Hi Rob
I would say Scotland's People is as accurate as you could hope to get, as the records are direct from source, often you are able to view the original entries.
If anything, it is LDS which is more prone to error. WHich is not to say, incorrect information is in Scotlands People, but I would say it would mostly be because incorrect information was
given as opposed to incorrectly transcribed.
Yes, Scots very often included surnames of their parents in the names of their own children. And not only that, they adhered very often to the traditional naming patterns for the first names of their children - 1st son after father's father etc etc.
John FORD & Ann MARNIE married June 1848, first son on LDS is John in apr 1851 - I wonder if there was an earlier son conveniently named James who is not on LDS......
The James FORD/Elizabeth FALCONER marriage is not the only FORD/FALCONER marriage on LDS for Kincardine - there is also:
David FORD & Ann FALCONER in St Cyrus, having children in the 1820's also - poss. 2 brothers amrried 2 sisters.
David FORD & Elizabeth FALCONER in St Cyrus having 1 child in 1840
I have also come across middle surnames of children being the married surname of a sibling.
Also, John FORD/Ann MARNIE also had children with middle name "Brown" and "Mitchell" as well as "Falconer", and "Fielding" (which you know is after John's wife Ann Feilding MARNIE)
You also have one other clue:
The John FORD you mention as born 6 Oct 1827 to John FORD & ELizabeth DAVIDSON was actually named John
Liddell FORD on LDS.
There is this on FREECEN (John Liddell had a brother James born 1837, so I'm sure this is them). What I am unsure of is the name of the Head of the house - is it really DAVIDSON 0r is it FORD and he has been transcribed by his wife's maiden name? Are these parents & children or Grandparents & grandchildren. The one clue perhaps is the location of Johnshaven - to file away if you find reference to your John in that place?
Piece: SCT1841/253 Place: Benholm-Kincardineshire Enumeration District: 7
Civil Parish: Benholm Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 7 Page: 5
Address: Johnshaven
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born
DAVIDSON James M 41 Linen Hand Loom Weaver Kincardineshire
DAVIDSON Betty F 45 Kincardineshire
FORD John M 13 Linen Hand Loom Weaver Kincardineshire
FORD James M 4 Kincardineshire
And maybe a silly question, but are you absolutely sure John FORD's age is 29 on his daughter Elizabeth's birth cert - could it be a hard to dechipher 27? WHich is the age John Liddell FORD, son of James FORD & ELizabeth DAVIDSON would have been in Aug 1855......
Thinking but not a lot of help, sorry
Cheers
Ambly