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Renfrewshire / Re: What can I glean from middle names?
« on: Tuesday 30 August 05 15:06 BST (UK)  »
There's a fairly general tradition in Scotland about middle names, but sometimes you find weird ones.  My family for instance.  On my mum's dad's side, since 1864, the first son has been given the middle name Gibson.  And my middle name is my great-grandmother's maiden name - Clark.  Grandma (born 1898) got it, my Mum got it, now me.  Could have been worse!!

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Renfrewshire / Re: ADAM Robert
« on: Tuesday 30 August 05 14:58 BST (UK)  »
I'm going with the info on the marriage entry - I would hope the bride & groom would know their own ages & parents names - unless there are some skeletons in my family cupboards!  I've found all sorts of strange details given by informants - I'm sure most of the time they made a guess.  Still can't find Robert, I'm beginning to believe he dropped in from another planet.  I've got some details on Mary Morning/Murey - going back to her grandparents who came from Ireland.

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Renfrewshire / Re: ADAM Robert
« on: Monday 29 August 05 13:08 BST (UK)  »
Thenks for the census info.  This is getting more confusing.  I found Robert Adam's death certificate.  Same wife, MS Morning.  This time his parents are David Adam & Maggie Gibson.  Robert's son was the informant, maybe he made a guess?  I have found a marriage for David Adam & Elizabeth Gibson in 1823 - wonder if that's the same couple? 

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Renfrewshire / ADAM Robert
« on: Monday 29 August 05 09:15 BST (UK)  »
I'm having trouble finding my great-great-grandfather's records.  He was Robert Gibson ADAM, and lived in Kilbarchan.  He was born about 1843 and died 1908.  He married Mary Morning/Murey on 12 June 1863.  The marriage entry gives his parents as Thomas Adam & Elizabeth Gibson, but elsewhere I find his parents as David Adam & Maggie Gibson.  I can't find a birth record for him at the SRO.  Anyone have any ideas where I can look? (Not much on the LDS site either).   At the time of his marriage he was a Private in the Renfrew Militia.

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