David P. Imlach 1904 - 1931 Chicago

[Oramazda]

David Primrose Imlach was born in 1904 in Glasgow Scotland and died in 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois (apparently married to a Virginia ?). His father was David Jamieson Imlach b. abt. 1876 near Fraserburgh, Scotland. David Snr. was married in 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland to Jane McNaught b. 1874 Glasgow, Scotland .
Does the above ring any bells for anyone as I've nothing on David Snr. and Jane's death and I've no idea if they came to Chicago through Canada or a US port.
Any help gratefully received.

[merjones]

Name: David Imlach
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Birth Country:    Scotland
Date of Arrival: 28 Mar 1931
Vessel: Caledonia
Port of Arrival:    Halifax, Nova Scotia
Port of Departure:    Glasgow, Scotland

[merjones]

It's interesting that David Jr. is buried in Kentucky?  If he was a salesman it's possible he didn't live in Chicago but did business there.  Also, I didn't find any border crossing's from Canada to the US that would indicate David Sr. came to the US as all.

Name: David P. Imlach
Death Date: Nov 14 1931 Chicago Illinois
Father: David Imlach
Father's birthplace: Frasburg, Scotland
Mother: Jeanne Mcnaught
Mother's birthplace: Glasow, Scotland
Occupation: Salesman
Burial date: Nov 17, 1931
Burial place: Greenville, Kentucky

[Oramazda]

Thanks for your efforts it certainly gives me new areas to research. I suspect you're correct in that he died in Chicago where he was selling and it would be interesting to find out what.
I know Jane's Grand Uncle had extensive family in Canada, two in the legislature, so I guess it makes sense that she went to Canada only her cousins were in Ontario and I've no record of anyone being in Nova Scotia. Then I suppose it was after all only a port of entry.
David Snr. is giving me a headache as, despite my living in Scotland, believing him to be born in a hamlet near Fraserburgh I can't find a record of his birth nor a marriage for his parents. If it was easy we'd all be doing it!

[Lisa in California]

Is it possible that David and Virginia were living in Illinois, but that Virginia's family was from Kentucky and he was buried in their family plot or cemetery? 

[Lisa in California]

Someone has a tree with David Primrose Imlach.   David's spouse supposedly was Virginia Smith, born April 3, 1902 in Paradise, Kentucky.  She passed away on June 21, 1984, in South Carolina.  Virginia apparently had three husbands; she married Julius Wilson Helmick in 1933 and he passed away in 1962.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/l/o/Edwin-L-Glover/ODT1-0013.html

David's date of birth is recorded as April 17, 1929 and his passing is noted as November 14, 1931.

David and Virginia were apparently married "in Little Church Around Corner, NY."

[Lisa in California]

There is actually a church in New York named "Little Church Around (the) Corner."  There are quite a few internet sites that mention it.

Their site:
http://www.littlechurch.org/

[Lisa in California]

It looks like Virginia and her parents were living in Central City, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky in 1920.

[Oramazda]

Hi Lisa,
From a cold Scotland. What a mine of information and links. Many thanks for your efforts as it certainly helps to clear up some long standing loose ends. I don't have access to World Ancestry at home but I'll certainly be following through on my next visit to the FHS where I can get access.

It is of note that that I have David's birth certificate and he was born on the 19th April 1904 at 20.00hrs when the family were living at Bannatyne Avenue, Glasgow. He would have had a very interesting short life if he'd been born in 1929!