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4 February 1902 "Scotsman" .   Second examination of five year course - pass William Hawley Woodger, Newcastle-on-Tyne.    Nothing in following years



Too many Don/Donny Ms

There is a memorial at the Eastern Cemetery in Edinburgh and although the picture available on the web is not that clear, the names are arranged in date of death order.   There appears to be a Jackson of the 1st Bat.Welch Regiment in 1923

Last name   Jackson
Age   40
Birth year   1872
Birth town   Edinburgh
Birth county   Midlothian
Birth country   Scotland
Service number   3850
Regiment   Welsh Regiment
Unit / Battalion   1st Battalion
Year   1912
Residence town   Edinburgh
Residence county   Midlothian
Residence country   Scotland
Series   WO 363
Series description   Wo 363 - First World War Service Records 'Burnt Documents'
Archive   
The National Archives
Record set   British Army Service Records
Category   Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory   First World War
Collections from   Great Britain, UK None

There was an illegitimate birth 13 February 1871 to Catherine Jackson, Domestic Servant, of a James Campbell Jackson.    No father named,  as was the case on the death certificate.

I have not traced mother Mary in full but did find her as a possible stepdaughter along the way in Rattray aged 5.    Work in progress.

Interesting that Mary Victoria had her husbands name changed from Robert George to Robert Russell -1925 RUTHERFORD, ROBERT RUSSELL (Statutory registers Corrected Entries 685/10 008 179) (RCE).

One more little interesting genealogy thing and this is not even my ancestor.

1901 census has her with Samuel Bell 55, Margaret Bell 42, John P Muir 44 and William Muir 38.
1911 census she is listed as Adopted Daughter of John and Helen McConnochie.
There is no Birth, Death or marriage record in Scotlandspeople although in the census birth was Edinburgh.

The is  a birth in Edinburgh, correct year, for a Mary Victoria Ormond, illegitimate to Mary Ormond,  now domiciled in Kirkwall according to the certificate.   There is no listing in the 1901 or 1911 census.   However I can trace her birth to marriage and death all with Mary Ormond as mother (no father)

The question, is this the same person and how does one prove it or is it assumed?   

Margaret Bell was a Muir born in Sanday Orkney and the others were her brothers.   The McConnochie had an other adopted child.

I have a death certificate dated 3 August 1924 for an Alexander Denholm aged 17 with the place of death Glass Drummond.   Cause Asphyria due to Drowning.    What further information, if any,  would be on the coroners report and is it possible to get this report?   Further was there a local paper which may have reported the details?