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Title: robert ewing
Post by: will1890 on Friday 04 June 10 20:54 BST (UK)
hi im researching family for a friend from paisley, his name was ROBERT EWING D.O.B 22/08/1925, HIS FATHERS NAME WAS ROBERT AND MOTHER WAS CATHERINE think they were from paisley ,any info would be great ,thanks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, midle name was maybe hughes ,
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 04 June 10 21:21 BST (UK)
Hi

You need to look up his birth on Scotlands People to find his mothers maiden name and year of marriage.  SP is a paysite

That info will help you to find his parents marriage also on SP which will give both of their parents names and their mothers maiden name

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: hume on Friday 04 June 10 21:32 BST (UK)
Think I've found your man ... was this Robert who died 2001 in Paisley? If so, the death index on the aforementioned ScotlandsPeople gives his mum's maiden name as Hughes.

This would correspond nicely with a marriage between Robert Ewing and Catherine Hughes, 1912, in Paisley.

hume :)
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: hume on Friday 04 June 10 21:36 BST (UK)
Details from 1912 marriage certificate:

Married at St Mirin's Church, Paisley on the 1st January 1912, according to the Forms of the RC Church.

Robert Ewing was 23 and a ship's rigger. His parents were John Ewing, baker and Mary Lang Ewing m.s. Hart (dec.).

Catherine was 21 and a laundry worker. Her parents were Felix Hughes, iron turner (?) and Rose Hughes m.s. Gurlin.

Witnesses were Hugh Hughes and Mary McKinnon.

There are deaths for Robert in 1955 aged 67 and Catherine in 1968 aged 78, both in Paisley.
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 04 June 10 22:06 BST (UK)
1891 census for 3 New St Paisley - all b Paisley except James snr

John Ewing 40 baker
Mary 37
James 17
Maggie 14
William    8
Agnes   5
Robert   3
John 7
Mary  5 Months
James Ewing 85 b Barrhead lodger retired block printer
John Orr 21 nephew
Paisley Low Church ED 51 Page  2
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 04 June 10 22:10 BST (UK)
1901 for 10 Orchard St Paisley

Felix Hughes 45 bath attendant b Ireland
Rose   41 b Ireland
Catherine  11 b Greenock
Mary  3 b Paisley
Paisley; ED: 89; Page:  19; Line: 15

In 1891 the family was at 5 Inverkip St Greenock.  Catherine was then 10 months old and Felix was a bath attendant.  No other children

Greenock West ED 10 Page 10 Line 6

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and Rose Hughes m.s. Gurlin

This is a submitted IGI entry with several errors but I wonder if Rose's maiden name was Carlin which is a good old Irish surname (it was my maiden name!!)

felix hughes   Birth:  < 1864>   , , Scotland
 
Father:  james hughes    Mother:  mary     
 
Spouse:  rose carlin   Marriage:  10 MAY 1889   Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland
 
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 04 June 10 22:22 BST (UK)
Should have checked the IGI first! - another submitted entry

catherine Hughes   Birth:  19 MAY 1890   Greenock, Renfrew  Death:  28 JUN 1968   
 
Father:  felix hughes   Mother:  rose carlin     
 
Spouse:  Robert Ewing    Marriage:  01 JAN 1912   , , Scotland
 
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: Kathyh on Friday 04 June 10 23:16 BST (UK)
I am also researching this family.

John Ewing & Mary Lang Hart married 1873, I have been able to locate 7 children, their son William is the grandfather of my mothers sister.

I don't have anything directly on Robert, only that he was born 1888c.

Kathy
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: will1890 on Friday 04 June 10 23:36 BST (UK)
thanks for all your help,there is stil a few ewings liven in paisley now, robert ewing who married 1912 anybody know if he served in W.W.1? ave photos of him in uniform aound that time ,thanks again
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: hume on Friday 04 June 10 23:59 BST (UK)
This is a submitted IGI entry with several errors but I wonder if Rose's maiden name was Carlin which is a good old Irish surname (it was my maiden name!!)

Hi Carole,

I think you are right; Carlin looks good.

thanks for all your help,there is stil a few ewings liven in paisley now, robert ewing who married 1912 anybody know if he served in W.W.1? ave photos of him in uniform aound that time ,thanks again

I'll have a look at medal cards, etc. With such a common name, it may be quite difficult though.

hume :)
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: CaroleW on Saturday 05 June 10 00:02 BST (UK)
I have already checked the Medal Card Index - too many

I have also checked what few WW1 records still exist for that name and none fits his profile
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: will1890 on Saturday 05 June 10 00:17 BST (UK)
yea theres alot of ewings, can you get birth certs on line?marrage certs? i know robert ewing born 1925 worked on the Q.E.2 AS A CARPENTER,trying to think what else i can look up bout them
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: will1890 on Saturday 05 June 10 00:19 BST (UK)
also ive been told robert ewing served in the boer war,
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: CaroleW on Saturday 05 June 10 00:23 BST (UK)
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can you get birth certs on line?marrage certs?

See above - Scotlands People but you have to pay

Without his service number there is no way of tracing him.  About 60% of service records were destroyed in the WW2 blitz
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: will1890 on Saturday 05 June 10 00:26 BST (UK)
yea its hard to look up w.w.1 records ,ive been tryn for ages myslef on my side of family,just the photo of robert ewing hes in w.w.1 uniform. thats it notn else , just him and wife and child,
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: will1890 on Saturday 05 June 10 11:31 BST (UK)
new names,helen mcgarrity born 24/03/1926 died 25/12/1979 paisley, any info would be great ,and also john mcgarrity was her brother ,who went 2 austrilia around 1950,,,,,thanks,,,,,,,dave
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: hume on Saturday 05 June 10 13:20 BST (UK)
Hi Dave,

The death was registered as Ellen Graham Ewing nee McGarrity. She was 53.

The death index gives mum's maiden name as Fraser.

There is a marriage between John McGarrity and Elizabeth Fraser, 1916, in Paisley.

hume :)
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: hume on Saturday 05 June 10 13:28 BST (UK)
Married 2nd June 1916 at St Mirin's Church, Paisley, according to the Forms of the RC Church.

John McGarrity was 23, an iron miner and a Private in the A.N? Highlanders Territorial. His parents were Denis McGarrity, riveter and Helen McGarrity m.s. Graham.

Elizabeth was 21 and worked in a papermill. Her parents were James Fraser, labourer (dec.) and Mary Fraser m.s. Ferguson.

Witnesses to the marriage were Denis McGarrity and Helen G. Taggart.

hume
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: cuthie on Saturday 05 June 10 18:43 BST (UK)
A N? HIGHLANDERS.    THINK THIS WOULD BE ARGYLE & SOUTHERN HIGHLANDERS.     CUTHIE
Title: Re: robert ewing
Post by: hume on Sunday 06 June 10 20:40 BST (UK)
Hi Cuthie,

I think you are right - it does look very like A.S now I look at it. :)

hume