Genealogy Chat

Does your friend have a copy of Jean's birth cert?

If so, please tell us all the information on it (assuming Jean's deceased).

Roughly when did James live in Portobello?

Possible birth for James - but we don't know if he was born in Portobello, or just lived there at some point:

PORTEOUS
JAMES WILLIAM
M
1898
685/6 155
Portobello

Jean's birth, for our reference:

Births Sep 1931 (>99%)
Porteous Jean M Anderson Pancras 1b 33

It's a pity she wasn't born in Scotland, as then the birth cert would tell you both parents' names and the place and date of their marriage!

Not seeing any marriage of a James Porteous to an Anderson, apart from one in Forres, nowhere near Portobello.
Maybe she wasn't Anderson when she married him ??

Hello I'm working on a friends tree but with few details.So if anyone can help with the following I would be very grateful.

I have looked on Fam.org already but cant find anything.

James Porteous dob unknown m ? Anderson...when?( born in Scotland)
Had a daughter Jean Margaret Porteous. b 30/7/31
M 26/3/55 wednesbury to Robert Elliott purdy b 14/5/21

James Porteous lived at leslie st.Portobello in Edinburgh

I'm wanting to know Jean's mothers first name, and their birth and marriage dates so I can then trace them on the census.

My friend has provided her parents dobs but has very little details of her grandparents.

I realise this is a bit of a longshot but any info would help. Failing that I could order her parents birth and marriage certs but just trying to see what I can achieve first.

Thankyou
Florence
in the hebrides