Williamson Port Glasgow

[carolmcg]

Looking for anyone who can help with information about the Williamson family from Port Glasgow

I am looking for details of Charles David Williamson thought to have been born in Port Glasgow Scotland 1922.
We know he died in March 1981 but have no further details  I can't find a wedding cert for him but think his wife was called Agnes McLeod
I think that Agnes mother may have been called Helen but that is all the details I have.

[elaine447]

Hi carolmcg
welcome to Rootschat
doing a general search on Scotlands People site
there is a marriage between Charles Williamson and Agnes McLeod
in Port Glasgow 1942
there is also a birth for Charles David Williamson in Port Glasgow 1922
Elaine

[carolmcg]

Hi
Thanks I went and got a copyof the cert and my research has moved on a little now.
Would still love to hear from anyone in Greenock/Port Glasgow who is working on a Williamson tree.

[susan42]

Hi Carolmcg,
I have Williamsons in my tree, including Charles and William and Samuel. Have we been in touch through Genes do you think?? If so I look forward to hearing from you.

[carolmcg]

Hi Susan
we may well have been in touch through Genes

I have had to backtarck slightly on my tree because I think Iwas researching the wrong Williamsons.
The only thing I know for sure is that Charles Williamson c1877 married Margaret Harper and had a son William Willliamson  1896-1947.

I don't know if Charles and Margaret had any more children.

[carolmcg]

I ordered a wedding cert to start with in order to get the maiden names of mothers in order to work back but have came up against a problem very quickly.

I have a death certificate and a wedding cert for my husbands Great Grandfather and the details on it led me to search for his mother and father.


William James Williamson (no birth cert) 26 years old on wedding cert in 1921 when he married Susan Brennen (25 on cert)
Married in Greenock Renfrewshire.
Death cert for William in 1947 Susan listed as spouse and they were living in Port Glasgow Renfrewshire.

Williams parents from both certs are listed as Charles Williamson (labourer) and Margaret Williamson nee Harper (deceased)

I also can't find a death cert for Charles Williamson but know that the cemettery records show his sons plot contains William,Charles and Susan.
William has a remebrance stone as he was killed in conection with WW2 and the commonwealth war graves info is "Service No: 2984933
Additional information: Son of Charles and Margaret Williamson; husband of Susan Williamson, of Port Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead"

I can only find one death for Margaret Harper in the area and it's for an infant. No wedding cert for her or Charles and no death cert for Charles

Any Ideas what I should try next?

[MonicaL]

Hi Carol

One of the reasons you may not be finding BMD entries for the Williamsons may be because they were Irish? Have a look at this family on the 1901 Irish census in Londonderry www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Waterside/Bonds/1539590/

Fits well with what you have 

Monica

[MonicaL]

This looks to be this Williamson family in 1911 still in the same place www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_No__5_Urban/Bonds_Street/605947/

Mother Margaret has died and father Charles looks to have remarried one year previously. If you click on the link for the Household Return (Form A), you can see the original image for the household entry.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Possible marriage for a Margaret (Maggie) Harper and a Charles Williamson in 2nd Qrt 1892 in Londonderry. Both entries show with the same refs.: Vol.2 Pg. 155. See here for details on entries http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home

Monica