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Lanarkshire / Re: 'Subsequently married' or 'now married to'
« on: Tuesday 08 February 22 01:20 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks every one for all your input and suggestions.

I will keep trying to dig a little deeper before accepting this man as her father, though I am glad she had someone to look out for her regardless.

Cheers!

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Lanarkshire / 'Subsequently married' or 'now married to'
« on: Sunday 06 February 22 02:09 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

Looking at a birth registration for an illegitimate ancestor, obviously a father's name wasn't listed, but by her marriage, a man is listed as her mother's now husband ie; Jane D now married to Thomas M...

I cant remember which record I have also seen that the mother had 'subsequently married to' ... on the registration.

Is it possible (being that the marriage of the Mother and 'father' occurred only months after the birth of the illegitimate ancestor) that the man she married is in fact the child's biological father?

By the time of the child's death registration, the 'father' is named as him. There are no corrected entries on the birth registration and I cant find any sheriffs paternity decree relating to this child. her death is indexed under 3 different surnames: the 'Father's' surname, and her two married surnames.

I am just not sure if the terms ' subsequently married' or 'now married to' are the clue I need in comfortably accepting this man's paternity

Thanks all in advance for your insight.  :)

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Ayrshire / Re: Information on Annie Sinclair m. James Mitchell lived in Kilwinning
« on: Thursday 22 July 21 00:06 BST (UK)  »
Good morning Looby,

Thank you for your information, I appreciate it and it gives me a guide on what to look into.

Annie and James married on 11th June 1941, at the Congregational Church Manse, Kilwinning.
Annie lived at Montgomerie Terrace prior to the wedding, and it seems James moved to this address after their wedding, because Annie's death registration has her passing away on Christmas Day in 1942, at this same address with James present.
Their marriage registration lists Annie at the time of the marriage as an Explosives worker, and I have read that there were Munitions factories at that time especially around Clydebank? That's the only reason I thought she may have worked at a munitions factory, being WWII at the time.

My Grandfather was always quite adamant his sister was born in 1941 and believes his sister definitely went by her father's surname.

This is the only information I have so far sadly.

Thank you again for your reply and information. I will try my hardest to narrow down baby Mitchell's birthplace.

Kind regards
AussieScot

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Ayrshire / Re: Information on Annie Sinclair m. James Mitchell lived in Kilwinning
« on: Tuesday 20 July 21 23:58 BST (UK)  »
Thanks you all for your replies!

I do actually have all of that information through ScotlandsPeople. I have copies of Annie's marriage to both John and James, I have Annie's birth certificate etc. I also have her son Thomas's death certificate. (I ordered it because I wanted to help find my Grandfather's brother for him; and sadly had to tell him his brother passed away in 1986, as I also had to tell him his elder half brother John passed away in 2014). I have as yet been unable to track down his younger half sister 'Betty', but remember my Grandfather telling me when their mother passed away from TB when he was 10, they went to live with his Grandmother (Annie's mother) in Plantation. 'Betty' was 1 year old at the most. He told me when he went to National Service, he used to send the bulk of his wage back to his Grandmother to help with raising Thomas and Betty.

I am unsure how to track down whatever happened to Betty after Jane McElroy, their Grandmother raising them, passed away. Betty would have been approx. 16.

I have ordered James Mitchell's Death Certificate also.

I guess I was more hoping that maybe someone might have known someone who knew Annie and James, and consequently their infant daughter 'Betty'.
Unfortunately my Grandfather has just passed away so I'll never be able to tell him what happened to his sister, but I'd love to know

Thank you all

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Lanarkshire / 125 Blackburn Street, Govan - McElroy
« on: Tuesday 20 July 21 06:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone knows anything about Jane McElroy (widow of Thomas McElroy) that lived at 125 Blackburn Street until her passing in 1957. I believe she raised her Grandchildren John Dillon, James and Thomas Sinclair and potentially their younger sister after the passing of their mother (Jane's daughter). I am unsure if their sister is still alive or not, but believe her surname to be Mitchell.
John and James both did time with the National Service or RAF, and both eventually moved to Canada and Australia respectively. Thomas passed away in 1986. John Dillon signed Jane's death registration in 1957.

I would really like information on both Jane, and my Grandfather's younger sister.
He always told me she was very intelligent/academic.
I can't find any record of her though.

thank you so much!!!

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Ayrshire / Information on Annie Sinclair m. James Mitchell lived in Kilwinning
« on: Tuesday 20 July 21 05:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi Everyone. It's my first time posting here and I am trying to learn more about my Grandfather's family.
I know his mother's name was Annie McNab nee Dillon, and she married his Father John Sinclair in abt 1930. After John's passing in 1936, she married a man named James Mitchell in 1941. They lived in Montgomerie Terrace, Kilwinning. She passed away at this address in 1942. Annie and James' marriage entry shows her as an Explosives worker. I am guessing at a Munitions factory somewhere in Glasgow.
My Grandfather told me she had a daughter to James, and my Grandfather always called this girl 'Betty'. Having looked up records through Scotlandspeople, I can only find an Elizabeth Mitchell born in Ayr in 1941.
After Annie's passing, I believe her mother Jane McElroy took Annie's children in with her, at Plantation/Govan.

Does anyone have any information that could help me find out where Annie worked, What Annie and James' daughter's name is and what became of her (why James didn't care for her after Annie's passing). Any information would be a massive help.

Thank you so much!!!

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