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Hi all. Sorry for the late reply. I have notes all your wonderful help and will look into it all and purchasing the marriage cert.
I have pm Lexi. As I am assuming it is my sister.

It wasn’t the BOARD name which led to the’ confusion’

Let’s hope Helen looks at the info on here

Helen has also now changed her board name , presumably to avoid further confusion.

ADDED:
And name to which messages are sent (re ErikaH's post below)

Helen explains on the other thread that she is not Lexi and doesn’t know why her sister would have used a Helen’s name on the account.

ORMISTON
CHRISTINA MCNEI
TAYLOR
F
1882
685 / 5 / 988
NEWINGTON

ORMISTON
THOMAS MCNEIL
DICKSON
M
1886
646 / 1 / 786
PLANTATION

ORMISTON
THOMAS MCNEIL
47
DICKSON
M
1933
685 / 1 / 106
HAYMARKET

DEATH

ORMISTON
CHRISTINA MCN
70
F
1953
685 / 5 / 129
GEORGE SQUARE

MONTGOMERY
CHRISTINA MCNEI
70
F
1953
685 / 5 / 129
GEORGE SQUARE

Births of William's siblings:

MONTGOMERY , JAMES ORMISTON
mmn ORMISTON
M
1909
695 / B / 105
Newcraighall


MONTGOMERY , ANDREW
mmn ORMISTON
M
1908
695 / B / 56
Newcraighall



MONTGOMERY , MARY JANE MCGOW- - - - - -
mmn ORMISTON
F
1906
624 / 230
Blantyre


And probable others born after 1911 census (there's no other Montgomery/Ormiston marriage in Scotland around that time) :


MONTGOMERY, DAVID
mmn ORMISTON
M
1917
624 / 313
Blantyre

MONTGOMERY, CHRISTINA ORMIS[ton]
mmn ORMISTON
F
1916
647 / 271
Hamilton

MONTGOMERY, JANE BLACK
mmn ORMISTON
F
1912
647 / 1088
Hamilton

MONTGOMERY, ALEXANDER
mmn ORMISTON
M
1914
647 / 825
Hamilton

MONTGOMERY, JOHN BLACK
mmn ORMISTON
M
1911
647 / 868
Hamilton

Suggestion ONLY .....based on location and age in 1911

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

First Avenue, 10, Liberton, New Craighall, Midlothian, Scotland
Thomas Dobbie Head Married Male 58 1843 Inspector Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
Margaret Dobbie Wife Married Female 57 1844 - Ireland
Christina Ormiston Adopted daughter Single Female 18 1883 Factory worker Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Thomas Ormiston Adopted son Single Male 14 1887 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
William Sharkey Adopted son Single Male 12 1889 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Esther Sharkey Adopted daughter Single Female 5 1896 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
14, Guthrie Street, Old Greyfriars, St Giles, Midlothian, Scotland
James Ormiston Head Widower Male 36 1855 Rly porter Midlothian, Scotland
Christina Ormiston Daughter - Female 8 1883 Scholar Midlothian, Scotland
Thomas Ormiston Son - Male 4 1887 - Glasgow

Per the 1932 marriage cert, William's parents were Andrew and Christina (nee Ormiston) who married in Newcraighall, Midlothian, in 1903.

6 credits on SP will let you see their parents' names, to go back another generation.


Andrew and family in 1911 census:

MONTGOMERY ANDREW
1911
M
34
695/B 1/ 6
Newcraighall
Midlothian



In same household:

Christina 28, Andrew 2, William 6, James 1, Mary Jane 4


Therefore, William's birth:

MONTGOMERY WILLIAM
mmn ORMISTON
M
1904
624 / 490
Blantyre {Lanarkshire ]

As I said. Odd!

You might care to click on the poster's name on the other thread............ ;-) ;-)

Not much use to Helen if she doesn’t have any contact with her sister. She will have to buy them herself.

According to the earlier thread, the poster has the 1932 marriage cert, so should know names of the groom's parents

EDITED

The bride's birth mother's name is on the cert :-S :-S

Unfortunately, the mother is NOT at the birth address in 1901

Oh yes ! Thank you. That’s my dad his brother and sister. <3

William and Mary's children?

MONTGOMERY
LESLIE
M
1945
691 / 44
Lasswade


MONTGOMERY
ALASTAIR ELLIOT
M
1938
691 / 114
Lasswade


MONTGOMERY
ELIZABETH ANN E
F
1933
691 / 130
Lasswade

Brilliant advise I will follow !!! Thank you. :-)

Helen ................

The best piece of advice I can give to a newbie researcher is not to take any information that someone gives you or that you find on a family tree anywhere as gospel truth, not even that given on here by these excellent helpers.

Take the information as a starting point, and find proof of everything you have been told.

Work back slowly, buy as many birth, marriage and death certificates as you can afford, otherwise you are very likely to find yourself following a wrong track. We've all done it at one time or another!

Good luck in your research

Go to Scotland’s People website and buy credits so that you can look at the 1932 marriage cert.
You will than have info about the previous generation which will be a basis on which to work backwards