But if it is the same Robert I have he ended up marrying a jane Leece in the IOM and moved to Whitehaven but had the surname of Spruston. If he was illegitimate how did his name change from cunningham to spruston? He was born before mary gilmour married robert cunningham and mary gilmour was a spinster when she married so could it be that she was married to a spruston who died between 1846 when robert was born and 1849 when mary married robert cunningham. But can't find anything.