to a farm north of Canonbie toward Langholm.
- He died 9 September 1824 aged 67 according to his headstone (transcript here (#6) and image here).
- From his headstone I can gather that he had children named Fanney, Elizabeth and William.  I can also gather their approximate years of birth.
- I also know he had a son named Andrew, from whom my wife is descended.  From his death record I can also infer his year of birth.  From census records I know that he was born in Canonbie.

A search of microfilm containing the Canonbie baptisms, marriage and burials for the era did not yield very much information, only:
- Evidence of James' marriage to Mary. 
- A James Graham baptism on 19 April 1758 (image here), however I have no way of knowing if this is the correct James Graham.  It reads "19 April William Graham and his wife in [something beginning with "M" that I don't think is Mumbiehirst] had a son James".
- No evidence of any baptism record for any of the children.

I don't know where to look next.  Any clues please?

Thanks 
Matt