Hi Monica and Mabel,
Thanks for the quick response.
No,
http://wrightgenealogy.com/andrewhaldane.html? is not my site but I have an Ancestry account and further information can be viewed here -
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/154084716/family Yes, Prudence and Elizabeth were the first born but both died from scarlet fever in 1875.
The 1851 Census entry for Robert's alledged father - Andrew Haldane 28 Blacksmith Master 2 Chen (?spl) b. Ancrum, roxburgh - 2 Chen is actually 2 Men - is all what I've got and with no mention of Robert.
There's also the issues of the multiple pronounciations of the surname Haldane which doesn't really help in cross referencing the census entries so too regarding the Scotting statutory register for BDM's. There are Holdon, Holdane, Haldan, Halden
For example I am nearly certain this is Robert (HOldane) in the 1871 England Census for the Settle to Carlisle railway at Mallerstang, Westmorland - ED: 14, Schedule: 60, Piece: 5271, Folio: 67, Page: 16, since at the time of his wedding in 1870 his occupation is given as a Railway Labourer. But I have nothing else for the Census years 1851 and 1861.
I'm still trying to decipher an Andrew Holdon's death certificate as he was married twice it seems. First to an Elizabeth Welsh b1825 d12/5/1860 then to a Isabella Carson nee Scott b1814 they married 4/7/1862. In the death certificate there are 2 named entries for his former partners Elizabeth and Isabella but am having difficulty in determining the Elizabeth surname.
Yes the 1901 Census for Robert Henry Haldane was a strange one, why did he and the rest of the family change to Middleton and why drop the Robert and use Henry instead.
I only stumbled across it while browsing through the Census for that particular area of Barrhead for another branch of the Haldane family.
I just need to know more about the Middleton name connection which seems important to him - and me!
Thanks and regards
Derek