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I've been searching for Thomas' marriage to Christian and found a possible marriage - on 1st April 1809 ( in the parish of Dull, Perthshire (in Strathbraan) of a Thomas Stewart to Christian Macdonald, not Christian Macfarlane.  Source: IGI FHL Film No. 1040063 and 1040064.  Not sure if this is helpful, or if it muddies the waters!  If this is 'our' Thomas, he would be aged 20 on marriage.  Conversely, there may be no record, no surviving record of marriage, or the marriage could have been by any one of several irregular (but perfectly legal) forms, or it may have been a non-church of Scotland marriage.  Try Roman Catholic and Non-Confirmist records as well as adjacent parishes.   Indeed, a marriage may not have taken place at all and the 'wife' was simply, in local parlance, a "bidey-in" ( live-in partner) - they had them in the early 19th century too!   

Thanks, I meant 5x great-grandparents, not 3.  Apologies for the typo.  I'll have a look at potential grandparents for Thomas, following naming patterns and  see who it turns up.  This may take a couple of weeks as I 'm off to visit family down south and won't have time for research until I get back.

Thanks, Mary.  I have the marriage certificate for William Stewart and Mary Elizabeth Semple Powrie's elder son James (b.1908) on which Charles Powrie Stewart is recorded as a witness.  Still trying to get the latter's birth record.  Sinc e it is over 100 years ago, surely Scotland's People will have released the image for viewing!

Looking for information about date and place of death, as well as info. on any possible marriage/descendants for the above person who was born in the parish of Auchtergaven in 1912.  Parents possibly William Ross Stewart and Mary Elizabeth Semple Powrie.  If these parents are correct, Charles had an older brother James, born in 1908/09. 

Thanks for all the information about local industries, Christine.  That's very useful.   I'll also follow up on the link you provided.  I noticed that Hedley was a common name locally and that does indeed require great care to unpick which one is which.  Thanks also to Radcliffe for the information provided. I am familiar with both Newcastle and Carlisle, having visited both often and am familiar with the road between and various oints on it such as Hexham (which I've also previously visited) and Haltwhistle, but not the more rural parts of the County.  I have a friend and former work colleague who is Northumbrian and who now lives in Alnwick.  I've been promising to visit for some time, so must actually get round to doing so.
The help and advice I've been given will  certainly be of benefit to my search for Cranmer kin.  I've unearthed a multiplicity of spellings of forenames as well as surnames - all definitely from the same family, many errors due to phonetic spelling by the person writing down the records and to errors in transcription where writing has been difficult to read.  Thanks again, everyone..