John Cook of Locharbriggs, Dumfries

[MonicaL]

Mary's death reg only gives her father's name, Gilbert Blain, a labourer.

Her census entries give Mochrum as her birth place.

I think these might be her details:

Mary Blain
Christening 17 Nov 1805
Christening Place MOCHRUM, WIGTOWN
Father's Name Gilbert Blain
Mother's Name Ann Harvey

Monica

[Russell48]

Thank you all so much for helping with this dilemma.  Sometimes it takes a few people to sort it out.  I do understand that saying a name a certain way can be misconstrued.  I have found my ancestors name Bisset can be written as Bissart, Bissert, so many different ways.  It can take someone else to see what I don't see.  Thanks once again.

[chempat]

I asked scotlandspeople if they could make the image clearer, and said that the surname did not exist, and got this really helpful reply, agreeing with what has been found:

'The name as recorded on the page does appear to be "Blawlean" but I suspect it was taken down by the registrar as it sounded. Whilst I have no concrete proof, I think it may be "Blain" as there is a son born to a Joseph Cook and a Mary Blain in 1832, also called Joseph Cook. His father's occupation is "quarrier" and this matches the occupation recorded on Jean Bisset/John Cook's marriage entry in 1858. In the 1841 census Joseph is an "Ag(ricultural) Lab(ourer) & stonecutter" in Dumfries. They later seem to have ended up in Kirkmahoe.

Whilst I can't definitely say that Mary's maiden name was meant to be Blain I would say it is quite likely.'

[Russell48]

Thanks so much for your help and Scotlands People.   Have already added Blain to the tree.