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Monica, you mentioned that the new census may help finding a common household for James (father), Agnes (daughter?), and Elizabeth (sister?) Anderson.
I have been trying all different combinations but am a complete novice. Do you have any suggestions?
If Agnes was listed as “daughter of” on Margaret’s birth cert in 1929 might we think she is still young herself at time of census in 1921?
Elizabeth was listed as dairy maid in 1929, what typical age range does that indicate?
Thanks so much for any helpful insights

Thank you. One other bit of information I received from my mum over the weekend was that the use of orphanage and "children's home" was used by my grandmother, so it isn't clear what level of home life she was raised in. My mum mentioned that even as an adult my gran was mostly unable to read or write, so it does seem like she was not educated, but unsure if this was usual for a child born on the late 1920s?

Thank you both so much. Very interesting indeed, why they had hospital births. I wonder if this was age related (especially in Agnes if she was young as we suspect from the birth cert).
I did note that baby Kenneth Wick Anderson died on June 12th, so perhaps the delay in registering was due to this happening in the same home?

Thanks Dorrie and Monica. I agree that I don’t have too much confidence in that 1901 census looking into it more.
Good possibility Agnes was born after 1911 if she was still referred to as “daughter of” on Margaret’s birth cert in 1929.
I’ll certainly keep digging at the Orkney connection and good idea about Douglas

unbelievable! William Wick, gardener at Kirknewton House 1925 and 1930 same time as James Anderson is there as a Byresman according to VR.
I have been trying to figure out my genetic link to DNA matches sharing Mowat, Sinclair, and Nicholson surnames all from Orkney area, and go figure William Wick born in Hoy, Orkney to mother Mary Ann Sinclair Nicholson.
So....he impregnates both Elizabeth and Agnes in 1929?
I am finding an Elizabeth Anderson daughter of James Anderson in 1901 census, but not seeing any records of Agnes and no birth records for Agnes Anderson in Kirknewton in a year range that would make sense.