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Hi Geoff/Sarah No 'S', just the 'N' for out of county. I have nothing to indicate that he was born in Scotland and the person who contacted me didn't say why that was his assumption. The 1851 clearly says Sunderland, Northumberland as his birthplace Lou

Does the other person have a source for believing he was from Islay?? There is no Sunderland on Multimap except for the ones in England, but my AA Road Atlas does have Sunderland on the Isle of Islay as well!! Sarah

According to Steetmap, there are several Sunderlands_ Sunderland, Cumbria CA13 [Other Town] Sunderland, Lancashire [City/Town/Village] Sunderland, Scottish Borders Sunderland, Tyne & Wear SR1 [3rd Order] Sunderland, Kent [Antiquity (non Roman)] Re the 1841 census, if someone was born in Scotland, there should be an 'S' in the right hand column (as well as a 'N' in the column before that).

To my knowledge, my 5x grandfather was STONEHOUSE Stuart, a Trinity Pilot, this is the name/occupation he used on his children’s baptism records, its on his death cert and on the 2 census records I have before his death in 1853 aged 98. So far, I’ve struggled to locate a baptism for him c.1756 or find a record of his marriage to Elizabeth (Randfield?) c.1788, in any of the usual places, but have assumed that the records I need haven’t survived the ravages of time. On the 1841 Essex census, he is stated as born out of county, 1851 states his birthplace as Sunderland. My little problem has now arisen as such: I’ve obtained Elizabeth’s 1843 death certificate, it is definitely the correct one as the address matches that from the 1841 census but she is stated as ‘Wife of Anthony Stuart’ (informant is her son in law). In addition, I’ve also been in contact with someone researching the same person who states that Stonehouse was born in Scotland and that the Sunderland in question is ‘Sunderland’ on the Isle of Islay. I’ve googled and come up with nothing to indicate there is a Sunderland in Scotland, only a place called Sutherland. Another birthplace possibility is ‘Belmont’ in Scotland; one of their children claimed in later life to have been born there although he was baptised in Harwich, Essex, and there is no evidence that Stonehouse and Elizabeth were ever in Scotland I’m at a bit of a loss as to where to go next with this one. Does anyone have access to Scottish baptisms who could maybe help me throw some light on this? I’ve had a look on IGI but nothing leapt out at me as being an obvious possibility for either Stonehouse or Anthony Stuart Thanks Lou

Details below when I've cut and pasted it. Apologies for how long-winded it might seem but wanted to include all the info I have!