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Ok thanks to all so far, here is what I've found.
Elizabeth Young born c 1849/1850
Thomas Rutherford born c 1846/1847
Thomas and Elizabeth married 7 May 1870 Old Machar
Address 131 Barron Street Woodside Aberdeen
Children
Charles Culbard Rutherford born 12 June 1870
Elizabeth Jane McNab Rutherford born 7 July 1873
Thomas A Rutherford born c 1875 in State of Maine USA (British subject)
In the 1881 census Thomas A aged 6, is living with his grandmother Elizabeth Young in 125 Barron Street Woodside Aberdeen
In the 1881 census Charles aged 10 is living with an uncle and aunt William and Jane Young at the Grove farm Auchmill
1891 Elizabeth Jane aged 17 (no occupation noted) is living with an aunt Margaret Masson in Fountainhall road Aberdeen
Sometime between 1875 and 1889 Thomas Rutherford senior is assumed to have died in the USA. Elizabeth senior plus children return to Scotland, where Elizabeth senior remarries to an Alexander Jamieson.
On the 12 November 1886 Charles Rutherford (mason apprentice) dies address given as 127 Barron Street Woodside Aberdeen.Thanks to " Annette7" for that info. I eventually got it from Scotland's People but it was incredibly slow in getting there.
On 6 September 1889 Elizabeth Jamieson, by this time again a widow, dies. Her sister Helen Livingston m.s. Young, was the informant. The address was 129 Barron Street Woodside Aberdeen, so maybe she had not entirely abandoned her children.
On the 28 august 1894 Elizabeth Jane Rutherford (dressmaker) single dies at 9 Rose Place Aberdeen her aunt Helen Livingston m.s. Young being the informant.
Elizabeth senior, daughter Elizabeth and son Charles are all buried in the same lair in Old Machar churchyard.
I still have to establish when Elizabeth and Alexander Jamieson were married and perhaps why the children were farmed out. Barron street seems to have figured large in the scheme of things in the family.
In the 1861 census Charles and Elizabeth Young and 4 of the family were living at 119 Barron Street.
I have tried unsuccessfully to obtain a marriage certificate from Scotland's People for Elizabeth and Alexander Jamieson Any idea as to where I'm going wrong?