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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Emigrating from Ayr in Scotland to Australia
« on: Friday 14 April 17 15:20 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for that doddsie4.  I had already looked at both censuses and I think the family is the same in both. 
Regards,

Erol.

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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Emigrating from Ayr in Scotland to Australia
« on: Friday 14 April 17 12:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

My great grandfather was Thomas William welsh and his wife was Isabella Rollo.  The details on his death certificate are:

Died in Burgh of Ayr in the County of Ayr on 10 May 1913. 
The informant was Isabella Welsh, his widow. 

I don't think Thomas ever came to Australia although his wife and some of his children did so. 

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Ayrshire / Re: Seeking help on David Elliott
« on: Sunday 09 April 17 12:07 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much everybody.  I will follow your advice and post anything useful that I find. 

Thanks,

Erol.

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Ayrshire / Seeking help on David Elliott
« on: Sunday 09 April 17 10:29 BST (UK)  »
Hello All,

May Elliott, born 26 Sept 1908 (my maternal grandmother). 

David Elliott  married  Mary Fullarton,  married in the district of Gorbals in the district of Burgh, Glasgow.  on 22 Nov 1906.  (Parents of May Elliott above and my great-grand parents).

Parents of David Elliott were one of the following couples 1. James Elliott and Mary McPhee or 2. David Elliott and Mary McPhail. 

I am trying to trace the Elliott line but I have hit a brick wall at David Elliott - I cannot find his date or place of birth or anything else that would let me trace his line backwards.  I have checked Scotland's People, Ancestry including the Census, Births & Deaths.   The Statutory Register of Marriages does not unfortunately include the dates of birth. 


If anybody has any information on David Elliott (who married Mary Fullerton in 1906),  I would be most grateful if you might post it.

Regards,

Eral.

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Australia / Re: Thomas William Welsh
« on: Monday 03 April 17 14:36 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Sue, thanks Cando.

I now have the scanned copy of the original marriage certificate which gives the parent's name of Robert Alan Welsh as:  Thomas Welsh and Isabella Rollo.
May Welsh:  David Elliott and Mary Fullerton.

I am new at this stuff and my search skills are at beginner level but I did a search on Ancestry.com and couldn't turn up anything that linked David Elliott and Mary Fullerton to May Welsh (Elliott).

I will keep looking and post anything that makes the linkages. 
Thanks Cando for that historical detail.  Also thanks Sue for same.

I have ordered the NZ death cert of Robert Welsh and I hope that gives the nakes of his wife and children.

Cheers,
Erol.

PS: by the way, are we allowed to post death & marriage certificates here.  Is there a copyright  thing with that?

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Australia / Re: Thomas William Welsh
« on: Sunday 02 April 17 11:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi Sue,

Thanks so much for that.  I have paid for the marriage certificate and hopefully it comes next week.  Thanks for bit at the end about Robert Allan Welsh getting in trouble with the law!  Precious stuff.

Erol.

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Australia / Re: Thomas William Welsh
« on: Sunday 02 April 17 06:07 BST (UK)  »
Sorry, forgot to mention:  in the post immediately above me, flownthenest asked if their was any connection between the Rollo and Rolley (Rollie) names.

My great aunt May Mongomery Welsh used to chat a bit with my sisters.  I asked them if May had ever mentioned the connection and they said that May said that the Rolleys were a branch of the Rollo clan and that seems to be the understanding in the family.
When I go to Scotland at the end of next year 2018, I will go to see a professional genealogist to sort this out.  I am also trying to make contact with my half uncles/aunts and cousins in both Australia and New Zealand to see if they know anything more on this question.  They are the descendants of Robert Allan Rollo Welsh.

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Australia / Re: Thomas William Welsh
« on: Saturday 01 April 17 18:35 BST (UK)  »
Hi Everyone,
I stumbled across this site while trying to trace my family history and I was very pleasantly surprised to find this thread on my maternal great grandfather Thomas W Welsh.  My tree starting with me goes:  Me ------> Laura May Welsh (my mother) ---------> Robert Allan Welsh (grandfather) -------> Thomas W Welsh (great grandfather - Isabella Allan Rolley, his wife) ------------> Richard Montgomery Welsh (great great grandfather).   
I never knew my grandfather as he left Australia for New Zealand possibly in 1938/9 where he married for a second time.  I found him listed in a New Zealand electoral roll as Robert Allan Rollo Welsh.   Some of the children of his second marriage live in Geelong.  Of my grandfather's siblings I only met May Montgomery Welsh who lived in Lara. 
I feel I have enough information on my grandfather's family tree but I am having difficulty finding anything on my grandmother's tree.  She was the first wife of Robert Allan Welsh and her name was May Elliott later Welsh.  I know this is a bit off topic but I would really appreciate any information that somebody may have.
Cheers,
Erol.

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