James Henry Archibald

[Cramond Brig]

I am doing some research on the Scots who returned from abroad to enlist in Scottish regiments in World War One.

Private James Henry Archibald, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was born in  Edinburgh, died 23/10/1916, age 18 and was buried France. He was the son of James Gibson Archibald and Juliet Archibald, whose address on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database is given as 515 Wilcox Avenue, Hammond, Indiana, USA.

I am trying to establish if he returned from the USA or if the family emigrated after the war was over.

His father was a police officer in Edinburgh and then in the 1901 census was an inspector in prevention of cruelty to children in Elgin. I have so far been unable to find the family in the 1911 census or in the recorded deaths.

I contacted the Hammond Library and the response is that they can find no trace of the family, but I have found several passenger manifests showing Juliet apparently returning to the USA, sometimes on her own and sometimes with her sons. For example, in 1920, Juliet Archibald, age 58, and her sons John, age 31 and Robert, age 18, visited her niece, Miss Stewart, 16 Barntonsfield Avenue, in Edinburgh, and returned to the USA from Liverpool on Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, arriving in New York on 5 June 1912. On the manifest they give their permanent address as Hammond, Indiana.

I wondered if anyone might have any bright ideas?

Alistair

[aghadowey]

Duplicate post on UNITED STATES board:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,584121.0/topicseen.html

[sancti]

There is a James H. Archibald aged 13 living in Elgin, Moray on the 1911 census index

[davidsresearch]

James Gilory Archibald and Julia Ann Beigrie Stewart had 4 children.
John Robert Archibald was b. 14 Nov 1889 in Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and filled out a draft registration form in the USA in April 1942. Nothing else is known about him.
Juliet McKenzie Archibald was b. 21 Jul 1891 in Newington and d. in 1893 in Newington.
James Henry Archibald was b. in 1898 in Newington & d. 17 Aug 1916 in France.
Robert Bell Archibald was b. 28 Oct 1901 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland & d. 19 Jul 1979 in Orange County, California, USA.  He md Elspeth Sutherland Polson (b. 9 May 1900 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland & d. 28 Mar 1987 in Sonoma County, California.) I don't have marriage info at present.

Juliet Ann Beigrie Stewart Archibald was b. 26 Apr 1861 in Edinburgh and d. in 1935 in Morningside, Edinburgh.
James Gilroy Archibald was b. 21 Oct 1861 in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland He md Juliet in 1889 in Canongate, Edinburgh.  I do not have death info on him at present.  I hope this helps.

[Annette7]

According to the 1930 Census Juliet and her sons John and Robert all state their year of immigration as 1920.

Perhaps husband James had gone on ahead and secured a home in Hammond, Indiana for where they were headed.

Annette

[Cramond Brig]

Thanks for the latest information.

Alistair

[davidsresearch]

I now have some additional info on the family.  Juliet is shown as a widow on the 1930 US Census.  I suspect, but cannot prove, that James died in 1925 in Newington, Edinburgh at age 63.  Robert Bell Archibald was married about 1921 according to the 1930 Census; There is a Robert B. Archibald that was married in 1920 in St Giles, Edinburgh.  I cannot tell if that is him without going to the library, sometime in the future, and checking his wife's name on the General Index.  John Robert Archibald died in January 1970, according to the Social Security Death Index.  John's last known residence was "800 (U.S. Consulate) London, United kingdom" according to the SSDI.

Dave