Jane LITHGOW & William JACKSON where to start?

[tracn4]

Hi

Can anyone help me?

I have just got the birth certificate for my x2 great grandfather (william jackson)and is shows his parents were from scotland.As no one else so far in my research has been from scotland I have no idea where to begin, can anyone suggest some good scottish websites or offer help in anyway.

( the information on the certificate is below)

His parents were William JACKSON born abt  1859  scotland and Jane LITHGOW born abt 1862 scotland they were married on 15th august 1882 in scotland

under previous issue on the cert it says 1 female living,1 male and 1 female deceased.I understand this to mean his siblings.William and his sister jane were born in lambton new south wales but I didn't know about the others so I'm not sure if they were born in scotland or australia.

Any help is greatly appreicated

[elaine447]

Hi tracn4
Scotlands People is the official site for certs in Scotland (30 credits= £6) to view search results it costs 1 credit and to view the actual cert 5 credits, there are tips on optimizing your searches so that you get more for your credits, if you search on here you will find it
doing a general search William and Jane were married
in Cambuslang Lanark in 1882 if they were born in Scotland their birth certs would be on there too
as would all the census results
although someone may find the transcript of the census for you this would let you know you have the
right family
the 1882 marriage would give you their parents names
Elaine

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

[ev]

hi all 

there is a marriage for a couple with those names william jackson and
jane lithgow in cambuslang lanark but 1881 not 1882

this may be jane just before her marriage -
1881 census silverbanks cambuslang lanark(all born cambuslang)
elizabeth lithgow 57 widow
william lithgow 17 son coal miner
hugh lithgow 14 son coal miner
jane lithgow 19 daur. dye worker(spreader)

the IGI(familysearch) website has a jane lithgow 25th july 1862 cambuslang
lanark parents david lithgow and elizabeth fleming

ev

[tracn4]

Hi
To elaine447 and ev thank you both so much for replying

I'll look at scotlands people website right now!

I'll look into everything you both have suggested,I see janes brother were listed as miners funny because william her husbands occupation on the birth cert is as a miner also but thats in aussie.

Again thanks so much

[ev]

maybe......

1881 wellshot buildings cambuslang lanark
archibald jackson 46 coal pit engine keeper  b. kirkintilloch dunbarton
elizabeth jackson 45 wife b. n(ew) monkland lanark
william jackson 22 son coal miner b. airdrie lanark
robert jackson 18 son coal miner b. hamilton lanark
alexander jackson 13 son b. bellshill lanark
archibald jackson 8 son b. duntochter dunbarton
james jackson 6 son b. cambuslang lanark
david jackson 2 son b. cambuslang lanark

as Elaine says best to get the marriage cert to be sure

ev

[tracn4]

Hi

Well your both wonderful

I have joined scotlands people and payed for a copy of the marrige cert (william was a coal miner in scotland also)

Janes parents are david lithgow (deceased) and elizabethfleming
Williams parnets are archibald jackson and elizabeth watt

Will now go check  to see what else I can piece together 

[elaine447]

tracn4
David Lithgow and Elizabeth Fleming
there are quite a few children for this couple on IGI (done a parent check using those names)
and by luck there is a set of twins born 1855 first year of registration
their birth certs would give you more info on the parents than the others
Elaine

[tracn4]

Hi

Thanks I've just looked that up as you suggested

According to their birth certs andrew and david were born on 8th july 1855 in silverbanks cambuslang.
David lithgow (father) was born in lanark and both he and elizabeth were 29 yrs old at the time of the boys births, elizabeth was born in cambuslang

Interestingly it also stated that they were her 5th and 6th children, 1 boy and 2 girls living plus 1 girl deceased

Great suggestion!
Thanks heaps
Tracy

[idmmdi]

You might find some of the old photos of Cambuslang on this site, of interest:

http://www.edwardboyle.com/EB/cambuslang/Cambuslang.html

PP