Looking for information on McCord/Morrison near Holytown (Lanarkshire)

[McCord]

Hello!
I have just started researching my family history and I've come to a dead end whilst searching for my grandfather's birth record. His name is Henry (sometimes known as Harry) Morrison McCord and we think he was born in March 1920 in Holytown, Lanarkshire. His parents could be John McCord and Helen Morrison. Does anybody have any information on this? Marriage? Births? Addresses? Census records? Any help would be great. They also had several other children: Douglas, Elizabeth, Bill (William?), Jimmy (James?), Jean, May, and John; we are unsure of birth years.
Thank you very much in advance!
Amy

[sgf28]

There was a Henry Morrison Mccord born 1920 Holytown but as the birth is less than one hundred years ago you would have to order the birth certificate.

Details can be found on:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

[flst]

Hi and welcome to rootschat.
I suggest you read the rootschat topic on how to optimise your searches on scotlandspeople before you start spending credits.http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=562668.0
It appears your great grandparents got married in 1908. You will be able to view their marriage certificate online, on scotlandspeople. It will name their parents. You will also be able to view the 1911 Scottish census on the same site.
Hope this helps,
flst

[McCord]

flst and sgf28 thank you so much! I was giving up hope!

flst can you confirm I'm spelling the names correctly? We are going off information my father heard over a decade ago.

Thanks again!

[flst]

Well that's the names I used in the search
flst

[amelialen]

Hi,

I believe your grandad Henry Morrison McCord’s parents were Helen Kay Morrison (mother’s maiden name Aitken) and John McCord (mother’s maiden name Wilkie). John was born in Old Monklands in 1888, and Helen was born in Holytown in 1891.

Their marriage is recorded in Beath (Fife) in 1908. Their first child, Elizabeth Aitken McCord, was also born in Beath in 1909.

At some point between 1909 and 1911, they returned to Holytown as the 1911 Census shows that Helen, John, and Lizzie (shortened for Elizabeth) resided there in 1911. It also appears as though Helen was pregnant around the time the Census was taken as their second child, John (Jr) McCord, was born in 1911 as well.

In 1913, their third child, William Morrison McCord, was born in Holytown, followed by James Wilkie McCord in 1915, Douglas Baxter in 1918, and Henry Morrison in 1920.

The 1921 Census confirms all of the above resided in Holytown at the time the Census was taken. Again, Helen appears to have been pregnant as Jeanie Wilkie McCord was born sometimes in 1921, shortly followed by Mary McCord in 1924.

Additionally, I was able to match a death record to John McCord (Snr), who passed in Dalziel in 1951. Helen seemingly passed in Springburn in 1932.

Hopefully this helps!
Good luck <3