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Thanks Diane,

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I am new to this but willing to learn. Any advise is gratefully received and very much appreciated.

Your recent information has been very helpful. I haven't been able to find their marriage anywhere!

Mary McCormack my G Granny was born 19 March 1900 in Portglasgow.

If you have found their married list in 1919 them they might have recorded her name as May and not Mary. Maybe this is why I can not find it.

Many thanks

Sarah

Thankyou Diane.
Regards Marion

Angie... so then I thought "sod it!" what about ALL Gray births in Galashiels!

No Year Surname Forename Sex District City/County/MR GROS Data Image Extract
1 1917 GRAY AGNES PATTERSON F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0085 No Image ORDER
2 1920 GRAY ALISON THOMSON F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0092 No Image ORDER
3 1919 GRAY BARBARA F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0048 No Image ORDER
4 1917 GRAY CATHERINE PEARS F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0096 No Image ORDER
5 1920 GRAY ELIZABETH STUAR F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0114 No Image ORDER
6 1929 GRAY IRENE STUART F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0161 No Image ORDER
7 1917 GRAY JAMES M GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0160 No Image ORDER
8 1920 GRAY JAMES M GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0020 No Image ORDER
9 1926 GRAY JESSIE LYON F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0173 No Image ORDER
10 1917 GRAY JOHN M GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0001 No Image ORDER
11 1918 GRAY KATHLEEN RANKIN F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0181 No Image ORDER
12 1929 GRAY MARY ANN WAUGH F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0120 No Image ORDER
13 1922 GRAY NORMAN ANDERSON M GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0244 No Image ORDER
14 1918 GRAY ROBERT M GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0170 No Image ORDER
15 1919 GRAY ROBERT M GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0110 No Image ORDER
16 1921 GRAY WILLIAM BLACKIE M GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0196 No Image ORDER

Angie... using last 3 credits for you.!!

Don't know if this is Kathleen...

1 1928 GRAY KATHLEEN IRVING F CANONGATE EDINBURGH/MIDLOTHIAN 685/03 0345 No Image ORDER
2 1927 GRAY KATHLEEN MARGAR F CANONGATE EDINBURGH/MIDLOTHIAN 685/03 0161

or perhaps Galashiels is more likely?!

1918 GRAY KATHLEEN RANKIN F GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0181

Thanks Diane

Nicki

Nicki - sent you a PM

Any news on Robert Baxter for me?

Thanks

Nicki

Marion..

I did a lookup for William Whitehead and Matilda Plant on an earlier page..

there is no marriage for William Whitehead and Amelia in Scotland..

Jacki..

no marriage for Joseph in Scotland...

No death for Joseph in Scotland.. only Victoria of that surname..

I think you need the censuses, not Scotlandspeople..

someone else on Records office board will help you with those, if you dont have access.

Angie.. there is this marriage.. it is probably TROTTER.. because the name is truncated due to limitation on the size of the field..

1919 GRAY BENJAMIN LYON DOBSON CATHERINE TROTT GALASHIELS /SELKIRK 775/00 0027

There is no actual date.. just the year 1919.

I can't search on births with a mother's maiden name.. so will have to leave the births.. sorry

Flo - think you already had this.. not sure the parents would be listed in the PRs anyway..

07/08/1848 ANDERSON JAMES CATHARINE GOUDIE/FR6539 M Leith South EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 692/002 0250 0097

Florence -

This could be Mary's death.. but if she lived to 74, I'm surprised you couldn't find her in Shetland in the censuses... ?

9 1899 GOUDIE MARY F 74 LERWICK /SHETLAND 005/01 0028

oh my god... my credits expire in 2 hours!!!

I'll see if I can get through these, and anyone else who posts within 2 hours!

Hello Dianne,
Thankyou for your kind offer to help with Scots lookups. My GGGrandfather born about 1820/25 Falkirk Stirlingshire was named William Whitehead. I believe he was married twice but not confirmed as I cant find either of his marriages. I am searching for two marriages for Scotland the first being around 1850s for a William Whitehead to a Matilda Plant. The second marriage to Amelia Plant around 1860s. Amelia may have been married before so married William under another surname. My GGGrandfather served in the Royal Artillery. You can find him on the 1871 Census living in Kent with Amelia but thats about all I can offer.

Regards And Thanks
Marion

Diana,

that's interested!

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers, Steven

Hi Diane

Thank you sooooo much for the inforation on James and Euphemia.

If you are still able to search may I impose again please ....

I have a Robert Trotter Dobson who married Mary Linton Graham on 20th April 1894 in Howick, Northumberland [date from IGI]

They had 3 children - Mary c1896, Catherine Trotter Dobson c1898 and John c1900 all born in Scotland [according to the 1901 census]

Catherine gave birth to George Henry Dobson on 18 Jan 1917, Heriot Midlothian - birth cert does not show the name of the father - George was baptised at Heriot Church 14 Feb 1917 [this is information I have been given - I have not seen any certs]

Catherine had 7 further children and i have assumed they were all born after George - all I have is their first name - Richard, James, Margaret, Kathleen, May, Arthur and Thomas [in no particular order]

I don't know if Catherine married.

Is there any possibility you may be able to look for a possible marriage for Catherine and births of her other children.

It's a tall order I know - any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Angie

Diane........ thank you again for your help.

Julie

Yep.....it doesn't get any easier does it?

Familysearch has the marriage around 1830 in Strichen, Aberdeen. Both boys are Geddes but mum still Scott........
Hhmmmm....
Perhaps i will try and find out if Alexander died between 1833 - 1841.

Julie

Julie - I can't find that birth on Scotlandspeople, nor a marriage for Alexander and Margaret...

I am very inexperienced in Scots records, so I don't know what the implication is for that, but I notice the familysearch records for the birth, and the marriage are submitted, and I know these are far less reliable than the original files that are entered..

I think its time I deferred to someone with greater knowledge!

Julie - maybe James is Alexander's son by a first wife? or illegitimate...
If Margaret is still Scott after the boys are born (eg on the 1841 census) maybe she and Alexander were not married....

the plot thickens!