Can you look again at John' s dob/ age & that
of eldest daughter? She doesn't seem to be old
enough to have been his mother.

Was parents marrige 05 /05 /1852 ? Baptisms ?

In 1881 Mrs Taggart is fostering a baby Elizabeth
A Dickson [Dickinson on Brian's list ---born 07 / o8 /1979 child of Mary Eleanor D----no father given.??