1, Mathew's birth record also shows his parents marriage date of 10 December, 1860, in Ballantrae, Ayrshire.
A search on SP can find no record of marriage between David and Elizabeth on this date!
Matthew Thomson Howatson |
1862 HOWAT, MATTHEW THOMSON (Statutory registers Births 613/ 91)
Births in the Parish of Sorn in the County of Ayr
1862
Mathew Thomson Howat
1862 August First 4h. 50min. P.M
Chapel Street, Catrine. M.
Parents: David Howatt
Agricultural Labourer
Elizabeth Howat
M.S. McKienan
m. 1860 December 10th
Ballantrae, Ayrshire
Inf. Elizabeth Howat
Her X mark, Mother
Thomas McWilliam
Registrar, Witness
Registered
1862 August 20th, Sorn
Thomas McWilliam
Registrar