Looking for information on Lizzie Rollo from Scotland

[Rosinish]

Hi Beck,

Have you viewed Lizzie's birth cert?

What makes you think she was adopted?

Annie

[Beck18]

Hi Annie no I haven't viewed certificate because unsure of her birth dates etc! My grandmother said she was adopted but that's all we know!

Beck

[Forfarian]

Thankyou to all for the information how would you find out about adoptions back then?

You wouldn't, really, unless you happen to know who adopted her.

There was no formal adoption process in Scotland until 1930, so if she was adopted, it would have been an informal arrangement between the people involved, and would not have generated any sort of official record.

You could try looking for her in the 1911 census. Unless she took the surname of her adoptive parents she should be easy enough to find there, and if she was living with them that would give you their names. However if she was married as Rollo, this suggests that she didn't use their surname.

[Gadget]

As Forfarian says,  she was married as Rollo, she gave her mother's name s Helen Roll, no father's name on cert and she was living with her mother in 1901 and 1911 - I posted this and the 1901 census yesteday. Rosie posted a possible birth entry as well.

Hi again

it took ages for me to repeat the search - SP is getting odd with it's searches. I eventually just searched with Rollo and 1925 and it came up - Lizzie Rollo, clicked on spouse details and it gave James Milne.
Thought you might have similar problems so I viewed it - she was 33, a jute spinner,  and her mother was Helen Rollo (Housekeeper). No father given.

PM me your e-mail and I'll send the copy.

Gadget