Looking for leads

[Chorney]

Hi everyone -

Looking for any leads possible as I try to make my way through family history with precious little to go on.

Looking for any information on Mary Welsh Dougal - dob 9 Jul 1911, Wishaw
Left Scotland for Canada in 1929 on SS Antonia from Greenoch
She was probably born out of wedlock to Mary Ann Dougal - dob approximately 1888

Also, looking for information on Victor Thomas Phillips, maybe born in 1903 to Albert Phillips in Dunfermline, and may have had a sister called Nan.

Victor and Mary (Molly) met and married in Canada.

Any leads/help would be great appreciated!!

Thanks!

[sancti]

Only birth for a Victor I can see on SP around that date is this one

1903 PHILLIPS VICTOR ALBERT Male at DUMFRIES /DUMFRIES

[ev]

hi Chorney

welcome to rootschat 

find my past website has a victor phillips born 1904 going to quebec canada
1927 departure port greenock(might be available on ancestry website)
the scotland 1911 census would be the best bet for finding them but don't
think it is available until 2012

ev

[Chorney]

Thanks ev!

I have found his record of landing in Montreal in 1927.  That's all the information I have though.  I'm hoping to find a birthdate, parents names, anything.  The older generation in my family don't remember anything as Victor died in 1950 - apparently taking his past with him. 

[Chorney]

Sorry - he died in 1960-61.

[ev]

Sancti's find might be a start
info. often gets mangled in the telling 

ev

[Chorney]

Only birth for a Victor I can see on SP around that date is this one

1903 PHILLIPS VICTOR ALBERT Male at DUMFRIES /DUMFRIES

What's "SP"?  Sorry - I'm pretty new to all of this.

[sancti]

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

You can view and download certificates for a small fee.

If the 1903 certificate is the right Victor it will give his parents names.

[Chorney]

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

You can view and download certificates for a small fee.

If the 1903 certificate is the right Victor it will give his parents names.

After speaking to my mom, I think this would be the right one.  Thanks!!!

As for Mary (Molly) things get a little more complicated.

She was Mary Welsh Dougal, and was born to Nina in Wishaw.  We don't know if Nina's maiden name was Dougal or Duthart.  Mary was raised however, by Mary Ann who was either Nina's mother or sister, although I'm putting my money on daughter.  I can't find anything that works for either of the names Dougal or Duthart.  However, I do know that the famous drummer, Alec Duthart, was somehow related to Mary and could have been her nephew.  Now.....  If I could just put all of this together......