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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: scottishmist on Saturday 16 April 11 15:06 BST (UK)
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Hi All
Where are I am going wrong
I am trying to find a Hugh McIlwraith Born 1881 Lanark Glasgow Scotland
Last address was 1 Bright Place Govan Lanarkshire Scotland
he got married in 1907 and died 1914 in Govan
I have looked on the census 1911 but can't not find him or his wife Helen Grant ( they have twins boys age 4)
after downloading the wrong ones I would ask for help maybe someone can find him and I won't waste any-more credits
thank you
Jan
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Won't the same situation apply to anybody else looking for him? Until you have used a credit - you don't know whether you have the right one so it means somebody else is using their credits??
Have you tried searching using the twins names etc?
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are we as third-parties allowed to search for you on the Scots 1911 - isnt it also T'ed & C'ed by Brightsolid?
:P
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Hi Carol
I don't want anyone to use there credit's just someone looking with a new out look finds people that I have missed
I have search for the twins with no luck
I have a few credits left but thought I would ask for some help before trying again
Jan
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Hi Jan
One of the problems with searching the Scottish 1911 is you don't see any actual results without paying. SP just tells you there are X number of possible matches based on your search criteria
The English 1911 is much better in that it presents you with a full list of possible matches which you can scroll through for any obvious mis-spellings before you part with any cash
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I have just done the following basic search on SP and got one match
Hugh McIlwraith aged between 28-32 living in Lanarkshire
It may be one you have already found
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Hi Carol
I might try that one as I came up with two but there were the wrong age
but I put his wife name in and he might not have been living with his wife and sons
cheers Jan
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Hi Carole
still no the wiser it might be him/but might not with his wife and boys not living with him I can't tell if it is him or not
thanks for your help
Jan
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are we as third-parties allowed to search for you on the Scots 1911 - isnt it also T'ed & C'ed by Brightsolid?
:P
Scotlandspeople is a Scottish Government website run by BrightSolid on behalf of the GROS (and other Govt departments) and not owned by BrightSolid as FindMyPast is so the Terms and Conditions relating to FindMyPast don't apply.
Andy
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What were Hugh's siblings names ???
Who were his parents ???
What was his occupation?
Joy
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Hi Joy
Siblings Names Helen, Robert, Sarah, Agnes
Parents names Hugh and Margaret Halliday
Occupation in 1901 he was a tent maker and in 1914 on his death cert he was in the merchant seaman
Jan
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Hi Jan
What was his occupation on his marriage certificate? If he was a Merchant Seaman in 1911 then he may not be on the census.
What are the names of the 4yo twins? and have you looked for them on the census? Keep in mind that if they were born in 1907 they might only be 3 on census night. It depends upon the actual date of birth and the date of the census.
Andy
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Andy just beat me to it. I think that you may find the wife and twins by themselves.
I've had a look but can't readily see them...sorry
Joy
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Hi
The twins were born on 2 jan 1907 but there names on there birth cert was Hugh & colin Grant there mum and dad got married in Oct 1907 so there manes might have been Grant on the 1911 census they changed there name to McIlwraith 1937
but the mother name would have been McIlwraith
Jan
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Hi
If you do a search for Colin McIlwraith age 4 and select Surname Variants and include Second Person Forename of Hugh you get 1 match. That might be worth looking at.
Andy
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I assume you've considered the fact that the name might have been misspelt McIlwraith might have been McIlraith, McIlrath etc. Try using the wildcard and see what you come up with ie McIl*th in Lanarkshire. Always worth a shot.