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It certainly is, Monica!  I'm not even getting clues in any of the surrounding parishes.  It may be that the Selkirks were only in the area a short time.  I'm a bit of a naughty girl as I only post queries when I'm absolutely stuck.

I picked up on this birth as the most likely for the Jean Selkirk who married William Walker in Lanark on 7 October 1821 (although that entry states that they were both of the parish of Lanark) because William's father Abraham was married in Lanark on 15 January 1792 to a Margaret Stevenson from West Linton in Peebleshire.  No clues from the census either as Jean must have died before 1836 as William marries Marion Dickson in that year.

William & Jean's children born in Lanark:-
Abraham born 1822
William 1827
James 1829
Joseph 1832
William through to James may be the Christian name of the elusive Mr Selkirk


Agnes aka Binkie (genealogy training courtesy of Isles Burness)

No connection as far as I am aware & no doubt he would have told you if there had been as he always provided as much information as possible.

Agnes

It probably is the same photograph - he always had a devil of a time attaching images & it's very difficult to explain to someone over the phone.

Isles certainly enriched my life.  We met by chance when I decided to visit Inverbervie after finding out my great grandfather Arthur Burness Bowman had been born there.  I went into Willie Beattie's shop & said that I was looking for the Queens Arms which my great great grandmother had owned (little realising that if I walked another few steps I would be right next to it) & he said "You'll be a Bowman".  I agreed but said that Jane Bowman was a Burness before she was married so he got on the phone to Isles & I had the most marvellous day being shown round.

Now the much more interesting part as far as I'm concerned.  My father's family were not close & I had only ever had real contact with my mother's English relatives. I also knew a great deal more about the Smiths of Earby & Lothersdale in Yorkshire as my Grandma who lived with us had been alive when Kenneth Wilson researched the families of Lothersdale & she was able to have the Herefordshire part of the family incorporated in the tree.

Enter Isles - a paternal relative - who was certainly a carbon copy of me in nature which is why we formed such a deep bond. 

What also amazed me was that my father who was born in Motherwell & Isles who was born in Stonehaven had exactly the same laugh!!! 

I think I'll use the Queen's Arms as my avatar as it was taken on the day I met Isles.

Glad you liked it, Monica

I bet he's asking God why he was named Isles. 

Isles was about 6ft with the longest legs and the biggest grin you've ever seen.  He also had a devilish sense of humour which sometimes manifested itself in poetry or song.  I wish I had kept some of his poetry!  I must admit I did like it when he phoned to sing me his version of a topical ditty he had composed.  He hated some of the "In Memoriam" entries in the Dundee Courier & had found that they could mostly be sung to the tune of "The Wearing of the Green". 

Now you'll find it difficult to read the "In Memoriam" column without bursting into song!

Agnes