Davies family in or around Kirknewton and West Calder

[doddsie4]

     Wilton,
                   I opened up the death cert and attached it to a message here but for some reason Roots always lets me down when I try to attach an image to a message.      Anyway, the 1944 death was at Lasswade and a summary of it reads as follows:

     Elijah Davies, 45, Hall Caretaker, married to Janet McArthur, died 10 Sep 1944 at Institute, Rosewell.    Parents: James Daniel Davies, Bricklayer, Retired & Annie Finley.    Informant: James Daniel Davies, father, 45 Church Street, Broxburn.

[Wilton Endeavour]

Thanks Doddsie4 it's okay, I have the 1928 marriage certificate for Elijah Davies and Janet McArthur. James Daniel Davies's wife would be Annie Tinley. Elijah and Janet married in the parish church in Addiewell, West Calder. I also have the 1944 death certificate for Elijah Davies at Rosewell Institute.

Wilton Endeavour
 

[Wilton Endeavour]

Elijah Davies born 6th May 1906 at 38 Lochburn Road, Glasgow. He was the child of Elijah Davies and Elizabeth Darling. Elijah 1906 married on 26th April 1935 at Cowcaddens Church, Milton, Glasgow. Elijah aged 28 resided at 38 Lochburn Road, Glasgow. The lady that he married resided at 53 Dunblane Street, Glasgow. The lady's name being Barbara Susan Ann Grant Ewing Martin.
Barbara's parents were Andrew Martin, Mason, Deceased and Jeanie Duncan Wylie.
Elijah died on 29th June 1951 at 16 Fernie Street, Maryhill, Glasgow aged 45.

Elijah 1906 and Barbara had a child called Elijah Davies born 1936 Milton, Glasgow.
Elijah 1936 married Hazel Anderson in Dumfries in 1957. Elijah died in 2014 at Dumfries aged 77.

That's about three or four generations all with the same name. Elijah Davies. No wonder it gets confusing trying to follow them around in your family tree.

Wilton Endeavour

[Lynne Wright]

Sorry I have been on for so long.
My father James Daniel and his twin brother William were born in Edinburgh.  The only explanation I have for there being two birth entries is that their father Elijah was working in Glasgow at the time whilst their mother was at home.
It certainly seems as if we may be distant relatives.
Can I ask what your mother’s name was and who her parents’ were?
Lynne

[Forfarian]

The explanation for there being two birth entries is always that the baby was born in a district other than that where the parents normally resided. The birth had to be registered in the district where it occurred, but if the parents' residence was elsewhere, the Registrar in the district of birth sent the details to the Registrar in the district of residence. He then entered the same information in his register, so you get a duplicate entry.