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I am looking for my fathers mothers side of the family, she died very young and we can't find out much as my grandad is also no longer with is. She lived in Scotland and I believe she had another son. Her name was Jean Campbell Galloway. She moved to Derbyshire and married my grandad, Arthur maydew. Please if you have any information get in touch :)

Welcome to the boards Emily.

For the time scale - is this your grandparent's marriage?

Marriages Dec 1956 (>99%)
GALLOWAY Jean C MAYDEW Shardlow 3a 873
Maydew Arthur A W Galloway Shardlow 3a 873

Her death??
Deaths Mar 1963 (>99%)
MAYDEW JEAN C 27 DERBY 3A 427

On http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl there are 2 Maydew/Galloway births, one of whom must be your father.

Arthur J b 1957 Shardlow
Anthony J b 1960 Derby

2 people have Anthony listed on their trees - Douglas and Majorie. Are they know to you, or is Anthony your father? You could contact them and ask if they have further information.

We need to know which gentleman is your uncle so that we look for the right man.

As your grandmother was born in Scotland (or did you really mean 'lived'?) , you will need to search for her birth on Scotland's People which is a pay-to-view site.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

The English marriage certificate would give her father's name, if known. You could order if from http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ using the references given in the previous post at a cost of £9.25

2 registered birth in Scotland for Jean C (Campbell)Galloway.

1935. in district Maybole - Ayr-Ayreshire,,, Ref no...,644/14-0602.<

1936. in district Partick-Glasgow,,, Ref no....605/00-0058.<

which will have to be ordered from Scotland,using the above reference numbers.as birth information are restricted to what can be viewed online.

her fathers name from her marriage certificate can be used to find a possible marriage in Scotland for her parents.

certificates of all events from Scotland cost £12.

Back-tracking by searching all members trees, your uncle is probably Anthony J??

He married Angela M in 1983 in the same county as his birth.

I'm not seeing an ER entry with Angela - would appreciate input from other GR members before sending a possible 2012 address.

There is an A J Maydew and an A Maydew entry on the BT phone book living in Derbyshire which might be worth risking the cost of 2 stamps??
http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/

If you did decide to write, ask, don't assume that he is your uncle and explain the relationship to your father. The 'A' entry might be his son Ashley Anthony b 1985

omg!! youre so helpful!
james is my dad, anthony is my uncle and theres an uncle robin too. jean (dads mum) died when he was about 7 ish i think, grandad (arthur albert william maydew) had a bad car crash very soon afterwards and the kids were all sent to live with different family members.
i would love to find out about jeans family but i know so little, i know we visited maybole when we were little, and i know grandads sister lived there but dont know if she is still alive, isobel. i woul really really love to find a picture of jean for my dad as they have no memories and that must be awful :'(

the other child was billy/william, jean left this boy with her mother when she left scotland, this is the person we would like to trace. it was ayreshire - maybole that jean moved from. thankyou again so much! :)

Emily,

You really need to get hold of a copy of Jeans and Arthurs marriage certificate,,,,,it should have her fathers name on it which is vital to trace if a marriage took place in Scotland for her parents,

ok, ill order one, where can i find this? i am very new to this, also have a similar scenario on my mothers side too! but its dads side that i am desperate to find out about.

http://www.gro.gov.uk/GRO/content/certificates/default.asp

Emily ,

Det has put the link to the GRO site for online ordering,

as has Reggie,,,

just copy and paste either one onto your search bar...and register yourself.very easy process.

also you will need enter the details,after you choose certificate type,,Marriage,

Names.

Year.

Quarter- Oct-Dec.

Volume--3a Page 873.

follow the instructions for payment.

Billy/William may have been born before Jean married your grandfather. He is likely to have used the surname Galloway unless the father was present/acknowledged paternity.
You might be lucky and find a birth reg for her first born son just by using the Scotlands People site. Its possible that if he stayed with 'family' they may have officially adopted him after Jean died.

You're going to have to research her mother's side in Scotland to find siblings who may have taken him in, or who might know what happened to him. Can you remember where in Scotland you visited? Assuming he did use the Galloway surname, look for addresses (B or W) on http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/index.publisha

English MC first, then her Scottish BC. After that look for Scottish born siblings (if there are any)

Sorry for the delay.
I will get one ordered as soon as I get in, looking forward to finding out more information, can't thank you guys enough :-D

ordered the wedding certificate :) this alone will make my dad cry! going to frame everything ;0)

Kay has got the counties for the births mixed up when she was typing it in

Maybole, Ayrshire

Patrick, Glasgow

Emily, this person would be the right age to be your Billy.

http://www.192.com/atoz/people/galloway/william/ka19/2865170632/

unfortunately there is no telephone listing at BT on line to match



edit

however there is an address here for the young person in that William's household

http://whois.polodomains.com/domain/czFMOtPsxmFFDsAiF679mA.._info.html

scroll down to 'Registrant'

and when tested at 192.com that address matches the William's at the link I put above

there is also an email address for the young person there

again it could be worth a stamp to enquire :-)

I'm going to write to him, that really does sound like it could be him, like you said, the age would be very similar, can't thank you lot enough! Your such a helpful bunch!! X

you're welcome, let us know how it goes if you like :-)

Definitely! I have my mothers side for you to get your teeth into if you like!! ;-) I'd love to spend time on here getting right into the history of our family but my 18 month old daughter has other plans...
Any chance I get I'm here tho :) so exciting!

Hi guys! The wedding cert arrived today...jeans dad is William Galloway.
Also know she was 27 when she died and definitely from maybole in Ayrshire :)