William Anderson/Henderson

[alisonb123]

Thanks am just downloading them now

Alison

[MonicaL]

From the marriage cert info posted, this looks to be John and new wife Georgina in 1901:

John Anderson 26, coal miner b. Glasgow
Georgina Anderson 22 b. Linlithgow

Address: Springwell Place, Hamilton

[MonicaL]

Sancti, not sure if you have checked already. Would there be any mention of John's suicide I wonder in perhaps the Glasgow Herald  What was the date of his death or enquiry from the RCE? Maybe further details from more local papers?

Monica

[sancti]

Death was 24 August 1904, informant was his Brother-in-law

[MonicaL]

Thanks Sancti 

Struggling still to link up the big pieces...

Do not think the Inverness-shire family of a John Anderson and an Elizabeth Fraser is the right one...but not yet seeing the right one!

I thought this might be John Snr going by location and occupation in 1871:

Janet Anderson 60
Ann Anderson 58
John Anderson 23, boiler maker b. Glasgow
David Anderson 18
Herriet Anderson 16

Address: 31 Mansfield St, Partick, Govan

ADDED: Above John can't be the correct one as this John is showing in 1881 married to a Marion, occupation boiler maker and still living in Partick.

[Forfarian]

Monica, I have come to the same conclusion as you .... looks as if the Inverness family is a red herring then .... still can't find John in 1881. Unless he is the 4-year-old orphan in a home in Kilmacolm. In which case where is William?

How old was William in 1897 according to his marriage certificate?

I tried the Gale 19th century newspapers but the Glasgow Herald, as I feared, only goes to 1900.

[sancti]

Couldn't find a suitable John and William with parents 1881

[MonicaL]

William shows as aged 22 in the parish entry to his 1897 marriage to Frances, father Edward Reeves is down as a retired sailor (no mention of him being deceased).

This is all a bit confusing isn't  We really do not have much to go on so far to try and link the family group together.

Couldn't see a likely death for mother Elizabeth on SP with the names we have so far.

Did see this entry for 1891 earlier on today, which is more interesting now given what we now know of brother John's occupation:

Mary Hamilton 50
John Ferguson 15
James Ferguson 11
Robert Ferguson 37
John Reeves 19, boarder, coal miner b. Glasgow
William Smith 18
William Reeves 16, boarder, coal miner b. England
Francis McMuerry 16
John Murray 15
John Dick 16

Address: No 26 Larkfield, Blantyre Lanarkshire

Forfarian, when Gale tail off in 1900, you have to work off exact dates and look in the Glasgow Herald here http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC

I am beginning to wonder whether Elizabeth married either John Anderson or Edward Reeves - can't see any marriage for her on either SP or www.freebmd.org.uk so far.

Monica

[Forfarian]

I am beginning to wonder whether Elizabeth married either John Anderson or Edward Reeves - can't see any marriage for her on either SP or www.freebmd.org.uk so far.

I've been wondering the same thing.

This may be another poke o' red herrings, but in the 1891 census there's an Edward Reeves, 37, seagoing engineer, born Deptford, living in Westoe, County Durham, with wife Eliza, 48, born Poplar. And in 1901 there's an Edward Reeves, 53, harbour pilot, with wife Elizabeth, 52, both of them born and living in Bristol.