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Hello JEM91, thanks for the post it has given me some new information to add to my files. I have RR (3) as being a plumber, not a dentist, but can't find where I got that, presumably from a census form. However his Uncle Alexander Robertson and cousin Alexander Robertson both became dentists, so he may have changed course.

Mary McFarlane, b. 1816, d. 30 Dec.1874, 1 Northcumberland St. Crosshill, Glasgow.
Charles Turnbull, b. 1812, d. 16 Oct. 1874 same address. Both death certificates witnessed by son Robert Turnbull, 75 Jamaica St. Glasgow

Hope someone can help, my brain has frazzled.

I know that my father Alexander Page-Robertson (1918-1959) and his mother Mary Page-Robertson (Gourock and Glasgow residents) sailed from Liverpool on the ‘Alondra’ for the Canary Isles on 9th October 1926. Dad’s grandmother was a Mary Turnbull, 1849-1932, her maiden name, so if she was a passenger she would have been listed as Page-Robertson as well.
On the Passenger list is a Mrs M M Turnbull and a Mr or Master A F? N?  Turnbull, aged 19, address 9 Bank St. Hillhead Glasgow. When I search Valuations Roll, there is entry Alexander Turnbull (P & O) THE HERITABLE CREDITORS OF MESSRS. DEMPSTER & DALZELL at that address, but it’s listed as ‘Govan’ not ‘Hillhead’.
Are these Turnbulls related to me or is it a coincidence they were on the same ship?
I have a photo of Dad on a pony in the Canary Islands, the reins held by a young man, who I wonder might be the 19 year old mentioned. I grew up with the story that ‘Cousin Alex Turnbull” was Dad’s favourite relative growing up. I’m hoping to get a positive link to those Turnbulls, so I can pursue that line. I come from a one child only for 3 generations, so there are not too many of us to look for, but I’m hopeful the Turnbull line should be going on, somewhere, perhaps still in Glasgow.

Thanks for that, I'll give it a try.

Thanks again! I've printed out your advice so hopefully I'll get it right next time! Cheers.