Margaret Robb / Dalbeths Girl School

[KirstyG]

Thanks Monica. I just wondered if she had maybe gone home for the weekend and had been taken in to the nearest hospital from there.

I wonder if there is such a thing as a Post Office directory or some such for that area?

Kirsty

[gerryfarrell]

The hospital one is still a puzzler, one thing for sure is tha addresses. If you put both into google maps 133 Barlonock RD takes to smack bang in Stobhill Hospital and 1920 London RD is the address for the gatehouse of Dalbeth St Peters Cemetery.
Cosidering both the Royal and Rottenrow Maternity was opperational in 1947 it does make me wonder why, Stobhill didn't join the NHS till 1960 so could it be possible that it was ran and operated by Nuns??

Lil, another possible link for information came into my head  on your medical research side of the tree.
Dr Kevin O Dell at the Molecular Genetics Dept of University of Glasgow, again he was a speaker at the LFHS last year and was very helpful. You can see more about him on -
http://www.gla.ac.uk:443/ibls/staff/staff.php?who=|ePd~Q

Dr KMC O'Dell BSc PhD
Pontecorvo Building
University of Glasgow
G12 8QQ

tel: 0141 330 6218
fax: 0141 330 4878
email: K.ODell[at][/blue]bio.gla.ac.uk (Replace [at] with @)

Always worth a email.

Gerry

[Duffy11]

Thanks Monica, a Monday! Nice to learn something such as that! My dad sure would be smiling about that one!

Thanks Gerry for the contact details for Dr Kevin O Dell, will give it a go and see what comes back. Any information would come useful.

I have been looking to see if I can find Margaret Josephine Robb's daughter, Isabella but not sure if she married so I don't know how I can find out and ask if she's the right daughter of Margaret Robb that I'm looking for. although now my research has quietened down because I can't seem to get anywhere at this point, Adoptions in National Archives responded that they could not be of any help further but still waiting for the other dept to see if there's anything. If no reply by the end of this week, I'll give them a phone to see if it's worth my trip going over.

Other than that, nothing new to tell- still determined to get somewhere!

Again, thanks for all your help with this as I couldn't have coped with out you guys. Certainly keeps me smiling! 

Will keep youse updated if I have anything new.

Lil

[sancti]

It appears to have joined the NHS in 1948 but it still does not explain why the baby was born in Stobhill from Dalbeth. I still think only the Dalbeth records (wherever they are held) will confirm the identity of the mother.




In 1928 a new radiology department was opened and Stobhill became a general hospital in 1929. In 1930 Stobhill came under the control of the Glasgow Corporation. In 1931 a maternity unit opened. Stobhill became a teaching hospital in 1937 with the arrival of Noah Morris, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Glasgow. In 1948 it was transferred to the National Health Service, under the Board of Management for Glasgow Northern Hospitals, and designated one of the 5 major central hospitals of the new Western Regional Hospital Board.

[MonicaL]

Lil

One thing to keep in mind. If we have found the correct Margaret Robb b. 1927, given her age and the circumstances surrounding her pregnancy and birth of son, it could well be that her future husband and children knew nothing about her first child and it was kept as a family secret. Many mothers going down this route did and do keep this information hidden (although never forgotten).

Monica

[sancti]

I wonder if Margaret continued to work in the laundry after the birth and if so it may show as her occupation on her marrige record.