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Can anyone help me find information about
Margaret Brand ~ Born in Scotland 24th September 1933 ~ died 9th December 1989 in Nuneaton ( Married William Johnstone 9th December 1956)
Her mother was Mary Brand ~ Born 1900 ~ died 1987 in Scotland

Trying to trace the family back but struggling because of lack of information and trouble accessing Scottish records.

Hello Zoe, have you tried Scotlands People for records?

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

These are the only two births registered in 1933 (using 1 spare credit for results)

No Year Surname Forename Sex District City/County/ MR GROS Data Image
1 1933 BRAND MARGARET ELIZAB F ST ANDREW (DUNDEE) DUNDEE CITY/ANGUS 282/03 0311
2 1933 BRAND MARGARET WORKMA F GOVAN GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/21 0290

It would cost £12 to order an extract of the record, depending if you think one of them fits.

Thank you for your quick reply.. Only started searching this part of the family tree a few days a go and was disappointed that I couldn't use Ancestry.com! Will have a look on Scotlandspeople.gov.uk as you suggested.
Margaret had two brothers called Terry & Jim and two sisters called Eileen & Jean but apart from that I know very little.

Are you saying that Margaret's mother did not marry?

If she was born Mary Brand, you should be able to find her on the 1901 Scottish census on Ancestry.

If Margaret married in Scotland, the cert will contain info about her parents..............

1901

Household BRAND, Mary 1900 1 F Gorbals Lanarkshire VIEW
N/A
Household BRAND, Mary P 1900 1 F Stenton Haddingtonshire (East Lothian) VIEW

I'm afraid I don't know any more than I originally posted. I imagine Brand was Mary's married name, not her maiden name.

I checked on SP.
Only one person called Mary Brand died in Scotland in 1987.
The death was registered in Midlothian but the death index states she was 70yrs old.

This woman was born circa 1917.

Were did Margaret marry? If you bought the MC, an English cert would give the father's name if known....and the details of the mother if its a Scottish MC.

Even with just the father's name, it might be possible to look for a marriage in Scotland (presumably) to a Mary by elimination.

Similarly a 1987 Scottish DC will give far more info than an English one. You'd probably have to send for it rather than purchase and download.

Only one person called Margaret Brand was born in Scotland in 1933.
Birth was registered in St Andrew, Dundee,.

( an SP search for 1933 will show 2 birth entries.
One in Dundee the other in Angus but it is the same birth as both lead to a registration in St Andrew, Dundee)

Would they be the ones that MC posted earlier?

No Year Surname Forename Sex District City/County/ MR GROS Data Image
1 1933 BRAND MARGARET ELIZAB F ST ANDREW (DUNDEE) DUNDEE CITY/ANGUS 282/03 0311
2 1933 BRAND MARGARET WORKMA F GOVAN GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/21 0290

Out of interest, how did you work out that the regs are for the same person (always willing to listen and learn!)

As there are no results of a Margaret marrying a William Johnstone in England in 1956, presumably that also occurred in Scotland.

Not knowing in detail about the info on Scottish certs, would it be cheaper and more reliable to purchase Margaret and William's MC, or to pay for one of the BC's?

Scottish marriage certs include the names of both parents........if known, of course.

You can't hope to make progress on this without buying at least one cert....................

How do you know the exact date of the marriage to Johnstone?

Scottish birth certs also give the date and place of parents' marriage.

ScotlandsPeople has no record of a Margaret Brand marrying a William Johnstone (or variant spelling) 1940-60.

Searching for M Brand marrying William Johnstone (or variant) 1950-60 only produces one result, which is presumably not the right couple:
1950 JOHNSTONE WILLIAM ROGERSON
BRAND IRENE MARY
LANGHOLM OR STAPLEGORTON /DUMFRIES 839/00 0002

Margaret Workman Brand born 1933, as in MarieCeleste's post above, married in 1956.
But her husband was Edgar Anton Meaten:-

1956 MEATEN EDGAR ANTON BRAND MARGARET WORKMA TRADESTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/09 0049

The only other 1956 Scottish marriage of a Margaret Brand was to a Robert Paterson:-

1956 PATERSON ROBERT BRAND MARGARET ARMADALE /WEST LOTHIAN 662/02 0043

Death
Name: JOHNSTONE, Margaret Brand
Registration district: Nuneaton & Bedworth
County: Warwickshire
Year of registration: 1989
Month of registration: December
Date of Birth:24 September 1933
Volume no: 31
Page no: 230
Reg no: 1289

Was BRAND actually her surname?

....................or was it, as seems from the above, a second forename?

How about this marriage ??

1955 JOHNSTONE WILLIAM SMITH
MOZART MARGARET BRAND
LASSWADE /MIDLOTHIAN
691/00 0114

Birth:
1933 MOZART MARGARET BRAND F CANONGATE EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/03 1274

Parents' marriage?

1899 MOZART EDWARD JOSEPH
BRAND MARGARET
LEITH NORTH EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 692/01 0070

Seems rather early, given Margaret's birth 1933. Anyway, clearly not the Mary Brand b1900 as given by Zoe.

They're more likely Margaret's grandparents?

Possibly Mary Brand b1900 - as per Zoe???

1900 MOZART LINDSAY MARY F CANONGATE EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/03 0728

1901 Scotland Census about Edward J Mozart
Name: Edward J Mozart
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Margaret Mozart
Gender: Male
Where born: England
Registration number: 685/3
Registration District: Canongate
Civil Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
County: Midlothian
Address: 7 Meadowbank
Occupation: Trainway Conductor
ED: 38
Household Schedule Number: 35
Line: 17
Roll: CSSCT1901_379
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward J Mozart 47
Margaret Mozart 41