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World War One / Re: National Archives
« on: Tuesday 18 November 08 12:41 GMT (UK)  »
Thats so cool, thanks :)

I was hoping that it I went to the National Archives is might give me a clue as to where he was born but I guess not :(

Thanks to everyone that replied :)

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World War One / Re: National Archives
« on: Monday 17 November 08 22:20 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: forester on Monday 17 November 08 19:41 GMT (UK)
Assuming I have the right one Ady, there won't be a MIC or war diary.

James Charles Scott, TR/10/34310.
97th Training Reserve
Mobilised 16th Feb 1917
Discharged 13th June 1917; permanently unfit.

Phil

Thats the one Phil and I did find a Medal Index Card bizarrely and yes yes he was discharged due to sickness.

Newf I don't have a marriage certificate for his father but that is the birth certificate I have.

Here they are:

Birth 18th Oct 1898 - mother Sophia Bayn tonand father James Edward Scott
Birth 11th Sept 1900 - mother Eliza Mylnott and father John Scott
Birth 7th June 1897 - mother Eliza Dauncy and father Charles Gray Scott

All wrong month and the father's name is wrong too.

Athough  this:
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Scott,  James Washington      St. Saviour  v1d p187 
has peaked my interest.


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World War One / Re: National Archives
« on: Monday 17 November 08 18:23 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: mmm45 on Monday 17 November 08 16:04 GMT (UK)
Hi
If youve got his pension record youve got more than most! :D

I think the only other info you will be able to find will be the unit war diary which will tell you what they were up to but doubtful if he will get a mention unless he did something of note.

If you can post his details some of us may be able to add to the background of what you have.
Have you got his Medal Index Card?

Ady

Hi Ady,

His name is James Charles Scott, he was born about mid November in 1898 and he was married in August 1920 to Grace Lilian Irving. On the marriage certificate it says his father's name is James Charles Washington Scott and they were both dock labourers living in what was know then as Rotherhithe (Southwark now). I've ordered 3 birth certificates so far and they all been duds :(. I thought if I went to the national archives I might get a little more information.

Oh I did find his index medal card on ancestry.com as well.

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World War One / National Archives
« on: Monday 17 November 08 14:45 GMT (UK)  »
I've recently found great grandfather's  WW1 pension records on ancestry.com but this is the only information (apart from his marriage cert) I've been able to find and I have hit a bit of a brick wall.

I live very close to the national archives in Kew and I was wondering if it was worth me going there to find out more about him?

Thanks

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Hi there :) Researching the Scott family
« on: Sunday 16 November 08 10:43 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, I got the birth certificate yesterday and it is yet another dead end  :'(

Funnily enough on the birth certificate the father did the same job, "Dock labourer" but unfortunately it wasn't unusual around that area as it was right next to docklands.

Because Scott was such a common name I am not sure where to look now.

Update: 

I have now found him on the WW1 pension records by matching the address on his marriage certificate. He was born in November 1898 according to the dates on the records, I've had another look at the birth certificates I ordered and the closest one was October  :'( which I guess means he wasn't born in London.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Hi there :) Researching the Scott family
« on: Saturday 08 November 08 12:56 GMT (UK)  »
Wow such a fast response  :)

Tati I think you may be on to something there. And its useful to know the time of year that they did the census too.

Thanks ever so much.

And thank you too Lydart.

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Family History Beginners Board / Hi there :) Researching the Scott family
« on: Saturday 08 November 08 12:07 GMT (UK)  »
I wonder if you lovely people might be able to help me.

I am searching for my great grandfather James Charles Scott and his father, whom according to my great grandfather's marriage certificate was known as James Charles Washington Scott.

He was also a Dock labourer in Rotherhithe.

I have searched high and low for my great grandfather's birth certificate but after 2 in correct certificates I am wondering if James Charles Washington Scott wasn't the name he usually went by.

However I have found who I think is my great grandfather in the 1901 census but although it claims he was born in Deptford, London I have only managed to find 2 James Charles Scott born in that part of London and in that year (1898) and neither of them were this person I found on the census.

I am 90% sure this is the right person because as he lives in the area my mum was brought up in (only a few streets away). The only thing is on the census his father is known as Charles rather than James.

So if anyone can help me with this, that would be fantastic.

Wendy

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Unwanted Birth, Marriage, Death Certs N to S / Birth Cert: James Charles Scott 18/10/1898
« on: Saturday 08 November 08 11:44 GMT (UK)  »
Unwanted certificate.


Registration district: St Olave Southwark - Rotherhithe

Mother - Sophia Bayton
Father - James Edward Scott



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