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Renfrewshire / Re: records of school teachers around glasgow
« on: Tuesday 11 June 13 23:38 BST (UK) »
thanks, will see if i can find a copy if that book online anywhere
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Awwww HOPE thank you so much for the offer. I am overwhelmed there are such nice people on this site that are so free with information and help in tracing relatives.
I was lucky enough that John was at Deans Grange yesterday after I sent my post and he found where the grave was meant to be and PM me a photo of it.
Unfortunately the headstone had been damaged and it has been removed in the big clear up they have been having lately
He placed a bouquet of flowers on the spot where it used to be. Such a lovely thing to do.
Again many thanks and I may be in touch again if the offer still stands, if there are other relations buried there.
Best wishes,
Tracy
Thanks for clearing that up John.
The W on Annie's papers looked like an N. I guess it was just the handwriting!
If your John died in Scotland, his death would have to have been registered and would therefore be found on ScotlandsPeople. The fact that he does not come up in a search, could mean that he has been recorded/indexed under a variant (or simply wrong) spelling. A search on SP for deaths of a John Scollan (with soundex on the surname) brings up three pages of possible entries, but reducing it to exact spelling 1891 to 1960 brings up four (with only two of these having John as a first name - the ages are out and one of them also has a middle name, which your John didn't - at least didn't at birth - he could have adopted one in later life).
(I just did a more refined search and found a John -Scallon- who died in the Registration District of Hamilton in 1902 aged 29, which would fit ... Have you looked at that? Or the John Scullion, 67, in Shettleston in 1939 - less promising but not impossible)
He could have emigrated (though a search of passenger lists on FindMyPast 1891 to 1960 doesn't show any with the right age. He could have gone south, but a search for him in the English census returns (1901 and 1911) doesn't show him there. He could, of course, also have joined up and been serving abroad.
I presume we are talking here about John Scollan, twin brother of Daniel, b. 2 Sep 1873 in Paisley to Thomas Scollan and Susan Duffy, who had married 3 Feb 1863 in Paisley? (And had issue - all born Paisley): Sarah b. 18 July 1863, James b. 25 March 1865, Thomas b. 27 June 1867, Peter b. 6 Aug 1869 and Susan b. 13 July 1871.