I am searching for the RAE/Rea/Reay family from Hutchesontown, Glasgow.
Parent's are: James Rae and Mary Ann Stewart.
Their children I found on the IGI and bought their birth certificates through Scotlands People:-
Florina RAE b 25/1/1852 - No OPR or Certificate found This may be an incorrect date on the IGI.
Florina Rae b 25/1/1853 Glasgow No cert but copy of OPR record. Witness at birth was a John Rae *
Mary Reay b 20/8/1855 Glasgow. Certificate states parent's marriage as 1849 Glasgow and family living at 121 Rose Street, Glasgow.
John Rae b 29/1/1860 Hutchesontown, Glasgow. Certificate states family living at 162 Crown Street, Glasgow.
John Rae b 27/5/1862 Hutchesontown Glasgow. Certificate states parent's marriage as 25/7/1849 Glasgow and family living at 74 Rutherglen ?? Glasgow.
****James Stewart Rae b 3/11/1857 Hutchesontown, Glasgow. Certificate says family living at 162 Crown St, Glasgow.
**** James Rae married Elizabeth Agnes Bolton (b 8/9/1862 Greenock) on 31/12/1880 at Kinning Park, Glasgow. Found James & Elizabeth on 1881 census and have traced the family from there to the present day.
I have not been able to find the remainder of the family on any census thus far.
I wonder if the * John Rae, witness at Florina's birth, could be a brother of her father James Rae.
The children's birth certificates state that James Rae/Rea was born in Co.Antrim, Ireland and Mary Ann Stewart in Hull.
I understand the spelling of the name Rae depends whether it is an Irish/Sottish or Welsh spelling but in later years in Scotland and NZ it has been spelt RAE.
Although I have the date of James & Mary Ann's wedding i.e. 25/7/1849 in Glasgow I have not been able to find this marriage on Scotlands People nor on films from IGI.
Can I buy a marriage certificate for these people without a folio number, and if so from whom??
Mel