Singapore - Marriages abroad

[Poozan]

You are so kind. The naames are Thomas Cuthbertson and Margaret Maxwell Anderson. The date is November 9th 1875

[ShaunJ]

No luck in  the overseas marriage indexes I'm afraid.

I found in the Straits Times:

- the announcement of the birth of a daughter in 1883 (your grandmother?) http://www.rootschat.com/links/08c2/
- a marriage in London in 1909 - http://www.rootschat.com/links/08c4/
- the death of a son in 1920 http://www.rootschat.com/links/08c1/
- a reference to Thomas's estate in 1928 http://www.rootschat.com/links/08c3/

There are lots of other references to his business etc activities which you may have found already

[ShaunJ]

Aha ! Found the register entry for the 2nd marriage in Marylebone in 1909 - Thomas Cuthbertson widower aged 61 Merchant, 65 Harley House, father Thomas Cuthbertson, commission agent deceased  - to Magdalene Lowe Reid, 36 spinster 74 Harley House, father David Reid deceased, merchant

[Poozan]

You are brilliant!!!!!

We always knew that he had married again but didn't know who. Reid was a family name for the Cuthbertsons so I will look for David Reid who may have been Thomas's maternal Uncle. The birth in 1883 was indeed my grandmother, it's a shame her other 3 siblings born in Singapore don't get a mention. The date of the son's death is helpful, I will get a copy of his death certificate in due course. He was the only child to have been born in Scotland, I discovered the date of his parent's marriage through his birth registry entry. Splendid Scotland puts that information on birth register entries as I am sure you know.

[Poozan]

I have clicked on all the links you gave me and typed the information onto a Word Document. I have learned a lot thanks to you. We always knew that he had made money through rubber but not how much. Wow!!!

I don't suppose you have time to look up his brother John Reid Cuthbertson who suceeded him as general manager of Bousted & co in Singapore. He had a son William Reid Dougal Cuthbertson who was also born in Singapore in 1887.

I can't say thank you enough, I am such a beginner at all this family research, you are the second person that has helped me through Rootschat.

[ShaunJ]

Hmm ...John  Reid Cuthbertson

A handy summary of his bequests http://www.rootschat.com/links/08c7/
(final item)

Marriage of son William to Ruby Maidment (final item) 
http://www.rootschat.com/links/08c8/

40+ other references for "J R Cuthbertson" - it's probably easier for you to search for yourself on http://newspapers.nl.sg/

[ShaunJ]

The witnesses to that 1909 marriage were  David George Alexander Reid, J R Cuthbertson, Thos Cuthbertson jun and another person whose name I cannot fathom from the signature.
I have been trying to post a 19kb image of that unknown signature but I just get error messages saying "the upload folder is full". 

[Poozan]

Thanks for the link to the paper. I found 309 references to Cuthbertson and am working my way through them. I was hoping I might find the name of J R Cuthbertson's wife. Since I have no record of William, her son, his birth but only the year, 1887(from IGI) I don't know her name.
I have ordered the marriage certificate Cuthbertson-Reid and will see if I can make out the final witness' signature.

Again, many thanks for your help and interest.

[ShaunJ]

See  http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=zzithoms&id=I170

"Ruby Maude MAIDMENT (Isabella Jane SHREWSBURY4, Eliza Francis WARD3, Bridget BUCKLEY2, Patrick BUCKLEY1) was born 3 APR 1885 in Rangoon,Burma, was christened 6 MAY 1885 in CHRIST CHURCH,RANGOON, and died 1975 in Sussex,England. She married William Reid Dougal CUTHBERTSON 18 JUN 1910 in St Peters,Piccadilly, son of John Reid CUTHBERTSON and Marion Fullarton ANDERSON. He was born 1887 in Singapore, and died 1979 in San Francisco,USA."